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Re: League of Legends: Patch 4.11 Analysis | Nerfplz.LoL

Dossy Shiobara — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:22:07 -0000

I'm an Amumu main, and the Quill Coat has been interesting - the 25% bonus health and extra sight ward is interesting but the SILENT nerf here is that it replaces the Tenacity passive, which means you're stuck getting Mercury Treads just for the Tenacity pretty much, which sucks - previously, you'd get Ancient Golem and Ninja Tabi and it would give you a lot more durability, or Mobility Boots if you're ahead.

I think this change is really going to push tanky Amumu players further towards the AP/magic pen path and the Spirit of the Spectral Wraith and 21/9/0 masteries instead of 0/21/9.

Re: Splitting an AWS account

Dossy Shiobara — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 22:51:06 -0000

Sure, why not? If you were using, say, nginx, you would just set all requests on the "old" EC2 instance to proxy_pass to the "new" EC2 instance's IP/port. Any requests that happen to land on the "old" instance would simply be forwarded onto the "new" instance, which would process the request, send back the response and the "old" instance would serve the response back to the requestor. It will introduce some additional latency and consume a little more bandwidth, but would provide a completely interruption-free transition from the end-user perspective.

Re: Splitting an AWS account

Dossy Shiobara — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 21:38:07 -0000

FWIW, you could have eliminated user-facing downtime by setting up a request proxy on your "old" EC2 instance that forwarded requests to the "new" EC2 instance, until DNS propagation completed.

Re: @Twitter sends memo to news co's on how to prevent hacks; | LAUNCH

Dossy Shiobara — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:08:12 -0000

Two-factor also makes it impossible for multiple users to share a single Twitter account (e.g. @CNN), and API/programmatic access can't require two-factor because a human isn't involved in the auth process, so there will always be a weak link in the chain.

Services (like Twitter) need better intrusion-detection tech implemented. This solves a number of problems that two-factor auth doesn't and can't ever address.

Two-factor auth is only a partial solution, which actually means it isn't a solution at all, given the nature of the problem.

Re: @jason: QOTD: Should @youtube should allow the publishing of @mustangwanted's insanely | LAUNCH

Dossy Shiobara — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:51:20 -0000

If you paid $150/ticket to see some gay people in leotards do similar feats of physical crazy (you know, Cirque du So Gay or whatever it's called), or a bunch of guys jumping around doing whatever that Frenchie crap is called... parkour... would you have the same reaction?

The Internet is the new everyman circus. I think "professional" journalists had similar attitude towards "citizen journalism" being irresponsible, etc. at one point, too...

Re: @TeslaMotors says it will no longer offer lower-type Model S w/ 40 kWh | LAUNCH

Dossy Shiobara — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:46:41 -0000

If I were Elon, my big bet would be to subsidize Tesla products for SolarCity customers. That's the obvious play in my mind, anyway.

Re: Report: $amzn starts monthly Prime subscriptions for $7.99 mo; includes everything | LAUNCH

Dossy Shiobara — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:05:36 -0000

Does this mean they're going to be upping the price on all of us who are Prime members at $79/year? Or will we be grandfathered in at the old price? Or will we be switched to the $7.99/mo when our anniversary date/year ends with the $79/year membership?
It's still a great deal at $100/year, but it'll be useful to know what to expect ...

(Also: Disqus sucks - it requires you to enable third-party cookies in your browser in order to log in. Seriously, wtf...)

Re: Grammar & Writing Blog | Grammarly • writeworld: mightymur: The final, brilliant...

Dossy Shiobara — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:17:43 -0000

http://twitter.com/dossy/st...

"I hid by zombies last night."

:-)

Re: @jason: The Launch Ticker needs your support. Please click on the | Launch Ticker

Dossy Shiobara — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:13:39 -0000

Oh that was crazy, watching you post that in real-time. Typing as performance art is cool, and possibly embarrassing, depending on how you type. ;-)

Re: @jason: Two updates: 1. We are on a new CMS (content | Launch Ticker

Dossy Shiobara — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:08:43 -0000

Software and technology might be a competitive advantage in some sense, but, exactly, look at Weblogs, Inc. AOL has that now, and look what's become of them, what's become of it.

When I talk to entrepreneurs that are all "omg stealth" and "can't tell you shit without an NDA," I try to teach them that any novel idea that's the cornerstone to your success will get ripped off the moment it sees the light of day by someone much smarter than you, and any brilliant idea you think you have, unless you tell people about it, you'll never find out that hundreds of others have already had that idea and you're not really special.

A weapon is only powerful in the hands of a master. Even the finest blade, wielded by the unfit, can be defeated. Alternatively, a master with even the most basic of weaponry can defeat inadequate opponents.

Build a great team. What you had Weblogs was a collection of amazing people. Software was simply a happenstance output of the work you all did.

I think you nailed it though: open sourcing whatever you're working on takes time and effort and is a distraction. You gain little from open sourcing it right now -- at best, it could serve as a talent recruitment tool, but if you already have talented people, then you don't even need it to do that for you.

Congrats on keeping things moving forward. Always love seeing what you're working on.

And, thanks again for the time you shared with me. To say it was life-changing doesn't begin to describe it.

Re: Google+ is being changed this week based on user feedback

Dossy Shiobara — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:27:32 -0000

Upon more careful reading of the wording of the article, it's now clear that the bullet list doesn't actually represent changes that G+ *will* be making, but a list of changes that users have asked for.

Re: Google+ is being changed this week based on user feedback

Dossy Shiobara — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:57:35 -0000

Can you actually link to a post by Vic or any other authoritative source citing these alleged upcoming changes?

Re: Internal Sunshine of a Diva Mind

Dossy Shiobara — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:45:56 -0000

Isn't the gym a cesspool of germs - a warm, damp place full of people coming and going, sweating and touching everything ... ?

*shudder*

I do hope you get the PA under control, I know someone else who's dealing with it too.

Re: The Motorola XOOM is most certainly not a flop

Dossy Shiobara — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:19:10 -0000

Stop throwing around the "$70 million in sales" figure. Someone needs to come up with a reasonably good estimate for net profit.

If, in the end, the net revenue of the XOOM is a loss, then it's a flop.

http://i.imgur.com/XZLFg.png

Re: Redpark Console Cable gives iDevices an RJ-45 connector, not Ethernet access

Dossy Shiobara — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:37:54 -0000

I can imagine using an iPhone + Cisco serial cable + special app. to enable someone to *remotely* access the iPhone, and thus the Cisco on the end of the serial cable. This way, only a monkey needs physical access to the device - the actual engineer can be working remotely on the device via 3G-connected serial cable.

"Remote hands" FTW.

Re: Amount of profanity in git commit messages per programming language

Dossy Shiobara — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:43:17 -0000

This is an interesting analysis, but I'd like to see the analysis of the files that those commit messages belonged to for inline profanities in the *code*, not just the commit messages.

Is it a linear correlation, or will we be surprised by what we find? ;)

Re: Samsung teases next Galaxy S [video]

Dossy Shiobara — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:19:55 -0000

Most people who write reviews just want the search traffic and affiliate link clickthrus. Reviewers don't have to live with the product 24x7 for 2 years. They might use the product for an hour, long enough to take a handful of pictures and screenshots.

I'd pay the ETF but since we have *3* handsets, it's a bit steep. I'll wait 6-9 more months until the ETF is low enough to make it tolerable.

Re: Samsung teases next Galaxy S [video]

Dossy Shiobara — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:38:28 -0000

After seeing how Samsung's products were handled in the US marketplace (Captivate, Vibrant, Fascinate, Epic) ... you'd have to be a total idiot to buy any more Samsung Android-based product in the US.

I'm a totally disappointed owner of *3* at&t Captivates. Can't wait until enough time has passed that the ETF fees won't kill me... so I can get rid of them.

Re: MacBook Pro refresh happening soon?

Dossy Shiobara — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:59:35 -0000

My 2007-era MacBook Pro 15" is due for a refresh - it's 4 year AppleCare will expire this year. I hope the MBP refresh brings USB 3.0 and HDMI with it.

Re: Google Voice now supports incoming number ports

Dossy Shiobara — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:40:09 -0000

Also: This must be rolling out slowly, because my settings still only says "Change" ... :-(

Re: Google Voice now supports incoming number ports

Dossy Shiobara — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:37:28 -0000

Will this only work for porting mobile numbers in, or can we port landline numbers in, too?

Re: #Mashup Monday 11.29.10

Dossy Shiobara — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:21:52 -0000

Oh, wow! "I’ll be missing you (Don’t raise your glass)" - definitely added to my mashup library - thanks, Diva!

Re: How To Say No

Dossy Shiobara — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:18:13 -0000

What coincidental timing -- I recently just went through a prime example of what happens when you don't listen to your gut and say "no" at the start and end up having to say it later on ...

http://dossy.org/2010/11/th...

It's a long read because it's a narrative of what I went through with one particularly bad client, but perhaps people can relate and it'll be a good reminder to some, or an illustrative lesson for others.

Re: #Mashup Monday 11.15.10

Dossy Shiobara — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:19:03 -0000

So awesome. I <3 your mashup finds!

Re: At My Wit’s End: Jason Calacanis Threatens To Sue Us

Dossy Shiobara — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:24:39 -0000

Must have been a slow news day ... Jason and Mike are cooking up another drama/reality Internet webisode. How many people are going to tune in this time ... ?