Derferman

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   by Derferman 16y ago

   The Open Voting Consortium is working on an open-source solution that uses everyday PCs and printers instead of these ridiculously expensive voting machines. Their solution[1] is actually paper-based, allowing for increased accountability a
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   by Derferman 16y ago

   The problem is voice. What are you using for VOIP calls?
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   by Derferman 16y ago

   My favorite name creator (and domain name search) is http://www.wordoid.com . Created by someone on Hacker News, not sure whom.
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   by Derferman 16y ago

   Stashboard, an open-source status dashboard. More at http://www.stashboard.org . Also hacking on some small App Engine sites.
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   by Derferman 16y ago

   Yes, Python has a robust package installer in pip[1]. Others use easy_install[2], which works well but lacks key features such as uninstalling packages. Both installers retrieve packages from PyPI[3]. [1]: http://pip.openplans.org/ [2]: ht
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   by Derferman 16y ago

   I actually wasn't aware that HN automatically shortened urls that were over a certain length. All the URLs have been unshortened.
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   by Derferman 16y ago

   The company behind this helmet, Volpin Props ( http://volpinprops.blogspot.com/ ), produces absolutely amazing work, especially considering it's all one guy. Some of his other projects include: Big Daddy (Bioshock) http://www.flickr.com/ph
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   by Derferman 16y ago

   Hey guys, main developer behind Stashboard here. Just wanted to say thanks for all the feedback. If you have any questions, feel free to ask away :)
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   by Derferman 16y ago

   As a current Berkeley student / start-up intern, I would definitely recommend looking into living on the north side of Berkeley. The neighborhood is quiet and the city is only a short (25 min) BART ride away.
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    I believe that the current attack in the US combines the aforementioned technology with a small camera mounted on the top of the ATM to capture a user's pin number.
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    After writing a user script for adding a download link to Mixest, I wanted an easy way to install it in Safari. Firefox already has Greasemonkey and Chrome has native support for userscripts.org, so I thought Safari needed some love. If any
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    Show HN: Turn scripts from userscripts.org into Safari Extensions(github.com)

    12 points by Derferman 16y ago|3 comments
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    I wrote a really simple extension that injects jQuery into the current webpage. Not very practical as the same features can be found in a bookmarklet, but fun to make nonetheless. http://conroy.posterous.com/jqueried-a-safari-5-extension
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    I currently have the same setup and absolutely love it.
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    I just can't wait until vanilla 2.2 is available for the Evo 4G. I find the general usability of Sense UI to be quite poor.
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    May I suggest Video for Everybody? http://camendesign.com/code/video_for_everybody
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    My only request is that Zed offer a proper API. The number one reason I hate dealing with craiglist is that there is no easy way to get results in json format.
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    Sadly, such a system would never work in the United States. We have far too many people already behind bars to make these types of prisons feasible. Our incarceration rate is 756 per 100,000[1] citizens, the highest in the world. Until we f
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    I love articles with such a heavy focus on data visualization. Any chance you can provide a .json file containing all the information as well? Every time I see a post containing great data I always want to play around with the information m
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    MacFusion seems to be maintained to some extent. I just downloaded a version that works on 10.6.3. http://github.com/nall/MacFusion2
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    I've remapped caps lock to ctrl on my personal laptop, so whenever I use another computer, I end up typing half of my commands / text in uppercase.
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    So I decided to do just that http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1292276
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    Thanks, that comment actually was the inspiration behind my post. I am adding a shout-out right now.
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    by Derferman 16y ago

    Thanks. I'm glad you like it. I am thinking about possibly updating the code base so that the prices are generated in real-time, based off Apple's current stock price.
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    What if you had bought Apple stock instead of that iPod?(kyleconroy.com)

    161 points by Derferman 16y ago|85 comments
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    by Derferman 17y ago

    I have been looking for a Quicksilver replacement for quite some time, and while initial versions of Alfred were too slow for my liking, this new beta is super quick. I suggest everyone give it a try.
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    Alfred, a Quicksilver replacement, launches speedy new 0.5.6 beta(blog.alfredapp.com)

    1 points by Derferman 17y ago|1 comments
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    by Derferman 17y ago

    I also really enjoy using LESS. It has all the features I need, with a syntax which still feels like CSS. I personally can't stand the whitespace rules for SASS.
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    by Derferman 17y ago

    Yep, the framework checks if the WebSocket object is defined, and if not, defines a custom WebSocket objects based around flash sockets.
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    by Derferman 17y ago

    Contact info is now in my profile (via my website)