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901.
by cxr 3y ago
> If you understand this all realtor and similar dealmaker behavior suddenly makes perfect sense. I didn't say it didn't make sense. Thieves are something else that exists. Their behavior makes sense. But that's not the
902.
by cxr 3y ago
K. By that rule, "Paul was proselytizing to me" doesn't parse, either. ("Paul was trying to convert me to his religion to me.")
903.
by cxr 3y ago
> I found the old phrase "buyers are liars" exists for a reason - people don't want to tell you their real budget There's a flip side: you share your budget with someone, one which is a true budget (i.e. where options
904.
by cxr 3y ago
CDG Labs. But this is not it: < https://github.com/cdglabs/sketchpad14 >
905.
by cxr 3y ago
Source code: < https://github.com/alexwarth/sutherland > Demo: < https://alexwarth.github.io/sutherland/ >
906.
by cxr 3y ago
We've been doing it. Write a paper (or a comment) with footnotes that link in order to the resources that should be included in the trail. At your peril, feel free to add as little context as possible (down to none—so it's just
907.
by cxr 3y ago
> There's functionally no difference between a private link and a link protected by a username and password or an api key You mean mathematically there is no difference. Functionally there is a very, very big difference.
908.
by cxr 3y ago
> I've continued to think about that since how different is it really to have the "secret" be in the URL vs in a token you submit as part of the request for the URL Extremely different. The former depends on the existen
909.
by cxr 3y ago
> It was basically created to be like a Microsoft Word but for files on another person's computer Or like WriteNow, even.
910.
by cxr 3y ago
Don't engage with those types of comments. Flag them and move on.
911.
by cxr 3y ago
Dupe: < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39561594 > (167 comments)
912.
by cxr 3y ago
> When I rent a car in person, I am often given a contract. And this contract is filled with tiny print, and pages of it. As someone who reads the agreements I sign, one thing that has become prevalent is that they're so used to peo
913.
by cxr 3y ago
Folks regularly show up in HN comments during these discussions stating the opposite—that it's categorically better for all sites/projects, now matter how inconsequential, to stay online. It's weird. This includes some of th
914.
by cxr 3y ago
Actually think though the things you're saying when you say them. People generally don't put thead elements in tables that are used for positioning. Even ignoring that, there is no definition of "break" besides the mos
915.
by cxr 3y ago
No it wouldn't.
916.
by cxr 3y ago
There's nothing in the spec that says table headings disappear from view when you page down. This is a problem with your WWW reader. Nothing about this requires authors/publishers to be in the loop on this, each applying their o
917.
by cxr 3y ago
Go (the language) is a lot "cleaner" (than JavaScript, the language—and not the various runtimes, previously mentioned in the earlier comment), because with Go (the language), there's more code mangling going on.
918.
by cxr 3y ago
~/scratch/wrong$ cat ./index.html <!doctype html> <html> <head> <script src="otherfile.js"></script> </head> <body> <p>otherfile.js did no
919.
by cxr 3y ago
> One of the understated features go run is that it will automatically download any dependencies the code references; how cool is that! All this plus talk about non-standard JS runtimes like Node, but no mention that this is how browsers
920.
by cxr 3y ago
You're just shamelessly making up strawman non-quotes now.
921.
by cxr 3y ago
Not sure what you're referring to. Files opened from disk in Firefox aren't forbidden from running JS.
922.
by cxr 3y ago
You know we can read back the comments that were posted in this thread and check your response against the context, right? You just moved the goalposts from being willing to pay for the product that would need to be changed to address the
923.
by cxr 3y ago
Weird question, but let's give it a shot. Off the top of my head: Standards, semantics, simplicity of implementation + time-to-implement, cost at runtime... What's the impetus for re-implementing image maps with JS instead of jus
924.
by cxr 3y ago
You seem to be choosing to engage with your own least charitable inferences rather than what reflects your counterpart's actual position. Viz: > the alternative option isn't there > I don't feel entitled. I don't
925.
by cxr 3y ago
> something to outline clickable areas Any graphics editor will let you do that.
926.
by cxr 3y ago
HTML has image maps. It's been there since longer than many of the people who might read this post have even been alive. You don't need SVG and JS for this.
927.
by cxr 3y ago
> I do not think so. First of all, the license is clear that it is a “copyright license” No it doesn't. That's why you can use an MIT-licensed codebase that doesn't have an explicit patent grant and not worry about patent
928.
by cxr 3y ago
The thing about Markdown code blocks is that they're meant to be read (and therefore rendered—as text). "Markdown files with ```js blocks in that get executed" is just <script>.
929.
by cxr 3y ago
It would have to be mangling both the Content-Disposition and Content-Type headers. If that's really happening (I have my doubts) and that's a client you want to continue supporting, then the next step would be limiting yourself t
930.
by cxr 3y ago
> We actually have a scan of Robert Cailliau's copy with his handwritten notes (including the infamous, "Vague but exciting..." remark). Sorry, it was late when I wrote this. That was actually Mike Sendall (though TBL and

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