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by dictum 13y ago
Is there a solution for automated sprites with Sass when you can't use Compass?
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by dictum 13y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but until all widely used modern browsers support SPDY or HTTP2, the number of requests is still a problem only solvable with sprites.
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by dictum 13y ago
What is the intrinsic value of Bitcoin, aside from its scarcity?
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by dictum 13y ago
> people who cradle their smartphones in front of them while they drive I wonder how Steve Roberts ( http://microship.com/bike/index.html ) feels about them.
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by dictum 13y ago
I'm not judging other people. I think it's a crisis of self control for me as much as it is for other people. I'm still undecided on whether stuff is getting more addictive ( http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction
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by dictum 13y ago
> Next time you’re in a restaurant with friends, have everyone put their phones stacked and face down in the center of the table. If anyone takes their phone off of the stack during the meal, they have to pay everyone else’s bill. It’s a
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by dictum 13y ago
And the quality of the service they offer is greatly shaped by their design. Of course Twitter uses Bootstrap—it was made by/for Twitter. However, Bootstrap's defaults are based on Twitter's brand guidelines. That's part
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by dictum 13y ago
You know what's amazing? Every website made with HTML, CSS, JS and images can look like that and get all the listed benefits! You can choose to have your JS and your CSS, or you can choose to have only the JS or the CSS, or only have
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by dictum 13y ago
I'm the alignment nazi and here's your guru meditation: .navbar .brand { padding: .5em 0 .5em 0; } .navbar .brand img { margin-left: -0.2em; }
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by dictum 13y ago
Maybe I'm just jaded and never really saw Google as a a nice company with good intentions, but I just can't be sad about Google's new directions. My suggestion to everyone who's worried about Google: other companies woul
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by dictum 13y ago
> Now it's just another large company - only concerned about maximizing profit. > Google was a company that, for a time, I loved. To me, they represented the antithesis of Microsoft, a rebellion against a poisonous corporate cult
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by dictum 13y ago
I understand her discomfort with harassers, but it seems to me that it's a trade between crude come-ons from people with real names attached and murder/rape threats from people without their real names attached. I prefer a web whe
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by dictum 13y ago
The ability to rate with smileys can confuse the user. One happy face is still a happy face. When you rate it 1 happy face, do you mean "I really don't like this feature, so I'm rating it the lowest I can, 1/5", or
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by dictum 13y ago
Using the diva metaphor: why did theater owners suffer prima donnas and their attitude? Because they brought in the crowds. They'd move tickets. It's ALA's willingness to experiment (even if the end result is suboptimal) that
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by dictum 13y ago
I never thought I'd have the opportunity to act like a fashion designer on HN, but here it is: It's that way because they want it—Jeffrey Zeldman and the ALA team. It's their playground. It looks like that because it's s
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by dictum 13y ago
And 80% of perceived functionality is what most users — even people who rely on spreadsheets for their work — need. I'm not saying including the other 20% of functionality isn't a good thing to do, but when you're creating a
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by dictum 13y ago
$39/month.
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Frankfurt Kitchen(en.wikipedia.org)
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by dictum 13y ago
Engineers probably feel the same way about software developers.
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by dictum 13y ago
CIA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor
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by dictum 13y ago
I think it's a case of correlation, not causation: a product gets negative reviews if there are people buying it. Essentially, a product without reviews is a product that people aren't buying (hence, not reviewing).
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by dictum 13y ago
>But, we also love unlimited soda, video games, and luvsacs. Unlimited soda? You sure love fitness.
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by dictum 13y ago
Like Bootstrap itself, this would greatly benefit from having the line-height in body set to 1.6 or 1.7. Test it with Inspect Element: http://www.html5admin.com/demo/ and http://getbootstrap.com/css&#x2
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by dictum 13y ago
pg wrote about the art of carefully disguised PR campaigns: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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by dictum 13y ago
I hate when companies compare their prices to food, beverages or entertainment ("cheaper than a cup of coffee!"). Unless your product is giving me the exact feelings and enjoyment that 18 bottles of beer would give, it's not
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by dictum 13y ago
She attracted attention to the fact that she was developing a high number of experiments in a short time. The coding aspect was intrinsic to get the attention. I don't think her ability to get her work known would translate well to g
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by dictum 13y ago
> It is important, it requires some serious skills, skills that for that matter I don't have > But she is thirsty for more, challenge her to more!!!... unless you don't know where that more is because the belief that web dev
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by dictum 13y ago
And now they will steal your bike and your bike lock.
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by dictum 13y ago
Anticipating Tumblr by a decade.
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by dictum 13y ago
> But the little guy working the line, he just wants a paycheck with no risk. Unfortunately there would be very little reward if that were so. The little guys working the lines usually don't have safety nets and credentials—inherite

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