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by fortes 16y ago
Well, there's a huge asymmetry between a car hitting a bike and vice-versa. So I'd guess it's not that the bike can't be held responsible, but that the potential downside for a biker is death, while the car would likely just suffer some den
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by fortes 16y ago
Paged, multi-column layouts for in-browser publications using HTML/CSS/JS
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by fortes 16y ago
I'm happy to see this is going to be implemented by the browsers of the future. I've started a project to port the API to older browsers: http://github.com/fortes/history.js Patches welcome!
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by fortes 16y ago
Is it just me, or does that page feel a little spammy? There are definitely some interesting links there, but there's something about it.
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by fortes 16y ago
How does he deal with physical mail and official addresses for taxes, etc? (this has been a pain for me in the past)
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by fortes 16y ago
Then we could talk about how we make systems to help the editorial team sort through the 16,000 content submissions we get every day, or how we have a public API so people can submit funny content from their applications. So could you tal
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by fortes 16y ago
Fortunately, you can use a pre-processor like SASS for that -- however, calc() allows you to do calculations at runtime which cannot be done in a pre-processor.
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by fortes 16y ago
You could start by putting some contact info and a portfolio link in your profile. How much time do you have for freelance work? What are your rates like?
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by fortes 16y ago
For starters, they could use what might be called “earnings insurance” that would pay for up to two years part of the difference between what they earned on the old job and what they earn now on their own. Employed workers would contribut
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by fortes 16y ago
Brazil tends to reciprocate the behavior of the other country. IIRC, they only fingerprint US citizens, because that's what the US does to Brazilians.
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by fortes 16y ago
Useful. Sadly, I don't see detection for @font-face -- perhaps because it's not very simple? http://paulirish.com/2009/font-face-feature-detection/
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by fortes 16y ago
Cocovivo looks pretty neat. Could be a good working vacation for me. However, there are no indications of cost that I can find -- anyone stayed there before?
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by fortes 16y ago
Did you use SimFinger?
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by fortes 17y ago
I lived in Seattle for 6 years, 2 of which were completely car free. It's possible, but you're swimming upstream. I'm now in NYC, and it is far easier.
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by fortes 17y ago
> When I buy the dead-tree version of my local newspaper, I have no expectation that it should be free. When I take a photo with my film camera, I don't expect to get it developed for free ... then cameras went digital. When I ask a mus
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Adobe & Wired show new user experience for magazines(blogs.adobe.com)
5 points by fortes 17y ago|0 comments
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by fortes 17y ago
Good point! I just wanted something inoffensive there to illustrate, and didn't think about the ads at all.
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by fortes 17y ago
Thanks for the tip, I'm still a python novice.
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by fortes 17y ago
Good idea! I was just about to start it, and decided to do a search in case someone had something similar. This plugin looks pretty good, actually: http://kingdesk.com/projects/wp-hyphenate/
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by fortes 17y ago
I had that originally, but was worried paranoid about XSS attacks (needlessly?). Will re-enable this week.
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by fortes 17y ago
I work with a lot of online publishing clients, who aren't always particularly tech savvy (you'd be amazed by some of the workflows). Designers would often like to justify text, which can cause some terrible whitespace rivers since browsers
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Show HN: My project for this weekend (with source)(softhyphen.com)
120 points by fortes 17y ago|39 comments
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by fortes 17y ago
I've been using an x60s as my only machine for 3.5 years now. Been pretty happy with it, although the fan had to be replaced and I think my system board is having issues (I get the dreaded ThinkPad beeps sometimes). I've only got 1.5GB RAM
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by fortes 17y ago
Thanks for the info. Are exploits rare enough these days that updating once a month good enough for a well-configured machine? (If so, that's great -- I was worried about taking a vacation :))
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by fortes 17y ago
This is neat. Similar to EC2 AMIs, right? Something I've these -- who is responsible for security updates? I assume it's the deployer, which can often be someone who may not have much experience as an sysadmin. What's the best way to keep a
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by fortes 17y ago
Sounds like a fun adventure! Why Kunming? Do you speak Mandarin?
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by fortes 17y ago
This is impressive work. Anyone know who is behind it?
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by fortes 17y ago
> 2) Small businesses just don't spend that much on administrative overhead. I may not be a typical case, but this is false for my business. I am the founder and sole employee, although I have used contractors for jobs before. My first
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by fortes 17y ago
Just reducing the number of separate agencies you need to deal with would be a help, even if the net amount of taxes remains the same.
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by fortes 17y ago
Hiring someone is far more complex than just having the funds to do so. Ignoring all the taxes, there is a lot of paperwork and agencies you have to deal with. I would hire someone right now if it were easier, but I can't afford to hire som

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