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by goblin89 12y ago
> A popup notification that runs without concern for what the user is doing is hostile behavior. Notice how there's no API in any OS for "is now a good time to interrupt the user?". Maybe there should be. This isn’t correc
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by goblin89 12y ago
> This is the worst kind of comment and what is wrong with Hacker News. > No one cares about your intellectual superiority, or the fact this might be a special interest for you. Comments like this may often offer a fair bit of factual
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by goblin89 12y ago
It seems like it’d be beneficial to many web publishers if browser users couldn’t easily access underlying resources, and those companies could incentivize popular vendors to go in that direction (and every decent browser auto-updates, of c
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by goblin89 12y ago
Do we consider a story fiction unless explicitly stated otherwise?
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by goblin89 12y ago
I thought MWI is considered an established hypothesis in physics community. I went to Wikipedia and it confirmed my impression. Perhaps I’m missing something.
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by goblin89 12y ago
Quite tangential, but I wonder—what’s the general attitude these days towards [websites having installed] AddThis? I recall it has somewhat sketchy privacy record (made the news this year with canvas fingerprinting). This website uses AddTh
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by goblin89 12y ago
Thanks for linking to the document. I can’t argue with the evidence regarding genetics, and I agree that real procrastination likely indicates troubles with goal management, but I strongly disagree that what these questions indicate is in f
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by goblin89 12y ago
> “Are you creating content for the way that content is consumed in this environment?” The terms “content” and “consumption” in this context make me cringe. I know it’s arguing over connotations, but I think they frame the matter in an u
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by goblin89 12y ago
“Procrastination” is such a weasel term when used without an object. Whenever you do anything you’re procrastinating everything else you could’ve been doing instead. Doing your job may mean procrastinating asking for a raise, looking for
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by goblin89 12y ago
> The health benefits of any strength training program aren't going to be exactly mindblowing. Health benefits of strength training listed on Wikipedia look still pretty attractive, to be honest. The primary obstacle is necessary eq
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by goblin89 12y ago
Thank you for the references.
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by goblin89 12y ago
> For example, I love angular, but migrating away from angular after using it for one year would doubtless be a very painful process. I wish AngularJS’s dependency injection/forced modularity and HTML augmentation/templating we
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by goblin89 12y ago
Any non-anecdotal data supporting StrongLifts workout healthiness?
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by goblin89 12y ago
People most certainly would complain in either case, no arguing here.
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by goblin89 12y ago
Quite unexpected on the part of Facebook, and looks like an interesting project. A couple of points on their Privacy page bothers me, though: > Once you confirm your account, you may delete content you have posted at any time. <…>
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by goblin89 12y ago
But quite a lot do, and do well, too. Why don't they deserve each a headline like this? > csa[0] Speaks Mandarin, Blows Everyone’s Mind Doesn't seem to be interesting, does it. As long as you keep Zuckerberg (or Musk, or Gates,
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HitRECord: A new kind of production company(hitrecord.org)
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by goblin89 12y ago
I wonder if it's true that iOS 8 only randomizes device's MAC when the SIM cart is not installed[0]. Was stoked to learn about this feature, too bad it apparently doesn't work as you'd expect it to. [0] http:/&#x2F
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by goblin89 12y ago
> If you don't type the https url, you start by visiting the http website. Normally the http version will redirect to https, but a man in the middle can easily prevent this. This is not entirely correct. HSTS[0] was designed to prot
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by goblin89 12y ago
> Not in the middle of a rant, or while you are professing your love for someone. It's possible to detect mode of speech even without visual cues. Factors such as pitch dynamics, speed of talk, etc. can be accounted for. Software ca
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Marble Blue – Travel guides for your mobile device(marbleblue.de)
2 points by goblin89 12y ago|0 comments
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by goblin89 12y ago
> Take Instagram for example, talented people post beautiful pictures which add value to Instagram. And yet they only are rewarded with likes/comments. Tsu tries to fix this. They get rewarded with feedback, and if they produce good
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by goblin89 12y ago
Ello is just another way to spread and consume content.
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by goblin89 12y ago
> but is this a human extinction event? Seems like there's no prognosis as to what consequences a GRB event may have on humans specifically in the paper quoted on Wikipedia: “The greatest danger is believed to come from Wolf–Rayet s
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by goblin89 12y ago
> When I first imagined this project, I didn't picture it taking all day, from start to finish. An uninstaller doesn't do much. That's part of the problem: drilling the problem down to atomic subtasks, which is needed to e
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by goblin89 12y ago
(I didn't downvote.) Think why would anyone be motivated to contribute to your repository, as opposed to creating a new one from scratch under one's own username. Imagine you got a first pull-request, with a Go app. Then another,
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by goblin89 12y ago
I don't know, halfbikes look fun to ride and compact to carry, and definitely less clunky than bicycles. An additional bonus is that literally no one rides halfbikes (and not very many people will for a while, at that price). Riding on
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Web components: Using standard HTML5 APIs and open source polyfills(ibm.com)
1 points by goblin89 12y ago|0 comments
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Eelmail – email server on Node.js(github.com)
6 points by goblin89 12y ago|1 comments
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by goblin89 12y ago
> One of the problems is that whatever you happen to be focusing on, you also have to be able to react quickly to potential hazards. True. From my anecdotal observation the reason why talking over mobile phone is dangerous (while talking

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