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by grrowl 12y ago
I think you'd see much greater adoption if you included the core HTTPSB library within an easier user interface, specifically targeted to blocking ads / ensuring privacy. At the moment it's a hacker tool that can block ads if
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by grrowl 12y ago
I agree, while Chrome DevTools are superior in many ways, it's become a shambles as they shoehorn features wherever they fit (like that console half-window)
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by grrowl 12y ago
I go to conferences because the level of passion and excitement in the discussions (and friendly arguments) had there greatly surpasses anything I've come across at a meetup. It's a shame they usually cost almost $1000 or more api
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by grrowl 12y ago
Yeah... maybe the new homepage increased conversions when they removed any semblance of information from the page? The only two options now are, "I have no idea what this is, but I'm curious"; and "I don't give my e
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by grrowl 12y ago
Original thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7667976 Draw your own conclusion, but the original "leak" is very repetitive and doesn't provide any solid evidence. Sounds like someone got banned and ha
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by grrowl 12y ago
This is an interesting part — they're focussing so much on the product but the underlying protocol is still vulnerable to use outside of the app itself, leading the way to spambots, saving of snaps and general degradation of the "
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by grrowl 12y ago
Unfortunately, you're right (about "the wrong tool for the job"), but just as you use the best tool for you and for the job, many designers love Photoshop and it is the industry standard. For now, this is the best solution
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by grrowl 12y ago
By the way, Facebook already knows you're using an app before you log in, when the app pings Facebook to check the login status. This only prevents usage information leaking back to the app itself.
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by grrowl 12y ago
4chan Pass, which enables you to bypass the annoying CAPTCHA (and is a kind of CAPTCHA in itself, since a computer can't own a credit card); much like Reddit Gold
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by grrowl 12y ago
Given that much of the Paper prototyping was done in Origami, this was my first thought when I saw this library. I haven't actually used Paper yet (it's still US-only) but I'm in love with these kinds of tactile, fun interfac
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by grrowl 12y ago
1806. Looks like they're getting popular.
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by grrowl 12y ago
Very interesting work. I might suggest you remove the `target="_blank"` from the links — if people want new tabs they can do so quite easily.
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by grrowl 12y ago
As well, Javascript's single-threaded execution means blocking execution halts your whole program. IMO, the way to tackle complex asynchronous callback code is with smarter code structure and frameworks — just as you should avoid shoe-
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by grrowl 12y ago
I wonder what the difference would be having the data logically duplicated — as different files — which was then deduplicated at the filesystem level?
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by grrowl 12y ago
> a non-employee was continuously present in the office and had access to private info. It should be noted "private info" was simply github employee chat rooms (and history), not unfettered access to any customer info.
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by grrowl 12y ago
Twitter is still free — Dropbox makes money of those who use it the most.
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by grrowl 12y ago
On reddit, I find [personally] most of these threads are never-ending chains of well-trodden memes or loops; this isn't something usually encouraged on Hacker News. If a thread is boring or doesn't pique curiosity it probably isn&
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by grrowl 13y ago
> AT&Ts [...] civil liability is pretty much zero as far as I understand it. This is the most heartbreaking part of the case.
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by grrowl 13y ago
+1. Posting about it here doesn't help, fix, or even educate anyone. It's more "water cooler conversation" than informative. Major planned maintenance (esp. for GitHub which people rely on for pushing code) would be good
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by grrowl 13y ago
It's very useful and nice, but the emphasis on "if you use it too much we'll serve evil.js" makes me nervous — I somewhat trust you, random guy on the internet, but I think you talk about this more than I'd like. Ed
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by grrowl 13y ago
It discourages two-factor auth for password change requests (such as site username and access to your email account), it adds an additional point of failure, and it would make it easier for attackers to lock you out of your account once the
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by grrowl 13y ago
Mainly chat, increasingly in groups; WhatsApp is good but it's not ubiquitous enough. Otherwise photos and events, but even those are slowly moving into being shared within chat groups. The "scrolling news feed" days are comi
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by grrowl 13y ago
The Privacy Dinosaur is only for users who are currently posting to Public by default, it reminds them of that fact and educates them on the different settings. It's been rolling out to select users for a couple of weeks now[1] [1]: h
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by grrowl 13y ago
In case anyone's curious, here's a link to the libsecurity_ssl source (albeit not totally up to date — latest version is pre-"goto fail;" fix): http://opensource.apple.com/source/Security/Securi
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by grrowl 13y ago
The author makes a massive leap of faith between "I downloaded the pages with Chrome and Firefox user agents, and there was differences" and "can't understand the differences, therefore there's obviously malicious i
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by grrowl 13y ago
It's representative of the values they hold as a company. If you can't be bothered allowing your users' control over their own data, it says a lot about their deeper intentions.
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by grrowl 13y ago
Good engineers should employ empathy, as long as good clients provide insight into their problem. When a client provides their vision of a finished solution, engineers become stubborn. Great engineers or clients will put much more effort in
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by grrowl 13y ago
Web Components are on their "Watch List" at the end of their roadmap[1], but the language seems to be rather dismissive unfortunately. [1]: https://github.com/winjs/winjs/wiki/Roadmap
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by grrowl 13y ago
If this is true, we can assume the computers of all but the very most careful and dutiful admins have been pwned. I'm flabbergasted even looking at my own laptop, the element of trust in any of my own hardware is gone.
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by grrowl 13y ago
It only concerns me that the browser chrome is removed entirely. At very least the status bar should remain to give the user an obvious "system" element to touch to return to the full chrome.

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