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by jacobian 15y ago
Google seems to have decide that red equals "create" -- all the new designs have a red button for creating a new message / document / ... My brain's having a lot of trouble with this. I'd be really interesting in the reasoning that went i
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PyCon 2012(us.pycon.org)
135 points by jacobian 15y ago|31 comments
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by jacobian 15y ago
> Open source really doesn't want designers. I'm certainly not going to speak on behalf of every open source project. But the ones I work on? This couldn't be farther from the truth. If you're a designer and want to contribute to Django
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by jacobian 15y ago
We've had that implemented since... I dunno, about six months ago maybe? (screenshot: https://skitch.com/jacobian/fgjmc/django ). Not sure why you didn't see it. I wouldn't be surprised if Trac somehow didn't show it to you; it's a bit of
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by jacobian 15y ago
Sorry about the spam filter. We get a shitton of spam (I think we're the largest Trac instance anywhere) and it makes the spam filter rather paranoid. If you're signed in it shouldn't get triggered. Password reset is here: https://www.djan
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by jacobian 15y ago
I'm not sure what "piggyback" SSL means, or "unlimited" for that matter — but no matter; it's clear enough that you're not using SSL as a way of getting people to upgrade. Thanks for clarifying; the pricing page made it seem like you'd need
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by jacobian 15y ago
The huge jump from $0/mo to $100/mo makes this a non-starter for me, and I suspect I'm not the only one. I think these pricing points are a mistake; as someone very interested in this market it'll be interested to see if I'm right or not. I
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by jacobian 15y ago
I completely agree -- as the docs have grown in size [ ] the organization has gotten worse. Originally I designed the structure to be similar to what you laid out, but things have gotten a bit out of control lately. We're workin' on it, tho
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by jacobian 15y ago
Right now it looks like they're requiring Facebook accounts to rent cars, and so they can (presumably) use the Facebook social graph as a rough proxy for trustability. Personally I sorta hate that policy (I've not got a Facebook account...)
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by jacobian 15y ago
Maybe TheSkeptic (brand new account) is a competitor? Ugh, that's a shitty attitude. I think one of the good things about HN is that people here usually give each other the benefit of the doubt and assume good intentions. Lobbing accusati
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by jacobian 15y ago
I was thinking of two specific instances (luckily this sort of crap is rare and it's only happened to me those two times). In the first instance, the person in question was my direct boss and was responsible for reviewing my code. He'd rout
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by jacobian 15y ago
I think perhaps I haven't been clear enough, because most here seem to be missing what I intended to be my central argument; to quote: I will call out antisocial behavior, enforce professionalism in the communities where I have the power t
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by jacobian 15y ago
In the case I'm talking about, the gentleman in question threw a chair out a window halfway through a meeting. This after months of threatening violence against co-workers after showing up to work drunk. You bet your ass I asked for him to
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by jacobian 15y ago
> But if you focus on the behaviour, you can try to negotiate: "You are a genius, your work on ___ is brilliant. However, this behaviour ____ is unacceptable, please stop doing it. Here is why..., Here is something more constructive you
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by jacobian 15y ago
The link's plenty interesting, but next time please try to avoid editorializing in the title. A "vig" is the cut taken by a loan shark or bookie and has strong connotations of crime and dishonesty (at least in the US). Apple's not breaking
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by jacobian 15y ago
Yup, nailed it. Electricity didn't come to my area until the late 1940s; as far as I can tell, my house wasn't actually wired until the mid-60s.
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by jacobian 15y ago
"All" is just a wee bit hyperbolic. I live in a rural county outside of Lawrence, KS. The fastest 'net connection I can get is Verizon 3G. In a decade, I'll be lucky if WiMax has made its way out that far, but there's absolutely no reason w
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by jacobian 16y ago
Maybe some smart HNer can make a Chrome/FF/whatever plugin like Google's Personal Blocklist for HN? I'd like to be able to just not see certain links without forcing that moderation decision on the entire community.
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by jacobian 16y ago
I'm glad to see there's some forward motion on Gmail; it's seemed like development stalled out a year or so ago. However, it's a bit depressing. If it takes this long to get around to fixing the small things, how long is it going to take th
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by jacobian 16y ago
> The point when more than 50% of my friends worked at Google was a really serious one for me: it became the point at which joining Google meant gaining the freedom to talk to my friends. Man, I just find that tremendously depressing. B
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by jacobian 16y ago
I was nodding along so strongly to the first half of this that I was genuinely surprised when the other shoe dropped. I see another friend get sucked into the vortex nearly every week, and it's gotten to the point where I have trouble being
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by jacobian 16y ago
Indeed - it's pretty silly that in the US apps cost anywhere from 99¢ to $1.10 depending on where your credit card's billing zip code points to. But I can hardly hold Apple responsible for the US's lame sales tax system, and at least Apple
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by jacobian 16y ago
You really think that your cell phone plan is "easy to understand"? What's your monthly bill going to be this month? I'll bet if you guessed each month in advance you'd never get it right. My bill's usually within about 10% of what I expe
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by jacobian 16y ago
Any minute now. We had a few blockers reported during the PyCon sprints -- hooray for finding bugs before the release! Those're now fixed, and we're wrapping up the last few details (translations, release notes, checks, etc.) as I write t
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by jacobian 16y ago
OK, people. Time to let it go. Nothing to see here, please move along.
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by jacobian 16y ago
"If Django doesn't sue, they weaken their trademark." I'm not a lawyer, but I'm nearly certain that this isn't true. Trademark holders are required to defend their trademarks, but "defense" does not mean "lawsuit." The law requires us to do
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by jacobian 16y ago
Awesome - I appreciate it a lot. Thanks!
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by jacobian 16y ago
Hi Matt -- I know this really isn't a big deal, and I really don't want to be a dick about it, but in this age of Google I would really appreciate it if you'd change the name. I think if we codenamed Django 1.3 "Wordpress" you'd feel simila
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by jacobian 16y ago
"Why not make this thing easier for normal people to figure out?" For me, at least, the value of Qoura is that normal people haven't figured it out yet. Once Eternal September hits I suspect I'll slowly lose interest as noise drowns out the
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by jacobian 16y ago
Mmm, that's not how I read Steve's questions -- I took them as honest questions about from someone who doesn't really follow the project and isn't sure where our priorities lie. We have to keep in mind that at this point a bulk of our users

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