jarek

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901.
by jarek 14y ago
Why is your ego struck by politely leaving in the midst of a series of interviews but not by a polite post-interview rejection? Where do you draw the line?
902.
by jarek 14y ago
In a way, part of me wants the patent circus to lead to an actual ban on U.S. sales of a popular, high profile device for a considerable period of time. I don't even care which device. Maybe the system will somehow wake up when confronted w
903.
by jarek 14y ago
Every bike is worth stealing, unfortunately. I had beater bikes stolen, one had duct tape on the rims, another one with visibly busted rear brake. I probably couldn't have sold them if I tried to; but then I don't sell to sketchy characters
904.
by jarek 14y ago
It's not a pity for f.lux; it's a pity for iOS.
905.
by jarek 14y ago
I have not used it yet. (I hope there isn't a finite, small amount of spaces and I'm not hogging... but I signed up after this was mentioned on HN last time and got a spot pretty soon so I'm guessing it's not that limited.)
906.
by jarek 14y ago
I got an invitation to beta test around two days after signing up on https://stripe.com/global . This was on August 8, YMMV of course.
907.
by jarek 14y ago
You do realize Gehry has designed plenty of buildings that don't leak, right? His track record on leaking water after construction is probably better than Facebook's track record on leaking personal information after privacy setting chang
908.
by jarek 14y ago
I did both of these. This resulted in the "flag" links disappearing.
909.
by jarek 14y ago
For those of us without flag powers, mentioning the adage is the most we can do about titles like these on HN. Of course I could just stop reading the HN front page, but that seems a rather null solution.
910.
by jarek 14y ago
Yeah, it'll do that because it's used to your finger being on the stick and thinks that's the neutral position. It's supposed to stop and recalibrate itself eventually, especially when it reaches the edge of the screen. I've never had that
911.
by jarek 14y ago
> How long have they been doing the mac-style fn-ctrl-meta-alt layout? Approximately forever. My X21, released around 2001, predates the spread of the meta key and has a fn-ctrl-alt layout. No idea who came up with the ridiculous print
912.
by jarek 14y ago
Well, see, I would just print the date that's there in the database in the first place. How is "864 days ago" useful information? Doesn't everyone at least convert it to the number of years it stands for?
913.
by jarek 14y ago
My HN profile was created 864 days ago. When was it created?
914.
by jarek 14y ago
Regarding chronology, FWIW, this is a final year project for a group in a class of 2011. The concept would have been developed in summer and fall of 2010 and a prototype implemented in winter of 2011. First mentions of Amazon lockers are fr
915.
by jarek 14y ago
> Isn't it MM/DD, not mm.dd in US? E.g. 8/23, not 8.23. Eh, people will use anything, I've also seen 8-23. 8.23 certainly isn't a stretch. > My point is that it is more or less insane to start inventing new date format with zero reg
916.
by jarek 14y ago
> What freaking standard is it to write dates as mm.dd? American.
917.
by jarek 14y ago
You could speak both and prefer to use the Japanese version when in Japan (to get better local results, for instance). The site has no way of knowing your particular situation, so they ask rather than defaulting to one or the other.
918.
by jarek 14y ago
Yes. But google.us acts the same as google.com when it comes to location redirects though (e.g., I have a Canadian IP and en-us;0.9 Accept-Language, it redirects me to google.ca).
919.
by jarek 14y ago
To say nothing about right click - paste... unless they're doing the 1999 thing and blocking right click too (and if they are, hopefully it's with a 1999-tastic alert("Right click not allowed!");).
920.
by jarek 14y ago
> I moved back to my parents house and saved all my money so I could bootstrap my startup for over a year. That's easier to do when your parents live in a metropolitan area rather than Podunk, Flyover State. Just saying.
921.
by jarek 14y ago
If only there was an online service to automatically log music I listen to and perhaps tracks I particularly love.
922.
by jarek 14y ago
> By requiring payment by credit card, you'll hopefully eliminate prostitutes, drug users, and homeless people anyway. I'm not sure there's a way to distinguish a "regular" credit card from a prepaid store-bought "credit" card, which ar
923.
by jarek 14y ago
Entrepreneurship for the entitlement generation. Everyone gets a star. The lack of actual entrepreneurship news on the front page is a separate issue.
924.
by jarek 14y ago
> Complaining about the duality is like complaining that Dieter Rams' radio doesn't burst into fire whenever someone tries to play The Beatles on it. Not strictly - Rams didn't DJ at the radio station, but Apple is in charge of both the
925.
by jarek 14y ago
Is there any particular reason you believe Russia is unable to elect someone who doesn't steal from the country and is also not a borderline autocrat? I know the track record isn't great, but I'm curious if you reckon that's inherent.
926.
by jarek 14y ago
> (roads are for cars, not bikes) That's one of the reasons cyclists prefer streets over roads :)
927.
by jarek 14y ago
You would typically do point-to-point trips between stations. Bixi Toronto has something like $500-$1000 liability if stolen, as I recall (less if recovered later presumably... the bikes stand out so it'd be rather difficult to pawn).
928.
by jarek 14y ago
Hubway is a Bixi system.
929.
by jarek 14y ago
I've used the IKEA adjustable legs and frankly, setting a single leg to a specific length is a pain. Setting four legs to a specific length would be a larger pain, and doing so without turning the table to its side larger still. Not ideal w
930.
by jarek 14y ago
As an interested party, may I ask why you feel citricsquid's and my comments in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4352446 are not constructive?

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