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by krebby 11y ago
We ran an A/B test at a former employer a few years ago that showed that the popover was somewhere in the range of 1.5x to 2x as effective at getting signups than anywhere else in the page (sidebar, header, footer). I left the company
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by krebby 11y ago
Google Maps already uses some data from Waze (like route closures and accidents) though I really wish the Waze directions were fixed to match Google Maps. A combined app (or at least more unified set of two apps) would be amazing.
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by krebby 11y ago
This one too: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPX0SCl7OzWilt9LnuQliat...
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by krebby 11y ago
Agreed. These are just amazing. Someone linked above to the source images on Google Photos, but even those aren't especially high-res. Would be awesome if Google released the originals.
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by krebby 11y ago
You're talking about implementing your own GC inside JS. A valid use case, but a niche one. JS the language doesn't really need to expose GC internals. JS the compile target does. (Though it can be worked around).
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by krebby 11y ago
You and I had this exact conversation at Eataly a few months back. WeakMaps are cool, but JS is a garbage-collected language. All you have to do to GC something is stop referencing it. WeakMaps are only really useful when you don't con
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by krebby 11y ago
The website currently provides clickable symbols. For mobile it's as easy as switching the language on your keyboard.
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by krebby 11y ago
If you enjoyed this, then you'll like reddit.com/r/shittyrobots
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by krebby 11y ago
There's a fantastic series on YouTube that examines some of these types of game and level design elements in a similarly academic way. The episode on Half-Life 2's Invisible Tutorial ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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by krebby 12y ago
There's also a definite survivorship bias (and an equally strong failure bias) to remember only the outliers. Most ideas fall squarely in the middle and we promptly forget about them. (obligatory xkcd https://xkcd.com/1
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by krebby 12y ago
> If negative, anonymous feedback here disuades and disenchants them, what hope is there? Absolutely. See Dropbox's Show HN, the slashdot iPod announcement, and every other worthwhile product ever. As a community we're pretty b
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by krebby 12y ago
The dual currency system is fascinating. When I was there a few years ago almost all of the local business exclusively took CUP, although a few vegetable or meat markets would accept CUC and give CUP in change. As an American tourist (with
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by krebby 12y ago
Also paladares, where people run restaurants out of their homes in a similar fashion. Very neat way to experience the culture! Interestingly in Cuba it is illegal to provide free sleeping accommodations. CouchSurfing and the like are wholly
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by krebby 12y ago
There are ways of doing scroll-based storytelling right but this ain't it. This library does have the right idea that scrolling should be continuous, but if you over- or underscroll the content you get trapped in a weird middle ground
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by krebby 12y ago
The act of turning on an oven or opening a refrigerator isn't "doing work", but igniting a fire (and by extension completing a circuit) is.
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by krebby 12y ago
It really depends on your definition of the 39 melakhot. Even the idea of "closing a circuit" being the same thing as "starting or tending a fire" is a modern invention, so some people abide and others don't. In my
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by krebby 12y ago
It depends on your interpretation of rabbinic law. In most cases the answer would be no (since you're still causing the effect by your actions), but some frum families used to employ a shabbos goy [0] to light candles, do shopping, coo
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by krebby 12y ago
This app[0] made the rounds last year and caused a bit of a stir: it keeps your android phone's battery at a constant state, prevents the screen from turning off, and flips the screen orientation, all of which from a disconnected inter
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Two Outcomes, Similar Paths: Radical Muslim and Neo-Nazi(nytimes.com)
1 points by krebby 12y ago|0 comments
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by krebby 12y ago
No way. It's great for layouts too, particularly the ever-difficult fluid-3-column-on-desktop-to-one-column-on-mobile "holy grail" layout [0]. That site has a few other great examples like media objects that would usually tak
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by krebby 12y ago
There's also Comcast[0]. No clue if it's any good but the name is amazing. [0] https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast
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by krebby 12y ago
One of the best scenes from Page One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLmkec_4Rfo Carr talks to the Vice guys about their deal with CNN: "Just because you put on a fucking safari helmet and looked at some poop, doesn&#
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Typeface Mechanics: 001(frerejones.com)
4 points by krebby 12y ago|0 comments
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by krebby 12y ago
This piece originally appeared on Rolling Stone's online section but was pulled.
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Everything Stupid Can Kill You: Welcome to Goodell World(mrdestructo.com)
4 points by krebby 12y ago|2 comments
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by krebby 12y ago
I admittedly haven't taken an in-depth look over the framework, but what specifically did you feel was missing from Backbone? Anything we can improve? I don't find this list [0] to be particularly helpful. It looks like the main a
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by krebby 12y ago
To be sure, Backbone has had "adapters" for a pretty long time. You just replace Backbone.$ and be on your way (there's a few for mootools, etc if you look hard enough). The latest changes just make this a bit easier so you c
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by krebby 12y ago
Disclosure: I work on Backbone from time to time. In the next version of Backbone we're removing the jQuery dependency from Backbone.History and making it easier to separate out from Backbone.View. Adding support for MooTools should be
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by krebby 12y ago
Doesn't look like it. The article says it's using a 3D model by three students from the University of Lausanne.
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by krebby 12y ago
A good friend of mine just finished up a year and a half of living and photographing in Whittier. She has a few amazing photos here: http://documentarystudies.duke.edu/uploads/media_items/city-... The stories I&#x

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