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Stanford proposes new password policy(arstechnica.com)
2 points by maerek 12y ago|0 comments
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by maerek 13y ago
Can you share any more details on how the image diffing is done? BBC has a github repo called Wraith that uses ImageMagick and PhantomJS to accomplish a similar task (without the awesomeness of on-demand testing environments). Always curi
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by maerek 13y ago
More importantly, this is the first time I realized that there was a YCombinator _blog_.
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Ask HN: How can I run an effective code review?
4 points by maerek 13y ago|2 comments
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by maerek 13y ago
Prime Directive.
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FreedomPop Will Take On Carriers By Offering Smartphones And Freemium Phone Plan(techcrunch.com)
27 points by maerek 13y ago|18 comments
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Mars Rover Draws Graffiti(dvice.com)
2 points by maerek 13y ago|0 comments
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by maerek 14y ago
This is awesome. I'm still waiting for some of the larger CDNs to provide this as an option, but realistically don't expect it to happen until the working group gets closer to having a ratified and finalized spec.
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by maerek 14y ago
Paul - any tips for avoiding stylesheet bloat? A project I'm currently working on has a rapidly expanding style sheet, and I'd like to invest in some ways to cut down on the cruft.
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by maerek 14y ago
Very interesting article. I never really understood the nuances of the different WebKit ports (and once naively assumed that WebKit === WebKit). I also didn't have an appreciation for the amount of work going in behind the scenes. The li
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by maerek 14y ago
Better question here - who are you to judge this? A prospective employee is by no means forced to accept employment with a start-up where they're receiving a smaller share of equity than the founders. There is no grounds for any sort of
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by maerek 14y ago
I do agree that typesetting in CSS is a bit lacking. We haven't really had any significant changes in this area since CSS 1.0 came out (with word-spacing and text-spacing). @font-face is great, but it's more about specifying the font to us
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by maerek 14y ago
Planets of the starwars universe, or knights of the round table.
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by maerek 14y ago
I don't disagree on seeking a sensible P/E ratio. I'm stating that in order to determine what qualifies as a sensible P/E ratio, you need to look at the industry/market the company operates in.
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by maerek 14y ago
I started to telecommute three days each week (office is ~ 2hrs from where I live) right after Thanksgiving in 2012 and am still adjusting to the lifestyle. The biggest takeaway - so far - is that successful telecommuting is determined just
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by maerek 14y ago
That's not the correct way to analyze P/E. Looking at that number in a vacuum is nigh on meaningless. P/E is best analyzed as a relative measure within a given market (in this case, online retailers w/ no brick and mortar presence). That
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by maerek 14y ago
What is BB's real business value proposition? I'm got sincere concern for the well-being of Blackberry. I doubt that having a physical keyboard is enough of a game changer to have people switch back to a BB from an Android/iPhone device.
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by maerek 14y ago
Sounds like Antigua is threatening the nuclear option over online gambling. I'm not clear what sort of jurisdiction (or influence) the US should have regarding gambling by American citizens in other countries, but it seems the simplest sol
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by maerek 14y ago
I'm curious what business lines are being trimmed, as referenced in the article. What other lines of business (the phrasing makes me think this is externally facing business, not internal departments) is VMware involved in beyond the core
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by maerek 14y ago
FTA: 1.7.1 How to read this specification This specification should be read like all other specifications. First, it should be read cover-to-cover, multiple times. Then, it should be read backwards at least once. Then it should be read by p
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by maerek 14y ago
Latency to access a SSD is calculated in nanoseconds, whereas latency across networks is typically calculated in terms of milliseconds. Order of magnitude difference here. That being said, to an end user, the difference between 100 nanosec
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by maerek 14y ago
You are making a very strong assumption that scaling a 960px fixed width site to a viewport on a device is an optimal solution. It's fantastic I can see the entire site on my device in landscape mode; it's a tragedy that I have to double t
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by maerek 14y ago
Centering a box horizontally is simple. The original comment was referring to centering an element _vertically_, which is a much greater PITA.
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by maerek 14y ago
2 * 1 = 1 * 2 Mathematics aside, you would've hoped that they could come up with an improvement over the iMac, instead of a copy. Perhaps the port access on the side of the base counts?
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by maerek 14y ago
Literally just transferred all of my domain names and DNS hosting away from GoDaddy last night. Should have done it after the SOPA fiasco - glad I didn't wait until today!
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by maerek 14y ago
I've been fortunate enough to attend talks given by both Luke Wroblewski (LUKEW, http://www.lukew.com/ ) and Joshua Clarke (Global Moxie, http://globalmoxie.com ). Both have written excellent books on design principles and UX/UI implemen
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by maerek 14y ago
Chris - can you elaborate a bit more on this newsletter? What sort of content it covers, how you source data, etc.? Just signed up and am interested to learn more. Thanks!
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by maerek 14y ago
Holy shit, Apple. It is 2012. Figure out how to do a decent window manager that lets you maximize a window properly.
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by maerek 14y ago
At discussion here are the root DNS servers, which are at a higher level in the hierarchy than any of the ccTLD or gTLD domains. We're talking about the (.) level. e.g. www.google.com. That trailing dot is never used in a web browser, but
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by maerek 14y ago
Just to be clear, caffeine is commonly used as a legal performance enhancer for athletes. The cross-fitter who doesn't consume a cup of coffee (or three) is few and far between.

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