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by markbao 13y ago
JSON, through the web interface. I'm a journaling geek, so I signed up to try Narrato. After you confirm your email address, it takes you to their online account manager, which has an export button. The export looks like a JSON file, p
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by markbao 13y ago
I suppose that "far-fetched" isn't the right word to use, rather that it's absurd that that many people per week forget that they have a potentially loaded gun in their bag and are carrying it into a high-security area w
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by markbao 13y ago
I feel like I am the only person on this thread that thinks the scenario that someone just happened to "damn, went to the airport and forgot that I had a gun in my bag while going through airport security " is pretty far-fetched.
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by markbao 13y ago
My design workflow has moved from Illustrator for design structure and Photoshop for high-fidelity design, to strictly Sketch from conception all the way to exporting assets, with the rare Photoshop for some assets (like to-the-pixel ones).
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by markbao 13y ago
As a vim user, I feel as if the essence of vim is an extension of my mind . Much like riding a bicycle, I instinctively think "select this line and the four lines below it and copy it" as "V4jy" with little cognitive th
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by markbao 13y ago
Are the buses in Buenos Aires cheap for those who live there? I remember it was around 1.70 pesos (about $0.40 at the official exchange rate) which, to me, is ridiculously cheap, but I wasn't sure if it was seen as cheap by the local
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by markbao 13y ago
Yes, I hope so, but I'm not hopeful, because Zagat isn't as good as Yelp. The biggest thing that Apple Maps has over Google Maps is their partnership with Yelp. Yelp is arguably the best source of business information in cities where it's a
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by markbao 13y ago
Embark NYC is absolutely indispensable and I used it to no end when I was living in the city. Made getting around a breeze. This SF one is awesome—new design and it includes BART and Muni and the rest of the crazy set of transit systems in
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by markbao 13y ago
I've always found Google Maps' listings a bit lacking. For something that is supposed to map the world, it still won't show me all the restaurants on a main avenue in NYC[0]. It still doesn't pinpoint the right locations for some places a
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by markbao 13y ago
Because 99% of their users want something like Word as their editor. Try as you might, but you can't get all of them—not even close—to use Markdown to format documents when they're used to highlight, Bold button, voila, it's bold. Evernote
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by markbao 13y ago
What? Parent comment is talking about what he believes as the societal expectation of privacy in his view. He doesn't say "Wow, it's ridiculous that Germany has different laws. How dare they!" Instead of talking about whether or not his v
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by markbao 13y ago
I'm confused as to why the DOJ is arguing over whether it needs a warrant or not for emails and Facebook chats and that sort of thing. This is the DOJ that we're talking about, and surely, even if a warrant is required for email, they would
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by markbao 13y ago
Sorry, 6am here, that's what I mean. It is good to see Linode adopting this layered approach, though it is what you're supposed to do . The other route would be storing the private key file unencrypted, which, thank goodness that wasn't th
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by markbao 13y ago
I feel like there is a fine line between a "cover up" and a "grey hat disclosure". Reading the IRC logs from #linode [0], HTP hacker ryan* seems to say that they made a deal of "we don't tell if you don't tell" but then Linode broke the dea
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Quora: 881 notifications, and why following questions doesn't work(studyingquora.quora.com)
3 points by markbao 14y ago|0 comments
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Turning the tables around: perhaps the software (or even physical products) that we use where we think, "this is stupid! why would anyone build it this way?" were similarly built by people with no domain expertise in the product. Introduce
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by markbao 14y ago
At first, I hated it, but looking at the linked article, it's not terrible. I prefer the iconic logo, but they could have done a lot worse with this rebranding. It feels fresh and modern, rare for an airliner. http://www.aa.com/newamerican
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The void of losing someone you don't know(journal.markbao.com)
97 points by markbao 14y ago|4 comments
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by markbao 14y ago
I'd like to write something nice, but I'm in too much shock to even know where to start. He showed his brilliance through code and his humanity through his writing. And as much as it is "right" to respect him for his very personal decision,
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by markbao 14y ago
As someone who has been doing this for the past six months, the folks here are right. You kind of learn as you go. The beginning of my trip was in Barcelona, and I had no idea what to do. Talked to a few folks at hostels, found out what was
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by markbao 14y ago
I think that applies to a lot more than images. I think that this new technology spreads our friendships wide (we can have many friends, including people we haven't met in real life) but not deep (more text messages saying "what's up?" and
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by markbao 14y ago
Oh. Yeah, you're right, that's a great point.
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If I'm in Siri mode, then I would have to a) turn the phone off and on again to get the lock screen date, or 2) ask Siri, both of which would interrupt this prompt and require you to ask the original question again after finding out what da
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by markbao 14y ago
It's all about the little big details that reduce friction in user experience. This attention to detail: 1) reduces errors and user frustration, 2) substantiates the thought in the user's mind that "the software will do what I want", and 3)
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by markbao 14y ago
I still like keeping up once in a while. It gives me fodder to think about while being disconnected :)
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by markbao 14y ago
This article represents a much-needed big-picture view of how social networks have affected how we live. It seems like those with smartphones in their pockets, and social networks with connections, have the always-on ability to make an impr
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by markbao 14y ago
Digging into this turned up this Huffington Post article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2010/11/23/fear_pays... Rapiscan (the scanner subsidiary of OSI) rebutted the claims: http://www.rapiscansystems.com/en/the-checkpoint/arti
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by markbao 14y ago
They might publicly state that radiation safety concerns are not the reason, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's true. If they admit the reason is radiation safety concerns, then they wouldn't be able to relocate them to smaller air
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by markbao 14y ago
Extrinsic motivation takes the form of external incentives to do something, such as the promise of money. In actuality, though, it seems that these incentives actually demotivate people from performing the task, because it kills their intri
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by markbao 14y ago
Is it just me, or does that payment box look kind of dodgy? I think there's a reason that so many people use PayPal and services like it—people trust a familiar face. But this one doesn't really have any padlocks or any details like address

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