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by mikehearn 6y ago
In a previous HN post [1] where someone wrote up how to use B2 as an image host, the Cloudflare CEO chimed in and addressed rule 2.8 specifically, saying if Cloudflare workers are used for URL prettifying and redirecting, a different ToS is
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by mikehearn 6y ago
Also Transparent Textures ( https://www.transparenttextures.com/ ) – disclaimer, I made it — which is basically Subtle Patterns with a colorwheel that allows the backgrounds to be any color.
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by mikehearn 10y ago
I am unabashedly in support of using presentation software for initial UI design. For basic wireframing, you don't need much more than the ability add shapes, text, color, images + a way to demonstrate user flow (e.g. by ordering slide
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by mikehearn 11y ago
As a hardware company, if a huge percentage of your user base is still using a product you made five years ago, there are two schools of thought: 1. "Great! Our products are so well-made, stable and backwards-compatible that users do n
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by mikehearn 11y ago
I interpreted that comment as a jab at the PC industry. The implication being that in the last 5+ years the PC industry has failed to offer 600 million users a compelling reason to upgrade. Isn't that the correct interpretation, consid
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by mikehearn 11y ago
Serial only has one season on which to base its reputation, but thus far it seems exceptionally adept at not picking sides. The case in season one was polarizing, but Serial did an admirable job of presenting all sides and not making overt
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by mikehearn 11y ago
Important to note that his Instagram ripoffs haven't been tested in court. He has prevailed in previous court cases with art pieces that had a stronger "transformative" argument, which is a key aspect of fair use. This time t
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by mikehearn 11y ago
I'm sure there are plenty of ways for this to backfire, but I've always thought one of the most effective ways to eliminate salary bias is for companies to list a role's salary up front, in the job posting, before they'v
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by mikehearn 11y ago
The other rationale I've heard is that if Apple paid for it out-of-pocket it could be considered anticompetitive for using predatory pricing. This circumstance, in which Apple essentially pre-installs the service on every device and su
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by mikehearn 11y ago
To me there are, but I'm open to discussion. - Different pricing. Apps can be anywhere from $1 to $500, while songs typically hover around $0.99. The wide variance in app pricing makes a subscription model challenging to satisfy all us
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by mikehearn 11y ago
There are a lot of economic differences between music and apps (e.g. price range, labels negotiate on behalf of artists, music has dozens of outlets versus 2-3 for apps, etc), but my hope is you would still analyze the economics before ditc
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by mikehearn 11y ago
I'm a Bengals fan, so I don't know why I feel the need to constantly defend the Patriots, but let's do it. > almost certainly From the Wikipedia article you linked: - "[The NFL] found no evidence to substantiate the
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by mikehearn 11y ago
I mean, I agree. Spygate was a violation and they got fined. That seems pretty clear cut and I don't have a problem with it. I'm just taking issue with the guy calling it "outright spying" which is a pretty exaggerated c
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by mikehearn 11y ago
> outright spying The Patriots filmed the Jets' sideline during an actual NFL game that was happening in front of like 80,000 people. It isn't even illegal to film opposing coaches on their sideline, you just can't do it
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by mikehearn 11y ago
My all-in-one dream is a laptop that has a double-sided screen on its lid. When opened, it functions like a normal laptop. When closed, it functions as a tablet. Content is passed back and forth between desktop & tablet mode. Example us
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by mikehearn 12y ago
I'm not going to tell you anything new here, but there are reasons to use GIF instead of video. WebM isn't supported on Safari & IE. H.264 isn't officially supported on Firefox (though I believe OS X and Window may now pr
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by mikehearn 12y ago
This may be what you're looking for: http://blog.docker.com/2013/09/docker-can-now-run-within-doc...
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by mikehearn 12y ago
Named Dockerfiles support is a nice addition. I usually split up my projects with one (or more) container running the app, and a separate container running Grunt to compile all the front-end libraries. It was a minor annoyance to separate t
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by mikehearn 12y ago
The bigger conflict of interest, and seemingly the lesser reported connection, is between Buzzfeed and Sidecar. Buzzfeed's Executive Chairman Ken Lehrer (listed second on their team page[1] after CEO Jonah Peretti) was a seed investor
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by mikehearn 12y ago
I'm in the same situation with the OS X client. I was using BTSync + Arc to essentially match Dropbox's feature set, but in the past couple of months BTSync seemingly lost its mind with respect to CPU usage. It would routinely hit
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by mikehearn 12y ago
The real lesson here is that, whether or not it's morally acceptable randomly drop a spoiler into an article, you probably shouldn't do it because it's an instant derail. We're not talking about the content anymore, now
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by mikehearn 12y ago
Which of the following does your sigh indicate: a. You are sighing because you believe the study to be meaningless due to its sample size. b. You are sighing because the writer needlessly undermines the results of a completely legitimate po
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by mikehearn 12y ago
In her class, she was 39th out of 559. She was in the 93rd percentile of the only group she could compare herself to. Prior to college, I would say she was a phenomenal student compared to her peers. The point of the article is that low-inc
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by mikehearn 12y ago
So in a nutshell, they are: -- Removing the check-in feature from the Foursquare app and putting into a separate app called Swarm. -- Making Foursquare 100% about exploring and recommendations, a la Yelp. This seems like a bizarre move. Unl
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by mikehearn 13y ago
Hi folks! I wrote the article (and woke up surprised to find it on HN). I initially compiled this prior to Dorian's definitive written denial. Prior to that development, it genuinely seemed like the Newsweek article was going to (a) si
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by mikehearn 13y ago
Precisely, it "looks like" HR was involved. Can you say with certainty this person, hired in Jan. 2014, was involved? And can you say with certainty that this person could have prevented this? Again, unless you're a GitHub in
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by mikehearn 13y ago
> Doesn't appear so. They did get an HR person, but an experienced one? Not a chance. No experienced HR person would have let any of that get as far as it got. That HR person should probably be put on leave or be fired as well. The
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by mikehearn 13y ago
My ideal product is the Netflix interface with, essentially, every movie and television show ever made. I imagine there are a lot of other people out there who also wish that product existed. It's hard to say how much I would pay for i
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by mikehearn 13y ago
I wish we wouldn't upvote stuff like this. The guy clearly bullied a random Google employee in a private chatroom into commenting on a subject that was totally irrelevant to his work, and then turned his comments into a biased characte

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