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by nilliams 13y ago
Always surprised when I see comments like this. I have the opposite view. The font size of both the OP site (and Medium) is perfect for me and I wish more sites would depart from the web's 'tiny text' mistakes of the past. I
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by nilliams 13y ago
I think he means back-end service, rather than Angular's notion of services. >> It's a good example of an AngularJS application that's not completely trivial and yet one that does not depend upon having a service it has
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by nilliams 13y ago
It is on purpose, the last slide of the carousel reads: "frustrated? use a carousel and your users will be too"
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by nilliams 13y ago
The webfont used in the simulator renders badly in Chrome, Windows: http://i.imgur.com/jv1ltu5.png (Firefox is fine).
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by nilliams 13y ago
Oh my, this is like an OCD sufferer's dream :)
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by nilliams 13y ago
>> And what is "this type of criticism"? Perhaps gross generalisation is a fitting term? Basically it's somewhat insulting to insinuate that designers on Dribbble believe glamour shots are the be-all and end-all of de
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by nilliams 13y ago
>> Execution is key I think when parent(s) were remarking on execution mattering they were implying: 'Execution is key ... to the success of the feature (and consequently) the brand '. My experience is very few people know
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by nilliams 13y ago
I just use the readability bookmarklet, doesn't require an account: http://www.readability.com/bookmarklets
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by nilliams 13y ago
Was it Billy Hoffman's 'JavaScript the Evil Parts'? http://blip.tv/jsconf/billy-hoffman-javascript-the-evil-part...
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by nilliams 13y ago
Tip to others trying the game: Play multiple games at once. Start a game, then open the menu on the left, click Start Game, and begin another. I've found some players are quite unresponsive and having a few on the go keeps it interesti
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by nilliams 13y ago
Totally agree, that study is nonsense, was going to question it myself.
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by nilliams 13y ago
Unfortunately I think it's 3), you've missed parent's point :) They are not saying that HTML5 tags do not order correctly. They are saying that it's difficult to create a semantic document, where the order of the tags
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by nilliams 13y ago
Yep the missing part of the description is 'server-to-server', or 'client-with-a-listen-port (i.e. not a browser) to server'. Unfortunately a lot of us developers see the term REST API and think a-ha, this is someth
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by nilliams 13y ago
Backdooring iPhones does sound fantasical but that is not the only means your fingerprint data could conceivably make its way beyond your iPhone. I like that my fingerprint data is on precisely no computer anywhere. You don't have to
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by nilliams 13y ago
Great, good luck!
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by nilliams 13y ago
Nice project, is there a logical next step where the text outside the dollars can be formatted with markdown (or I suppose LaTeX)?
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by nilliams 13y ago
Your opinion, personally I'm a sucker for a peanut KitKat Chunky.
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by nilliams 13y ago
Konami fun can also be found on wired.co.uk, sometimes in raptor form, other-times not.
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by nilliams 13y ago
>> infuriating display of bad design Perspective please!
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by nilliams 13y ago
>> Kit Kat's homepage is currently a monstrosity [...] the history hijacking made it a crappy experience and I couldn't close the tab quickly enough. I am hoping this is a parody of the average Hacker News comment on an HT
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by nilliams 13y ago
Exactly. I've been looking out for (and possibly missed) a tool to make a Reveal.js-ish slideshow [1] from just markdown rather than 'HTML with optional markdown in each slide' . This is that. With Reveal.js you can do:
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by nilliams 13y ago
Wonder how this ties in with the recent discussion over Data URI slowness on mobile [1] [2]. I have to admit I've not read all the articles in full so the question may have been answered. I see Pete did write in a comment to [1] &quot
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by nilliams 13y ago
Woah, the brick [1] is seriously cool (no irony), I would love to try one of those out. [1] http://www.just5.eu/brickred.php
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by nilliams 13y ago
Agree, I've used this syntax on my last 2 projects. It is so much better, and closer to Node/CommonJS, I don't know why anyone uses the alternative.
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by nilliams 13y ago
Yep I think he literally wrote those 2 sentences in a Yoda-style, intentionally, for playful effect. Rest of article is well written, with above average attention to sentence structure.
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by nilliams 13y ago
>> In any sizable JavaScript code base, especially if third-party libraries are used, these incompatibilities can become a very real issue, very quickly. Whether you use constructor functions, object literals, or the module pattern
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by nilliams 13y ago
Agree and if anyone else has any information on how we would go about combating this patent please share it.
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by nilliams 13y ago
Or the many other GC'd languages game devs might like to use: Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Scala, Clojure ... Yes, it is unfortunate we can't use those languages and achieve the same performance as manual memory management in C&#x2
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by nilliams 13y ago
>> Criticizes word processors as being from another era with old concepts. Then goes on to show a skeuomorphic interface based on even more elderly analogies, such as "desktop" and "folders." Without dropping the n
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by nilliams 13y ago
>> However, "look at my life and go kill yourself" is much less exaggerated I believe Fish actually used the full quote too "compare your life to mine and then kill yourself" [1] . Also, have you seen the abusive r

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