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by shelf 14y ago
Would you call that low-contrast, though? My comment suggests that both colors are quite some distance apart, so despite the inversion, the contrast is quite reasonable. It just has the added bonus of, you know, not burning the crap out of
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by shelf 14y ago
I'm not sure what your definition of contrast is, sir. That was a fairly bright grey on a fairly dark grey. Returning to HN from this article was an unpleasant retinal shock. Confusing a bright, backlit monitor with a piece of paper is some
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by shelf 14y ago
Hmm. A few more minutes with this has me a little mixed. I may have confused this with some kind of personal mirror service. Is there a way to mirror an entire page? (Recursively --no-parent is ideal, usually.) Even backing up the plain HTM
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by shelf 14y ago
I use a really hackish perl script to wget, diff, and wget -r websites in this way, because articles disappear way too much for my liking. This product looks wonderful and I'll be playing around with the API as soon as I have a spare moment
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by shelf 14y ago
Aaand we revert to the usual correlation/cause confusion that usually surrounds leadership discussion. For all you know, Microsoft could have been much worse off without Ballmer. Fate and the actions of the collective other will always have
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by shelf 14y ago
I agree, but that doesn't seem particularly relevant. The system in question would generate significant revenue shortfall if that fellow's comments are accurate. Typically in public policy we make plans for these kinds of scenarios, instead
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by shelf 14y ago
Only paying part of your outgoings is considered 'not paying,' or grounds for a default, typically? So that 'meme' is pretty much factual reality, if your statistics are correct? disclosure: non-American with no knowledge of your welfare sc
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by shelf 14y ago
Not being able to pay your outgoings is the definition of insolvency, friend. On the other hand, the government is not quite a 'corporation,' and isn't entirely subject to those kinds of notions, is it?
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by shelf 14y ago
Mozilla turn a significant profit through Google referrals, last time I looked. The 'splintered' browser market masks a fairly comfortable arrangement for both companies, as well as Opera. Don't assume a conspiracy where incompetence or poo
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by shelf 14y ago
Whilst Propelly is struggling with the HN load, it seems to me that it's pretty much identical to Gumroad, except with that added (and very reassuring) 'a 14yo is a major contributor' factor that goes down very well in e-commerce. (Perhaps