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by unconed 14y ago
> People get on airplanes every day without thinking much about it. I think you underestimate people's paranoia and what it has done to flying. Planes are the safest way to travel by far, yet there are safety instructions, passenger scr
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by unconed 14y ago
Because most EU countries have proportional representation, which means geographically diffuse and demographically aligned ideologies, like the green party in the 70-80s, and the pirate party in the 2000s, can get off the ground easily.
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by unconed 14y ago
Screenshot: you use grab.app, which is included in the utilities folder. OS X has shortcuts, yes, but at least they all give consistent, immediate feedback, something Windows, Android and the various Linux desktops still don't get right.
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by unconed 14y ago
I don't know why Google thinks Eclipse + their shitty emulator is an acceptable toolchain. Must be all the Java devs there, they're used to abysmal start up times.
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by unconed 14y ago
Indeed: http://unicornfree.com/2010/all-schnitzelconf-speakers-are-m...
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by unconed 14y ago
The graphic designer in me screams in horror. Inverted colors in images? You stare at this for extended periods of time?
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by unconed 14y ago
Because he got suckered and instead of blatantly admitting he acted like a smug idiot, he has to rationalize it as a good thing by saying "look, I learned something, and now so did you".
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by unconed 14y ago
Microsoft hasn't bothered to touch WebGL, clearly more interested in their own proprietary Direct3D and Xbox ecosystem. Apple has had partial WebGL support for years now (started with iAds), but has never switched it on by default, not on O
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by unconed 14y ago
You have write a JavaScript function to calculate the data points. There is no editor or UI for it, but the API is pretty simple. There are examples on GitHub, view source on this for example: http://acko.net/files/mathbox/MathBox.js/examp
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by unconed 14y ago
... that's kind of why I made it a point to mention d3.js and heap lavish amounts of praise on it in the article. Which you read, right?
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by unconed 14y ago
This is a rare webkit bug I reported 9 months ago and which still hasn't been fixed. A refresh should fix it.
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by unconed 14y ago
I'm well aware of the complications, however, I've found a lot of it comes down to priming your audience. I used subtle orbiting motions, slow transitions and reference grids to let the audience see where the depth was at all times. I haven
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by unconed 14y ago
Oh hackernews, i knew if i came here I'd find people bitching about some inconsequential detail.
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by unconed 14y ago
This site is the gold reference: http://webglstats.com
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by unconed 14y ago
Apple's innovations are myriad and subtle, particularly on the software side. Almost all of these things have been copied by the various Linux environments: - Sub-second reconnection to wifi when resuming from sleep, using past remembered n
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by unconed 14y ago
I don't think he actually believes that, but I think his writing style absolutely exudes it. And the fact that he has his own minimalist-styled exclusive blogger network only emphasizes it. I love the fact that all Svbtle blogs look alike t
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by unconed 14y ago
Java is great, but JavaScript gets lumped in the same bin with C? Strange priorities...
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by unconed 14y ago
The problem with gradient meshes is that they are 2D grids that run all the way through the shape. Thus you can't add control points on one side of your mesh without adding a bunch of useless ones across the whole length or width. Each mesh
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by unconed 14y ago
It's worth mentioning that the original mouse wheel API by Microsoft was explicitly written to support analog wheels. But it never took off, and it was actually the applications themselves who were ignoring the analog input and just convert
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by unconed 14y ago
The answer: yes, they really think they do. As a Belgian living in North America, I find myself repeating the same thing over and over again: Europe figured this shit out 30 years ago. Just do what they are doing. But then they insist it co
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by unconed 14y ago
Have you ever used a modern Mac trackpad? They're amazing little devices. I don't want mice anymore. 1. Scroll wheels only let you scroll in discrete steps, which the human visual system is bad at handling. It pales compared to inertial tou
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by unconed 14y ago
But the challenge isn't to compress random strings, the challenge is to compress a specific random string. This means that given enough time, you should be able to come up with an algorithm or transformation that turns that specific strin
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by unconed 14y ago
Does anyone still listen to Ballmer's predictions? "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. [...] I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%
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by unconed 14y ago
Retina isn't about the screen, it's about the assets that are displayed on that screen and how they're designed.
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by unconed 14y ago
I just can't stand some of the crappy 90s-era UI decisions that Windows still has. Like how the mouse wheel scrolls the currently focused control rather than where you're pointing. Or the stupid Ok/Cancel/Apply everywhere rather than decisi
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by unconed 14y ago
Remember the original Xbox controller, designed for giant man-hands? I'm sure the people behind that didn't see anything wrong it either. I wish there was an iPhone 5-sized Android out there that didn't suck.
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by unconed 14y ago
As somebody who uses Safari, the fact that it doesn't "activate" Flash until you focus the tab is one of its best features.
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by unconed 14y ago
That wasn't what the previous commenter was saying at all, they said both 'probably' happen at the same time. It's a classic example of a contradiction used to hide cognitive dissonance, and being used to reinforce each other when they shou
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by unconed 14y ago
"(particularly sad because they probably were molested themselves as children...)." And now I have to be the one to ask you for a citation. Either sexual preference is innate and that's the hand they've drawn in life, or it is the result of
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by unconed 14y ago
"that preventing a child molester from viewing fake kiddie porn will make him violent" May I just be a dick and point out that you transparently assumed the hypothetical child molester is male here? And also, that I said "[suppression of] d

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