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   by user24 14y ago

   For research purposes.
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   by user24 14y ago

   They can already live in the browser by way of addons - if you use delicious then install the addon. If you don't, don't. The solution is not for browser makers to host the share buttons, but for content creators to stop treating users like
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   by user24 14y ago

   Would love an invite too. howard.yeend@gg.com
4. 454.▲
   by user24 14y ago

   Ship in bulk to poor countries for use as bricks. There's clearly no other profit to be had for them.
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   by user24 14y ago

   All good points - "nothing wrong" was overstating it. I still say it's not a reason to dismiss HTML5 though, JS is far from unfit for purpose.
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   by user24 14y ago

   > Was it hailed as a beautiful language when it came out? Why not? Short-sightedness? Confusion between JS and the DOM API? I don't see why you're bringing up "when it came out" either. > "Beautiful if you know it" know also means "
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   by user24 14y ago

   I have no idea why people don't do this so much any more. JS templating is crazy. Everyone knows JS DOM manipulation is slow on most current and all legacy browsers. Whereas string manipulation on the server is stupidly easy and fast.
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   by user24 14y ago

   JavaScript: There's nothing wrong with JavaScript. It's a beautiful, powerful language if you know it. Fragmentation: Seriously? One code-base with a few cross-device tweaks is, in my opinion, infinitely better than n native apps. Just beca
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   by user24 14y ago

   They have your money as a developer or as a user?
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    by user24 14y ago

    I agree. Thought that at the time. Was a philosophy student at the time too though.
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    by user24 14y ago

    > The reasons that JavaScript sucks have been hashed to death in the past. If you are already disagreeing with me, then anything I say here won't change your mind, because you've already heard the arguments before and built up a reperto
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    by user24 14y ago

    I worked in PHP for years, now we've moved over to NodeJS and I'm massively excited about JS in a way that I never was about PHP. If you're not excited about your programming language, I would suggest that maybe you're using the wrong one
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    by user24 14y ago

    You can leak that data in a number of ways. Trivially, the server might timestamp the email. Less trivially, you could position yourself on the same network as the server and just time how long it takes to receive the email (I'd opt for thi
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    by user24 14y ago

    I was in my garden, the sun was on the screen. Looked more-or-less nude from where I sat.
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    by user24 14y ago

    There's still a timing attack there, just compare the time it takes for the server to send the email, instead of the time it takes to return the message.
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    by user24 14y ago

    screenshot of porn site with nudes.
17. 467.▲
    by user24 14y ago

    Two years ago I heard (from a lecturer who knew people at google) that Google were using a 6-gram model internally.
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    by user24 14y ago

    I got really distracted by the edit at 0:44 where you can see the spiral skip. But, on a more serious note, it's great to see companies encouraging the youth to get into science/tech/eng/math.
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    by user24 14y ago

    Hooray for unregulated and dangerous working conditions!
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    by user24 14y ago

    > Into their "Other" folder which doesn't generate notifications and nobody ever checks manually Incidentally, I once missed facebook asking me to interview because their message ended up in that folder.
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    by user24 14y ago

    Thanks, I will consider this. At the very least it will give me an excuse to buy Das Keyboard and some stick-on lettering.
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    Ask HN: What steps do you take to prevent RSI?

    2 points by user24 14y ago|5 comments
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    by user24 14y ago

    A simple guide to how to read the graphs for a noob like me?
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    by user24 14y ago

    which would you rather: angrybirds.app angrybirds.apps The second makes no sense.
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    by user24 14y ago

    and if I'm speaking to you in the real world?
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    by user24 14y ago

    I know! I see someone's taken .com already though!
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    by user24 14y ago

    It's ICANN! It'll be an auction.
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    by user24 14y ago

    really? "dot plus"? For a general consumer product? I know it worked for slash dot dot org, but their target was geeks.
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    by user24 14y ago

    Thanks, I now parse it as "Microsoft replies to coder concerns about new development kit".
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    by user24 14y ago

    I still want to know how you do the background images. Congrats on building a beautiful product too.