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721.
by vezycash 8y ago
They fired their testers. Now users - both paid and free are testers. Then they go extra-miles to ignore user/tester feedback. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-23/microsoft...
722.
by vezycash 8y ago
I'm hearing about this feature for the first time - and I frequent HN and other tech sites! For pop ups, automatic or it doesn't exist.
723.
by vezycash 8y ago
There is an extension called Chrome Store Foxified. It's like wine for Firefox. Check it out.
724.
by vezycash 8y ago
They had FirefoxOS remember? Doubt think they'll want to do it again soon.
725.
by vezycash 8y ago
Once read that Firefox is working on a Chrome-like language translation feature. Anyone know when it'll be done?
726.
by vezycash 8y ago
Why don't they write it as Block, Ask, Allow? Much easier this way.
727.
Pirate Coelho(paulocoelhoblog.com)
1 points by vezycash 8y ago|0 comments
728.
by vezycash 8y ago
My take from this is: Know your users. Know what features they use the most and make those prominent. Every other feature is noise. Don't hide stuff for UI / design / style sake. Use #2 point to make that decision. Make it ex
729.
South Korea rules pre-installed phone bloatware must be deletable (2014)(zdnet.com)
85 points by vezycash 8y ago|16 comments
730.
by vezycash 8y ago
They said "MS bashing" not C# bashing. In other words, using anything MS was once considered uncool. There's still a number of people who are waiting to catch MS pull a Embrace... stunt. I've not seen any thread on HN b
731.
by vezycash 8y ago
Isn't privacy.com US only?
732.
by vezycash 8y ago
Summary: Facebook wants to turn WhatsApp into Telegram.
733.
by vezycash 8y ago
Microsoft could further save money by building an answer bot. It'll cost less, answer faster and wouldn't be any worse than the current outsourced indian community support staff.
734.
by vezycash 8y ago
Here's my experience with Microsoft. I believe their feedback mechanisms are placebo, pacifiers for loud people. Microsoft pesters you to give feedback and works hard to ignore them. And then goes ahead with what they initially planned
735.
by vezycash 8y ago
It seems no one wants to learn the lesson Facebook was forced to learn - No wholesale UI changes.
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How the British Fought Fog with Runways of Fire(amusingplanet.com)
1 points by vezycash 8y ago|0 comments
737.
Ferrock: A Stronger, Greener Alternative to Concrete?(buildabroad.org)
161 points by vezycash 8y ago|87 comments
738.
by vezycash 8y ago
Of course they'll try again. Next time, they'll probably claim copyright violations cause economic down turns and bankrupt firms Same way the three lettered guys capitalized on terrorism and child porn to disregard everyone's
739.
by vezycash 8y ago
The internet escaped the impending doom because it didn't pass. It didn't pass because people acted. And People acted because of the numerous alarms about the impending doom.
740.
by vezycash 8y ago
Jackie Chan's suit in Tuxedo looked prestigious enough.
741.
How an Arm Wrestle Resolved a Major Airline Dispute(gizmodo.com)
1 points by vezycash 8y ago|0 comments
742.
by vezycash 8y ago
Soft skills, have been shown to be a higher predictor of income than IQ. You are right that something's been passed down - but it's not the genes. It's the social connection to: * Get jobs without applying for them. * To lear
743.
by vezycash 8y ago
Do facial recognition systems retrain themselves to compensate for change caused by growth or age?
744.
Medieval medical books could hold the recipe for new antibiotics(theconversation.com)
9 points by vezycash 8y ago|0 comments
745.
PNC Bank testing dynamic CVV codes to combat online card fraud(arstechnica.com)
9 points by vezycash 8y ago|1 comments
746.
Will Kellogg: King of Corn Flakes(fee.org)
1 points by vezycash 8y ago|0 comments
747.
The demise of Natron: how we got here and where we go further(libregraphicsworld.org)
1 points by vezycash 8y ago|1 comments
748.
by vezycash 8y ago
I'm stuck at level 21. This didn't work: grid-template-columns: repeat (8, 12.5%); Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug?
749.
by vezycash 8y ago
How would we act if you're unarmed and I had a gun pointed at you? We are all marketers, trying to achieve our goals - no matter how trivial. Hence, we negotiate, flatter, smile even when we don't want to, try to know what makes t
750.
When Power Goes to Your Head, It May Shut Out Your Heart (2013)(npr.org)
78 points by vezycash 8y ago|36 comments

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