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yahelc
16y ago
It is indeed unusual that this paywall has quarks.
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yahelc
16y ago
Yeah, that function is useful for calculating the difference between server time and client time.
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yahelc
16y ago
Their API seems too complicated. Can't they just support JSON? It'd be way easier to parse.
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yahelc
16y ago
If you view source on the 'Contact form', you'll see his email address in a hidden input, tonyluciano2001@yahoo.com
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yahelc
16y ago
I think AT&T has this same policy. I'm not sure why 'Hello' is a forbidden word, though.
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yahelc
16y ago
While I was unemployed, I did conversions of sites to WordPress themes. I was fast enough at it that I could devote most of my time to other endeavors. Since I didn't do content creation for my domain, SEO was out of the question, so all my
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yahelc
16y ago
Honest question: How is the paywall enforced for users with JavaScript disabled?
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yahelc
16y ago
Noted, and fixed. I was using HTML5 placeholder. I'll just put it in the value instead.
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yahelc
16y ago
I stand corrected. Twitter used to suck at URL normalization, but it looks like they must have fixed it. But, Delicious and Digg both are a pain.
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yahelc
16y ago
I packaged a few of the private ones with this weekend project: http://sharedcount.com Unfortunately, only Facebook does URL normalization for you, so dumb things like trailing slashes have a big effect on the count.
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yahelc
16y ago
Also, probably goes without saying, but this method includes JSONP support: http://graph.facebook.com/http://news.ycombinator.com/?callb...
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yahelc
16y ago
I heard it as wry dead-pan sarcasm.
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yahelc
16y ago
It was a subtle joke alluding to his friend reluctantly lending him a Windows 7 machine (and him now screwing with his friend.)
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Google Chrome's HTTP Inspector is still a bit, erm, immature.
(files.droplr.com)
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yahelc
16y ago
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Is Android or iOS more open?
(quora.com)
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yahelc
16y ago
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Horror Stories From Women in Tech
(jezebel.com)
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yahelc
16y ago
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strtotime() considered harmful?
(stackoverflow.com)
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16y ago
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yahelc
16y ago
This made me profoundly sad.
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yahelc
16y ago
Ah, I see I'm not the first to point this out :)
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yahelc
16y ago
You know they make a full-feed version available of all their sites, right? It's just of the form http://lifehacker.com/vip.xml
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yahelc
16y ago
Considering the impending lawyer-takedown, it would be great if this was made open source, so people can implement their own local versions on their own servers.
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yahelc
16y ago
To be fair, they follow a tradition of naming their releases after Jazz musicians, and have been since before Django was released. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress#Releases But still. WTF.
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yahelc
16y ago
Basically, the Academy Awards rules are the only reason this can't happen. If you enter the video/dvd/download stage too fast, you don't qualify for the Academy Awards. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/83aa_rules....
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WordPress names their 3.1 release: Reinhardt
(wordpress.org)
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yahelc
16y ago
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yahelc
16y ago
"Tell Me Why I Suck" could be a great anonymous "3 words"-style service...People post their resumes, cover letters, and people can give anonymous feedback on why they suck.
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yahelc
16y ago
Thanks for fixing it, and sorry about the window.close() thing :P Very cool; its mind-blowing how simple the code is. Can you post some of the server-side code?
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yahelc
16y ago
Wow, so, I might have shut down the whole room by typing in the chat <script>window.close();</script> That room is a giant XSS disaster waiting to happen.
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yahelc
16y ago
Your argument is known as the Paradox of Value. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_value Lots of Value !== Lots of Profitability
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Physics SE: Should you really lean into a punch?
(physics.stackexchange.com)
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yahelc
16y ago
as long as they use IPv6.
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