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by Lifebot 13y ago
I've flagged more articles on HN about the NSA.
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by Lifebot 13y ago
From the article: > Out of curiosity (and for fun!) we’ve recently used Alexa - a web traffic reporting platform - to discover the top ten sites built using Ruby on Rails framework. It clearly defines "top sites" as those lis
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by Lifebot 13y ago
While I personally don't agree with some of those who were grayed-out, I agree with this sentiment. Thing is, I sometimes want to know how many people disagree with a comment. I almost wish there were thumbs up/down icons to signi
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by Lifebot 13y ago
PG should just buy the design from this guy (or hire him): http://hn.premii.com/ Previously discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6178534
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by Lifebot 13y ago
Unrelated but out of curiosity, what language is most air traffic control software written? (or what language would you be writing in do you think?)
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by Lifebot 13y ago
Because it was upvoted there by users. > Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "f
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by Lifebot 13y ago
In an ideal world services would give you YOUR data, instead of locking you in, allowing you to easily export all your data -- ideally in an open format -- that could be imported to other services.
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by Lifebot 13y ago
Yea, that's one of the big problems I've pondered too. Which brings up another thought: Does a party tip less if they do the ordering themselves?
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by Lifebot 13y ago
I've thought about the idea Butter Systems does countless times while eating out. Very cool if it works out. If flexible WIFI-enabled electronic-paper ever comes to fruition, you could make authentic paper-like menus that are interacti
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by Lifebot 13y ago
That's what confuses me. AJAX loaders are ubiquitous on the web. They're small, easy to use, and a great visual cue. I'm not sure why you would want a percent-based loading bar unless you actually knew how long something woul
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by Lifebot 13y ago
Question for people using these progress bars: Are you actually doing the computation to accurately estimate the time it takes to complete the action indicated by the progress bar, or are you simply showing a progress bar as a visual cue to