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by evantish 1y ago
> which is in fine print and not concise. Not to excuse poor web design practices, but this is what CTRL+ or ⌘+ is for in most modern browsers.
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by evantish 5y ago
Osage orange produces wood that is the 2nd hardest in America, behind the live oak. It's exceptionally resistant to decay and insect attack. I've seen osage fence posts that are at least 70 years old and are none the worse for wea
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by evantish 10y ago
How naive we were to think that Assange/Wikileaks kept sources strictly private. /s
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by evantish 12y ago
If you're looking for some insights into why it's like that, you should make some time to read American Nations [0]. It connects a lot of dots. Probably the best book I read/listened to last year. [0] www.amazon.com/Amer
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by evantish 12y ago
"I no longer live there..." Not saying it isn't a complex problem, but you're not exactly helping to enrich the area and stem the likely brain drain. And, I am not judging you or others like you. It's completely rat
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by evantish 12y ago
> Why use regex? It's much simpler to write a URL validator by hand... I actually have a use-case. I am firming up a feature right now that detects when a user types a url into a text field and replaces it on the fly with a footnote
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Physics students use quad-copter drone to map street lights and reduce crime(vimeo.com)
1 points by evantish 12y ago|0 comments
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by evantish 12y ago
This is a symptom of psychopathy. A double edged sword in terms of societal value. While I find the argument in favor of psychological diversity compelling, I can't can't help but be revolted by psychopaths. Check out: http:&#x2F
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by evantish 12y ago
Thanks for the info. Do you know of a thread that contains this Google-lead debate? Or, are we talking about poking around the Chromium Github commits and reading between the lines? It sounds like, with the shadow DOM, a lot of the discussi
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by evantish 12y ago
It's not a specific "how do I..." question. I have a lot of front-end experience and have always wondered why inputs present so many styling challenges. I'm aware there are some properties you can control, but, they&#x27
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Ask HN: What are the technical reasons HTML inputs are impervious to CSS?
4 points by evantish 12y ago|6 comments
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by evantish 12y ago
typeof fusion !== typeof fission
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by evantish 13y ago
"it would imply that we live in a deterministic universe..." You say this as though it's impossible. You may not believe we live in a deterministic universe, but, that's just, like, your opinion, man. The rational stan
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by evantish 13y ago
I've read almost every popular book on the subject of (pscho/socio)pathy. I think "Wisdom of Psychopaths" [1] would be one that you might enjoy. > ...are there millions of Ted Bundys out there who never actually kille
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by evantish 14y ago
I don't understand where the Coanda effect is coming into play here. From the first cutaway drawing ( http://goo.gl/QKOJy ), it appears that the outer disk rotates independently of the main hub--possibly powered by the central turbines for