shock3naw

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by shock3naw 14y ago
Get real? Why the hostility? Eli's comment is aimed at how unintuitive OS X's system is, not how inconvenient it is compared to Windows.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Seriously not impressed by the generalization that interns are the ones responsible for "making the web a terrible place." So as soon as that same developer takes a position as a full-timer they're magically imbued with all the best practic
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by shock3naw 14y ago
I agree that Firefox's certificate warning page is much better designed. I'm not blaming 'dumb' users for anything, I was providing supporting evidence of the fact that when browsers make warnings easy to bypass, users will simply click rig
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by shock3naw 14y ago
To corroborate your point, one of the Chromium developers spoke about this sort of problem, but in the context of invalid SSL certificates and the associated warning that Chrome displays. A ridiculous percentage of users ignored the warning
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by shock3naw 14y ago
To be honest, this seems like a set of 'nice company policies,' rather than core values. A lot of these could be summarized with a single value that they are idealizing. This list looks like a good way to implement those core values. Edit:
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Saying that different defaults should be documented prominently is like saying that because every piece of software is different, you should be required to read the documentation before you use it...
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Don't feed the trolls.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
They're not even trying to hide the fact that they're patent trolls: "We are located in East Texas, and we are developing innovative technologies and products. We have a team who is responsible for some of the web’s most popular software an
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Is the sunburst background behind Lehrer's head in the table necessary? I thought this was about being 'professional.' That being said, I'm glad the journalism community is cracking down on people who are recycling, plagiarizing, and not fa
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by shock3naw 14y ago
That's your own fault for following spammy accounts.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Everyone keeps quoting this acting like it validates the sense of entitlement everyone feels they have to all of Twitter's data.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
The cool ones, at least.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
They don't care about keeping the country safe, they know _they_ won't be safe if everyone knew all the shit they've been up to.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Was? :)
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Do you have to use LaunchRock? If it's holding you back form presenting a great first impression, then dump it.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Google isn't being lazy & insensitive. I18N is hard.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Besides the points about not sharing products I haven't bought/tested/tried/etc., your page is not visually appealing. It's hard to take anyone claiming to 'design' shirts seriously when their launch page is poorly designed. Things you coul
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by shock3naw 14y ago
There's a huge gap in the complexity of getting your product perfect and not making grade-school level grammar errors on a 20 line 'parking ticket.'
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by shock3naw 14y ago
I'll be honest, I've read a very small number of books on software development throughout the years. I've learned all my stuff on the way, from mistakes I've made, associated documentation, and from reading the code that's powering producti
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by shock3naw 14y ago
You should! Make sure you pick up the 6th book by Eoin Colfer (of Artemis Fowl fame), 'And Another Thing...' who's actually done a marvelous of picking up the series where it left off after Douglas Adams' extremely unfortunate passing.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
He's not joking, he's a master at personal branding. As much as you might want to think he's a narcissist -- it's really hard not to, at times -- he's simply found a superb way to make you remember who he is.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Except, that isn't even close to the actual quote: "Okay, so, ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, okay?"
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Stating his opinion is not being pedantic, quoting the definition to make a point is being pedantic. I think what he's saying has merit; I would call this a utility, or something more along those lines, rather than a framework.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
https://www.google.com/images/google_favicon_128.png (found in the source on the homepage)
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Should have been 'times per day.' I made a typo and couldn't edit it; I don't know why HN isn't letting me do so. Asides from that, why post a correction here? Only other HN readers are going to see it, which inherently means you aren't wri
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by shock3naw 14y ago
So they check it exactly one dozen times per day? Your correction also doesn't seem valid. Perhaps they meant to write that "We check our mail dozens of time per day." First impressions are very important; I too find copy errors an indicati
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by shock3naw 14y ago
I like the idea and the layout is nice. That being said, use the same categories for each company, don't re-write the description based on how good/bad it is. It would be far more useful for creating a table (which would also be a great way
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Let's be clear, the only purpose of this post is to bring attention to App.net. Calling Facebook 'rotten-to-the-core' isn't a great way to capture the sympathy of its CEO.
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by shock3naw 14y ago
Why is that not a private email address? Just because I have a corporate email address, that doesn't mean I expect random fan mail or people I don't know emailing me complaints/whatever. Twitter received a complaint from NBC, and according
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by shock3naw 14y ago
I highly doubt that most spec/project leaders abandon their projects because they consider it a 'professional disappointment.' I can't think of any such projects off the top of my head. On the contrary, I imagine that many feel that they ha

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