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allbutlost | 12 years ago | on: We’re Fucked, It’s Over: Coming Back from the Brink

(In Chrome) If you right-click anywhere on the text and select "inspect element" it will select the #comments div because it covers the whole page. Then on the right-hand side of the dev tools you can add to "element.style". Adding clear:both; to this fixes the issue.

allbutlost | 12 years ago | on: The Echo Nest Joins Spotify

"The Echo Nest API will remain free and open to support its robust developer ecosystem."

http://the.echonest.com/pressreleases/spotify-acquires-echo-...

allbutlost | 12 years ago | on: Docker at Spotify

This is addressed in the talk. It's a short talk, so may be worth listening to it to see how it was used.

allbutlost | 13 years ago | on: Spotify and Facebook: Is that phishing?

Spotify aren't "logging into the users account" as suggested, the user is signing in with their fb details and by adding an app to their account fb reactivates their account. The issue here is only one of poor communication, not of illegal account access. Saying otherwise is disingenuous.

allbutlost | 13 years ago | on: Spotify and Facebook: Is that phishing?

No, it's not.

allbutlost | 13 years ago | on: Why is Spotify chugging upload bandwidth when it is not streaming?

It doesn't

allbutlost | 13 years ago | on: Why is Spotify chugging upload bandwidth when it is not streaming?

The android client doesn't use p2p.

allbutlost | 13 years ago | on: Why is Spotify chugging upload bandwidth when it is not streaming?

Indeed, the web player isn't U.S. only, just that the beta testing currently concentrates on new users from the U.S. It is however possible to gain access - there are many guides online on how to do so.

allbutlost | 13 years ago | on: Why is Spotify chugging upload bandwidth when it is not streaming?

No, I'm pretty sure they don't.

allbutlost | 13 years ago | on: Githtml for Chrome and Firefox

This was submitted and discussed twice yesterday

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4199745 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4198064

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: Spotify launches iPad app

Airplay should indeed be available for you in the iPad app - see http://www.spotify.com/us/about/spotify-on-ipad/

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: Spotify launches iPad app

The new app is a universal binary which also includes iPhone updates, so it might be worth downloading the update and seeing if it fixes any of your issues.

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: Spotify launches iPad app

It's a known issue and is being worked on, last I heard.

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: Zxcvbn: realistic password strength estimation

Also,

  pas sw ord

Will apparently take centuries to crack. I see the reasoning, but can this be correct?

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: PayPal Goes In-Store

I would argue that this reputation only really applies within the tech echo chamber and that the vast majority of wider society isn't aware of this reputation, and has never heard of Square.

But these same people probably do have a PayPal account, and given that these onerous policies of PayPals are actually in place to protect the consumer I think they stand a good chance making it much more difficult for Square in this market.

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: Going Simple with JavaScript

It seems all dreamhost sites are currently down, including snook.ca. Here's the cached version -> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: Javascript libraries for animation in HTML5

You're right that a framework that should provide mobile compatible animations should have a website that is itself mobile-friendly.

However the page itself doesn't seem to use any of the frameworks it is promoting, and doesn't seem to do a lot of demonstrating as of yet. The full site is apparently coming soon though...

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: It’s Official: Samsung Has a 10.1 Inch Galaxy Note

Seems to be either bad handwriting or a very bad font. Notice the same on "magazine", and "Sam" looks like "Samn".

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: Python for iOS

Presumably because the author of the app feels like it would be nice to be compensated for the work involved in creating it.

allbutlost | 14 years ago | on: YSlow is now open source

Im guessing it's both because of homophones in general and the fact that yslow is a deliberate play on this - "why is this page slow?"