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dates | 10 years ago | on: Amazon's customer service backdoor

css stylebot or a smiliar extension that allows you to create persistent stylesheets could help you! i think your grievance is legitamate

dates | 10 years ago | on: Next-generation video encoding techniques for 360 video and VR

ok i have a 360 camera and this is really sweet but what could i even do with the video once encoded with facebook's transform? yet at least... guess i'll have to watch the video and wait a few month/years for more adoption. I'm having a lot of fun using my camera to generate sky/light maps for 3d animation. its a ricoh theta s. a very weird product ahead of its time in a fun but buggy way!

dates | 10 years ago | on: Hipster Mattresses: Why?

tl;dr: omg i saw something for $800 on amazon and it was only $40 on alibaba. And in the pictures it LOOKED THE SAME. I could buy it and resell it, so easy. Running a business is sooooooo easy, i haven't done it but i just know its easy.

dates | 10 years ago | on: Signal Desktop

To me, this announcement feels pre-mature, the software doesn't seem ready until it integrates with other clients. But I think, giving time, your concerns could be addressed:

-Integration with other devices, backing up and importing your back up between devices, are features that will come, eventually.

-There are several 3rd party standalone desktop apps being developed for Signal.

-You could maybe build a Textsecure server, and in the future, who knows, there may be documentation for doing so.

Maybe Signal isn't ready for you right now now but I wouldn't count it out!

dates | 10 years ago | on: Signal Desktop

I got excited about signal after watching this video, which explains pretty well the challenges of encrypted communication and how Signal addresses them (it might be basic stuff for people super familiar with the topic though): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOMiAeRwpPA

dates | 10 years ago | on: Signal Desktop

And actually, earlier this year, WhatsApp started using the encrpytion protocol developed by the signal folks (Axolotl) to encrypt message data, Which is super cool. (I think group chats and images are still not encrypted, or something) I wonder if in the future Signal will focus on integrating their encryption into other existing chat systems like Facebook messenger, and put the Signal apps on the backburner.

dates | 10 years ago | on: Did we reached webdesign's coolness boundaries?

Some talented artists getting away with amazing stuff over there, like how the 'what is code' article logs an ascii art "smash the patriarchy" tweety bird into the console. i love it.

If authors are reading- The 6 in BWDESIGN2016 wraps at smaller browser widths.

dates | 10 years ago | on: f.lux for iOS is no longer available

Thanks for the awesome software! f.lux was the only reason I jailbroke my phone, over a year ago.... glad to see its possible to install on an iOS device without jailbreak now...even if the install process is circuitous

dates | 10 years ago | on: Don’t Feed the Beast – The Great Tech Recruiter Infestation

This is mostly an angry rant, pretty amusing to me how upset the author actually becomes at times, I think its quite harsh.

I did like this idea towards the end of it: "To employers – ask your staff to help find new hires. Offer a bounty – enough to get their attention, say a fortnight’s salary. It’s a lot less than [a recruiter] would cost. And their incentives are all positive: no-one will hire an idiot if they have to work alongside them and new staff with social ties to your team are far more likely to stay. You’ll be amazed how effective this can be."

dates | 10 years ago | on: G is for Google

Google can't be Hooli! Facebook is already Hooli... just compare the Nucleus logo to the React logo...

dates | 10 years ago | on: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts

Sweet article! The movie about Moxie fixing up and sailing a boat was actually was super fun to watch! I'm feeling grateful the comments section hasn't turned into a massive argument over TextSecure dropping SMS support like the whisper systems mailing list alwayssss is...
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