dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: A brief history of one line fixes
"Never write your own security code, because you'll get it wrong. Leave it to the smart people."
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dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Objective-C isn't what you think it is
No, he means sick.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sick
(First definition.)
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Google discards extensions that force feed users ads in Chrome
Do not create an extension that requires users to accept bundles of unrelated functionality
/clicks 'No' for the umpteen thousandth goddamned time on some Google property trying to trick me into using G+
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago
It took decades of activism for DC residents to even regain basic civil rights, such as the right to keep handguns in the home.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: What It's Like to Live on Low Pay in a Land of Plenty
That was your takeaway from the article? Really?
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Cosmic Sans Neue Mono: Programming Font
Zero has a slash through it, capital o does not.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are you listening to right now?
SomaFM's Indie Pop Rocks station.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: How the Terrible, Insufferable Six-Day Water Fast Made Me a New Man
You are incredibly lucky.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Vybe: the smartest bracelet you will ever wear
So is HN just an advertising website now?
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: What Everyone Should Know About How Talent is Bought and Sold
Welcome to the world of finance.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: The Honey Launderers: Uncovering the Largest Food Fraud in U.S. History
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Tesla outsells Porsche, Jaguar, others in California
The seats in the back of the 911 won't even hold an adult.
You know when I found that out?
When I went to pick it up on delivery.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Behind The Scenes At Homejoy, A Cleaning Startup That's Really A Tech Company
Anyone know if this company is still classifying all of its cleaners as "contractors" to avoid paying taxes?
edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3846208 it was a huge topic of conversation when they got mentioned here about a year ago.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Gmail Overhaul Has Marketers Saying 'Ack'
This isn't Jimmy Growthtard's useless MVP. It's not a stretch to think that Google and their massive, massive, massive set of training data (i.e. everyone's e-mail) should be able to do better out of the box. Not being able to tell the difference between promotions and bank statements or travel bookings is a pretty huge failure to me.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: AMC is succeeding by breaking the rules of legacy television
This season of Top Gear was airing on BBC America about a week after the UK.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: DC, Maryland: Speed Camera Firms Move To Hide Evidence
In Maryland the cameras don't trigger unless you're going at least 12mph over the speed limit.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Why is truth() faster than bool() in Python?
This article doesn't actually answer the question posed by the title, FYI.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: From iPhone to iPad
There are far better examples of "filling space for the sake of filling space" in the store.
"Approach #2 is to fill the additional space with additional content. That’s what we did. We added a brief artist bio, a list of similar artists, and listenable tracks from the artist:"
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: As Feds Demand the Keys, Preparing for the Death of Public-Key Encryption
The media didn't break anything. Snowden gave them the story, which they have mostly ignored in favor of hit pieces against him as a traitor and a coward.
dhugiaskmak | 12 years ago | on: Bot wars - The arms race of restaurant reservations in SF
There are some places in D.C. that require a credit card to make a reservation and charge for no-shows and people are FURIOUS about it.
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