knassy | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: What's my browser?
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knassy | 12 years ago | on: IE7 users, we need to talk…
> My ultimate goal though is for it to be presentable in IE7 with a top notch experience in anything newer, makes it a little easier.
I think that's the exact right attitude.
I work in an environment that supports back to IE7 and I really get a kick out of creating robust solutions that work in crappy or older browsers.
Admittedly I work with web sites, or simple applications, rather than full on web applications, but I find starting with sensible HTML/CSS/JS and using progressive enhancement usually gets me 95% of the way there.
knassy | 12 years ago | on: Gmail Glitch Is Causing 1000s Of Emails To Be Sent To One Man’s Hotmail Account
And he lives in Wyoming right?
knassy | 12 years ago | on: Statistics Done Wrong – The woefully complete guide
That was an excellent read. Thank you. I'll admit I'm often reluctant to read to much in to data I deal with daily (web analytics), as I'm unsure of how to measure its significance accurately. I'm going to dive in and learn more about this.
knassy | 12 years ago | on: Somali piracy: More sophisticated than you thought
Why is it a surprise that where there's money to be made there's smart, motivated, savvy, ruthless people trying to get in on the action?
knassy | 12 years ago | on: London’s Great Exodus
That's exactly my point. The 'successful creatives' referred to don't sound like struggling artists and bohemians.
It's interesting that the author doesn't acknowledge where they sit in this process.
knassy | 12 years ago | on: London’s Great Exodus
Olicarchification, the new gentrification, is a bitch. What do all of these "successful 'creatives' (architects, cinematographers, commercial and television directors, etc.)" think happened to the people that were living there before them?
knassy | 12 years ago | on: Website not converting – any ideas?
Bounce rates are probably rising because you've just posted it on HN.
knassy | 13 years ago | on: Pizza Compass
Agreed. They're having some fun. That said, I did stare at the pizza compass the whole way home on the bus tonight.
knassy | 13 years ago | on: Exposed Webcam Viewer
Gun shop in France http://cryptogasm.com/webcams/webcam.php?id=4432
knassy | 13 years ago | on: Codecademy Partners With Twitter, Evernote, and Others To Offer New API Lessons
I found even after becoming competent in HTML/CSS and learning enough JS to do UI stuff, using APIs was still a mystery to me. Most API documentation is aimed at a more advanced audience.
I could use cURL to make a request, but I couldn't work out how to fit all the pieces together in a web app.
API tutorials which are truly for the beginner are a great idea.
knassy | 15 years ago | on: Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? Take a Look
I think you are right about how it reflects a different time.
I doubt many average farmers kids made it through to 8th Grade though. Anyone who was taking the 8th Grade exam was probably reasonably wealthy, looking to continue studying, and take on a profession of some kind.
knassy | 15 years ago | on: Should We Teach Kids to Play to Win?
I don't agree with the everyone's a winner attitude, but a focus on winning, rather than developing young players skill is like teaching kids to do well on a standardized test rather than teaching the fundamentals of the subjects.
There's a risk early 'success' will lead to the players not developing the skills they need to compete later.
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(I honestly don't know and would love to learn about this. Thanks)