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pierlux | 4 months ago | on: Show HN: Before/after adopting Liquid Glass (Droppath)

Overall, the changes are very positive. It forced us reevaluate our interactions and clean up our act.

pierlux | 11 years ago | on: Airbnb Logo Redesign Survey: More People See Hearts Than Naughty Parts

Google Image Search is your friend! http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/hosting-a-...

pierlux | 11 years ago | on: Safety Feature For Pedestrians Has Undesired Consequence

Good point. Here for some reason the pedestrian light is 15 second even if the traffic is going to be flowing in that direction for 45 sec. You can hit the button and it'll start counting down again.

pierlux | 11 years ago | on: Today's New Regulation Could Spark a Health Tech Revolution

Came here expecting to read about the Supreme Court decision about the stuff companies can refuse their employees...

pierlux | 11 years ago | on: SF Bay Area Housing Crash Continues (2006)

I second your opinion and now I worry about my house's value in 10 years.

pierlux | 11 years ago | on: Freshmeat.net, 1997-2014

I remember hitting my first summer job company's content firewall which thought this was a porn site because of the URL lol

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Couple Live Map

Similarly, there's quite a few messages going to a uninhabited point in Manitona Canada, that's usually where the label for Canada is. Country level geocoding in plain sight!

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: “A Windows 7 deployment image was accidently sent to all Windows machines”

Failure should never be the only time you get to meet upper management :(

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Teen Arrested for 30+ Swattings, Bomb Threats

I've heard of many cases in Québec, where if the crime is judged severe enough, a 16-17 yo would end up being treated as an adult instead of going through juvenile courts.

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Tell HN: Call your mom

TIL there is more than 1 world ;)

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Resume Republic – Awesome Online Resume Templates

Photos on resume? Ain't your look not necessary to get a job in tech?

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: OkCupid urges users to abandon Firefox

At thin majority and this is a weak argument anyway.

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Graph TV – The Simpsons

Funny thing: all star treks except TOS end up higher than they started!

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: AltSlashdot

And apparently so is this alternative slashdot! ("Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.")

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Fake Name Generator

French Canada names are not typical. Here are examples: François Tremblay Marc Gagnon Diane Côté Line Dion

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: YouTube Shoots Google in Foot, Publishers Suffer Collateral Damage

Also, repeating the same ad over and over is pretty annoying. If you binge watch a series on Hulu Plus, you'll get the same ad at least twice per episode, for every 24 min episode. I can recite some of them by heart, with the same intonation.

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Volocopter – The world’s first green helicopter

More videos on YouTube while their side is hammered: http://www.youtube.com/user/forschungsbuero

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Google Treks

They would have to blur far more than faces. Just sayin'.

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Observations from a Tipless Restaurant

or origins: I'm from Québec (where we usually tip). I am often confused for French (which are known bad tipper).

I always make sure to overtip!

pierlux | 12 years ago | on: Is This The Future of The Airline Website?

This assumes that people know their geography.