rambambam's comments

He is just curious at the specific definition the court is going to come up with. Were do they draw the line and how would they capture that in words?

How much privacy with phone calls is there, when The Netherlands are known for having the most phone taps in the world? The formal privacy looks pretty strong indeed, government needs a warrant, etc., but at the end of the day they can do whatever they want.

Words of wisdom, especially your first and last paragraph. Besides upvoting your comment, I wanted to tell you that.

It's easy to get involved in the ratrace of using the whole shebang for your projects, how big or small these projects may be. I've used some frameworks in the past, but I eventually found out they added more distraction, took forever to learn and they crippled my flexibility. Good old HTML, CSS, PHP (I'm very afraid of saying this here out loud), Javascript and XML worked for me. And programming without a framework was more fun, like a completely blank canvas that makes it very clear that you are the one who has to do it.

Even with numbers, a whole lot of things in this world are nothing more than educated guesses. Or did you already find the meaning of life?

Just a question. You say the following is obvious. How is that obvious? "Don't make mobile apps only for one region" then you'd be getting a lot of comments saying "Well, obviously"

I was thinking the same. The text was pretty gray without any questions or comments on the content. I thought it was a good story, with solid arguments.

Cool, and great work! I had a small e-mail conversation with Josh (forgot his last name) a couple of years back, I thought he worked on Wysihat alone. I have seen and tested some RTEs for the web, and I can only imagine how hard it is to come up with a durable solution. So thanks for Trix and good luck! P.S. Trix also has a 'royal' connotation to me, because it's short for Beatrix in The Netherlands. Beatrix being the former queen.

Last time I saw Basecamp (then 37signals) working on a rich text editor is a long time ago. What happened to WysiHat? I know it had another developer than the two guys who made Trix. What I especially liked about WysiHat was the complete bareness of the toolbar, just plain HTMl links. Is that also possible with Trix?

I use NoScript, a free plugin for Firefox. It's a little more technical than I was used to, but since this is HN, that shouldn't be a problem for most readers. When I say "a little more technical", I don't mean it's not usable. It's very user-friendly and works like a charm.

I can't help to see dinosaurs/velociraptors when I'm looking at the magpies here. Probably because the creators of Jurassic Park took their inspiration from these kind of birds as well, and JP is my only reference. But anyhow, I think that's scary enough, and not as cute as a giant chicken.

This company states that privacy is very important to them. It's also to me.

But now I'm wondering, what's the purpose of the killswitch besides having no wifi-connection for a certain period of time?

I mean, when you switch back to enable wifi again, everything you did on your computer during 'airgap-time' is still there, waiting to be compromised by corps/govs? Isn't it?

Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm really curious to this concept.

P.S. I really dig the design of their laptops.

edit: Changed markup and added P.S.

Off-topic: Only allowing the cloudfront-domain worked for me.

Just something to add to your comment, I don't disagree with your suggestion: I frequently switched between a normal mouse, a Logitech Trackball (with the thumb on the ball, but I would definitely want to try one where I have to use the middle finger on the ball) and a Wacom pen-tablet. When I used one of the devices for a couple of days or weeks and when the pain (at least an annoying feeling, not necessarily pain) came back, I switched to another one.

This is not the only option to avoid or decrease pain. Like some other commenters said: your body position is important, frequent pauses away from keyboard (good for your eyes too), a smaller keyboard so your mouse is closer to the imaginary center of your body, regular walks or runs are very good (when you walk, don't wear a heavy backpack or coat, so you can move your shoulders properly and relax your core, arms, shoulders and neck even more).

At the end, it's about listening more to your body, I guess. I ignored the symptoms for too long, not knowing what was happening to me. And finally the RSI kicked in. I'm glad I didn't have CTS, but I had to recover for a couple of months and slowly had to build up the time I spent behind mouse and keyboard again.

The Body and Mind approach some other commenter talked about is also important and, I think, at the core of the problem. Relax, don't stress behind your computer and mouse/keyboard. Peace of mind translates directly to a healthier body, in all sorts of ways.

As being Dutch I've seen (parts of) this story before. It reminds me a bit of the Silk Road story, as in: who is who, are they indeed victims as they say, or not...

I recently read the "Mocro Mafia"; a Dutch non-fiction book about the 'war' that's still going on in Amsterdam (and Antwerpen too) between two groups of criminals dealing with drugs-import. It's all based on facts (and of course a lot of hearsay) and police-reports, but it reads like a script for a Hollywood-movie. I don't know about an English version, but don't be surprised if it turns up next to the "Heineken Kidnapping"-book.

I'm a Dutch young man of 6 feet and 3 inches tall. First of all, I don't believe the claim in the beginning of the article stating that the average height of Dutch men is above 6 feet. I remember reading an article a couple of years back saying the average height for Dutch men is about 5 feet and 11 inches. To me, that looks more like it, but my opinion and experience are not based on proper research, so who knows.

The comment with a reference to the famine in 1944 got my attention though. Can it be that the famine, as an extreme condition, quickly followed by a lot of prosperity (in contrast to Eastern European), caused this remarkable quality?

I once read a book saying that children whose mother didn't eat enough during pregnancy had the tendency to eat way more than children whose mother ate enough. Starting with scarcity of nutrition leads to buffering way too much later on.

- Added FYI: My parents were born in 1949 and 1950. Their parents experienced the famine. Last but not least, I tend to be attracted to the taller women overhere.

It sounded so familiar, that name. Thanks for pointing out, you are right.

What's the point of saying this without an explanation? I'm curious now, what's the difference?

Well spoken. Just perfect.

I have been thinking of building some flashcard-like app for these English words I come across all the time, but never remember (to give you an idea: "exuberance" for example). Any integration with Google Translate would be cool, because the moment I look up some word, it should be added as a flashcard, together with the translation. Every time I look up a new word, I should be tested for a few old words, to see if I still remember them.