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solarflair | 13 years ago | on: You Can't Afford To Stop Using Mail

That's how Medium displays a blog post's featured image.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: Can a small search engine take on Google?

Thank you. I enjoyed Clusty when it first came out; I thought the clustering feature at the heart of it was really innovative, and the UI was nice and clean. But after the new rules came out, I abandoned it completely.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier

National vs. local news is an important distinction here that many of these "The key to happiness is ignoring the news" posts miss.

The breathless CNN story about the latest missing white woman might not be relevant to your life, but your local newspaper's stories about property taxes, parking fees, local entertainment events and people in your community most certainly are.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: Can a small search engine take on Google?

Were you responsible for the moralist censorship of Clusty's results or did that come after you sold it?

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: You know, Google, the web already had this feature

The key word here is "default."

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: A new system for reading

Most introductory programming books lay down the basic principles of programming, describe the specific language the particular book covers, and give you enough of a sense of how you can apply the knowledge to real-world applications that you should be able to decide within 100 pages whether it's for you.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: The DDoS that almost broke the Internet

After seeing the headline and the photos, I kept expecting to read that it was some sort of composite "sketch" of suspects in the DDoS attack compiled from real photos. I am not familiar with what the members of Massive Attack look like and did not make that connection. Seems like poor photo usage.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: Your Kindle got stolen? Don't count on Amazon's help

The point of the analogy is that recovering and locating stolen property is the responsibility of law enforcement, not manufacturers & retailers.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: Your Kindle got stolen? Don't count on Amazon's help

If thieves take your car for a joyride, do you email Ford to complain?

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: Meeteor.com Has Shut Down - Post Mortem

Never heard of it.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: a blog search engine

What advantages does Soto Search offer over Google Blogsearch (http://www.google.com/blogsearch) or Icerocket (http://www.icerocket.com/)?

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: Time Magazine Flipboard style web version (chrome/safari only)

Created using "BetterInternet," but webkit-only websites do not a better Internet make.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: The Quiet Wikideath of BBS History

"Notability" attempts to give Wikipedia the credibility that "anyone can edit this" takes away.

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: New $250 Chromebook

Have you seen the Dear Sophie ad? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vkVHijdQk

solarflair | 13 years ago | on: Life hacks to make things easier

Re: painting the lock on your sliding glass door white -- this is a good tip for gun safeties as well. Put some red paint on the part that's exposed when the safety is off and then remember "red = dead."