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Re:Secret docs reveal: an FBI with vast hidden powers on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:17PM (#13534181)
there is the possibility of the breaking point coming too late.
Re:The threat facing online comments on Saturday May 24, 2014 @08:49AM (#7793219)
Good discussions online happen in established communities, something news websites don't know how to build.
+1 for NoVa (I am in Arlington)
Re:Show HN: An Arabic Alphabet iPhone/iPad app on Friday March 29, 2013 @01:17PM (#5461750)
Thank you for creating this. I have been thinking of making one for years because all the Arabic alphabet apps in the app store are really bad/low quality. Now I have no reason to do that :) I let my 4 year old take play with it and here is some feedback from her and from me observing her use it:

* The buttons on the start screen are too close. My daughter kept touching the wrong button and ending up in the browser in your cafe press store * The cafe press store. I hope you are planning on integrating it in your app. It really disrupts the experience when you leave the app and open the browser * When you start reviewing the alphabet, my daughter had a hard time with the arrows. Her instinct was to swipe, which didn't work * The menu in the top right hand corner is also easy to touch by mistake and end up interrupting the experience

Hope this feedback is helpful to you and congratulation on an excellent app!

Re:Ask HN: Any alternatives to CrazyEgg on Thursday November 29, 2012 @11:07AM (#4848433)
Thank you. Inspectlet looks promising. I will give them a try.

Ask HN: Any alternatives to CrazyEgg

Any recommendations for a good alternative to CrazyEgg? I am looking for a more responsive support, live data updates (few minutes intervals are acceptable, too) and solid documentation. I appreciate any input.

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Re: on Monday August 01, 2011 @02:35PM (#2833713)
I can't tell but if I had to guess, it service like http://dribbble.com/
ok, good point. However, based on my experience with HN, I bet the second segment of people you describe are under represented here. I generally see swagger discouraged around here so a strategy like this is not effective, even if it made the frontpage.
Not all publicity is good publicity.
Indeed, all my tweeps from Syria have gone silent. Phone lines seem to be down too. Calling Syria gives me "all circuits are busy" message. This is not a good sign.
Re:Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera? on Saturday January 29, 2011 @10:34PM (#2157277)
Anti-Semitism is a term that, in the western culture, is used to mean anti-jewish. When you treat it literally, you are ignoring a long and established history associated with it. See this for much more articulate explanation than mine:

http://www.ibishblog.com/blog/hibish/2010/12/16/arabs_and_an...

<quote> anti-Semitism is not the optimal term for anti-Jewish sentiment, among other things because there are other Semites than Jews, but it is the one we have, and comes with a long history and a well-established meaning. Rather than critiquing the term or coining a neologism to substitute for it, speakers of English should simply understand the term's history and commonly accepted definition and use it accordingly. </quote>

edit: corrected typos

Re:Rate my app: Paprika Recipe Manager for iPad on Sunday October 17, 2010 @03:56PM (#1801241)
Yes, I do mean Mobile Safari. A bookmarklet will be great. And I can't wait for the backup/sync/sharing. Good luck.
Re:Rate my app: Paprika Recipe Manager for iPad on Sunday October 17, 2010 @10:39AM (#1800418)
Best recipe manager on the iPad hands down. Bought one for me and one for my wife. Here is what I hope to see in the future:

* Ability to send page from safari to paprika

* Ability to copy URL from paprika browser (currently the recipe capture comes on when trying to select content of address bar)

* Access to safari bookmarks from paprika

* Online storage and syncing (you can make money on subscriptions)

* Shared recipe book, synced through the cloud, for family sharing (That way my wife & I are able to share one resource)

* Wiki-style recipe editing to make experimenting easier without losing the original recipe.

Hope that helps and keep up the good work.

Re:Human translation blackbox now has API on Monday April 26, 2010 @09:31AM (#1294804)
What other languages are you planning to offer? (Dropdown on translation form says more languages are coming soon)
Re:Online recipe ratings are broken on Monday February 22, 2010 @10:36PM (#1144542)
I think your are on to something. Report how many people saved a recipe (and unsaved it?), how many printed it and how many views it received.

Additionally, I think the mentioned websites ignore an important fact about recipes: they are not static. Most recipes have variations in technique or ingredients. Many cooks, as you stated, substitute ingredients that subtly, or not so subtly, change a recipe. If a mechanism exists to capture those variations (wiki style, maybe?), those people might have an incentive to come back and share their experience rather than their impressions.

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