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Re:An Asteroid Could Destroy the World Before Impact on Friday June 21, 2019 @03:13PM (#20245494)
I like your optimism. But I see most people just shrugging their shoulders if they don't see how it could affect them. Long term risk often hard for humans to comprehend.
Right? This is the best way to make the story a non-issue.
Re:You probably don’t need ReCAPTCHA on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @05:10AM (#20162955)
This totally works in latest Chrome/FF/Safari

https://codesandbox.io/s/static-jkvzs

https://jkvzs.codesandbox.io/

The other trick is to add a random string/number in from of the name attribute e.g. name="348349_name". This prevents autofill. Interestingly 1Password and LastPass are smart enough to infer that it's a name or email field.

For the honeypot, random number + word makes it ignored by autofill/1password

Re:You probably don’t need ReCAPTCHA on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @01:07AM (#20161925)
You can disable a single input field from autocomplete

`autocomplete="off"`

Daily Mail is the sort of “paper” you use to line a bird cage with
Re:I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @02:06PM (#19922077)
I mean they were pretty clear they didn't care about the money. Emailing daily to check in on progress is good enough. I've been in a similar situation. The manager isn't really concerned about the money. They just need someone to justify their expenses.

> We need your full undivided attention to complete this project. For the duration of the contract, you will work exclusively with us to deliver result in a timely manner. We plan to compensate you for the trouble.

Re:Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat (2013) on Friday April 12, 2019 @04:53PM (#19648860)
If I'm feeling snarky, I'll say

  "Looks like you've already asked a question there ;)"
A nice way to help folks is to say to them after the exchange,

  "Feel free to ask your question when you ping me so we don't have to do the hello/hi exchange"
Re:Why Evernote failed to realize its potential on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @01:57PM (#19556850)
I've switched over to Notion. They even have a tool now to transfer all your notes from Evernote. Feels simple to use but has some really powerful features.

https://www.notion.so

Re:Amazon’s Alexa Has 80k Apps and No Runaway Hit on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @05:29PM (#19373233)
Sorry that should have been timers. If I tell Siri to set a timer (while a timer is running) it still asks if I want to change the timer or leave it alone.
Re:Amazon’s Alexa Has 80k Apps and No Runaway Hit on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:36PM (#19371491)
Agreed on the kitchen part. Once I moved my google home (mini) into the kitchen it got more useful.

* Setting multiple alarms (why can't apple do this??)

* Conversions

* Food questions

I think it would be rad if I could feed it a recipe and then have it read me the ingredients and instructions for each step. Maybe that exists?

That reminds me of my idea to create "tech" stock imagery that isn't a joke
From personal conversations with tech folk who don’t work at Facebook, I’d say it’s about the money. Most people say they don’t want to work there, but if the money was fuck-you good, they wouldn’t say no
Re:The Color Orange on Saturday February 23, 2019 @11:17AM (#19233947)
Agreed, I have it on my desk and during a break I’ll pick a color and learn it’s origins
Re:Amateur astronomers tracking the world’s spy satellites on Thursday February 14, 2019 @03:25AM (#19160437)
I really enjoyed the experimental layouts the various stories had. Had an art magazine feel to it.
Re:MyBrandNewLogo – A 3-step Logo Generator on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:51PM (#19082906)
Sounds like what 99designs.com does
Re:Stylelint – A modern linter for CSS on Monday February 04, 2019 @06:57PM (#19081874)
Nope, but there are tools for this

PurgeCSS (recommended by Tailwind) https://github.com/FullHuman/purgecss

PurifyCSS https://github.com/purifycss/purifycss

Re:App Wants to Track Every Homeless Person in San Francisco on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:49AM (#19077827)
I have only anecdotal data to support my opinion that this is a truly dumb idea. It really tells of the lack of empathy for people on the street
According to some search results ... it's

> “Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the “device” to fade away. Over time, the computer itself — whatever its form factor — will be an intelligent assistant helping you through your day. We will move from mobile first to an AI first world”

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/sundar-...

Depends on who they lay off, but it does mean they'll have less resources to do investigative journalism.

Hidden Brain had a good podcast episode on the costs of newspapers going out of business.

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/09/675092808/starving-the-watchd...

Unless you're a shady person, then it's all good news :(

I don't feel that snake oil salesfolk deserve any empathy.
Re:Dropbox buys HelloSign (YC W11) for $230M on Monday January 28, 2019 @06:43PM (#19022261)
Ugh, yeah they bought and then slowly killed off Mailbox. :(
Re:WordPress 5.0: A Gutenberg FAQ on Friday December 07, 2018 @05:06PM (#18632133)
ManageWP uses the WordPress api to update plugins and themes
Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @12:52AM (#18596704)
As a cyclist, I'm hopeful that these bike/scooter/wheel-shares programs will force governments to examine their plans for keeping people safe. More low-speed travel lanes for bikes, scooters, one-wheels, hoverboards, etc. Keep the sidewalks for walking and wheelchairs.

Otherwise we are sure to end up like China in these photos: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversup...

Re:NES.css: 8-bit style CSS framework on Thursday November 29, 2018 @02:30AM (#18558679)
I love passion projects like this. Keep up the work!
Re:NES.css: 8-bit style CSS framework on Thursday November 29, 2018 @02:22AM (#18558656)
I really want to say something mean to this toxic comment. But if you're having a bad day/week, I hope things get better for you.
Re:How Restaurants Got So Loud on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:26AM (#18552799)
Reminds of another problem in restaurants, the annoying music they pipe in.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/dining/restaurant-music-p...

Re:Flying for Thanksgiving on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:03PM (#18499867)
People get offline versions of podcasts, albums from streaming services, netflix, etc
Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' on Thursday November 15, 2018 @09:39PM (#18465856)
Yeah it's why I stopped trying to convince her otherwise. At most an attacker would have 60 minutes a day to do something :P
Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:39AM (#18460689)
My mom still thinks her computer will get a virus (all by itself) if she leaves it running when she's not around. Even with my explanations. So she shuts it off completely every time she's done. I can imagine her running a cyber security company and telling her employees to shut down the servers when they leave for the night ;)
Re:Show HN: Edabit – Like Duolingo for Learning to Code on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @02:35PM (#18453087)
It could be on purpose? I've found that I learn better when I am forced to read ALL the instructions and then try to solve the problem without having quick access to the instructions.

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