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Re:Millitext – A subpixel text encoding font on Monday December 17, 2018 @06:23PM (#18703226)
For those interested, here's what I was able to read from the twitter avatar:

    Pro Tip: You can add more
    than 140 characters into
    your twitter avatar. For
    example, here are 156 of
     them. Just make sure to
    include all links in the
    main text ;-) Also, hand
    out magnifying glasses!
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:47PM (#11613055)
props for the postscript :)
Re:A Message to Our Customers on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:51PM (#11121267)
In that case, they could just bring the phone down to the morgue and unlock it with touch id.
Re:Forstall Out; Ive Up on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @12:29PM (#4718059)
And that's because they are cheap enough to buy on impulse, and/or to make an affordable gift for the holiday season that is clearly the hottest and newest available.
Re:Forstall Out; Ive Up on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @12:19PM (#4718010)
Nothing...? http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm//wp-content/uploads/201...

Though your point is clear. Mac OS X is very clearly reminiscent of this interface.

Re:Github: Major Service Outage on Thursday October 18, 2012 @05:20PM (#4671177)
It'd be glorious if one service (say GitHub) had multiple remote links that dynamically switched for you when service faced an outage.
Re:Login Screen – behind the scenes on Thursday October 11, 2012 @11:24AM (#4641168)
The gravatar is a nice touch, but it works even if my email is not signed up with your service, which felt a bit misleading.

I got the sense of, "this is the correct email address to login with because the system recognized me" when in fact it was the wrong email.