Ask HN: Why is there only one Reddit?
Reddit is such a key element to my web usage, that I am surprised that there are seemingly no alternatives. I mean, Google has competition, AirBnB has, Amazon too.. why is Reddit the only site of its kind?
fyrejuggler
Re:A 3-D printer capable of incorporating hydraulics
on Sunday December 20, 2015 @03:15PM (#10768144)
Feels like 3D Printers are making progress like mad lately.
I think it's time to get my hands on one. I will just make myself an xmas present and get a little machine to get going. Currently undecided between getting a small Printrbot for about $400 or a larger Maker Farm for about $600:
http://www.productchart.com/3d_printers/7001_vs_5881
Any suggestions for a complete beginner are welcome.
Re:Show HN: FreshCandidate, Search Through Speeches from Presidential ...
on Thursday December 10, 2015 @03:22AM (#10709542)
Searching for 'Bitcoin' I got this bizarre message from outer space:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/web.py", line 1443, in _execute result = method(self.path_args, self.path_kwargs) File "application.py", line 314, in get "query": gquery File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 127, in urlopen return _opener.open(url, data, timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 404, in open response = self._open(req, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 422, in _open '_open', req) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 382, in _call_chain result = func(args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1214, in http_open return self.do_open(httplib.HTTPConnection, req) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1184, in do_open raise URLError(err) URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>
As I understand it, an alien called Errno refused to connect. Seems like other members of his tribe were also involved. They have strange names like Urllib, Func and Kwargs.
Ask HN: What are you working on right now?
Re:Show HN: An interactive comparison of 100 laptops with matte screens
on Thursday September 10, 2015 @10:35AM (#10198261)
The list behind that link says "LCD non-glare" but are those really matte? I see a lot of touchscreens in that list. And I have yet to see a matte touchscreen laptop.
Ask HN: Why srcset and not just progressive JPGs?
These days I often use devices with high DPIs. Some auto-scale websites up, on other devices I use tools like NoSquint that sets a default zoom. So more and more often I wish the images on my sites had a higher resolution.Looking into the documentation of srcset, I wonder why all the complexity. Couldn't we just use progressive JPGs and the browser loads until it has all the pixels it needs for...