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Re:Show HN: Make a programmable mirror on Friday September 11, 2015 @09:42PM (#10206942)
It is! UofT Comp Eng.
Re:Show HN: Make a programmable mirror on Friday September 11, 2015 @08:38PM (#10206842)
Color works quite well, the white was purely an aesthetic choice.

I haven't tried out the camera, but hypothetically should work.

Re:Show HN: Make a programmable mirror on Friday September 11, 2015 @01:23PM (#10204938)
The other end of the USB cable and tinkering through that is usually enough. But definitely nice to have non-permanent adhesive.
Re:Show HN: Make a programmable mirror on Friday September 11, 2015 @01:15PM (#10204882)
Some mirrors may have a thin enough back coating for light to shine through, but the two-way is ideal.
Re:Google Play Store Ratings Drop on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:02AM (#7114161)
Interesting. I'd wondered about an inflection point in my graph as well, but in the opposite direction.

Our average rating has been climbing much faster since Dec 10.

Looks like this feature is influential, but not necessarily negative.

Re:Show HN: Pix.pe – Easily sharable pixel art on Saturday October 05, 2013 @10:23AM (#6500723)
It looks like a Rorschach test. I guess thats not an answer you're allowed to give on rorschach tests.
The repo contains the bin folder, which has the .apk checked in. https://github.com/mparramont/metafilter-for-android/blob/ma...

You can install for free as fast as paid. Is the point to pay out of goodwill, or should a little more hassle be introduced?

I understand the missing square puzzle with the triangles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_square_puzzle) but I'd be interested to see how Freer's puzzle works.

I'm having trouble finding Peter Tappan's "FuTILE Subtraction" from the citation

The largest plan has 9 collaborators, which seems rather prohibitive.

As a dev I often had to tweak my designer's assets. For example, fixing the 9-patching for Android or removing bad whitespace. Could I offer these changes in a pull request?

I wonder how Etsy defines "most success" in the teams of zero or two women.

I'm a female dev and I don't feel weird on all male teams. Just another team member. But I did feel singled out when the other female developer and I were mostly assigned to work together.

Not that I don't love working with other ladies, but making it any kind of policy makes me feel more segregated than included.

Re:How to travel around the world for a year (2011) on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @10:56AM (#4843125)
I've been thinking about this and I have one major question.

I'm not a particularly nervous person and I'm comfortable in a lot of situations, but I'm not very good at being pushy and as a younger chick, not going to intimidate anyone. I'm not saying I fear for my physical safety, but even as a target to hustle into buying things.

I'm really not sure: should there be any concerns for a girl traveling alone on a non-tourist-beaten track?

Re:I only got that job because I’m a girl on Thursday September 27, 2012 @09:32PM (#4583881)
Do you count the leniency in assuming white people have more legitimate credentials?

And how often are people hiring purely by the program of study? Can you affirmative action your way into top honors or great job experience? For the latter, it appears it's the opposite.