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Re:Retiring the Netflix Public API on Friday June 13, 2014 @09:53PM (#7891821)
I don't think that's the case as they are allowing Can I Stream It? to stay up which is specifically for seeing what streaming services (including Amazon) offer particular titles.
Re:Python Idioms [pdf] on Thursday January 30, 2014 @12:44PM (#7152007)
He's referring to the special methods available to classes that allow implementation of the truth value of an object. In version 2.x of Python, this method is __nonzero__[1] and in version 3.x it's called __bool__[2]

[1] http://docs.python.org/2/reference/datamodel.html#object.__n...

[2] http://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__b...

Re:Gmail - Find Emails That Never Got a Reply on Monday December 23, 2013 @04:10PM (#6956532)
This could be accomplished by applying a label to the conversation and modifying the script to look for that.
Re:Georgify: Make Hacker News More Readable on Friday May 31, 2013 @06:42AM (#5797783)
I use http://ihackernews.com/ on my phone. I saw it posted on here a while ago and found it useful.
Re:Show HN: UrbanDesk - Combination Full Size Bed and Desk on Thursday October 11, 2012 @12:42AM (#4639431)
Are you going to implement any safety features such as a locking mechanism to prevent the bed from falling on someone sitting at the desk?
Re:Introducing Word Lens, for Android on Friday July 06, 2012 @02:15PM (#4208969)
Really? It's compatible with my Droid X.
Re:Drinking from an open container in microgravity (video) on Sunday February 26, 2012 @03:05PM (#3636615)
That's an interesting question. I wonder if it's not also social habit as it would be somewhat awkward to try to talk to someone's feet or if they were sideways to you.
Re:Handwriting to LaTeX maths on Thursday February 02, 2012 @04:33PM (#3544597)
Was anyone able to get fractional exponents to work? I tried several different ways of writing it and had no success.
If you enjoyed the time, did you really waste it?
Facebook also limits the number of times you can change your DOB, though I'm not sure what that limit is.
Re:Tim O'Reilly: I am really starting to hate Mac OS X. on Saturday November 12, 2011 @09:39PM (#3229651)
Double clicking the vertical resizer also maximizes vertically.
Re:Why don't we have password standards? on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @01:52PM (#2869347)
You don't want your product to be the one with hundreds of people having their accounts compromised. This warrants a bare minimum of password requirements.
The article says that certain other techniques weren't demonstrated because they were "too sensitive to show to the Defcon audience before giving Kaba a chance to fix the problems." What is worse than a whack on the top opening it?