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Re:How the US Treasury imposes sanctions on me and every other "Stephe...
on Friday February 14, 2014 @03:49PM (#7240903)
It's so easy for this mistake to happen and inconvenience the wrong person. It seems all they check is your name. What happens if they change their name? Does the entire hassle go away?
Re:Rust on Computer Language Benchmarks Game
on Thursday February 13, 2014 @03:08PM (#7233917)
Python uses GMP while having a bignum implementation. I believe any language is allowed to use it.
Python: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/program.php?test...
Ruby: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/benchmark.php?te...
Re:Cryptocat Considered Harmful: The Root Cause
on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @10:32AM (#6990910)
https://heml.is/ should be on the way. I've been keeping on eye on it. It'll be interesting what the security community thinks of it after release.
There is also TextSecure (https://whispersystems.org/), but it requires text messaging.
Firefox For Android 24 Launches With WebRTC Support, NFC-Based Link Sharing
Re:Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world
on Friday September 13, 2013 @12:36PM (#6381522)
Is there a way to lock down a router in a way that can't be so easily spoofed?
Re:Epic, The Privacy Browser
on Friday September 06, 2013 @01:09PM (#6341453)
Can't spell check be a completely local feature without hitting any outside servers? I didn't understand why that was disabled.
Re:What HN Users Use (45% Mac, 63% Chrome)
on Thursday August 23, 2012 @11:26AM (#4422864)
I was surprised to see that iOS is beating firefox. While this is just one website, I hadn't realized firefox had dropped so much in the ranks. It's still my browser of choice.
Re:A Gallery of Apps Powered by Parse
on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @04:33PM (#4292857)
Sorry, I guess the random sampling I did was all iOS.
Re:A Gallery of Apps Powered by Parse
on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @04:18PM (#4292802)
It looks like this is only iPhone apps, is there a gallery for android?
Re:Show HN: Brandseen - A logo coloring game built in 24h
on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @04:53PM (#4287921)
Are you allowed to use these logos for this purpose?
Re:Humiliation in Startups
on Thursday May 10, 2012 @11:35AM (#3954056)
Is there a YC reading list somewhere? I've been looking to do more reading lately, and this looks like a good title to start with.
Re:JSON or XML: Just Decide
on Thursday April 12, 2012 @09:10PM (#3834927)
YAML :)
Re:Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?
on Thursday March 29, 2012 @01:24PM (#3772064)
Can you provide a link? I don't think you're doing all your searching at spotlight.com.
Re:Why I canceled my college subscription
on Sunday March 25, 2012 @11:41AM (#3752842)
I agree with you. I went through Computer Science in college. While I've never worked with someone who didn't finish college, even working with people with different degrees you see where a computer science degree helps. I have friends with computer engineering degrees that had to teach themselves algorithms and algorithm analysis. Of course they did a good job at this because they were disciplined about it.
That said, every once in a while I'll say something and we either ended up having different terms for it or something they missed in their studies.
Another thing to note, while they may be able to get an entry level job now. The places I have worked required a CS degree. We tried relaxing that requirement one time with horrible results (inability to finish played into it). I'm not saying you can't be good without a degree, just saying from a company's perspective you may be a safer bet.
Re:PyPedia: a Python IDE and method repository in a wiki
on Saturday March 10, 2012 @04:45PM (#3688809)
What do you suggest instead that's in Python?
Also, what markup to you prefer?
Evaluation of Malware Detection Apps for Android
Re:Put your programming skills to the test
on Sunday February 12, 2012 @11:34AM (#3582176)
It takes a long time to get from challenge to challenge. It'd be better if from my profile maybe it opened a new window and I could just go down the list doing them all. As it is now it goes to a page explaining the times and then asks me if I'm sure I'm ready after that.
It's a cool concept.
I also found that I like sites that don't focus on rankings so much. It's better if to achieve a level you get a certain number of points. When you have rankings, if a new person joins your site it looks like a daunting task to get to the top.
Also, I would include forums for discussing solutions after you've solved it or attempted a problem a certain number of times. Maybe let people see the solution forum and 'solve' the problem, but they only get 1 point for that. It can be frustrating to be stuck on a hard problem for someone trying to learn. Maybe it'd be cool if you let people ask questions about problems and other users could get points for answering questions, while making sure not to give away too much.
Some functions are missing from Python, and being able to use the standard lib would be nice.
Re:Premium prices for GPL software: The curious case of commercial Wor...
on Friday April 15, 2011 @11:49AM (#2450906)
I think a huge point is being missed. If I bought a wordpress theme, I wouldn't be inclined to resell it or give it away simply because I want my site to look more unique.
Re:Microsoft IE9 site compares IE9 to Chrome 6
on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @10:57AM (#2327737)
It has more up to date browsers if you click the image: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/internet-explorer/product...
Python Benchmark Framework - unitbench 0.1 released
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, suggestashow.com
on Thursday February 17, 2011 @05:47PM (#2233249)
I choose what TV show to watch based on what's on while I'm sitting on the couch. In addition to that, it has to be agreeable with anyone else here. If I'm looking for a show to watch, I'd check tv guide before this site. If you integrated show times, that might make it more valuable to me personally.
Re:Show HN: AdFrenzy.net is trying to make online ads better
on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @10:09PM (#2224762)
I forgot I had AdBlock running. Sorry about that.
Re:Share HN: StarChart.me statistics from 1 day on HN front page
on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @09:58PM (#2224720)
Is there a way to see a sample chart without signing up?
Re:Show HN: AdFrenzy.net is trying to make online ads better
on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @09:55PM (#2224715)
I like the idea, but I'm not a fan of the website design. I'm not a web designer or anything so take my advice with a grain of salt, but the concentric circles and red makes the site feel really in your face. I'm using google chrome and the ad shows up as a blank brownish box.
While I like the idea, I probably wouldn't use the service on my blog because if no one buys ads on my blog I'm just advertising your service. Maybe let advertisers choose categories and if you have a blog about that topic you can present it to the advertiser?
Re:Ask HN: Learning Chinese Mandarin
on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @09:42PM (#2224686)
It's tonal, so speaking it correctly is quite hard for Western people. I'd say try and find someone. Without someone to talk to you'll have a very hard time pronouncing it correctly.
One of my friends tried http://www.livemocha.com/ for a language and had a positive opinion of it.
Re:Review my startup: Twitter Dating
on Friday February 11, 2011 @08:31AM (#2206245)
Not a comment about the service, but I was surprised at the choice of Comic Sans. Especially with the hate that font seems to receive.
Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use to test your website?
on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @01:51PM (#2198737)
http://browserling.com
This will also let you interact with the website in the given version of a browser.
Re:Arewefastyet.com is just the beginning.
on Saturday February 05, 2011 @01:22PM (#2183592)
It looks really cool. I may have missed it, but it seems to be lacking the comparison aspect of arewefastyet.com (ie - missing chrome/safari data).
I'm not sure how portable this is to other projects, but it reminds me of http://speed.pypy.org, which is open source https://github.com/tobami/codespeed.
Re:Unemployment by degrees
on Friday February 04, 2011 @11:52AM (#2180061)
I was expecting a comparison between different college degrees, not high school vs college.