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VertexRed
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Comment #21338873
> Not my concern as a user. It's affecting the quality of the web that you, as a user, are browsing. > The proverbial cat is out of the bag, and you're not getting him back in. The…
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Ask HN: Should ad blockers be limited?
It's hard accurately measure how many users that are actively blocking ads, but it's estimated that nearly a third of all computers are currently blocking ads [1]. This is a big nu…
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Comment #14383794
I'd recommend using larger images resized to a smaller size or SVGs since the current checkboxes look blurry on iPhone.
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Comment #14374514
Looks cool, some things I would add: - Increase vertical scroll after adding a widget. - Add code detection from title to save some time: - In the video you set the title to "Ruby …
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Comment #13451838
There isn't enough info to automatically close accounts just because they use the same name and profile photo as other users (keep in mind that profile pictures can be of anything …
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Comment #13443351
This sounds more like encryption than compression and I don't understand how it could save space the majority of the unique data is still needed for each movie. I hate to say it an…
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Comment #13443202
Another theory that I read was that Sloot had somehow linked analog and digital (he was supposedly a TV technician before) and that he was parameterizing data from an analog signal…
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Ask HN: What was the secret that Jan Sloot took with him to the grave?
This has to be one of the largest (and personally the most interesting) IT myths out there. I have my own belief of what happened (which I might share later), but I'm really intere…
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Comment #13425594
Nearly everything that you do on a page is trackable if you have JS enabled including how you moved your mouse on the page ( https://api.jquery.com/mousemove/ ). To keep the techni…
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Comment #13098116
If you want to add a huge improvement for this, then listen for the hash changes, and switch to the correct tab once changed so that they change when the back/forward buttons are p…
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Comment #13032893
The biggest issue that I can see with this is abuse. Do you have a way of preventing email spam and outgoing DoS attacks?
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Comment #12962356
This is fun gag to play. But something that would really awesome would be if you could call your script if an unknown command is run and have the script look for a command that's m…
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Comment #12943941
But how will you install it on the phone? They only allow installs through App Store.
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Comment #12941825
Wouldn't that require a jailbreak?
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Comment #12778819
It's 2016, everyone has JS enabled. The ones that don't are most likely bots (now even that's changing thanks to projects like phantomjs).
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Comment #12757387
Do what? I read the article and the song was the first thing that popped into my mind so I thought I'd share.
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Comment #12751899
https://youtu.be/kJOuvEcarNs?t=38s
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Ask HN: Where can I find a front end developer?
I mainly work with the backend, but years ago when I first started I used to take care of the frontend too due to my small budget (designing logos, user interfaces in jQuery and ju…
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Comment #12740282
Still I'm seeing fairly large services use things like XML-RPC to contact their servers.
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Comment #12740272
That's usually the case, but I can't really come up with anything as I can't find any downsides to it.
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Comment #12740267
But RESTful APIs have been around for so long though, does this the existing infrastructure situation really apply to this?
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Ask HN: Why don't people just stick to something universal for APIs?
Am I the only one that gets annoyed by varying methods used to contact API servers (XML-RPC, SOAP, REST...), not to mention that the output is usually in XML or JSON? What's wrong …
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Comment #12726272
Well if he wasn't the Wikileaks team would've said something. He also has other people working for him which would be able to help him out with this. And thanks for the downvote.
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Comment #12725945
Shouldn't be too difficult to surpass by temporarily using mobile data or setting up an antenna for long-range wifi.
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Comment #12714866
This sounds right and the way these regulations are set is bullshit. Sure, there should be regulations but it shouldn't lead to large fees and make it difficult to pay or receive p…