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haberdasher
1,033karma·152submissions·August 8, 2011
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Is there any kind of service that broadcasts just that you're working on a project and that there's space to sit nearby, whether it's your apartment or a cafe?
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"In comparison, Facebook uses a programming language called AJAX that taxes servers less." ...
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Alternate Headline: DuckDuckGo chief, trying to rustle up more users from Google personalization-fear-baiting, spoon feeds article to WSJ. What'd I miss?
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"Apple customers who want Google maps can readily switch to an Android phone." Does the author not realize that this is patently false? Most people are on 2-year contracts, no?
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109 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3997607
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I'm partial to the Waffle Shop ( http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/creativity/2009/winter/waffle-sh... ), but I guess it's mostly because I'm very particular about how my kubideh is prepared...…
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Flawless. Well done!
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If there are any Android game devs that are interested in being alpha integraters for a similar (but better?) gaming layer, please email: contact@atstakegames.com
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For everyone else: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jjijpihkcmlpfmibgg...
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It's 500,000 in total, not per year.
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FYI - Updated the extension (due to a suggestion from a HN reader) to just do an "I'm feeling lucky" search, so now it's a one-click affair.
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You could look at the source, but it's obfuscated (sorry). Also, it's not github'd (sorry). If it makes you feel any better, a different extension of mine has 7000+ users and no complaints of evil th…
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Thanks Nik. I agree that it makes much more sense to join forces and merge efforts. 1) This extension looks at all wpsocialreader links, so unless they change the URL paths, it should still function. …
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Why on earth does it look like a book? I'm getting over my abject hate of skeuomorphism. I'm coming 'round to the idea that it can help give users confidence that they'll be able to use your product.…
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I like how the Android card has "Chris White" listed, but Andy Rubin's dashing face.
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Removing bottled water is not a financial decision, but an environmental one. Every new employee is given a water bottle they can fill with water an infinite number of times. If they took away bottle…
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Note - if you check the manifest, you'll see it only runs on domains matching: "://.facebook.com/*"
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It does include Google Analytics, but that just tracks usage of the extension, not a user's every move across the web.
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You can use this Chrome extension to kill cookies when logging out: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bgonpegbhnjepleakg... …
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...and the bug should be fixed. Worst hey-look-at-this-thing-I-made ever.
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Also - looks like there might be a bug with logins, trying to fix now.