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YoAdrianon Ask HN: Is social login akin to "same password everywhere"?

This is all essentially an implementation of "Open ID". http://openid.net/

I was using Open ID through a particular website to log into about 10 different sites. That Open ID provider decided to shut down since so many social networks were offering the same service. Now I mostly use Google and Facebook (depending on what each site allows). If either of their log in services become compromised, we have bigger problems.

YoAdrianon Charter Makes $61.3 Billion Offer to Acquire Time Warner Cable

But will this get me BBC America in HD?

YoAdrianon How to see all HN articles I've read?

http://getpocket.com/

YoAdrianon Ask HN: How did Target get my email address?

Target knows everything about their customers. I'm not even kidding. There's a whole outline of their data mining in the book "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business". It's scary.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: What chair do you use when coding?

I use an $80 standing desk with a $20 anti-fatigue mat.

YoAdrianon Ask PG: Why is HTML-like text stripped from titles? Why can't be used?

Odds are, it's to avoid Cross Site Scripting attacks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-site_Scripting_(XSS)

YoAdrianon Ask HN: How to identify a website built with Bootstrap?

View source and look for a CSS file named something like "bootstrap".

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Excuse me, this isn't Digg.

YoAdrianon Ask HN:"Error establishing a database connection" on sites submitted to HN

"Are [wordpress based sites] submitted to HN today [unable to handle increased load]?"

Is the sky blue? Is grass green?

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Standing desks?

I've been using a standing desk for 9 months now. I'm a software architect and my days run 8-12 hours, depending on what fires I'm putting out. I found an Ikea Jerker desk on Craigslist for $75, then picked up an industrial anti-fatigue mat at Home Depot for $20. It only took me about 2 weeks to realize that I can't go back to sitting all day.

You're not exercising like a treadmill desk, but you will often find yourself moving about as you work. Heck, some days the music kicks in and you've just got to move with the beat while you're building a new feature for your app.

Side effect: after about three months, I was also able to give up soda completely and have almost completely given up caffeine.

YoAdrianon Why don't business folks talk more about their technology failures?

Build it fast & cheap, stand it up and see who pays.

No one wants to spend a lot of money on something when there's no guarantee of profits. And if you take your time to do it right, someone else will beat you to the market.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Tips getting RAWs from wedding photographers?

Try here (no affiliation): http://www.mywedding.com/seattle/photographers

Also found this discussion amongst photographers: http://www.flickr.com/groups/weddingphoto/discuss/7215762943...

Most don't want to give away RAW files as they aren't the "finished product" or they aren't a format most people can view. Many just want more money for them.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Leaving a job with unfinished work?

Once of the biggest things I had to accept when I was laid off the day after a major, money saving project was launched is this:

It's not your code, it's their code.

It's their responsibility to finish it, maintain it and extend it. If they want to bastardize it, that's on them. If they choose to not use it anymore, that's on them.

This has made voluntarily leaving companies much easier for me.

You did your job until you felt like not doing that job anymore. Pack up your stuff and do something more worthwhile.

YoAdrianon Should I list all of my work history on my resume?

After 15 years in corporate web development, the rules are these:

1. Put it in MS-Word format.

2. Keep it simple: outline what you did, with what technologies and how long you were there.

3. Be honest: Don't say you're a 9 out of 10 with some programming language when you're a 3. The techs on the interviews will destroy you.

Your resume is going to get parsed into a database, and recruiters will be picking out keywords related to jobs they need to fill. They'll barely glance at what you actually did, that's left to the hiring manager if you make it that far.

My resume is 3 pages long (maybe 4) and I still list my tech jobs in college, but only those that relate to my current career.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: any alternative to MS word as a word processor?

http://www.libreoffice.org/ - full, open source office suite

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Our app UI looks exactly like the new Facebook news feed, now what?

Leave it as-is. IIRC, YouTube swiped the newsfeed design from Facebook last year or so. Facebook probably picked up some of these new-to-them UI concepts from other sites. Who cares?

YoAdrianon Ask HN: How to sell a framework if there are free alternatives?

You might try asking this on http://stackoverflow.com/, but you'd be surprised in how many companies would go for a paid product over open source. The main reason, so they can "choke someone when it all goes to hell" (to quote a coworker).

YoAdrianon Ask HN: What are the cons of the Seattle area?

We opened up an office there just over a year ago. Finally saw it in March last year. We'd planned to go in January, but the few feet of snow and freezing weather wasn't going to fly with my fellow Texans. When we did get out there, it was beautiful. Cost $3.00 to take the rail from the airport to downtown where our office is located. Everything was within walking distance and there's a lot in that area. Never needed a car. I'll visit again, so long as its warm.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Where to get data files for teaching programming

http://www.generatedata.com/ http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

Both have options to download randomly created data sets in various formats.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: best startup swag?

Mark Cuban's 12 Rules for Startups

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222524

10. Never buy swag. A sure sign of failure for a startup is when someone sends me logo-embroidered polo shirts. If your people are at shows and in public, it's okay to buy for your own employees, but if you really think people are going to wear your branded polo when they're out and about, you are mistaken and have no idea how to spend your money.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Is this fair compensation for Lead Developer at a start-up?

So he's going to get 3 weeks of your work for free, then based on your work his company ---HIS company--- _might_ get investment money? In return, you get a promise of 5% of NOTHING for the foreseeable future?

No thanks.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Considering moving to a Mac - development pros and cons?

I recently purchased a 17" MacBook Pro and am in the process of adding more RAM and an SSD along with Parallels. Parallels lets you install linux or Windows alongside OSX. Meaning, they run at the same time. Alternately, you can just run VirtualBox and load all the other OSs you'd like.

Previously, I had a 17" Dell Core2Duo. It worked fine for development, but it's a boat anchor and had to go.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Is anyone using a stand-up workstation?

I'm using the last version of the Ikea Jerker desk. Found it on Craigslist for $70. It doesn't adjust height, but IMO that defeats the purpose of a stand up desk. I really need to blog my experience with it. I can't go back to sitting and I've only been using it for 4 months.

http://pic.twitter.com/CSO3QiqQ

I can't bear to sit in meetings anymore. I end up standing behind my chair or walking around the room.

YoAdrianon How are you setup to deal with eye strain?

At work, I've got a pair of 27.5" monitors @ 1920 x 1200. I've moved to a standing desk that has a riser which puts them more at eye level and also further away than they were at my cubicle desk. At home, I have a pair of 25.5" monitors, also at 1920 x 1200. Each of those monitors are on articulated arms, so I can keep them at a better height than their original stands. I can also adjust the distance as needed. Both the additional height and distance have reduced the strain on my eyes considerably.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: How do I get my hands on MLS (real estate listings) data?

http://readwrite.com/2012/11/09/readwrite-deathwatch-the-rea...

There are services like ListHub and Point2 that you can contract with for data, but point2 just launched their own consumer facing site. Zillow just bought a few companies to enhance their offerings in this space.

I'm not saying don't give it a try, but you'll have to offer something special to get noticed.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Do you zoom in to read webpages?

I just got a 17" MBP and I'm amazed at how small the default text size is in Safari. Can't find a way to change that so I have to keep zooming in on most pages.

YoAdrianon Ask HN: Do you zoom in to read webpages?

I zoom all over on the iPad or use the built-in browser reading mode. Also on my work laptop when I'm confined to just the laptop screen. I have Readability installed on Chrome, but I use it more often to de-clutter the article I'm trying to read than just to resize the font.