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alex_doom··on Simpsons in CSS
Nice demo, but SVG exists for a reason.
alex_doom··on How Soviet Kitchens Became Hotbeds Of Dissent And Culture
I love that they turned used xrays into bootleg vinyl recordings. Disrupt! :P
alex_doom··on A Laser Message from Space
We can't have flying cars till we can figure out autopiloted cars. I don't want drunk flying :(
alex_doom··on Motherfriggin' Cron
But without grumpy elders, we'll never know we fuck up! Chicken > Egg < Chicken?
alex_doom··on Out of Prohibition’s Reach: How Technology Cures Toxic Policy
It's what happens when you let print designers design a web page.
alex_doom··on Compressor.io – Compress and optimize your images
grunt-image https://www.npmjs.org/package/grunt-image
alex_doom··on Level3 is without peer, now what to do?
> if you had $500 billion to spend and you had to choose between overhauling the nation's education system (which desperately needs it) and providing better Internet access to people, which would you choose?

They'll choose D. Build a new sportsball arena

alex_doom··on Uncss – Find unused CSS
>only after some interaction with javascript on the page

That's why I will use a prefix js-[something] for elements that will interact with javascript and then user other classes for style so nothing gets removed by accident by others.

alex_doom··on Show HN: Manage servers easily online with Commando.io
No more dangerous than Meldium: https://www.meldium.com/
alex_doom··on Ask HN: Which desk lamp do you use?
They switched to LED bulbs instead of the CFL's. You probably want this one. The smaller screw type: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20254091/
alex_doom··on So You’re Not Desirable
I thought it worked out great for GitHub...
alex_doom··on Lyft Plus
It's not just Lean Theory/MVP blah blah. Microsoft has done this for years. Splashy PR announcement of a hot-shit new thing they cooked up in R&D. Then a year later, closed down.
alex_doom··on Ask HN: Which desk lamp do you use?
I've been pretty happy with an IKEA lamp I got for $30. Has that classic look and easily adjustable.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10255524/

alex_doom··on Egyptians may have moved massive pyramid stones on wet sand
Well technically, the slaves built the pyramids. They just don't get the credit in the README.
alex_doom··on Buttons – A button library built with Sass and Compass
Bourbon has Neat (http://neat.bourbon.io/) now, which is a lightweight responsive grid framework. No compass anymore!
alex_doom··on Do Men Suck At Friendship?
Men's Journal is basically Cosmo. Bullshit journalism and fluff.
alex_doom··on Sony Digital Paper e-ink PDF tablet for notes and forms
Goddammit, I got sucked into thinking that MiniDisc's were going to be the FUTURE
alex_doom··on Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S
Seen their safety video they play in lieu of the flight attendants talking? Great job.
alex_doom··on Toward a Pill That Helps Us Learn as Fast as Kids
Questionable science? Sign me up!

I bet if I wash down a Donepezil with my Soylent every morning I'll be king of the valley.

alex_doom··on Popcorn Time And Tech's Duty To Do The Right Thing
Nailed it. I felt the article was a bit much on the hand-wringing of constant technological changes.
alex_doom··on Apple iPhone Will Fail in a Late, Defensive Move (2007)
Insert tired Gretzky quote about skating to where the puck is going....
alex_doom··on Wwwwwwwww.jodi.org
Right? This site was one that got me excited about making shit.
alex_doom··on Ask HN: Do you take food supplements?
I take a multivitamin. Also L-theanine + caffeine.
alex_doom··on Trolling the search engines
I'm pretty sure this is done on a different scale for the sites that fake data to get traffic.
alex_doom··on How I resurrected my MacBook Pro by putting it in the oven
You don't put metal in the science oven.
alex_doom··on Domino's Uses Pizza-Smelling Thermal Ink on Rented DVDs [video]
Most likely an agency concept to win new business. Most pitch ideas are just clever things that never get produced.
alex_doom··on Happy ending: @N has been restored to its rightful owner
Selling it
alex_doom··on Scientists Say Their Giant Laser Has Produced Nuclear Fusion
> Omar Hurricane, a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

That is one awesome name.

alex_doom··on Facebook Fraud [video]
Exactly, event planning/tracking is the only reason I stay on.
alex_doom··on The weekend I tried to sell 3 plasma TVs: FOBO vs. Craigslist vs. Amazon
I've bought and sold many things on CL.

As a general rule when selling, if someone's email has terrible grammar and sentence structure I'm going to just delete it. If someone is polite and asks about the item and then leaves their phone number I'll most likely respond. As for the price, people will always haggle so I will automatically set the price to $20 over what I want get from it, then they feel like they get a "deal".

Similarly with buying, if they can't describe the item coherently I just ignore the ad.

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