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alex_doom··on CurrentC Ends Beta Tests, Will Deactivate Accounts
WholeFoods has it setup well, but that's the only store I've come across that has it. I think it's about the same speed as digging out my credit card. I just wish more retailers would enable it for their machines.
alex_doom··on Designing a New Look for Instagram, Inspired by the Community
I always thought the rainbow was a nod to the One Step version of Polaroid's SX-70. It had a little rainbow strip that came down from the lens. Now its a gradient? Meh.

Also looks like we're going back to extreme rounded corners again? Square is out? Heh.

On a positive note, I do like the white and grey tone of the app itself. Cleaner and more relaxing than the blue/black tones.

alex_doom··on OkCupid,2.8M profiles out of 3.2M tested, open to all by default
It always seems to be on any site where you have to create a profile, by default it'll be exposed to google.

I really wish there was a checkbox at the end of a registration form that said something like "Show Publicly". I'd wager most people would leave it unchecked.

alex_doom··on USS Carl Vinson has first UAV command center install aboard an aircraft carrier
You're joking right? It's a nightmare and far from perfect. Reading text is an exercise in self-loathing.

https://foia.navy.mil/foia/webbas02.nsf/(vwwebpage)/home.htm...

In which I can see:

* Text over a lined background. How is that helpful? It's a constant Moiré pattern while you're reading

* Awful leading/line heights.

* Unoptimal character count per line. Best practices is 50-70 depending on font size.

* Tiny type! I have 20/20 vision and there is 11px type I'm trying to read on a 15" laptop.

* Spurious text areas on the right. There's poor organization of text.

* The welcome text is small and lost above the image.

I could go on about the design, but that always subjective.

alex_doom··on Delivering Octicons with SVG
Curious if they have any fallback for the very few browsers that can't render inline svg.
alex_doom··on Delivering Octicons with SVG
I could see this being an issue for a highly complex vector shape. But most shapes only consume a few bytes. Compared to an external image or another request for the font files.
alex_doom··on France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels
Glass bike path when it rain sounds like a death trap
alex_doom··on Django CMS 3.2 released
Grav released their 1.0 beta few weeks ago. It looks pretty promising. Seems it was created by a group that makes themes for WordPress and it borrows some of WordPress's admin ideas.

File-file CMS so it'll make it really easy to make small sites for clients and then deploy them to a EC2 bucket or their shared-host.

http://getgrav.org/

alex_doom··on WP Engine Security Breach: Customer Credentials Exposed
They emailed everyone who ever had a login. I got an email about it and I was only added as a user to help manage an install 2 years ago.
alex_doom··on Librarians in uproar after borrowing record of teenage Haruki Murakami is leaked
I love the comment someone left on that article.

---

Haiku of the Week:

When I eat deep-fried oysters, I am lonely, But they are delicious.

Only Haruki-san can do this without trying. But not without frying.

alex_doom··on Adblock Sold to Mystery Company
Upgrade to PRO Version for $29.99 a year.
alex_doom··on “I Had a Baby and Cancer When I Worked at Amazon”
How is Home Depot a model of "Customer Intimacy". Have you been to one of their stores? If you do, god forbid, don't ever go on the weekend and look for help.
alex_doom··on A Little Kelp from My Friends
for the lazy: http://luckypeach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1-NIymPARSs...
alex_doom··on Inside the Goth Chicken: Black Bones, Black Muscle and a Black Heart
Once you go black you ... pay $1500 for a pre-fab coop?
alex_doom··on San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber
I won't mind if they leave town at all.
alex_doom··on How safe is mouldy food to eat?
I wonder if rice is fine when it's been fried? Many times I've left out fried rice from a delivery for hours and eaten it later. Hmm.
alex_doom··on HBO is finally going to let you watch its shows without cable
I didn't realize Prime had HBO shows, I guess I'll finally make some use of it.
alex_doom··on Loginboard – iOS 8 Password keyboard
1Password said they are working on something that will allow you to enter passwords for apps. Maybe it's something similar?
alex_doom··on Plastc Card
I still prefer American cash. Besides, half the places in SF are cash only.
alex_doom··on Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value
I thought Match.com owns Tinder now?
alex_doom··on Hands-on with the USB Type-C plug
When your cat chews up the cable, of course you're going to leave a bad review. Get it together Apple!
alex_doom··on The most overused logos, at the moment
Those all look like they are made in those dime-store logo factories. They charge $100-500 for some copy'n'paste shapes that the client "loves" because it looks just like their competitor.
alex_doom··on Show HN: Weather Icons – Icon font with 123 weather-themed icons
They look really great. That's been a project I've wanted to try for fun but have lacked the time.
alex_doom··on Ask HN: What are your favorite examples of clever product hacks by customers?
That's pretty much the point of this thread...
alex_doom··on MIT And Dropbox Alums Launch Inbox, a Next-Generation Email Platform
And now I'm sad.
alex_doom··on Redesigning The World Cup 2014 Brazil
This is just a designer jerk-off to get attention. Just like someone porting 2048 to whatever hot new language is out this week. :)
alex_doom··on Consciousness on-off switch discovered deep in brain
I find that talking a problem to death usually solves things.
alex_doom··on Inside the libertarian version of Burning Man: Guns, booze and bitcoin
Why is it compared to Burning Man? Music + Drugs + Kooky People? Oh ok that's burning man alright... Lazy journalism.
alex_doom··on How you will not uncover Satoshi
That's why I compose all my top secret documents in emoji. If anyone finds them they'll just assume it's gibberish from a 13yr old girl.
alex_doom··on Show HN: Grasswire – an Internet newsroom curated and fact-checked by everyone
Top things for "World Cup" are videos of girls with big boobs in low cut shirts. Classy.
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