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chaud··on Jailbroke my Kindle to use it as an e-ink monitor
For what it's worth, I've been following your project here and on Instagram for a year or two, keeping an eye out for the day there is local API support. I haven't bothered to even request it until now, since I see at least one person request it in what feels like every thread. Inkplate seems to be the only thing close to competition right now.
chaud··on The Electrification of Everything
How are you measuring those levels? I haven't come across a great sensor for CO2 that isn't expensive and needs weekly calibration.
chaud··on Tesla Powerwall: Crunching the Numbers for Australia
Maybe in apartments, but in recently built single family homes throughout the south, a gas furnace is very common. I haven't known anyone that has anything else in the several southern states I have lived in, other than those people who tried to get away with heat pumps. Electric heating is significantly more expensive than gas.
chaud··on 23andMe meets FDA standards, adds back wellness reports
Yes, they reduced the price to $99 in the US back in 2012.
chaud··on 23andMe meets FDA standards, adds back wellness reports
I would like to know how the new report compares to the old one.

Also of note, the price has gone up from $99 (as of earlier this week) to $199.

edit: This NYTimes article has more details: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/business/23andme-will-resu...

Now, after nearly two years, 23andMe is announcing on Wednesday that it will begin providing customers with health information again, though much less than before and with F.D.A. approval.

The new health-related information 23andMe will provide is called carrier status. That relates to whether people have genetic mutations that could lead to a disease in their offspring, presuming the other parent has a mutation in the same gene and the child inherits both mutated genes. There will be information on 36 diseases, including cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia and Tay-Sachs.

chaud··on SSD Prices in a Free Fall
I have been (unscientifically) tracking the prices of consumer level SSDs that are on sale for a few years now, there isn't any massive drop: http://media.mmo-champion.com/images/news/2015/may/ssdgraph....
chaud··on VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases
This only appears to be working for me (Windows) if the file has been opened once via the Media -> Open File menu. Opening a file by double clicking means that it doesn't appear, unless it has already been opened once with the menu.
chaud··on Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham
Charter's lowest tier has been 30 or 60 down (depending on your market) for a long time now. Were you on some old plan or something?
chaud··on Mt. Gox Shuts Down, Loses $409,200,000
It isn't really Forbes, just a guy with a blog that happens to be on their site.
chaud··on Have I tattooed a syntax error on my arm?
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7098089
chaud··on Linksys resurrects classic blue router, with open source and $300 price
I'm not sure where they got the idea that it has 4GB of RAM or an Atom CPU. The press release (http://www.linksys.com/en-us/press/releases/2014-01-06_Links...) says it has 256MB of RAM, and every other site says the CPU is ARM based.
chaud··on Linksys resurrects classic blue router, with open source and $300 price
A decent AC router is still around ~$150-200, so prices will fall as AC becomes more popular. That being said, there is no way to justify spending an extra ~$100-150 on this over various other models for most people.
chaud··on Cloud Cost Calculator
Sadly serverbear is abysmally slow every time I go to use it. It would be a great tool otherwise.
chaud··on PHP 5.5 released and other things PHP related
The SaaS article uses mysql_query() and the top 10 framework post has an annoying Facebook modal and offers very little content.

I don't normally look at most of the articles, but the ones I do read are usually decent!

chaud··on Show HN: Price Check Service for Twitter
You just got suspended!
chaud··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2013)
Huntsville, AL - Curse

FULL TIME - Lead Front-End Developer

* 4+ years of web-based front end programming experience.

* Experience developing SASS-based CSS frameworks.

* Experience contributing to multiple projects, simultaneously.

http://www.curse.com/open-positions/lead-front-end-developer

FULL TIME - Product Manager

* A passion for online games is required for this position.

* Understanding of web application technology and its capabilities/limitations

* Experience designing user interfaces and the ability to create examples through wire frames or mock ups

* Ability to contribute to a team environment; able to receive feedback and work designs iteratively

* A BA/BS degree in Business or a related technical field is ideal.

http://www.curse.com/open-positions/product-manager

There are also various creative and marketing positions open, see the jobs page for the full listings and more information about working at Curse: http://www.curse.com/jobs

chaud··on Why I'm switching back to Firefox
Firefox's dev tools are still inadaquate compared to the ones in Chrome, even with Nightly. Thankfully Firebug and another Firefox profile solves that.

As far as opening both Nightly and Aurora, create a shortcut to Nightly with the following options "...\firefox.exe -p -no-remote". This will let you select a profile on startup, keeping your Aurora and Nightly profiles separate and running both at the same time.

chaud··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2013)
Huntsville, AL - Curse

FULL TIME - Lead Front-End Developer

* 4+ years of web-based front end programming experience.

* Experience developing SASS-based CSS frameworks.

* Experience contributing to multiple projects, simultaneously.

http://www.curse.com/open-positions/lead-front-end-developer

FULL TIME - Product Manager

* A passion for online games is required for this position.

* Excellent analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills

* Understanding of web application technology and its capabilities/limitations

* Excellent verbal, written and oral communication skills

* Experience designing user interfaces and the ability to create examples through wire frames or mock ups

* Ability to contribute to a team environment; able to receive feedback and work designs iteratively

* A BA/BS degree in Business or a related technical field is ideal.

http://www.curse.com/open-positions/product-manager

There are also various creative and marketing positions open, see the jobs page for the full listings and more information about working at Curse: http://www.curse.com/jobs

chaud··on Firefox introduces PDF viewer
Seems to render fine for me in FF20 on W7: http://i.imgur.com/G5PPEbN.jpg
chaud··on Apple - Think Twice
Just as it has always been, the T series will be the best built laptops. You were free to purchase a T530 with any of the i5 or i7 CPUs and 1920 x 1080 screen. The only downside to them is the lack of higher end GPUs. They are just about as solidly built as the older T series.
chaud··on Show HN: My first d3.js visualization: English Collocates
The tooltips on hover are appearing far to the left of the item I am hovering over in Firefox and Chrome.
chaud··on Show HN: My C# Tutorial Series: Coding Basics. How am I doing so far?
I prefer articles, as videos often go too slow. It is also a waste of bandwidth watching a 1080p video of something that takes a few screenshots to express.

I wouldn't mind an accompanying video though.

chaud··on Introducing a Better Free Plan
Your email went out twice, once with no subject.

Did the old free plan have a limit on tasks?

chaud··on Mozilla UX: Save For Later (why bookmarks are broken and how to fix it)
Panorama / Tab groups are amazingly helpful for this, one of the best FF4+ features. This is another good step towards improving the feature.

I'm not sure how well the Dropzilla concept will work with a large number of bookmarks, or folders within folders, but I look forward to testing whatever they come up with.

chaud··on Using the HTML5 Fullscreen API for Phishing Attacks
If that is the case, how is it a significantly worse problem than a regular link to a fake site?
chaud··on Using the HTML5 Fullscreen API for Phishing Attacks
Firefox has a big warning that asks permission and dims the background, making it difficult to use until you select allow or deny, so it won't work as well with Firefox.

Chrome 23 just makes it full screen with a small notice.

chaud··on SpaceX ISS Dragon resupply mission is today
Launch of this first commercial resupply mission (SpaceX CRS-1) to the complex is set for 8:35PM EDT Sunday, October 7 from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
chaud··on Blizzard is secretly watermarking WOW screenshots
There is no direct email address for support. You must log in with your Battle.net account and file a support ticket.
chaud··on Blizzard is secretly watermarking WOW screenshots
There are a significant amount of logs for things like that. Screenshots are likely never accepted for that kind of request.
chaud··on Blizzard is secretly watermarking WOW screenshots
The default setting is 3.
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