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cshenoyon Browserify handbook

Do you have a better solution in mind? I'm actually wondering because I've thought of workarounds but they'd all be hacks like the ones in the handbook. I'd imagine other node developers are in the same boat (not due to stubbornness) otherwise we would've seen something by now.

Basically, what would be your ideal solution?

cshenoyon AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion

$28.50 of the $95/share is cash while the rest is AT&T stock. From the PR release[0], "AT&T intends to finance the cash portion of the transaction through a combination of cash on hand, sale of non-core assets, committed financing facilities and opportunistic debt market transactions."

[0]: http://about.att.com/story/att_to_acquire_directv.html

cshenoyon Is it possible to apply CSS to half of a character?

You might be using HTTPS Everywhere which is blocking jQuery and some other stuff from loading since he hard coded them as a HTTP url. Try opening it up in Incognito or another browser without HTTPS.

cshenoyon The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

You mean https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ ? Seems to be working at the moment.

cshenoyon Facebook CPC – Don't Waste Your Money

Part of me suspects you didn't actually read the article. While the title is sort of link-baity, the actual content is interesting in that it compares Google Analytics, server logs, and his Google Adwords campaigns to the Facebook one. I don't think his conclusion is that Facebook ads don't work. It's more that Facebook is charging him for false clicks and non-unique clicks. His last sentence sums up his own experience:

"But it definitely doesn’t seem like you are getting what you pay for, and certainly the value, at least for my site is not there."

cshenoyon Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO

I guess the Freedom of Speech many refer to is from the US Constitution which means the government cannot restrict (to certain extents) what you say or your right to believe what you are saying. Your views (in speech or whatever medium you prefer) will definitely be judged by others. It's a bit silly to assume you can't be punished (diminutive or otherwise) for the freedom to speak (your mind).

cshenoyon KitKat will make your SD Card useless

I use my iPad almost every night solely for watching videos. Countless video streaming services (even minor ones) are now utilizing HTML5 video. I can't remember the last time I've come across a video I haven't been able to watch due to the lack of Flash.

cshenoyon Why Free Speech Loses in India

Harvard is a private institution. The US government does not (and cannot) control the actions of Harvard. The first amendment protects our rights to say what we like but that guarantee does not extend to your place of employment. There is no irony or double standard in that.

cshenoyon Show HN: thedaywefightback.js

Better to have it recorded instead of nothing. Action seems better than inaction in this case.

cshenoyon Open for everyone

Why does the copy drive you away from it? Serious question since I didn't think one way or the other about it.

cshenoyon Scientists Petition U.S. Congress for Return to the Moon

It'll be interesting to see if and how those positions will change once other countries like China and India make major advances in space technologies and discoveries.

cshenoyon Ask HN: How did you launch your product?

I'd love to hear/see more about the social product recommendation product.

cshenoyon FBI agent tries to copyright torture manual, inadvertently makes it public

From the Mother Jones article:

Because the two versions are similar, a side-by-side comparison allows a reader to deduce what was redacted in the later version. The copyright office does not allow readers to take pictures or notes, but during a brief inspection, a few redactions stood out.

cshenoyon Ask HN: What is the problem you try to solve?

I do iOS dev so I could potentially help. Feel free to email if you want to talk more.

me AT chetanshenoy.com

cshenoyon Ask HN: What is the problem you try to solve?

Interesting. Is this a public-ready application? Would love to see/hear more.

cshenoyon Build Tools for iOS

There's also iOS Dev Weekly (http://iosdevweekly.com/) a curated newsletter with links to happenings in the iOS space.

cshenoyon Fish shell 2.1

oh-my-zsh[1] does that for me. It's a pretty great function.

1. https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

cshenoyon Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

Well considering it hasn't happened since 1995 (18 years), I'd say it's pretty significant. Also, the GOP reasoning behind it seems pretty silly (defunding the ACA).

cshenoyon iOS 7 Tech Talks

From the site:

Can't make it to an event? We’ll be posting videos of the sessions shortly after the last event, so all Registered Apple Developers can take advantage of great iOS 7 Tech Talks content.

cshenoyon Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

Indentured servitude is debt bondage made explicitly so (contractually). When a worker says, "we were compelled to come just to make a living, but we've had no luck", that seems like they've been tricked into working as indentured servants without prior knowledge.

cshenoyon Pinterest to get ads

They mostly don't. I recall they used to make some money off of affiliate links on products people posted. They abandoned it for various reasons. They've survived off of VC money.

cshenoyon Show HN: Crime Doesn't Climb in San Francisco

Perhaps it facilitates crime (petty theft, etc) especially considering the density of people in areas where public transportation is available.

cshenoyon The NSA's Surveillance Is Unconstitutional

I feel like the op-ed is aiming to "spread the knowledge" more than it is trying to dig deep into the legal issues surrounding NSA's activities. I recall reading polls after the Snowden leak showing how a fair amount of the US public did not fully understand what was happening. It seems like this is Barnett's initial attempt at speaking out in some official form and creating some dialogue around this issue.

cshenoyon Google Gay Marriage

Mandela: https://www.google.com/doodles/south-african-freedom-day-201...

Einstein: https://www.google.com/doodles/albert-einsteins-124th-birthd...

You seem to be creating a mountain out of molehill. The design they have is targeted at certain searches - not on their main landing page.

cshenoyon Google Gay Marriage

I don't think that's irony.

From what I've gathered, they've never really "doodled" anything that could remotely resemble a religion in the event that it looks like they endorse or favor it over others. Cesar Chavez was a civil rights activist akin to MLK or Gandhi so it seems pretty apt that they'd honor him in a doodle.

EDIT: Looks like I was wrong about religious-based doodles. But it still stands that they don't have to pander to a certain segment of the population (especially a major one) on an annual basis. Personally, I feel the doodles are more about educating and informing. I often come across doodles that represent some person or thing that I had no idea about before and find myself clicking on the doodle and the subsequent links it pulls up as part of the search. Seems like it's not always about celebrating the most commonly known ideas/people.

cshenoyon Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act

"DOMA instructs all federal officials, and indeed all persons with whom same-sex couples interact, including their own children, that their marriage is less worthy than the marriages of others. The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment. This opinion and its holding are confined to those lawful marriages."

Direct violation of the Fifth Amendment.

cshenoyon Ask HN: Can we please slow down the stories about Edward Snowden?

Honest question: how are privacy-related topics not tech news? If Google, Apple, FB, and other big techs are being required to give up data to the US government, isn't that something that should concern our community worldwide?

cshenoyon Polymer, a Web Components library built by Google

From their FAQ:

Over time as more browsers implement these emerging standards, the foundation layer will diminish and ultimately disappear.

So more or less, they want it to be gone.

cshenoyon Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5

A lot of these are just poor UI/UX considerations that aren't necessarily HTML5 related.

It's funny how this article is featured on a site that has a fixed container at the bottom taking up almost a quarter of my viewport.