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Win7/Chrome doesn't render it.. Outlook 2010 (rss reader) does :)

defcon84on Why are butterflies colored? (Interference)

tl;dr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4I9mmd-2Rc

defcon84on Google was down for 15 minutes (+/- from 09:35 UTC)

Down in .nl too

defcon84on Google acknowledges XKCD #1361

http://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=txt%3agoogle-publ...

very cool :)

defcon84on We did a Show HN and it landed on the front page of Hacker News

Maybe it has something to do with the 15 second delay between the click on the play button and the actual start of the video.. unacceptable these days imho. Nice read thou :)

defcon84on Circuit Breaker

I like the Circuit Breaker as a stability pattern. It is also explained very good in "Release It!" by Michael T. Nygard ( http://pragprog.com/book/mnee/release-it )

defcon84on Mt.Gox put announce for mtgox acq here

Dear MtGox Customers,

In the event of recent news reports and the potential repercussions on MtGox's operations and the market, a decision was taken to close all transactions for the time being in order to protect the site and our users. We will be closely monitoring the situation and will react accordingly.

Best regards, MtGox Team

defcon84on 4 million songs on Spotify have never been played. Let’s change that

i only get Indian music :p

defcon84on Revive the Postal Service by making it a bank

The Belgian Postal Bank is like that too: http://www.bpost.be/en/index.html

defcon84on [dead]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7141532

defcon84on Real time dutch speeder map

that's interesting indeed :) our king costs 40 million a year :/

defcon84on Show HN: Free, open-source site for finding beautiful hikes

the "Four mile trail" is 9.6 miles :) http://hike.io/hikes/four-mile-trail

defcon84on Tell HN: Server Status

on a nginx server on cloudflare

defcon84on PayPal gets simpler: lets you pay without leaving merchant sites

Indeed, i'm glad i'm not the only one thinking this is a bad thing.. Without the URL bar, there is no direct way to be sure the form isn't fake.. before you know it, many many PayPal accounts will be comprimised..

defcon84on Secret Messages that Self-Destruct (Twitter meets Snapchat)

Why does it redirect to twitter when i search 'test'?

edit: nevermind, they don't check for script injection.

defcon84on Show HN: DotNetFiddle – JsFiddle for .Net

interesting :)

defcon84on Show HN: DotNetFiddle – JsFiddle for .Net

'Roslyn'?

defcon84on HTML5 parsing XLS (Excel) files in browser

Too bad it doesn't support xlsx and the older BIFF5 xls format..