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lysol··on Ingress
I thought the same thing when it came out, to be honest. Even the aesthetics are similar.
lysol··on Better Python APIs
I always consider these nice to have, because often-times they fall on the implicit side of things rather than explicit. But if you explicitly state "X is also a generator" in your documentation, then by all means implement these methods.
lysol··on Stellar - PyGame/Python Game Engine
Thanks for the tip!
lysol··on Stellar - PyGame/Python Game Engine
You should probably mention this is Windows only on the README.
lysol··on Gravity Light - Alternative form of lighting to replace Kerosene
That's ridiculous, KickStarter's level of quality is about equal. (See the Ron Paul game)
lysol··on Show HN: IRCRelay - Hosted IRC Bouncer Service
Yeah, this really can't compete with irssi running in screen in some datacenter. Even less configuration involved.
lysol··on The Universe Is Not a Computer
Reads more like a thinly veiled attempt to backdoor talk about god into science again.
lysol··on Tumblr hacked?
It's not really a script kiddie if it's an original exploit, and is still a vulnerability that has cost businesses money.
lysol··on World’s narrowest house by Jakub Szczesny
The intention isn't to say that all people should have to live in homes like this, it's an art project that also happens to be a livable space. It's an outlier, a novelty, and that's what's it's intended to be.

From the article:

    “It requires a sense of humour, as you cannot stay long in a place like this,” 
    joked Szczesny.
lysol··on Nexus 4′s Glass Back, the Worst Idea Since the Last Phone With a Glass Back
This is complete conjecture. Plenty of people use their 4s 4Ss without bumpers or cases with no problem, including me. It has be a design flaw outside of the base materials involved.
lysol··on Police Raid 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl
Yikes, I wouldn't let a 9 year old go to the Pirate Bay on her own. Unless you're running adblock there are some pretty R-rated banner ads on TPB.
lysol··on Color Will Shut Down on December 31st
Pick an unsearchable name for your product, then don't make a product. I think it was performance art.
lysol··on A breakdown of how I was talked out of $100
This is the difference between the two types of salespeople I've encountered when I worked in the auto dealer software industry. The first is the short-term salesman. He's concerned about finding individual sales, and probably moves from dealership to dealership looking for the best commission. The second is the long-term. They're the veterans who've been at the same dealer for 20 years and don't even have to try and sell anymore. They subsist on referrals and existing relationships, treating them well and giving them the actual best product they can sell while also giving the dealer what it needs. Neither is guaranteed to be more or less greedy than the next but the latter is a hell of a lot more likable and doesn't care about the short-term salesguy rat race.
lysol··on Obama's Secret Weapon In The South is 129 Million Years Old
Not overwhelmingly. The rural areas in the northwest of the state are hard-red, but the rest of the rural areas vary from mostly-red to evenly split. Des Moines is mostly split, but the SE and E areas are fairly blue. My federal house district includes the heart of downtown Des Moines and almost exactly split down the middle, which is partially why our last house race was so contentious. The state just happened to barely go for GWB in 2004 because of John Kerry's weak campaign.
lysol··on Apple ][+ in HTML5
Anyone else having trouble getting Adventure Construction Set to run? (Seeing ACS in the list brings back so many memories)
lysol··on BootMetro: Metro style web framework
You should really take the time to polish this first. That incorrectly scaled screenshot on the first page was enough for me to dismiss this.
lysol··on FloJack: Bringing NFC to iPhone/iPad (kickstarter)
If they sip power that well, a battery should be included. Make the user experience that much better.
lysol··on Tweetbot for Mac is available in the App Store
It's based on their existing token count (double), not a flat 100k.

http://tapbots.com/blog/news/dont-panic

lysol··on My son is schizophrenic. The ‘reforms’ that I worked for have worsened his life.
It's still a major mood and behavior alterer. A trained professional should be directing the patient's use.
lysol··on Show HN: The Five Year Itch
I think you need a remote employment option.
lysol··on How I’m Making Five-Figures A Month Off Bootstrapped Products
What were your first steps? What would be your first steps now that you've learned from all of this?
lysol··on Mobile version of IE10 won’t run Flash by default
Flash killed flash. Video runs just fine on phone hardware.
lysol··on Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket
We use beanstalk at work. Gets the job done, but not nearly as nice as Github or Bitbucket, and there are times page loads are pretty slow.
lysol··on Auto Dealers Whine That Tesla Stores Are Illegal
This is normal. The dealer makes very little from a new car. They have to recoup that from trade-ins and selling used cars, which have a higher margin. New cars don't offer a lot of wiggle room because the invoice price for them is set, and they already sell them for little profit.
lysol··on Sprint Launches StarStar Me To Replace Your Phone Number With Your Name
You can use iMessage with email addresses.
lysol··on ThinkPad Design: Spirit and Essence
Thinkpads are the only other computers I'll willingly use besides a Mac. I think they're the only other computer that actually feels like it's purposefully designed instead of just being a forgettable, reactionary me-too from terrible OEMs that offer zero real innovation.
lysol··on Show HN: Fatnest, easy collaborative tweeting
Good ideas. I'm thinking a mailto/registration link that'll automatically link the user to the delegated twitter account would probably remove the abuse vector. Thanks for the suggestions!
lysol··on Show HN: Fatnest, easy collaborative tweeting
It's rough. I hope there are open competitors that gain traction and are worth relocating to in the future. But for now I still like the platform over forced bidirectional communication platforms like Facebook. At the very least it's for fun, while it lasts.
lysol··on Show HN: Fatnest, easy collaborative tweeting
Hi, I made this in my free time because there wasn't really anything that let me delegate tweeting access without all the other junk to people. I envisioned it as something quick and handy for accepting submissions, etc.
lysol··on Why was a scam company able to raise $76 Million Series B?
Pretty terrible of Techcrunch to have a favorable article about it: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/26/fashion-retail-and-styling-...

That shit is poisonous to the startup sector, some people already think it's some kind of voodoo and this kind of thing doesn't help.

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