mattdotc

Hey, I'm unable to sign up using an email in the form of: username+filter@gmail.com

I get a message after submitting saying check your inbox, but I haven't received any messages (checked All mail and Spam folders).

Is this an intentional decision or shortcoming based on some email service?

It would also be nice if people would re-think their mental model about where content comes from and who pays for it. I hear about so many people blocking ads and whatnot - and I understand why - but you don't really see these same people evangelize subscriptions or otherwise supporting these places.

Of course, ad blocking is only one aspect to lower digital advertising revenues, but so many people complain about paywalls and whatnot, yet nobody seems to have any good solutions.

Until we have a good solution, and people get over their entitlement to free (as in beer) media, outlets like the NYT and others will continue to precariously wobble near the tipping point of print's demise (and the revenue with it).

As you have correctly noted, this piece is another entry in The Outlaw Ocean series:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/24/world/the-outl...

This has nothing to do with the type of test they ran and everything to do with where and how they ran it.

The difference is your 'dumb mechanic' made an unintentional mistake.

These people, on the other hand, knowingly and deliberately disabled a car on a highway. Yes, they had a plan, but they are still running their little experiment on other unwitting drivers on the highway. I don't consider the manner in which they ran their test to be ethical; it should have been performed on a closed track.

Outsider's perspective looking in: This is hacker versus cracker all over again.

I don't really look up razors or related products online and I also see their ads all over Facebook. I'm pretty certain they're just aggressively targeting the 18-35 demographic.

Not to dismiss what you're saying, but in this case the 'client button' is for tricking the annoying client into thinking you're making a change when you've really done nothing.

This is kind of the same idea as throwing in a duck[1] or hairy arms[2]:

1: http://blog.codinghorror.com/new-programming-jargon/ 2: http://www.oliverburkeman.com/blog/posts/the-theory-of-the-h...

Agreed one hundred percent. I try to stay away from single-purpose gadgets, myself, out of desire to save space, but there are a few things I look forward to buying in a few years' time.

A few (2-4?) good knives (full tang), a honing steel, a large wood cutting board, and a knife block would likely be the first things I'd recommend someone starting out to get, along with a basic knife skills class. In addition to buying quality items, caring for them properly will definitely serve you well.

Their 'special' price is $1500 if you pre-order. Looks like they want to charge double that after their promo period ends.

Any good cook is not going to need some gimmicky gadget like this and will likely stay clear of this. You could get so many other great tools and more useful gadgety things for what they're asking. Immersion circulator, anyone?

>I think some of those games survive in this era thanks to those crackers.

If I remember correctly, a decent number of the titles Jason has uploaded have cracktros because that's all that's left (or all that we have for the moment).

Another interesting thing is that he's working with a cracker to provide crack-diaries that explore the thought processes and actions taken to break the security on the original media.

Read more: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4630

It's useful to add that, generally speaking, when you get the motion sickness the effects can be intense. I found out the hard way that even if you've never suffered from motion sickness via regular vectors (car rides, boating), you're not immune.

I've only had one bad experience that resulted in motion sickness - during and following an extended play of Half Life 2. The feeling stuck with me for several hours, to the point where I couldn't even look at the TV screen from the couch.

It was a miserable experience; afterwards, I was careful to never ignore the signs, and stopped playing any demo that started to feel just a little 'off.'

Something like this could be a platform-killer and doom your project before it ever reaches critical mass.

Good to know I'm not alone in this reasoning. I've seen the flip-flopped behavior on other sites, and it is a pet peeve of mine.

Thanks, this is a very good job so far. I do have one question, though.

What is your reasoning for having the upward-facing arrow /\ serve as the descending sort and downward-facing \/ as ascending? It feels backwards to me and a bit counter intuitive.

Furthermore, I thought Medium was supposed to be a place for quality story-telling. Guess it's jumped the shark, too.

Nice! Thanks for mentioning it. I had no idea about it.

Have you checked out Ice? I'm not sure if it will fit your needs, but if you haven't taken a look, perhaps you should.

https://github.com/NYTimes/ice

As others have stated, that's not necessarily going to do the trick, either. I'll make a huge leap here and guess that you're a primarily laptop user. Don't forget about desktop users.

I use an external amplifier connected through a front-panel IO port. Both the front panel and my amplifier have volume knobs. I don't use the system try to control my levels. I know I'm an odd case, but surely there many people out there with basic integrated speaker setups with volume knobs.

The simplest solution would be to visually indicate to your user as early as possible that your page uses audio. If it is designed to be particularly loud or quiet, you can mention that, too.

Luckily, it looks like Jason Scott is already on the case!!

https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/590610390817595393

I'm pretty sure that's going to be in the back of any visitor's mind who was alive and cognizant at the time of the attacks, ESPECIALLY New Yorkers.

I much prefer this over some sugar-coated version where we just kind of pretend it didn't happen.

Storing background music as CD-Audio was par for the course with a lot of PSX games.

Hopefully you're building up credit some other way. You can still spend the money you have with a credit card. I pay my balance in full twice a month, just to ensure I never pay any interest.

It's better than paying with a debit card because you aren't on the hook for fraud. I learned this lesson the hard way.

>Windows is out of the question after seeing what a factory OEM image comes with nowadays.

Fair play. Research the manufacturer's policy if you're buying pre-built. If you build your own desktops, this is not an issue.

>I'm not giving them money and spending 2 days formatting/reinstalling/seeking out drivers on slow Taiwanese servers just to make a half-usable computer.

When's the last time you actually installed drivers on a fresh Windows install? I will concede this used to be the case, but nowadays the whole process is much more streamlined. Microsoft has made progress on supporting a lot of hardware drivers via Windows Update. Intel also has a great driver update tool that will scan your system and make recommendations.

>And then, after all that, spend another 2 days installing various adware infested shitware to get a fricking PDF viewer.

2 days is rather exaggerated. Most browsers display PDF. If you absolutely need to read a PDF, Foxit Reader is free, as in beer. Yes, you'll have to uncheck some boxes to avoid their bundled software. Big deal.

>And don't get me started on getting a half-decent dev environment going. Ugh.

Yeah, windows isn't great for a lot of developers' needs. You really could have just left your argument at this rather than spouting off the rest of that FUD.

I use Linux, OS X, and Windows all on a regular basis. They have their strengths and weaknesses, like any other products.

I believe you're thinking along the right lines. If you're really curious to learn more, check out this series which I have enjoyed reading:

http://imrannazar.com/GameBoy-Emulation-in-JavaScript

>Never thought about it this way

I'm trying to be better about reading too much into a single comment, but I think this means that you either have a long-held belief on the 'war on drugs' (one way or the other) or that you've simply never given it any thought as it may be a matter which you may feel does not concern you (it actually affects almost everybody).

In either case, here are a few materials that you might find interesting.

Milton Friedman on the 'War on Drugs' (1 of 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyystXOfDqo

Noam Chomsky on the 'War on Drugs': http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/199804--.htm

To be honest, it's been a while since I've read/watched either of the above, and there might be a good amount of overlap between them.

That's a pretty decent idea for a project, but I would have instead hooked into the buzzer signal.

The author over-complicated his solution, but that doesn't make it invalid.

It is my understanding that Kodak invented the core technology digital camera but didn't really do much with them because they didn't want to cannibalize their film business.

What are they up to now? Certainly not leading photography market.

In addition to the CTRL/CMD + Enter shortcut mentioned in a sibling comment, you could also use your arrow keys to select a choice from your recent history.

I personally disagree with you that searching and moving a hand to the mouse or trackpad in order to click a result is faster than using only the keyboard and the appropriate shortcuts, bypassing a search engine.

This is a matter of understanding the features of your application and operating system. If you choose to only learn the features at the surface, that's your prerogative, but I don't think you can claim a particular strategy is faster or more efficient if you don't really grok the alternatives (I don't think you do judging by your various claims).

With your hacker news example, you would have to simply type news.y and if you visit frequently enough or have the site bookmarked, getting to the site should only be a matter of hitting down-arrow and then enter.

Thanks for chiming in with that info. I wasn't able to get a date from Dell, but they did send me to the same blog that yohui pointed out.

I'm definitely waiting for the developer edition, precisely for the reason you mentioned, to do my part in signalling to Dell and the industry that Windows vs OS X is a false dilemma.

I had no idea they were still doing that. The last time I purchased a laptop for personal use was the ~2007 Inspiron 1420n Ubuntu Edition. I generally prefer to work on desktops, but having the option for portability is nice.

I still actually used that laptop until recently. Now I'm in the market and have been eying the XPS 13 and waiting for details about the Macbook Air.

Any idea/rumors about when the Ubuntu edition will launch?

I'd really like to spend less than a thousand bucks, because I just want something light that I can carry in addition to my work Macbook Pro. I like to use my commute-time on the train for side projects, but I'm concerned about using my work machine for various reasons.

The new offerings from Apple today are certainly appealing, but I'm still on the fence. I don't draw arbitrary allegiances with corporations, so I have no blind brand loyalty...