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matthuggins··on Show HN: I learned to code to launch my new startup
I would swap the left/right sides of the homepage. You were giving me "reasons" for your product when I didn't know what it was yet, and I had to look around to figure out what it was.

With that said, fantastic job, and way to take the initiative to see your idea through!

matthuggins··on Manchester City Council
I can't believe how many upvotes this difficult to navigate website has.
matthuggins··on Pirates playing a game dev simulator complain about piracy
You should probably not use a computer/smartphone/xbox/playstation/etc. then since pretty much every app, game, and website you use does this.
matthuggins··on Show HN: Tweetspiration – let Twitter brainstorm ideas for you
Thanks for sharing the technical details!
matthuggins··on Ask HN: where can I find a list of upcoming coding contests?
It was actually an HN post[1] about the creator of Nodewar offering 10 BTC for a contest. This combined with my desire to code lately and not having any thoughts on what to actually code, I'd like to try my hand at some contests to keep my mind fresh and perhaps try something new. :)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5532360

matthuggins··on Ask HN: where can I find a list of upcoming coding contests?
Great resource, thanks! Worth noting, it looks like this only covers things like in-person Hackathons as opposed to online contests too (e.g.: Rails Rumble).
matthuggins··on Ask HN: where can I find a list of upcoming coding contests?
That is potentially where I'm heading with this, but I legitimately am looking for an answer to this question too. :)
matthuggins··on I've got 10 btc for the best CoffeeScript/JavaScript Nodewar bot
Fair enough, just thought I'd ask. :) I can't even view the site properly because of my work proxy, but I'm interested in taking a look later and perhaps participating.
matthuggins··on I've got 10 btc for the best CoffeeScript/JavaScript Nodewar bot
Mt. Gox was not being hacked or DDOS'd, it had a legit influx of users opening accounts.
matthuggins··on I've got 10 btc for the best CoffeeScript/JavaScript Nodewar bot
> In the unlikely case something very bad happens to bitcoins between now and then (or ours are stolen or become unavailable for reasons outside our control), we reserve the right to pay $2,000USD instead.

Does this go both ways? What if Bitcoins are worth $500 USD at come award time? Will you still be paying in BTC, or will you just pay $2,000 USD instead?

matthuggins··on Hilariously Mean Roger Ebert Reviews
What is wrong with The Frighteners?? That movie is awesome!
matthuggins··on ISP Advertisement Injection - CMA Communications
Looks like Sonic only provides service in CA.
matthuggins··on Apps That Our Startup Loves To Use
Weird...I'm using the same setup and same exact Chrome version, and it's working fine for me.

Edit: Actually, my Chrome version is "26.0.1410.43 m".

matthuggins··on Show HN: I made a site for hosting/selling indie games
I wish I had more karma so I could downvote him too. :(
matthuggins··on A Difficult Situation
> http://imgur.com/5tbXR2c

Wow. I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks that minorities in any group can't be racist/sexist/____ist is more than likely a racist/sexist/____ist him/herself and doesn't realize it. All it takes is discrimination against that other group because they are a member of that group.

matthuggins··on Chrome World Wide Maze
I'm having the same issue.
matthuggins··on Chart.js is back online
So what's the story?
matthuggins··on Rails XML Parsing Vulnerability affecting JRuby users
CVE-2013-1855 & CVE-2013-1857 are applicable to ALL Ruby users, not just JRuby.
matthuggins··on Rails XML Parsing Vulnerability affecting JRuby users
Is it possible to update the title of this post to remove the "affecting JRuby users" portion? The current title will give non-JRuby users a false sense of security.
matthuggins··on Future of Firefox DevTools
I appreciate this feature on mobile as it can help save me some more time-consuming taps, but I don't use it on Chrome since I can type faster than I can browse through the results it's guessing at.
matthuggins··on Instahood — geo Instagram
The page was just a black background with white text that said "No Photos" for about 60 seconds before it finally loaded the map/photos. As a regular user, I would not have given it that long to load (without any indication that it's even loading), and would have just left.
matthuggins··on Mailchimp charges you money as a penalty for stopping using their service
Actually, I believe Netflix does allow you to do this.
matthuggins··on Mailchimp charges you money as a penalty for stopping using their service
I love how quickly you jump down his throat rather than talking to him rationally. I'm not saying I agree/disagree with the way MailChimp handles this kind of request, but it's obvious you were ready to jump on "the customer is always right" bandwagon from the moment you started this conversation.
matthuggins··on Show HN: Weekend project, Intro.js
I felt the same about the numbers appearing. It reminded me of the numbers that appear on my Facebook notifications/messages, and it made me feel like I needed to click/take some action with the number itself. It didn't really add anything to the experience though.

Other than that, I liked it. I especially appreciated the animated transition to the next step, where the "spotlight" flowed & resized forcing my eyes to follow.

matthuggins··on The Handshake Deal Protocol
There should be some time limitation mentioned in step 3. Otherwise, there's nothing to stop step 4 from occurring several months later, which ideally would nullify the deal.
matthuggins··on A little bit of Ruby hackery with Kernel#caller
I think this post should go into more detail about why this works. As written, this simply looks like you're just calling the exact same method with a different name. The thing that makes it work is that by wrapping it in an extra method, you're effectively adding the prior method (i.e.: the one you want included in the stack trace) to the list maintained by `caller`. Thus, when you call `backtrace`, you'll be able to see the method from which it was called.
matthuggins··on How I spend my first 5 minutes on a server
I'm a good developer, but setting up systems is something I do so infrequently that I always have to relearn it, and I am positive I could be doing things better. Do you have a link to an article that explains how to go about performing some of these ideas you mention?
matthuggins··on Stack Overflow ranks #2 for Google Search for "Stack Overflow"
That's pretty subjective. Why would that be the "best" link?
matthuggins··on Apple’s Deleting iCloud Emails That Contain The Phrase 'Barely Legal Teens'
I wouldn't call it a "spam filter" since it doesn't get placed into your spam folder.
matthuggins··on Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
I wonder how much this chart will be skewed since it is almost 5pm on the east coast right now vs. late afternoon for the west coast.
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