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ohwpon Enough with the JavaScript already

"at least we can read most things on mobile devices"

True but we don't need Javascript for it. I think that's what the article is about. We can make cool stuff without or with less Javascript.

ohwpon Why is the mobile web slow?

Maybe this will help: https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/reflow

Edit: ah, posting the same link at the same time... But I think the best tip is: be shallow. A lot of things trigger reflow but DOM-depth is causing slow reflows.

ohwpon Prism Break

Aren't these all false suggestions? (Except for Tor like software maybe)

For example: DuckDuckGo might hide your search but when you click on a link in the result list the request to that link is still monitored by your Internet provider.

ohwpon Alternative Internet

If you want to transmit illegal data the best option is to take the route where the chance of intersection is minimal. And then Internet is not an option.

That's also why I think surveillance programs won't catch the real bad guys. Take a look at how long it took to get Osama.

ohwpon Hacking For Good

Very good article.

But in the end it's just a job. We all have to make money because we don't grow our own food.

I thought about this a long time and I'm just going to use hacking to make money and spend it on a social project that has nothing to do with hacking and can't be fixed with (computer) hacking.

ohwpon Tesla: almost at 100000 votes

Funny: automobile dealers response?: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/shutdown-petitions...

ohwpon Opera 15 released

It alienated me. I like Opera 12 very much. But the things I like are missing in 15. Tab-screenshots for example.

And the overall look and feel is just Chrome. So I think people will skip Opera 15 and download Chrome instead. Or they will stick to Opera 12 like I will.

Strange. The new mobile versions doesn't get a lot of positive reviews and now this one. I hope Opera didn't loose track.

ohwpon Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS Smartphones

http://www.google.com/homepage/windows8/ says "not yet available for Windows RT" so maybe there is hope?

ohwpon Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS Smartphones

I'm not sure you can already but in the near future, yes: Firefox, Opera and Chrome.

ohwpon Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS Smartphones

"For $90, I would rather have a refurbished iPhone 3GS."

You might be surprised (as I was) but Windows 8 is the most responsive mobile OS I've ever seen. Maybe it's even the best mobile OS at the moment.

You can get a new Nokia Lumia 521 for about $150. A very underestimated phone.

ohwpon Drugs and the Meaning of Life (2011)

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/drugs_caus...

LSD is indeed harmful but not as harmful as you might think.

ohwpon Edward Snowden has not entered Russia - Sergei Lavrov

If the information he has is very valuable it's not only the US he should be running from.

ohwpon Before I Die I Want To

If you like this also check http://beforeidie.cc/

ohwpon The new php.net

Same here. I think it's because I don't accept third-party cookies.

ohwpon Edward Snowden whereabouts unknown as US presses Russia

Good comment. Reminds me of the paper Avoid News:

"Take the following event. A car drives over a bridge, and the bridge collapses. What does the news media focus on? On the car. On the person in the car. Where he came from. Where he planned to go. How he experienced the crash (if he survived). What kind of person he is (was). But – that is all completely irrelevant. What’s relevant? The structural stability of the bridge. That’s the underlying risk that has been lurking and could lurk in other bridges. That is the lesson to be learned from this event."

Also:

"Terrorism is overrated. Chronic stress is underrated. The collapse of Lehman Brothers is overrated. Fiscal irresponsibility is underrated. Astronauts are overrated. Nurses are underrated. Britney Spears is overrated. IPCC reports are underrated. Airplane crashes are overrated. Resistance to antibiotics is underrated."

ohwpon What every web developer must know about URL encoding

The difference:

  Does not work: http://www.foobar.com/api?v=2/get?item=1
  Does work: http://www.foobar.com/api;v=2/get?item=1

ohwpon Let's deploy via Git

I once committed my DB settings (Mercurial) and noticed my mistake only later. It's very hard to get it out of the history. Ofcourse it could be fixed but this is one example.

Imho version control could be used for deployment but only when you use the release-branch of your project.

And ofcourse NEVER put your config in version-control ;)

ohwpon Email Sent by Michael Hastings Hours Before His Death Mentions ‘Big Story’

Mmm, in another report I read it was less than 20% in case of a crash.

ohwpon Email Sent by Michael Hastings Hours Before His Death Mentions ‘Big Story’

Cars almost never get fire when they crash. It seems more likely that you crash a car that caught fire.

ohwpon Blowback from the NSA surveillance.

They already do this so it seems.

In the Netherlands they ask for data about Dutch people via the NSA. Doing it this way they don't officially have direct access to the data so they don't need a warrant for it.

ohwpon Microsoft almost bought Nokia

Fun fact: I heard of several ex-iPhone owners Nokia with Windows is the perfect phone.

But yes, Microsoft still has a bad name. Maybe they should call it NokiaOs

ohwpon Bono predicted, Woz endorsed it

I agree. It's very difficult to estimate someones taste.

For example I like a hardcore band but only because they are different from all other hardcore bands. Most programs will estimate I like hardcore but that isn't the case.

I'm not sure but I think I like the music I like because they have this special 'mood' that fits me. And the lyrics are also important for me. Question is: how can we turn this into meta data suitable for matching.

ohwpon Evidence that the NSA Is Storing Voice Content, Not Just Metadata

The more I read about the subject the more I believe all this data is primary used for commercial reasons.

What else is to gain from monitoring loads of targets without obvious security reasons?

ohwpon AngularJS versus Ember

"In the above snippet, there are three models!"

I'm not sure why this is a problem. A model is just a representation. Could be one, could be many objects.

ohwpon Man on the run: Former CIA spies on what they'd do if they were Snowden

"The CIA is not going to disappear him now that he went public."

I won't be surprised if they already got him.

When they make him disappear the world would scream horror for a week and the week after that nobody will even remember him.

ohwpon iOS 7

The discussion about style is useless because everybody is different and has a different taste.

The only thing that matters is usability. And that's where iOS7 fails. Some examples:

  On the home screen "Reminders" is barely readable.
  Receiving a phone call: You can't read the name.
  Messages: white text on a light background: bad for reading.
  The weather: barely readable.

ohwpon All calls in the Netherlands are stored, indexed and searched for keywords

I agree this is a bullshit story. They only store conversations when they have an eavesdrop approval.

A lot of people underestimate the amount of storage it would take to store all voice data.

ohwpon Larry Page about Google and PRISM

How do you know Edward Snowden isn't a lier?

ohwpon Dutch secret service 'also has access to information from PRISM'

Serious question: How do we know PRISM is real? The only source I could find is The Guardian and the PPT of the so called PRISM project.

Some facts:

  * The Guardian is the only source.
  * We don't know how they verified the authenticity of the PPT.
  * We don't know anything about Edward Snowden.
  * All companies 'involved' never heard of PRISM and also don't know how the NSA does gather user information without a warrant.

ohwpon Dutch secret service 'also has access to information from PRISM'

Note that The Telegraaf is one of the most unreliable newspapers in the Netherlands.

According to Larry Page Google does not give access to all your data within 5 minutes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5860313