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oneplusone··on Bitcore Core v0.9.0 release overview
use blockchain.info

They create an individual wallet file for each user AES encrypted with your password. They also support 2-factor auth and auto-backups to 3rd party services like Dropbox.

oneplusone··on Show HN: Check if your browser is vulnerable to the Apple SSL bug
OSX 10.8.4 fails correctly. Was this bug introduced with Mavericks?
oneplusone··on Startups that have bootstrapped their way to profitability
Freshbooks is not bootstrapped.
oneplusone··on Introducing Shopify Mobile
Shopify is not American.
oneplusone··on The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358%
$150 was for unlimited everything including agents. New pricing is $15/agent.
oneplusone··on Introducing Silvrback: Hosted, Markdown-Powered Blogging
This lacks a lot of the nice things that makes Medium great. Just off the top:

1) The sidebar's navigation feels bloated and useless at the same time. Needs to be tighter and more useful. Why not put the last five posts' title in there? Move the social icons in there as well, they are super distracting floating on the right side. Simplify the page presentation.

2) The footer of the site should link to the post I made before this one. Similar to how medium links to a random post.

3) The hover effect on the list of posts is brutal. Way too harsh. The list itself is also weird. Why do I care when it was last edited? Show the subtitle if there is one instead.

4) Medium putting the author bio at the top is really nice. Same with who helped you write it and last updated. I miss it in your design. Medium also has a much better homepage with a really nice bio bar.

oneplusone··on Google Launches The Chromecast To Bring Chrome To The Living Room
No reason it wouldn't work on a projector right? I was going to use a Raspberry Pi to do the same thing, but this is much simpler. Do you know when is it coming to Canada? I'd prefer not to go through the hassle of getting a reshipper to mail it to me.
oneplusone··on Sneak peek of Macaw – a code-savvy web design tool [video]
Photoshop CC supports dynamic rounded corners.
oneplusone··on The End of Full-Time Work in the American Retail Service Sector
The author is being deceitful with his chart and it throws this entire article in question. Just because you draw a line and call it stagnation doesn't mean it is. The chart is a monthly change in employment not cumulative growth.

http://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.files.wordpress.com/...

oneplusone··on Facebook buys Parse
My issues:

- I don't trust Facebook to not convert the user system into a Facebook connect monster and force it on me - I don't trust Facebook to not data mine my data and violate me and my user's privacy - I don't trust Facebook to let me export my data once I want to move on - I don't trust Facebook to actually delete data once I tell them to do so - I don't trust Facebook to not to attempt to monetize my users beyond the account fee that I pay

oneplusone··on Facebook buys Parse
Damn. I was going to use Parse for my app, but now I will not. What are some of the alternatives out there?
oneplusone··on Ember Data and MongoDB
I would be interested to see how you hooked up Ember Data to Parse.
oneplusone··on Fancy Input - CSS3 text typing effects for input fields
If somebody were doing a browser-based game there is absolutely a place for this. Sure, general apps should not do this, but I wouldn't say you should never do this.

That said, the performance on this is too poor to use as is.

oneplusone··on IE10 for Windows 7 Globally Available
IE dev tools allows you to switch the browser renderer to any version you want that is higher than 6.
oneplusone··on Behaviors That Destroy Your Financial Health
Xero personal is what I would recommend: https://www.xero.com/personal/
oneplusone··on Aaron Swartz Legal Defense Fund
It is the official Stripe payment tag. https://stripe.com/docs/payment_tag
oneplusone··on Markupwand (YC S12) Takes The Pain Out Of Translating Photoshop Files To HTML
I would never do this for a website or web app, but if they could make it code emails that work in every email client I would use it immediately. I don't care how shitty the code looks.
oneplusone··on Tastemaker (YC S12) is an online interior decorating service for everyone
www.houzz.com is pretty good. They don't really help you design it so much as give you ideas, and very often items in the photos are tagger with links where to buy them.
oneplusone··on PayPal.com Gets a Makeover [UI]
Any chance you can post a screenshot? /anywhere is restricted to only certain locations or accounts.

Also does this internal UI change also mean the adaptive payments checkout UI will be changing? Will you guys still try and force everybody to create paypal accounts?

oneplusone··on GIMP 2.8: Preview
For an app meant for the creative types, GIMP sure is ugly.

I also thought we were over mystery meat navigation, but it seems to be going strong at GIMP. Not only does having icons for each tab make it look incredibly busy, but it also makes it harder to learn and wastes a ton of screen space. I can't see a single benefit other than it doesn't look like Photoshop.

I wonder how hard it would be to redo the entire interface from scratch. I would love to design it, but no way do I want to navigate their bureaucracy.

oneplusone··on Google Drive leaks suggest 5GB free storage, in-app document editing
Box has very confusing pricing for personal use. Why limit file size? Makes no sense.

They are also 2x times as expensive as Dropbox. $20/month only gets me 50gb on box.com, whereas I get 100gb with dropbox. And no annoying file size restriction.

Dropbox teams also seem like a much better deal.

oneplusone··on Photoshop CS6 beta now available to download
Cocoa UI isn't that great. The Photoshop UI is much more compact and suitable for the kind of application it is. Turning it into a cocoa app would degrade the experience considerably.
oneplusone··on Psd.js: A Photoshop Document Parser in CoffeeScript
I think the coolness about hating Photoshop comes from Photoshop on Mac being a 2nd class citizen. The Windows version of Photoshop is better in every way. It is very stable and has an excellent UI (though a few of the older dialogs could use an update).

The Mac version on the other hand is a pain in the ass to use. I operate at about 70% efficiency when using the Mac over Windows version.

oneplusone··on It’s Instant
I believe that is against the terms of service for Visa and Mastercard. If you were to offer such a discount they would simply cut off your access to credit cards.

Edit: From the visa terms (http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/02/26/visa-credit-card-ac...)

Merchants must always treat Visa transactions like any other transaction (with a minor exception). They may not impost a surcharge for using a Visa card, but can offer a cash discount. This discount cannot be offered for use of a “comparable card” such as a different credit card.

oneplusone··on It’s Instant
Because the merchant in question may not accept credit cards. For example, if I do contract work and invoice you for $8,000 I except the full amount. So if you were to pay with credit card it would cost you an extra 2.9%/$232 to pay me.
oneplusone··on When Banks Use Facebook Friends To Determine Your Credit Score
or just get rid of Facebook.
oneplusone··on $150K and up for Software Devs in Austin
I don't know about that. I am located in Toronto, Canada and would be interested in a UX design/front end development telecommuting job that paid $120k+.

However, nobody really wants to hire somebody that they can't watch. In the past I have emailed several companies about job postings that list telecommute as an option, and in all but one of the cases they where not open to somebody more than 3 hours away from the office.

I don't really understand this position. I am in ET so the time zone can't be an issue. I am in an English speaking country so there won't be any language barriers. I think companies in the US need to realize that increasingly fever people will want to move there because it the US is become very scary.

oneplusone··on The Golden Age of Design in Startups
I just don't believe this. Companies are just not willing to pay for it. I can easily get a 50% increase in pay as a developer. If they really had a hard time hiring designers they would give salaries comparable to developers.

Personally I am giving up on design. I will still be doing design, but for personal enjoyment. My next job will most likely be a full-time development position.

oneplusone··on California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates
Minimalism. A reflection of his design philosophy.
oneplusone··on Recruiters are, by and large, a waste of your time
Are you using the same model as dibbble, or why are you not accepting signups?
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