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pixel··on Cards Against Humanity Saves America
No, they're protesting the ridiculousness of the wall by delaying it's construction indefinitely.
pixel··on Google forked Swift
Why fork it then? Why just not use the existing process?
pixel··on Former Equifax CEO says breach boiled down to one person not doing their job
FIFY:

"Former Equifax CEO says 'There is only one infosec person in our company'"

pixel··on Say no to Electron: use JavaFX to write a fast, responsive desktop app
Please just write native apps, and quit trying to cut corners. Geez.
pixel··on No evidence to back idea of learning styles
Total anecdote, but I absolutely learn better when graphs/charts/drawings/illustrations are part of the instructional material.
pixel··on Show HN: WikiRoulette – Randomly browse Wikipedia
Throw this in your favorites, and have fun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
pixel··on Keybase
Also, I have 4 invites if anyone wants one.
pixel··on Keybase
facepalm
pixel··on Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs: judge
Why does she have to pay the legal fees incurred by the defendants because she tried to extort money? Is that what you're asking? She has to pay because she lost, and they weren't doing anything wrong.
pixel··on Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs: judge
The $229k was simply the Jude's guess at the cost. The firm stated it was 865k.
pixel··on The Tech Worker Shortage Doesn't Really Exist
There is no shortage of computer programmers. There is a distinct shortage of _good_ programmers.
pixel··on A Pixel Is Not a Little Square (1995) [pdf]
I can verify that I am not a little square.
pixel··on Whirlpool’s “Internet of Things” problem: No one wants a “smart” washing machine
Yeah, that ones a bit of overkill. I just want one that notifies me via my phone that it's done washing, and reminds me when I've forgotten it and there's clothes rotting in the basin.
pixel··on Oculus Refund.
I'm so confused about this whole thing -- Supporting Oculus in Kickstarter did not entitle those people to any equity in the company, they received exactly the level of reward that they chose. Why would they think that?
pixel··on Sneakernet: 99% offline file sharing network
The implementation idea is much like FIDOnet, but with flash drives rather than modems. nice.