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quaz3l··on Peer-to-peer social networking with Rotonde and Beaker
Just followed you! Online now: dat://d9ab6634eda283a21c774fe3be8d2860ab9ce826a7d62d0dc33c3d152578efbc/
quaz3l··on Introducing Atom-IDE
Same! This really is the only reason I don't use atom as of now
quaz3l··on Internet Draft: Let 'localhost' be localhost
If people use this in production services, he will have much more power over their services.
quaz3l··on If SoundCloud Disappears, What Happens to Its Music Culture?
I think that was their biggest mistake. They grew too fast and took too much money before they had any clear way to make money. If it was ran as a sustainable business, maybe it would be around for the next 5 years.
quaz3l··on Seed funding slows in Silicon Valley
Why is that? There is less money in circulation, so less chance you'll get any. Are they making wiser choices? So if you're company is a wise choice you'll get funding?
quaz3l··on If SoundCloud Disappears, What Happens to Its Music Culture?
Its actually more on the creative side. SoundCloud has such a low barrier to posting and acts more as a sort of Twitter or YouTube than a playlist maker. It allows culture to form around the community of SoundCloud, not just fans that you advertise directly.
quaz3l··on Ask HN: How do you manage your daily non-work related tasks?
I like how this thread is supposed to be for good advice, but you just described 90% of the people here.
quaz3l··on China mall introduces 'husband storage' pods for shopping wives
Pretty much all of his stuff is amazing. He did Dumb Starbucks awhile back if you're familiar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo_deCOd1HU

One of my favorites is Souvenir Shop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBzW1xUjwew

quaz3l··on Quirks of the arXiv
I really enjoy how most of the abstracts in these papers are more like ELI5s, or just plain understandable. I think having an understandable abstract would be valuable for many papers to have to make large complex sciences understandable for people not in the field. Would there be any downside? The only one I can think of is that conclusions could sound more convicting in a simplified summary.
quaz3l··on China mall introduces 'husband storage' pods for shopping wives
Or Nathan for You? Pretty much the exact same thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi-3eRMpOC4
quaz3l··on $80k/month App Store Scam
I can see that by using Microsoft CodePush or similar. But you can't change the description, in app purchases or title without going through the approval process again.
quaz3l··on The Blockstack Browser: A Gateway to a New, Decentralized Internet
This is what I was going to ask. It looks very similar and operates (to user at least) the same way. I wonder if they could support each other by making the sites accessible from either service.
quaz3l··on Experimental implementation of interactable views in React Native
I got so excited for a minute! This is still pretty cool though.
quaz3l··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Denver, Colorado or Remote

We are a designer and a fullstack developer (you can hire either or both). Design portfolio: https://meredithgee.com. A recent project we've launched: https://wanderlift.com. Some client work: https://inwardlabs.com, https://airdna.co.

We are competent and like to work with: Web and mobile design, Responsive marketing websites, UI/UX, Node.js, React Native, JavaScript(ES6), HTML5, CSS3, MongoDB, Swift, AWS, Java. We prefer to do fixed cost projects, but we also offer hourly rates. Contact: sam@wanderlift.com (Developer) or meredith@wanderlift.com (Designer).

quaz3l··on Build a serverless app with a serverless database
Serverless apps run in reaction to an event such as a web request or a file upload. In the serverless model your app has functions that run in response to these events. The classic cloud model is you pay for a server or container that is constantly running.

Its kinda equivalent to a timeshare condo vs renting a condo. Your functions only run when they are called.

quaz3l··on Parse is shutting down today
I used it for a new project I started 6 months ago. We've since transferred to AWS and a Express/Node.js project. However the Parse Server open source project is very well maintained and supported. I would recommend it for any quick prototype project you need a backend, but don't need it to do anything fancy.
quaz3l··on Ask HN: Online Security Tips for Newbie Freedom Activists?
This is true. It is most commonly used to decrypt backups and allows developer to install personally signed apps on the device for development.
quaz3l··on Testing Ads in Facebook Messenger
Ahh I see that now, it still does take up a lot of real estate, and looks like a regular website ad link.
quaz3l··on Testing Ads in Facebook Messenger
I really don't like ads just like most everyone else, but I can't help but feel there is a missed opportunity here. Facebook just put classic mobile letterbox ads in a side scrolling container.

In such a unique platform such as Messenger you could get a bit more creative. One such example: Suggested pages to message. This would get companies leads and keep people on the Messenger platform. This might not be the best use, but with this product, Facebook can do better than just a re-skin of mobile banners.

quaz3l··on Stealing passwords from McDonald's users
This is a real cool way to explain XSS in an easy concrete way. Love the thought process and actual code examples.
quaz3l··on Sci-Hub Is Blowing Up the Academic Publishing Industry
sci-hub.cc works at the University of Denver

Edit: also accessible via eduroam at DU.

quaz3l··on Mailgen – Generates clean, responsive HTML for transactional email
I did not know this existed so I looked it up! Here are some docs about it: https://developers.google.com/gmail/markup/reference/one-cli...
quaz3l··on A Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam
A 3 is widely regarded as passing on AP exams.

source: I took AP exams last year.

quaz3l··on Tech layoffs more than double in Bay Area
I think we could also go with coworking space!
quaz3l··on PieMessage: iMessage on Android
I've always wanted to implement this process (sending to mac, and through imessage) into the core sms sending service of android. Have the service check the number, if it is on imessage use that, otherwise do sms. Would this be feasible? Ignoring the reliability of the system.
quaz3l··on The sugar conspiracy: sugar—not fat—is the greatest danger to our health
The main dangers with sugar (table sugar, high fructose corn syrup) is how your body absorbs it, and the amount of fructose in it. Fats and proteins are broken down to glucose, yes, however this process is done over time, and it is almost ALL glucose, which is what your body uses as fuel. However when you drink sugary beverages like soda or orange juice (yes even orange juice is bad for you), you get an extreamely high dose of fruit sugar, very quickly (fruit sugar is different than sugar because it has a higher concentration of fructose in it which is bad).

Also, the reason fruits are healthy while fruit juice is not is that fruits have sugar in them, but between all the sugars, there is fiber, cell walls, and other parts of the fruit that slow down the absorption of the sugar. Another reason is that there is simply less sugar in 1 apple than there is in 1 glass of apple juice (there is around 8 apple squeezed into 8 ounces of juice).

Here is an amazing lecture which goes into amazing detail of the chemistry of sugars, and how they affect your body (also this is where I got most of my information): "Sugar the Bitter Truth" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Here is a short clip from a show called "Adam Ruins Everything" where he talks about how unnatural "natural orange juice" is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuYPdTvqitg

quaz3l··on Opt Out From Online Behavioral Advertising By Participating Companies
Is there a comparable plugin for Chrome? I currently have Tab Cookies, but it doesn't seem to clear local storage.
quaz3l··on RemixOS – Android for the desktop
According to the links in the top bar "Remix OS for PC" [0] is coming in mid-January.

[0]: http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc

Edit: apparently this will include windows and mac, so assuming it's going to be like a normal distro.

quaz3l··on Carl Sagan's idea for Contact video game (1983) [video]
Nope! He actually had a major role in producing Cosmos <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395695/> with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and also has a major interest in space.
quaz3l··on Is Facebook killing your iPhone’s battery or are you?
This isn't exactly related to the article, but I think this post is an amazing example of how to write an interesting blog post yet, at the same time tie it to what you are selling and make people want to know more about your product without directly telling them to.
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