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randomchars··on 1984, Hungarian Edition
I don't have actual sources (and I don't think they exist) about how widespread antisemitism is in Hungary, but anecdotally it's like one in three. I know way too many who openly hate Jews.

I've heard people talk openly about how there should be another holocaust.

I find it depressing, or even scary that I live in a county with people like this. While I'm not aware of any recent attacks against Jews, so technically you should be safe, but I still can't wholeheartedly recommend you to come here.

randomchars··on Monday was my 46th birthday and likely my last
> And come on, how cool would it be to be able to unfreeze an Ancient Egyptian, or a bunch of people from the Middle Ages?

WTF? How would you like to be revived 2000 years after you died, with everyone and everything you loved gone, in a place that looks nothing like home, only to be shown around like an animal in a zoo?

randomchars··on How to Leak to the Press
The article basically for people who want to leak classified documents or state secrets. Whistleblowers are currently the target of witchhunts so I'm not sure what makes you feel think they should seek the help of a psychiatrist.
randomchars··on Making Google’s CalDAV and CardDAV APIs available for everyone
The developer says it will be "open sourced" once it reaches 1.0

The following is from the FAQ[0]

    Why don't you make it open source right now?

    Because it's not ready yet. Some parts of the source code are quite messy, it would be too embarrassing to publish it ;-)
Silly.

[0]: dmfs.org/wiki/index.php?title=CalDAV-Sync_FAQ

randomchars··on Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap
What kind of restrictions?
randomchars··on Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap
> But most people from western culture won't probably get it.

This is the easiest, most cowardly reply to any argument. For me it's not about being born in a western society (Eastern Europe actually) but about not accepting something just because that's the way it's been, or because it's better than the alternative.

Question everything. Why are things the way are? Why can't you live by yourself? Why can't you marry the person you want? Why can't you make yourself a cup of tea? Why can't you drive?

randomchars··on Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap
Who stops you from going into the kitchen?
randomchars··on A Personal API
It was on HN[0] a few months ago that they don't give you access to minute by minute data, only daily totals.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5001301

randomchars··on A Personal API
Narcissism:

1. Excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance

2. Extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one's own talents and a craving for admiration

So explain to me; what does quantified self have to do with narcissism?

randomchars··on Firefox OS: System wide orientation lock in 45LOC
Ahh! On Android that's called the launcher. The part where you can put widgets and shortcuts is the home screen and where your apps are listed is the app drawer (it literally used to be a drawer.) On iOS it's SpringBoard or home screen.

I can only speak about the former, but If it rotated it would screw up the layout pretty badly as normally the screen is taller than it is wide, so widgets would be truncated and icons wouldn't fit either.

randomchars··on Firefox OS: System wide orientation lock in 45LOC
The point is that MS didn't write a single line of code for this feature in the past years even though the users want it. But as th system is closed source, there's nothing to do about it.

With FOS, you can modify the OS.

randomchars··on Firefox OS: System wide orientation lock in 45LOC
What's the program selection screen?
randomchars··on The Flask Mega-Tutorial
Why do we need Python when we have PHP? Different people like different things. Would you prefer if the was only one library for every purpose?
randomchars··on I Bought A Firetruck
> horribly uninteresting

That's your opinion. And apparently the community doesn't agree with you.

randomchars··on The Flask Mega-Tutorial
> If you are on Linux, OS X or Cygwin, install flask and extensions by entering the following commands, one after another

I think this is a really bad advice. Instead create a file called requirements.txt and add the required livraries, one per line.

Then you can install it with

    flask/bin/pip install - r requirements.txt
Edit: More information in the documentation[0]

[0]: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/requirements.html

randomchars··on My Style: Custom CSS for unappealing sites you visit
There's an extension called stylish, and a corresponding website [0].

[0]: http://userstyles.org/

randomchars··on Show HN: My first django website: full-length youtube movies
Great idea!

Just a few things: The time is displayed in seconds, that should be changed.

It would be great if the actual movie information was displayed. Others have mentioned IMDB, buy you can also have a look at themoviedb[0] and Rotten Tomatoes [1].

Do you have plans to expand this to other video sharing sites?

[0]: http://docs.themoviedb.apiary.io/

[1]: http://developer.rottentomatoes.com/

edit: links

randomchars··on Wanted: People Willing to Die on Mars
They're not sending people to sit in the corner and wait until they die.

It's about building a colony. Regular supply missions and growing stuff on Mars would be part of the plan.

randomchars··on This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again
You don't need sex to stay alive. As for sleeping there are attempts to hack that too. [0] Not everyone thinks that spending 30 minutes or more to prepare a meal is worth their time so they time to minimize it: from take-outs to microwave food. As many already said in this thread, this would be a step-up for many.

You can't blame him for trying. That's more than most of us are doing.

There are also many people who would try this, including me. We don't know what we don't know and this might be a way to find out. Is cutting your life by a few years worth prolonging the lifes of billions of others?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep

randomchars··on This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again
His "What's In Soylet" [0] article provides a little insight.

Carbohydrates (200g) 200 * 4 kcal = 800 kcal

Protein (50g) 50 * 4 kcal = 200 kcal

Fat (65g) 65 * 9 kcal = 585 kcal

That's a total of 1585 calories.

[0]: http://robrhinehart.com/?p=424

randomchars··on This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again
But I was only trying to water your lawn! It sent me a DM!
randomchars··on Porn Site Breaks Down Searches By Country
So can we get a Rated R version?
randomchars··on Porn Site Breaks Down Searches By Country
Yes, the sample is probably small, but Hungarians like some really, really weird shit. Here's an English [1] and a Hungarian [2] article about extreme porn in the country. Porn is culture here. One of the biggest porn directors [3] a is household name and is considered a celebrity.

As for Gay Grandpas, well searching for "Gay Grandpa Sex" [4] yields 29 700 results.

[1]: http://www.pestiside.hu/20100128/police-raid-the-only-effect...

[2]: http://www.nol.hu/archivum/archiv-506693

[3]: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1018310/

[4]: https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=meleg%20nagy...

(edit: formatting)

randomchars··on Porn Site Breaks Down Searches By Country
You heard right. Nudity is also more prevalent than in the western cultures, it's completely normal for a child to see their parents naked, even in their teens and beyond.
randomchars··on Porn Site Breaks Down Searches By Country
That one is listed for Hungary too. Looking at local sites and it seems that it's quite a popular fetish here.
randomchars··on The Ultimate Bookmarking Tool Is Finally Here
I cringe every single time I see you mention the amount of click needed to save something. It's really annoying. If that's the only thing you do better than the competition then you need to rethink this.

Something else: I think positioning yourself against pocket is a bad idea. They're two different products. Pocket doesn't try to be a reference/long term bookmarking product, but a read-it-later type one. It even started with that name.

randomchars··on Why I created Comic Sans
That site also list appropriate uses too. [1][2][3]

In these cases the intended audience is children, where Comic Sans is totally okay.

[1]: http://inappropriatecomicsans.tumblr.com/image/19581183110

[2]: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1m7zmD2ot1rs2h1co1_500.pn...

[3]: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m135odVzpV1rs2h1co1_500.pn...

randomchars··on Why I created Comic Sans
I would think that was a conscious choice. My impression is that people print much less today than ten years ago.
randomchars··on Here come the encryption apps
Root is not enough either. Most drivers are closed source (on phones) so you have no idea what the device is actually doing.
randomchars··on Ask HN: Whats the HN equivalent for Europe?
I didn't even think to check for comments in the page source, thank you.

But it's far from obvious. One of the cloned services listed is Pinterest. Have a look at these [1][2][3] sites. All three of them were made by Hungarian companies and [1] was financed by one of the largest media companies in the country[4]. So something like Zkombinator is not that big a step from what is already going on.

[1]: http://www.bigin.hu/

[2]: http://tuzd.be/

[3]: http://kirak.at/

[4]: http://www.sanomamedia.hu/sanobp_english/

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