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Ever since JvT was pushed out by shareholders eager for profit, and Lars stepped in, they have stopped listening to users.

Many old timers now work at Vivaldi. And even folks like Haavard left - https://opvard.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/goodbye-opera/

This is bad news. Opera runs products like Opera Mini, Opera Turbo, Opera Max, and SurfEasy VPN. Each of these products require routing data through Opera's servers. Trust is of paramount importance. And Qihoo is not a company that I trust.

If you need a thousand words to say something, put it on Medium or Tumblr or any of the hundreds of other blogging and social media platforms. I dont mind a minor tweak of the char. limit, but the rumored 1000 word limit is way too much.

The beauty of Twitter is its brevity. It forces people to cut out the flab and be concise. This in turn makes the entire steam easily glanceable. Huge walls of text will take away much of what makes Twitter special.

I'm in two minds regarding this. This reminds me of the clampdown in many of the middle-eastern countries during the Arab spring. On Principle I don't believe that the state should be allowed to place such restrictions on civilian freedom. However, I can't deny that the measures worked. The protest had become extremely violent and needed to be defused instantly. This measure possibly saved lives.

Xiaomi's MiUI has also had this feature for quite some time. They call it the Permission Manager - http://www.androidbeat.com/2014/08/use-permissions-manager-m....

As far as I know, this is the first time Snowden is directly penning an article. He even has a staff page [1] now on The Intercept. This is interesting because to me because "At the NSA I routinely came across the communications of New Zealanders in my work" is much more impactful than "Snowden stated that he routinely came across the communications of New Zealanders in his work as an NSA Analyst".

[1]: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/staff/edward-snowden/

I'm a fan of this fanfic. I gave up due to the glacial pace of updates. But, this fanfic has been discussed on HN several times.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1898783

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2429034

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1385932

TIL that intermissions don't exist in a lot of countries. I always get pop-corns and coke during the second half.

No wonder the theaters often cut to black (for a break) at abrupt points during Hollywood films. A lot of Bollywood films on the other hand have well defined "half time" or intermission.

I only use in-ear earphones, and my go-to earphone shootout lists are these:

http://www.inearmatters.net/2009/01/list_01.html

http://www.head-fi.org/t/478568/multi-iem-review-314-iems-co...

I agree with the conclusions in general, but it always makes sense to judge headphones by model than brand. My fav earphone is Sony MH1C. It used to be available in eBay for $30 and was the best you could buy the sub $100 category.

It's not just the raw numbers. I would love to move onto Telegram, which is more secure, has an API, and works from a desktop. But, I can't.

There are about five or six odd people in my life (professional or private) that I message frequently. Even if 1 out of them isn't on a particular messaging platform, I can't adopt that platform wholeheartedly. With Fb Messages, Hangouts and every other popular smartphone oriented messaging platform there would always be that one or two contacts that you regularly communicate with, who would be left out due to having an incompatible device. Whatsapp on the other hand works on pretty much every phone. When you want to replace something as prevalent as SMS, the long tail matters.

There's another tangible benefit of focusing on so many platforms. Whatsapp, which doesn't spend much (if anything at all) on promotion, is prominently featured in the advertisements of many budget phones, as manufacturers see Whatsapp support as a strong selling point.

Exactly. It just seems to be fashionable to write a blog post bashing W3Schools, PHP etc. Yes, some of their content might have technical inaccuracies. Yes, the design is dreadful. But, when you're quickly looking to find out what are the different properties that text-decoration supports, W3Schools is pretty damn useful. It's very good both as a quick reference or for quickly learning the basics before diving into actual development.

Two clarifications: - Opera never switched to Webkit. Opera had switched to Chromium, which initially used Webkit. So, it's no surprise that Opera adopted Blink.

- Opera has publicly commented it was aware of Google's plans for Blink, and that information was a factor in the decision to switch to the Chromium engine.

The meeting happened in 2010, going by the fact that it happened one year before Mr. Ward's death.

It is Webkit powered. And perhaps the TechCrunch article can help you get a sense of what Opera is going for: http://www.techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/opera-launches-coast-it...

It's worth noting that this piece was written in early 2009, before the Tesla Model S, and the multi-billion dollar Space X deals.

Same here. I never used the mail part of M2 (other than for testing purposes), but I used love its RSS feed reader and IRC client. I want a browser with a deeply integrated feed reader which makes subscribing to and following content easy. I don't want to have to remember to launch a new website or an app to read the news I want to read.

Part 2: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Google-Visual-Assets-Guidelin...

Btw, a lot of the big names in the Indian e-commerce space are also using the marketplace model instead of the inventory model. And they are doing this out of their own volition, as it reduces costs and increases diversity. Eg. Snapdeal, PepperFry, and Shopclues. Even Flipkart recently opened a marketplace, which will complement its inventory model.

Here's an article quoting Snapdeal CEO as saying that inventory model is dead in India: http://www.livemint.com/Industry/D2Xufph6zu7w9ZYg8Ze0dM/Snap...

This is actually very similar to what Alto from AOL was attempting to do.

www.altomail.com

I agree. I used the inbuilt RSS feed reader a lot, and I preferred it over other solutions because of the integration. As long as I am surfing the web, I will keep Opera open, and I will automatically get the latest RSS feeds. I didn't need to open a different website or launch another app.

Well, at least she seems to "get" Tumblr.

http://marissamayr.tumblr.com/post/50907453679/the-great-wor...

Yeah..that's the first webhost the bullet points on the article reminded me off. Pay what you use, and great support.

He has denied the allegations (as expected). But, at the same time, he also told this to Digi.No.

"When I left the Opera, I did not feel my ideas bore fruit, and I also notified management about. I am a very creative person and I feel that my ideas had value. I would like that my ideas were to reach users".

Source: http://www.digi.no/915782/opera-saksoker-eks-ansatt

In that email he was probably referring to the direction the board wanted to take Opera in. There has been consistent speculation that Opera's board wanted to make Opera better suited for sale, and was looking forward to getting acquired by someone with deeper pockets. JvT of course, wanted to stay independent and continue to innovate.

Related: http://techie-buzz.com/opera/opera-tetzchner-reacts.html

This is actually true. I used to pirate games during my school and college days, since I couldn't afford to shell out 3000 INR on a single game. I still did buy a few original games (whenever my parents allowed me to), but 95% of the games I played was pirated. But, after getting a job and becoming financially independent, I switched to purchasing copies on Steam. Now, I have around 50 titles in my library.

Here are two instances I recently came across:

1. Pandora - http://it-jobs.fins.com/Articles/SB129683674636383261/Pandor...

2. ThatGameCompany (Journey) - http://www.destructoid.com/journey-took-thatgamecompany-into...

They did the same thing in USA. Here's a series of articles penned by Paul Carr documenting what Uber did in the US.

http://pandodaily.com/2012/10/31/assholes-shrug/

http://pandodaily.com/2012/10/17/whos-the-real-bully-uber-or... [written by Nathaniel]

http://pandodaily.com/2012/10/24/travis-shrugged/

http://pandodaily.com/2012/11/02/a-final-word-on-uber-and-th...

http://pandodaily.com/2012/12/04/shock-uber-scores-victory-a...

http://pandodaily.com/2012/12/13/what-a-difference-six-month...

"It's been zero days since GitHub hired someone." -- I was expecting an unexpectedly large number. Not this.

This is what I get: "You have been banned. You might have been banned because you are a spammer. You might have been banned because you're a troll of some sort. You might have been banned out of sheer malice. Perhaps you just caught one of us on a bad day. If you believe that you have been banned unjustly, drop us a line.

Rex non potest peccare!" And this is the first time I am visiting this site.

I don't get it.