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PlanetFunk··on The Next Front in the New Crypto Wars: WhatsApp
The one major difference that I see is that it's really hard to kill someone with encrypted data.
PlanetFunk··on Human-in-the-loop computing is the future
Which reminds me of:

Loke Groundrunner: I'm going to trust my feelings and use the power of the thumb.

Voice of Oobedoob Benubi: Use the instrument panel, Loke.

Loke Groundrunner: What?

Voice of Oobedoob Benubi: The instrument panel. That's what it's there for. Advanced weaponry designed to hit tiny targets.

Loke Groundrunner: Ok, ok.

PlanetFunk··on What happens when you sit at a desk for 13 years and also exercise
There's also Dan Johns Mass Made Simple

http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Made-Simple-ebook/dp/B006HXPR66

Both books are really good.

PlanetFunk··on Building a Foundation For Life Without a Job
Thanks for letting us know.
PlanetFunk··on Reasons Not to Stretch
To add to drexel, foam rollers or rumble rollers are great. I've also got an orbital buffer I use on myself that, as funny as it sounds, works amazingly well.
PlanetFunk··on Reasons Not to Stretch
I'd say that not stretching and not warming up are two different things.
PlanetFunk··on Life is wasting my time
I'm pretty sure that wasting time with your partner/children/family/friends IS the whole point of life :)
PlanetFunk··on Ben Horowitz: We Like Dropouts, Insane Ideas, Tiny Markets, No Way To Monetize
There's something about that last statement that blew my mind. your own personal composer, writing your own personal theme music, specifically designed to catch your current mood, or even modify it.
PlanetFunk··on The physics of baseball as illustrated by Fox's new 5000 fps camera
I re-watched the last gif where he makes good contact over and over because of his action. His head doesn't move a millimetre, it's all body motion. Amazing.
PlanetFunk··on Microsoft Bans Halo 4 Pirates, and Some Idiots Absolutely Deserved It
The only reason I jailbroke(?) my 3gs was so that I could use an app that allowed me to adhoc wifi because they wouldn't (even though they could). Would it be fair of them to lock me out?
PlanetFunk··on NoPassword
Combine this with google authenticator for 2 step auth?
PlanetFunk··on Why You Should Start Using a VPN
^ This. VPN is not a magic bullet. It stops your ISP from snooping and adds another hoop to jump through when tracing you. If the sites you visit (nodes you hit) are monitored you are still at risk.

[Edit] not protected/still at risk.

PlanetFunk··on Ask HN: Use randomly generated email addresses for extra security?
So, at least with gmail, you could implement randomly generated email addresses for logging in.

The question is, does this solve the problem and is it a problem worth solving?

PlanetFunk··on Top Free VPN Services
I ssh through amazon micro instances where necessary (not often), and just recently purchased a month through hidemyass.com - bad name, good service.
PlanetFunk··on The Crazy World of Code
Sounds like you're not applying to the right companies. Any developer that comes to me with an obvious love for code moves to the top of the list. If you're coding in your own time for fun, it's not a job, and I'd want to hire you - in some capacity :)
PlanetFunk··on SkyDrive and Windows 8
Only problem is both server and client need to be win7. Would be more useful if the client could be anything.
PlanetFunk··on B&N refuses to release source code of Nook Tablet, censors user requests
"Many Android devices have locked bootloaders. I think this is a despicable anti-consumer design choice, but nobody's taking action against it."

This struck a cord with me.

I own an iPhone, and an Acer Iconia tablet, both of which are locked down. I've jail-broken, or rooted the devices, but the fact that I can't legitimately install custom roms, etc, frustrates the hell out of me.

One advantage I see (but don't agree with) for the iPhone being locked down is users locked into the app store, but for the Iconia?

PlanetFunk··on Microsoft’s “Picture Password”: A Breath Of Fresh Air On The Lock Screen
Could the smudge hack be fixed by using more than one picture/passwordswipe?
PlanetFunk··on Pen.io is now probably the most minimalist blog platform on the Web
After seeing this, I decided to attempt my own minimalist (dropbox) blog. Just need to automate the post list somehow...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26639308/miniblog/index.html

Not a real blog replacement, but it was fun to play with.

PlanetFunk··on Ask HN: Have you hacked your nutrition?
I get my meat (grass feed, free range) from a local butcher/farmer. I know exactly how it's produced and where it comes from.

There are any number of ways to get your food. Shrink wrapped from a bulk supplier is only one of them.

PlanetFunk··on Ask HN: Have you hacked your nutrition?
Something I'm very passionate about is explaining that "Paleo" is not a diet in the traditional sense. It's a lifestyle that promotes health and disease prevention through food choices and exercise which has the additional benefit of easy weight loss.

It's also the easiest* food/health hack that I've ever experienced.

*easiest: I don't get food cravings, can still eat amazing food (try Vietnamese without the rice/noodles), and am actually enjoying exercising 30 - 45 mins a day.

Go Paleo/Primal, do a little exercise, eat bacon, gain washboard abs.

(although that last statement is a little flippant, a paleo lifestyle will help reduce a number of inflammatory diseases, and other issues associated with lectins, omega 3/6 imbalances, etc)

PlanetFunk··on Raspberry Pi: A $25 ultra-low-cost computer that can run Quake 3
straight to the website: http://www.raspberrypi.org/
PlanetFunk··on $80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes in Kenya, the World Next?
Kenya has a population of ~39,000,000 of which 40% live on less than $2 a day. I'm not sure many of those 300,000+ smartphones are going to the poor.
PlanetFunk··on Recycled plastic bottles bring light to homes in Filipino slums
Thanks for the link.
PlanetFunk··on The problem with following people on Google Plus
Here's the source: gpmin.googlecode.com
PlanetFunk··on Making Google+ like Twitter
There are a number of browser extensions out there that do this. G+Me and gpMin to name a couple.

Note: I wrote gpMin.

Edit: I hope that didn't come across as condescending or short. I just wanted to let you know there are a number of good extensions already out there that will do what you're looking for and provide extra benefits.

PlanetFunk··on The problem with following people on Google Plus
As I commented in the article, I just added a free Chrome extension to the Chrome web store today that collapses every post and adds an expand/collapse toggle bar to them.

Makes things a lot more condensed and manageable.

It's called gpMin and can be found for here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ekdhfgmnpfbmhhdaij...

I'll put the code up on git in a day or so when I get some time.

PlanetFunk··on How to invite people to Google+
I'd love an invite too. [retracted]

[Edit] Got it. Thanks Julien!

PlanetFunk··on Ask HN: What are your side projects?
I'm really excited about html5 & javascript for game development. My current game and learning project is "Last Man Standing: A Zombie Apocalypse"

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/165110/lastmanstanding/index.html

Accelerometerated (iOS 4.2+) (my favourite version)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/165110/lmsazpa/index.html

PlanetFunk··on Writing code with MS Paint
To minimise page size I pack the javascript for my html5 game - Last Man Standing: A Zombie Apocalypse - into a png and load it using canvas and eval.

It packs my 51KB minified source into an 18KB image file.

Works a charm :)

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