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"Each returned URL is unique and valid for a single usage, under the specified conditions."

Where and how is the url actually invalidated after it is used? (or are you relying on expiration as invalidation?)

If the only thing that ever comes of this is containing GIF reactions to the original message's thread this is the best, most productivity-boosting slack update ever.

This morning was real confusing. Couldn't find any status pages showing disruption, users couldn't log into the system but could use it if they were already logged in.

Ran around like a headless chicken until I spotted this and a couple of vague tweets about Google+ being down.

How many years therapy does this come with for the person who has to push down the motherboard lever?

Modern (science-based) medicine is a miracle of biblical proportions.

Wow, this is a fantastic visualization of algorithms with scary doctoral-thesis-y names. I love visualizations that make scary things simple.

So now it's down to a game of slapsies, but with borders.

This is brilliant.

I'll bet most, if not all of the best sysadmins in the world would be in utter befuddlement if someone in their office was using a simple "idle" iphone as a keylogger. It's so out there that it'll make you think you're going crazy: the perfect crime.

Why would this be hard to spoof? What's required here?

Multiple Facebook accounts and a quick script?

I wasn't aware you COULD be downvoted on HN? Is it just my Tampermonkey script hiding the downvote button or something?

If this can match spotify's catalog any time soon, AND be available as an app or (usable) mobile site, ad free: RIP music services. This is an enticing offer for those on the fence about prime, given that spotify premium is $120 a year. For the same price, you get prime, spotify, a bit of netflix/hulu (hopefully more to come on the video end).

Pretty brilliant move.

It's not about disruption so much as it is about choice.

Taxis should not be some ultra-regulated industry, and if it is, it shouldn't be near IMPOSSIBLE (read: ultra-expensive) to be part of that regulated sector.

Nowadays, it's a service as basic as being a barista or a dog walker, the dangers imposed on society by having Uber/Lyft drivers pick up willing, paying customers are microscope to naught. (State/County/City) Sanctioned Taxi drivers aren't some elite demographic for honesty and morals.

If it's an insurance thing, (reasonably) legislate it, but until then, don't stop consumers from using a service that they are clearly overwhelmingly pleased with .

I just watched the video on their site and I have no idea what's going on: https://www.clinkle.com/

April Fools? "Build a smart coffee mug, build a talking bear, build a robot, or build something else entirely"

and no validation (client nor server) on the form...?

And a different domain name (rather than using a page on microsoft.com)?

My spidey sense is tingling.

EDIT: It's down. In case people were curious: http://i.imgur.com/9zUIPSf.png

Brace for incoming (revived) controversy[1].

1. http://projects.latimes.com/prop8/donation/8930/

Lyft, Uber, and their likeness are going to be huge. Legislation permitting, I can't see many standard taxi companies surviving for much longer.

For those who missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QD...

Google Trends Extrapolation: The Nostradamus of our times.

RIP Productivity, Thou shalt be missed.

Well, it's probably a little more complicated than that. Yes, if we define any actions taken by humans as "artificial", then it's "un-natural".

BUT, putting selective pressure on a plant to be more delicious and/or possibly nutritious is as natural with humans as it is with much of the animal kingdom. The edible fruit has an evolutionary incentive to taste better, and therefore produce more offspring.

Trying to assign a good or bad grade to this is exactly the naturalistic fallacy.

You're correct. I mixed up the first sentence with the next.

But it seems to be an IPS, of some sort:

"The P2815Q packs an IPS LED display will have a full 3840 x 2160 4K resolution. It launches globally on January 23. Dell hasn’t yet discussed things like refresh rate or range of inputs (I’m sure DisplayPort is a given), but they do promise the same “screen performance” as the new UltraSharp 32 and UltraSharp 24 Ultra HD monitors. That’s certainly encouraging since their UltraSharp line is normally a cut above when it comes to professional displays."

I assume that it being an Ultrasharp means it will be an IPS. If so, pretty sweet. And it might help drive down prices for the Korean 27s (1440p) monitors on eBay, which are much easier on the eyes (especially with text) than other panels.

Right, Go is a language. It does have a decent (built in) HTTP library, and is actually pretty fast as a webserver in itself. On the more conventionally robust framework end of things, I suppose Revel/Falcore would be a more appropriate comparison. (both of which have impressive performance of their own).

I've been following these for most of the rounds, and Go has been improving impressively. Whether that's because of improvements in the language itself or a more zealous crowd sending pull requests, I don't know, but it made me want to try go, so I did. It's not as comforting as the scripting (PHP, Python, JS) languages I'm used to. Having no REPL and having to think about types takes a bit more getting used to than I thought (arrays vs slices/maps, and having no REPL). I find having a quick build script (mine's in vim) so you can compile+run and go back to the code quickly helps a lot. Also, http://play.golang.org/ isn't too shabby either.

It would be fun to see this project (https://github.com/TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks) become more and more popular, with formidable developers squeezing out performance from their framework of choice.

Nice, now I can read all those memos/meeting reminders from th e comfort of home.