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iris-digital··on Coursera to combine with Udemy
Speculating, but perhaps it needs to be updated once in a while? Last modified might be a (dumb) factor.
iris-digital··on alpr.watch
I'd like to start a standard marking of some sort to call them out. A hot pink arrow drawn with spray paint on the pole is the first thing that came to mind.
iris-digital··on Ford kills the All-Electric F-150
It's funny because when I saw the Slate, I thought it was cool, but the bed was a bit too short to camp in. And there was a large front trunk, a little too large I thought. If only they could take a bit off the front, and put it in the back.

And then I saw the Telo! Hah, they went too far in the opposite direction. Something between these two is what I'd like.

iris-digital··on Tell HN: There are now FOSS/H alternatives to major BigTech products
Would love to hear any ideas on how to improve the message. So far it has not resonated and we don’t have any feedback as to why.

This particular post seems to have stumbled over the acronym FOSS/H, only chosen because I thought FOSH would not be recognized. I’ll avoid acronyms next time.

iris-digital··on Tell HN: There are now FOSS/H alternatives to major BigTech products
We’re talking primarily about FOSH, the hardware counterpart. Guess the post is not clear enough.

How do you feel about the rest of the text, and/or site? I’ve appreciated your comments in the past. Thanks.

iris-digital··on Mozilla's latest quagmire
Due to the mobile revolution Mozilla has been doomed as a significant player, no matter what they did.

There was one shot however, "Firefox OS" on mobile. Of course they gave up early when they should have been investing in it continuously and plugging that google money away into an endowment instead of leadership salaries. Had they done that they'd at least have a chance now.

iris-digital··on Mozilla's latest quagmire
The console already existed... since Netscape I believe. Basically printf-level debugging.

The big thing about firebug was that you could see/edit the DOM, CSS, and at some point Network requests, etc.

iris-digital··on The Ethical Computing Initiative
Thank you. Though we're looking to start a hardware/support org perhaps, not write a book. There will probably be small editions, but the main ideas have been addressed. ;-)

Anyway, any thoughts about the text, title, etc would be very helpful.

iris-digital··on The Ethical Computing Initiative
Is it a problem to repost after a couple of days? It isn't spam, and has attracted a dozen votes a few times. Just not enough to start a discussion, which we're waiting on. Really needs feedback to improve and move forward.
iris-digital··on The Ethical Computing Initiative
We noticed recently that about 90% of the open/free products we need to build an Apple-like product line exist already. Let’s work together to sell and support them.
iris-digital··on The easiest way to keep your web apps accessible: Just use text
Right, I remember now.
iris-digital··on The easiest way to keep your web apps accessible: Just use text
> input button is hidden using CSS tricks because the actual button can't be styled.

Buttons can be styled.

iris-digital··on Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015)
Return will still need to be verified by the taxpayer in either case.
iris-digital··on USA Temperature: can I sucker you?
There's no misinterpretation here.
iris-digital··on USA Temperature: can I sucker you?
Great point on how significant perspective is.
iris-digital··on Yagni (2015)
Previous discussion, with lots of comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9605733

iris-digital··on The Plan 9 Effect or why you should not fix it if it isn't broken
Except for package management.
iris-digital··on Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because of Antivirus Scan
The kernel is not the problem with Windows on medical devices.
iris-digital··on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
Looking forward to trying Python 3.5, it's in the repo.
iris-digital··on What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Rest of the World
Yeah, I cringed when I read that. Just what we need another excuse to keep from sharing profits with the builders of your product.
iris-digital··on What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Rest of the World
Why are you sharing your salary with new companies? a flexible jump number makes more sense.
iris-digital··on A music programming language for musicians
Interesting, what is it implemented in? Seems to be Java related somehow. And there's a client and server?