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pengon The Macintosh Endgame

You're missing the fact that he doesn't need a new MacBook Pro. It's a luxury item. If Chromebooks are perfectly functional for school use cases, clearly a new MBP is entirely unnecessary. If he wants OS X and a retina screen, the baseline MB 12 is more suitable for his needs. Or he could get an older, used MBP.

pengon Pixel smartphone camera review: At the top

Why are all of the example photos so horribly downsized and compressed? The picture of the Eiffel Tower is only 920 × 690. That's laughable compared to the 12.3 megapixels it should be. If you're reviewing image quality, you should give the readers the original files captured by the camera.

There's no way readers can say anything definitive about Pixel's camera quality without real data.

pengon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2016)

Location: Vienna, Austria (American)

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: Yes

Technologies

  - Javascript (ES6): Node.js, Vue.js, React, Koa, Express
  - Ruby: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, CSS, HTML5
  - HTML5: CSS (Stylus, Sass, Less, PostCSS)
  - DBs: PostgresQL, Firebase
  - Design: Typography, Responsive Design, Wireframes, Prototyping, IA, UX, UI
  - Etc: Linux, OS X, Git, Wordpress, Game Development

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nylira

Email: peng@nylira.com

Website: http://nylira.com

GitHub: https://github.com/nylira

Front-end JS developer with design skills (Unicorn!) from the USA. Looking for contract work and short-term opportunities in reactive UI/UX design and front end dev.

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2015)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Seoul, South Korea)

Full-stack US web developer with five years of experience making clients' dreams come true. Need a responsive website or MVP web application built from scratch? Message me today at peng@nylira.com and let's get you far ahead of the competition.

P.S. I developed https://prism-break.org/, an repository of anti-surveillance government surveillance F/OSS software. PRISM Break has received millions of visitors since its inception, and has been translated by volunteers into 26 languages.

See my portfolio at http://nylira.com - https://github.com/nylira - http://linkedin.com/in/nylira

Skills: JS / Ruby / CSS / HTML / Photoshop

Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, React, Express, Koa, Stylus, Sass, Less

Help me break 500 followers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zcpeng

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2015)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Kyoto, Japan)

I am a web interaction designer with 5 years of experience from California. I can work with you on mobile site design, landing page optimization, usability, and brand development. Are you wondering why you're losing potential users because of your site design? Ask me at peng@nylira.com

I also run PRISM Break, an open source repository of anti-government surveillance software. It has nearly 600 stars on GitHub and has been featured on TV networks and newspapers around the world: http://prism-break.org

http://nylira.com - https://github.com/nylira - http://linkedin.com/in/nylira

Proficiencies: JS / Ruby / CSS / HTML / Photoshop

Frameworks: Rails, React, Express, Koa, Stylus, Sass, Less

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2015)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Kyoto, Japan)

http://nylira.com - https://github.com/nylira - http://linkedin.com/in/nylira

Proficiencies: JS / CSS / HTML / Photoshop

Frameworks: Rails, React, Express, Koa, Stylus, Sass, Less

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2015)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Japan)

I am a web interaction/UX designer with 5 years of experience from California. I work with companies around the world on landing page optimization, web application usability, mobile design, and brand development. Are you wondering why you're losing potential users because of your site design? Ask me at peng@nylira.com

http://nylira.com - https://github.com/nylira - http://linkedin.com/in/nylira

Techs: JS / CSS / HTML / Rails

node/io: React, Express, Koa, Jade, Socket.IO, Stylus, Sass, Less

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2015)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (currently Asia, but can fly to you if needed)

http://nylira.com - https://github.com/nylira - http://linkedin.com/in/nylira

Techs: HTML5 / CSS3 / JS / Ruby / Rails

node.js/io.js: React, Express, Koa, Jade, Socket.IO, Stylus, Sass, Less

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2015)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (currently Asia, but can fly to you if needed)

http://nylira.com - https://github.com/nylira - http://linkedin.com/in/nylira

Techs: HTML5 / CSS3 (Less, Sass, Stylus) / JS / Ruby / Rails

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2015)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability.

Techs: HTML5 / CSS3 (Less Sass, Stylus)/ JS / Photoshop / Responsive Design

Frameworks: Rails / Bootstrap

Portfolio: http://nylira.com

Email: peng@nylira.com

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2014)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability.

Techs: HTML5 / CSS3 (Less Sass, Stylus)/ JS / Photoshop / Responsive Design

Frameworks: Rails / Bootstrap

Portfolio: http://nylira.com

Email: peng@nylira.com

pengon Feds tell web firms to turn over user passwords

PRISM Break has more free cloud storage options for your perusal:

https://prism-break.org/#cloud-storage

I'm using rsync for backup and Seafile for file sync myself.

pengon Prism Break

Unfortunately, https://prism-break.org/ was registered before Snowden's revelations about Tempora. I'm working on adjusting the site's wording to apply equally to all governmental surveillance.

pengon Prism Break

> What components of DDG are partly proprietary and which are not? (not a criticism of DDG just this page) What is a "free search engine" anyway?

These parts are open source: https://github.com/duckduckgo. I've added this note to PRISM Break. A free search engine would be a search engine where users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. YaCy fits this description, but there are currently not a lot of people using YaCy at the moment.

> Why is chromium not listed as a free alternative to Chrome/IE/Safari?

Chromium will be added once I get a list of good Chromium extensions that rival the Firefox addons.

> Why are Firefox and Thunderbird listed alongside Iceweasel and Icedove?

Iceweasel and Icedove are difficult to install on Windows and OS X. If users are unable to switch to Linux, Firefox and Thunderbird are still really good options.

> How do you list OpenNIC if they have not adopted an official privacy/anonymization policy?

Good point. OpenNIC will be removed for the time being.

>Speaking of official privacy policies; I see that you tried to load /analytics/piwik.js. Where is the privacy policy for prism-break?

PRISM Break does not track the last 2 bytes of your IP - e.g. 192.168.xxx.xxx. A Privacy Policy is on the todo list.

EDIT: https://prism-break.org/privacy.html

pengon Prism Break

I've added a note about Mint's search engine policy, thanks.

Also, BSDs will get greater emphasis in future updates. I'm working on a way to promote more operating systems without the page getting even more overwhelming than it already is.

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2013)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability. I accept bitcoin.

HTML5 / CSS3 / JS / Photoshop

Portfolio: http://nylira.com Twitter: @zcpeng

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2013)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability. I accept bitcoin.

HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus, Less, Bootstrap) / JS / Photoshop

Portfolio: http://nylira.com

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2013)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

US web interface designer located in Tokyo. I work with companies around the world on improving site design, usability, and conversation rates.

HTML / CSS / JS / Photoshop / Git

Portfolio: http://nylira.com

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2013)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web interface designer with a minor in front end dev. I work with companies around the world on improving site design, usability, and conversation rates.

HTML / CSS / JS / Photoshop / Git

Portfolio: http://nylira.com

pengon The Marshmallow Test Revisited

What if the child didn't much care for marshmallows, and reasoned that spending 15 minutes of their life waiting for an extra marshmallow was an incredible waste of time?

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2012)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web interface designer currently in Tokyo. I work with companies around the world on improving site usability and conversion rates.

HTML5 / CSS3 / Photoshop

http://nylira.com

pengon Avgrund.js

Chrome 21 on the rMBP is incredibly under-optimized. I've switched to using Chrome Canary and browsing is much more fluid.

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2012)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web interface designer currently in Tokyo. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability.

HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus, Less, Bootstrap) / Photoshop

http://nylira.com

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2012)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web & mobile interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability.

HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus, Less, Bootstrap) / JS / Photoshop / iOS

http://nylira.com

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2012)

SEEKING WORK - Remote Web & mobile interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability.

HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus, Less, Bootstrap) / JS / Photoshop / iOS

http://nylira.com

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2012)

SEEKING WORK - Remote Web & mobile interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability.

HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus, Less, Bootstrap) / JS / Photoshop / iOS

http://nylira.com

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2012)

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web & mobile interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on visual design, application design and usability.

HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus, Less, Bootstrap) / JS / Photoshop / iOS

http://nylira.com

pengon How I built a Hacker News mobile web app, Part 2

Looks great. I love the amount of effort you spent in CSS to make it look native. A couple feedback notes:

1. You might want to add the following to remove the Mobile Safari UI chrome when users add the app to the Home Screen:

2. On the iPad, the clickable regions are a bit awkward. The external link takes up a good 95% of the menu item. The view comments link is (logically) the button, but it's too small relative to the importance of the discussion on HN.

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2012)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Tokyo)

Web interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on application design, usability, and branding.

HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus) / JS / Photoshop / iOS

http://nylira.com

pengon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2012)

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Hong Kong)

Web interface designer from California. I work with companies around the world on application design, usability, and branding.

HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus) / JS / Photoshop / iOS