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wesley··on My Duck Duck Go reddit ad by the numbers
Well, affiliate programs are known to under report. Plus, some international visitors might not apply for the offer and so on. It would have been better to have a separate click counter in between.
wesley··on Thousands of private fotos leaked, privacy disaster for Quiptxt.com users
Seems they had no security at all (just a random 5 character hash)..

Reddit users are seemingly busy sharing nsfw pictures and linking them to facebook accounts, will probably result in a couple of suicides when all is said and done :(

wesley··on Photoshop CS5's new "Content-aware Fill"
I don't see anything special in that area?
wesley··on Nintendo Announces New Nintendo 3DS Portable System
Unofficial:

Asahi in Japan offers the first word on how the 3DS achieves its 3D-ness by suggesting that the new portable game machine with feature a parallax barrier LCD from Sharp. The tech has apparently already been deployed in a few cellphones over there and is described as "unsuitable" for large-screen TVs. This is corroborated by Nikkei, which suggests that the screens on the new device will be smaller than 4 inches diagonally, placing it closer to the DSi than the 4.2-inch DSi XL / LL.

Other news from the latter source include so-called 3D control stick(s), though it's not entirely clear whether this'll be anything massively new or just a pair of analog nubs for us to push around. Either way, Nintendo is said to have secured patents for the new control methodology in Japan late last year. The Nikkei article also mentions improvements in WiFi transfers and battery life, as well as a new vibration function. Now that we've got all that out of the way, can someone please tell us if this thing has Tegra inside or not?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-3ds-to-come-with...

wesley··on Nintendo Announces New Nintendo 3DS Portable System
An example would be this cell phone:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1597252/hitachi-3d-...

Just wondering (probably stupid), but could that be combined with a camera to track where the head is, so that it could be viewed at multiple angels?

Sort of like this effect:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWAg1s7xfz0

wesley··on [dead]
Seems to be one of the few cases where I would recommend dashes in the domain name.
wesley··on Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about
I thought the sheet scrolling was a little disorienting (too fast), but then I saw you have a 2nd way of scrolling (note by note), much better. Great app!
wesley··on Rackspace passwords are visible to customer service
Gigenet.com stores the passwords in clear text. You can see this in their support system HTML source. You have to supply the root password each time you create a support ticket and the password remains visible even in closed tickets from months ago.
wesley··on Try our app (Flowdock, the team messenger)
You've probably seen too many bongs. I didn't make the connection.
wesley··on StickyBits: Add a bar code based history to any physical object
The examples are a bit laughable..

"Attach your resume to your business card" - You could just add a web link instead and everyone would understand instead of limiting yourself to a very specific subset of users that know what to do with the barcode. (Same with "attach photos of what you're selling to a flyer")

Plus, is there any type of control on these barcodes? Can I claim a barcode and not allow anyone to add anything else? That would be quite important if you're going to put it on a business card..

wesley··on How I got my leg tied to the radiator because of Facebook
Got any examples of sites that do this right?
wesley··on An html sanitizer for C#
Supposedly prevents XSS attacks via submitted HTML.
wesley··on Nginx, the little Russian web server taking on the giants
I wish something like webmin/virtualmin worked with nginx, I bet it would do wonders for it's uptake..
wesley··on I can't remember a website that was posted here within the last few weeks
http://fav4.org
wesley··on FBI: Albert Einstein
Try the direct links:

http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein1a.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein1b.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein2a.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein2b.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein3.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein4.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein5.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein6a.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein6b.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein7a.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein7b.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein8.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein9a.pdf http://foia.fbi.gov/einstein/einstein9b.pdf

wesley··on FBI: Albert Einstein
They sure have some excellent scanners over there..
wesley··on Why You Should Build a Web App
Seems like a problem with your browser, works just fine in safari.
wesley··on [dead]
There aren't really any "hardcore games" on the wii. Those that are are mostly single player and don't take much advantage of the wii remote besides the pointer. You also won't find many online games (which is broken anyway due to the friend code restrictions).

Most casual/social games have simplified or too forgiving controls. They're nice at first but you'll grow tired of them soon. And unlike what you may believe, there isn't that much quality casual games either (besides from nintendo). Heck, even the mario/sonic olympic games are waggle fests.

They then introduced wii motion plus, which is supposed to give you greater control. It does. But there's hardly any games for it.

Anyway, there's a rumor of a Wii HD console.. Nintendo has a conference somewhere at the end of february. Might stick it out if you want.

Xbox 360 or PS3 are pretty much even. Most games come out on both platforms. They both have some interesting tech coming out this year. (Natal and the ps3 wand).

wesley··on Rasmus Lerdorf's analysis of XHP
I see no reason those XHP templates couldn't just be cached as regular old PHP. It's a nice tool to have during development only.
wesley··on Ask HN: Please review my Twitter search appendage
I don't think it's all that useful. There are a ton of spammers out there and to have to block them 1 by 1..
wesley··on Better HN: Take HN discussions everywhere
I made a site with bookmarklet quite some time ago that does something similar to that.. http://www.convotrack.com (was made more for twitter though)
wesley··on Ask HN: Do you need angel funding?
I see you've made the spreadsheet uneditable. A wise choice! (Users that have seen the previous posting will agree)
wesley··on [dead]
Looks like a great social experiment as to what happens in anonymous environments. Seems to have degraded to pure anarchy and posting pictures of famous assholes.
wesley··on Tom has a new crush. It's called the WattVision Energy Monitor.
In the typical case such a device is really only useful in the first month or two. After that all optimizations have been done. So I think that this monthly subscription model is a bit flawed in that regard. I'm probably wrong..
wesley··on Tom has a new crush. It's called the WattVision Energy Monitor.
Quote:

"Take the transmitter and its sensor jaw to your mains meter; select the thick round wire from the meter that leads to your house. Ensure there is room around the wire for the jaw to encircle the wire and put the clamp around the wire."

wesley··on Tom has a new crush. It's called the WattVision Energy Monitor.
Well, I don't think those people would even buy such a device. Only people that are aware of their energy usage and actively want to reduce it would want a device like this.

Of course if they got a deal with an energy supplier and got this installed for free in all houses it'd be a different matter entirely.

wesley··on Tom has a new crush. It's called the WattVision Energy Monitor.
For this particular device it would mean that they would loose their monthly subscription (as I don't think people would accept to pay a monthly fee for a clientside app). This is their business model.
wesley··on Tom has a new crush. It's called the WattVision Energy Monitor.
I don't need this device to tell me that standby devices waste power. Just install some power strips and turn it off completely.

I don't see much other use for a device like this if you've already eliminated standby devices. Sure, it can tell you that your fridge is wasting alot of electricity, but that's what the energy labels are for (A++ etc)

wesley··on Tom has a new crush. It's called the WattVision Energy Monitor.
Something like http://www.currentcost.com is much cheaper, has a one time cost, includes a display, and can send statistics to several user contributed apps as well.

A new version is due soon which will _probably_ introduce wireless transfer to the pc and compatibility with google powermeter..

wesley··on What’s next in HTML: the sandbox attribute
Good stuff. Too bad you can't finely tune what is and what isn't allowed. Like disabling just window.location, etc..
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