abbot2

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Comment · 4 years ago

Yes, bluetooth has plenty of unfortunate limitations. For example, there is no standard high-quality bidi audio codec in bluetooth spec (see https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/duplex-high-quality-audi... for detailed explanation).

Comment · 4 years ago

ASN.1 is extremely complicated and hard to implement correctly. All ASN.1 implementations I've seen are either specialized (know how to work only with a very specific message), or slow, buggy and expose equally complicated APIs. Modern systems like protobufs tend to use much simpler encodings & specs which are easier to understand and implement correctly.

Comment · 5 years ago

Take the state of the project as a market fit test of the idea?

Comment · 5 years ago

This already exists: https://ubuntu-touch.io/

Comment · 5 years ago

Not available in the UK. Online movie distribution they said.

Comment · 6 years ago

Try staying on the page for a while and scroll around. Pretend to read it. Triggers for me on mobile chrome browser.

Comment · 6 years ago

evil, adj.: morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant

Comment · 6 years ago

I totally get the frustration and such, and not trying to protect Amazon, but: author's web site intercepting browser history to trigger "checkout this content before you leave" when back navigation is clicked is outright evil. Just don't do that, be kind to visitors.

Edit:

1. Dictionary: evil, adj.: morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant

2. To get the prompt you need to stay around on the page for a while, scroll around, pretend to read it. Triggers at least in mobile chrome browser.

Comment · 7 years ago

I find it amusing that the advice in the style guide gives a good example contradicting another good example, and contains a subtle bug.

In the "Reduce Scope of Variables", second good example leaks an open file when WriteString fails, because it doesn't follow the own advice of "Defer to Clean Up" if you are curious.

(Handling that properly with a defer is a bit more tricky - something like https://play.golang.org/p/l1PeWM3Tisg).

Update: style guide was fixed after this report :) It was this if you wonder: https://github.com/uber-go/guide/blob/a53ee0bef8c0b11b52340d...

Comment · 7 years ago

I'm fine with paywalled content overall. I'm not fine with paywalled content on the front page of hn, because it reduces hn utility: I can't see the content.

Comment · 7 years ago

Wired web site displays annoying "pay us now" banner over half of the page on a phone browser, which cannot be removed, probably due to JavaScript bug. Can't help, but flag this.

Comment · 8 years ago

1. Force everyone to register to get access to content. 2. Leak that data. 3. ... 4. Profit. Not sure how this part works though.

I hope lesson should be learned: don't force users to register just because you can

Comment · 8 years ago

I never claimed this design to be Russian ;) I only said it is very popular there.

Comment · 8 years ago

Suprisingly enough, this collection doesn't seem have the design most common & popular in Russia, roughly this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrsxMqvHXkw.

Comment · 9 years ago

It's England. You don't tip here.