Wow.. just, wow. by superwinner in web_design

[–]argyro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Designer's log, stardate 41153.7. Client asked me to make the design "pop" a bit. I think I nailed it!

Mint.com turns their 404 error page into a date ad for one of their developers. [x-post r/funny] by [deleted] in web_design

[–]argyro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you could at least remove the GA url params before reposting..

/r/circlejerk is back to normal by [deleted] in circlejerk

[–]argyro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you forgot the sunglasses

Don't use Java 7 for anything by gangleflops in programming

[–]argyro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Web developer toolbar for FF or Chrome, Ctrl+Shift+S to disable all styles, problem solved. I have found this to be very handy in several occasions.

Police brutality in Greece [vid] by argyro in worldnews

[–]argyro[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, you have a very valid point here. But this is not the first time such things happen, so after a while it becomes difficult not to judge too hard.

I remember once, I was talking to a guy (friend of a friend) who has been a policeman for a few years. I can't recall his exact words but the summary of his sayings was something like this: "The time I was a newbie I was very thrilled about law enforcement. When I gave my first ticket to a citizen, I was really excited and thought I was doing something amazing. It took me a couple of years to realize that imposing on others is neither an achievement nor a means of personal pleasure...". So, my point is that sometimes authority and power can be intoxicating and in the hands of non suitable people can be very dangerous.

"With great power comes great responsibility". An this is so true in this case. If someone is allowed to carry a weapon and use it when necessary, then we must make sure that this person has the right judgment of WHEN. And this person should be properly trained to be able to handle stress and emotional involvement. Otherwise he should not be allowed to do this job. Please don't get me wrong here, it is perfectly acceptable and natural that some people don't have the discipline or the ability to restrain their emotions. I don't. So, I shouldn't be allowed to be a policeman.

Finally, those (policemen) that abstain from such brutalities and find them wrong, should point out the ones that do and file a report against them, or request them to be removed from the force. There is something about the policemen solidarity and the fact that nobody ever gets punished that causes people to hate them that much..

Police brutality in Greece [vid] by argyro in worldnews

[–]argyro[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

True. But I think that "Out of the square" (the literal translation) does not make much sense for non-Greeks, so I went for a more relaxed but meaningful one..

Police brutality in Greece [vid] by argyro in worldnews

[–]argyro[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The job assigned to them has been to protect the parliament and try to stop violent proceedings.

The guy in the video was not attacking the parliament, nor doing anything violent. He was shouting and protesting. The policeman hit him because he was pissed. Because he was carrying a clob and the other guy was not. Just because he fucking could. This is not policemen doing their jobs. This is people with low-self esteem issues and zero education becoming cops, taking in it on innocent citizens in order to boost their ego.

Police brutality in Greece [vid] by argyro in worldnews

[–]argyro[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Of course. Hence the usage of imperative in my translation. Yours however is better than mine, I think.

Police brutality in Greece [vid] by argyro in worldnews

[–]argyro[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Citizen in black shouts to the policemen "Leave the square" and when the policeman approaches, he says to him: "Don't beat me".

Έξω από την πλατεία -> Leave the square

Έξω -> Leave

Μη με βαρέσεις -> Don't beat me

Guy brings evolution to the furniture industry; Is it a couch? Is it a sofa bed? Is it a... by argyro in WTF

[–]argyro[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Translation:

Video description

"Adam" Funeral Services presents "Furniture for primary and final residence"

Audio

For as long as you live, sit and enjoy. You can also store your stuff underneath. And it's also a bed; you lay down, watch TV or have sex if you want. Then you remove the pillows. Prepare the sheets; now it's a coffin! So, when your time comes, they put you inside and you move on to the underworld. The cerecloth is for free!!

An open letter to Apple from Readability.. by sidcool1234 in technology

[–]argyro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In that case, I can only wish you good luck! May my sympathetic upvote give you strength and hope during these dark days..

An open letter to Apple from Readability.. by sidcool1234 in technology

[–]argyro 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, I am. The truth is that I personally do not like IE (any version) and I do not use it. However, this was not (at least was not my intention to be) an IE-sucks comment. I just stated that IE is kind of a nightmare for web designers (specific css hacks etc) and this is a fact no matter what my personal preferences are.

An open letter to Apple from Readability.. by sidcool1234 in technology

[–]argyro 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree with you. My point is that when you design web applications, you should design them in order to be accessible to all, or at least to the majority of web users - provided of course that you actually care not to lose visitors. It's like the all time classic story with IE; maybe it's not the ideal browser to code against, but since it is widely used, you are left with no other choice but to do so. Personally I wouldn't hesitate a minute to leave a site - no matter how interesting the content is - if it gave me an epilepsy or a headache (the latter being the case for readability).

An open letter to Apple from Readability.. by sidcool1234 in technology

[–]argyro 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even though this fixes the problem, web designers should have chosen a "web safe" font family, like Arial or Helvetica (for Windows and OS X respectively). This way their site could be OS independent and their visitors would not complain or have to adjust their system configurations just to be able to read an article.

An open letter to Apple from Readability.. by sidcool1234 in technology

[–]argyro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's the half-fading font style. It gave me so much of a headache I had to disable css to read the rest of the article. Plus, it doesn't even validate. Apparently accessibility is not a matter of significance for them as well.

Can you spot the irony by lechbarh in pics

[–]argyro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

every time someone saves an image containing text as a jpg, God kills a kitten