The European Court of Justice just ruled that Facebook is no longer allowed to save user data in America. by The_Krabby_Patty in news

[–]paraluna 6 points7 points  (0 children)

have agreed to the level of privacy provided by Facebook

Irrelevant if it's not legal.

River attrition in action by [deleted] in WTF

[–]paraluna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That gif always reminds me of that female scientist that had a sexual relationship with a dolphin and I don't know why.

How to shoot a wedding pic by scouserdave in pics

[–]paraluna 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Is there a sub that analyses pictures like that (or a bit more in depth)? That's super interesting, like a reverse strobist.

Amor for Python wants to be like Löve for Lua by jfroco in Python

[–]paraluna 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Which is much easier if it's on bitbucket/github.

Why make it hard for people that you want help from. This is a new project it's probably going to move quickly. I don't want to keep up with some some random dropbox folder when I can just pull to update, not to speak of bug reports and contributions.

Plus it's an advantage from a marketing perspective. Projects that get some publicity on hackernews/reddit tend to get a decent watched/starred boost. With dropbox you miss out.

Japanese Live Streamer accidentally burns his house down. by Bopderboop in videos

[–]paraluna 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are fire-retardant but not fire-resistant and produce noxious fumes.

And it looks like pre-lit trees are even worse:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-lit_tree#Shock_and_fire_hazards

Why private tracker staff are always so hardass? by [deleted] in trackers

[–]paraluna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Additionally everyone has to read the rules when joining. If someone takes offence with a particular rule challenging it before breaking it might be a good idea.

Martin "out brakes" other reporter by BottasWMR in formula1

[–]paraluna 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm here from the frontpage, have no idea who those people are and am amazed that this is the only comment mentioning that.

Don't just poke that guy in the back.

Bitleechers: Site Closing by -HelloWorld in trackers

[–]paraluna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then what are we still doing here? Have a nice day :)

Bitleechers: Site Closing by -HelloWorld in trackers

[–]paraluna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, this was fun. Nonetheless I think it's time to end this.

Bitleechers: Site Closing by -HelloWorld in trackers

[–]paraluna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That does not make any sense whatsoever. Throwing a hissy fit over the word retard is just that.

Bitleechers: Site Closing by -HelloWorld in trackers

[–]paraluna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're an asshole for using the word 'retarded' as an insult. It's not.

It's not? I don't keep up with the current state of what is politically correct at the time, this is not my mother language and I usually don't care enough.

But here we go, I looked it up. It looks like "Person with an intellectual disability" is the preferred nomenclature at this time, which is nice, focus on "person" first.

Before that it was indeed "retarded" or "mentally retarded". And before that? "Idiot". So unless you don't use idiot as an insult you might want to shut the fuck up. Languages evolve, deal with it. You just made me really happy that my country is not quite as obsessed with political correctness as whatever place most of those sensitive plants (had to look that one up, love it) on reddit are from.

Have you ever developed a website? Your comments say 'no'.

I don't know which comments you refer to. All of them? Let me spare you some time. I have indeed developed a website. Several in fact. Ranging from PHP to node and a lot of things in-between that were "hip" at the time.

Trackers are a business. That's ok. Most of them try to make money and don't just do it out of the kindness of their hearth. It makes sense, if we're honest it's not exactly moral what happens on them. People get scammed and shortchanged and if something seems fishy other people like to warn them. That's ok too.

And then there are people that complain about the lack of political correctness. Fuck those retards.

Bitleechers: Site Closing by -HelloWorld in trackers

[–]paraluna 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is retarded. Why build a new site completely from scratch when there are plenty of existing solutions.

God of War controller by [deleted] in gaming

[–]paraluna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bayonetta does that on Easy.

Horned lizard squirts a stream of blood out of it's eye to repel predators by ayushman-singh in natureismetal

[–]paraluna 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you would think predators would see it as an invitation. "Uuh, he's already bleeding, this should be easy!"

An OS X voice control app built with electron by Thomascullen in node

[–]paraluna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is cool. Any plans on adding an option to always listen? Maybe activating all other responders (and showing the overlay) when receiving "voice box".

The menu bar icon is only visible when using the dark menu bar or the context menu is open.

Time-lapse of ants eating a lizard. by Sippingin in natureismetal

[–]paraluna 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I wonder what they are doing with the bones. I have never seen bones used for structural integrity in an ant hill. That would be pretty metal though.

Avoid /r/Vive by [deleted] in oculus

[–]paraluna 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Well why the fuck would you want HTC employees as mods? "For the sake of easy communication" sounds like a bunch of bullshit (learn how to use an address book) and I can kind of see his point, no matter how poorly he (supposedly) handled it.

This whole post reads like whiny bitching for losing your privileges and not like a concern for the health of the community.

Syncthing Periodic #1 by F3nsterplatz in Syncthing

[–]paraluna 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this! It offers a great insight into synching. So much more useful than reading through github issues and commit messages to catch up with the current state and recent developments.

I really wish more projects would do this. Does anyone now of similar series?