Lots of people visit /new. They're called "knights of new". The total number of these people is probably far lower than the front page (where _hot is used), but it's how every submission gets its start.
The difference with reddit (and the real genius of the initial vision) is that any user can create a subreddit. Compare this to craigslist where the admins defined the 50 or so static categories at the outset. Reddit, on the other hand, has interesting (and not so interesting) subreddits pop up every day.
The community of reddit certainly has shifted quite a bit, but this ability to evolve organically will keep it from unraveling in the same way as Craigslist has. I think it's a bad comparison anyway.
Agreed. That might put an end to the endless complaints on reddit and other sites about vertical videos.
The problem is, when you hold your phone horizontally it's painfully obvious to other people you're taking a video. Holding it vertically allows for being more discreet. You might just be texting or something.
Smartphone manufacturers could also solve this problem by somehow auto-rotating the camera internally.
Interesting that it was written by his father's lawyer on behalf of his father. Makes me wonder if this is the first contact his father has had with him since this whole thing began.
Imagine, if you will, a father who knows he needs to make a public statement, one that will be scrutinized by an entire world. A father wanting not only only convey his pride but also to help sway a country's opinion. Such a father might well turn to a legally-educated, historically-knowledgable third-party, one well-versed in writing convincing, lucid arguments, for guidance and oversight. I think I would.
This collaboration between the father and Fein is fitting since Bruce most certainly knows Glenn.
Bruce Fein and Glenn Greenwald both were both panelists on the West Coast Civil Liberties college tour last fall (http://www.yaliberty.org/tour/fall2012).
Everyone's different, and fathers vary, of course. But I certainly read significant emotion in the letter.
I have no doubt this ordeal has been excruciating on the elder Snowden, as he helplessly watches the international bartering for his son's life and freedom. What I find admirable, and where the emotion and strength lies, is that there isn't the slightest hint of wavering in the father's resolve--no pleading, no hand-wringing. An incredible gesture of thanks, loving commitment, and support.
I have little doubt it will impact Snowden in much the same way it did me.
> Of course, if you love nature, the bay area has its perks :) but be ready to spend a lot of time in a car
I going to have to contest this point. I live and work in San Francisco, and I do not even own a car. I bike to and from the startup I work for every day. Many people in SF do this.
Not counting buses, taxis, or lyft, I haven't even been in a car for about 5 months.
You're right, SF is very nice for this. I was mainly thinking of the South Bay definition of Silicon Valley. Finding a nice job in SF will give you a very different lifestyle / quality of life than one down in the physical valley.
Hey, just wanted to let you know you're breaking the twitter display requirements (https://dev.twitter.com/terms/display-requirements) by not swapping out the t.co links with their real addresses. You gotta use those tweet_entities the API gives you.
>"Links in Tweet text must be displayed using the display_url field in the URL entities API response, and link to the original t.co url field"
Still no template inheritance! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills when that's the one feature I need / care about and none of the newer template languages implement it. I'm spoiled from Django/Jinja2/twig.
I'd consider this functionality in the future, but Emblem's bound by the constraints of Handlebars.js. In the meantime, most JS frameworks that you'd use Handlebars/Emblem with provide something pretty close to template inheritance. You'd achieve something similar in Ember with 'outlets', if I understand correctly.
Jade has template inheritance, mixins, includes and plenty of other cool stuff. If you haven't, you might want to check it out: https://github.com/visionmedia/jade
