MetaTalk posts tagged with hack

Questionably useful use of Python

Kadin2048 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:21:06 -0800

Script for turning exported MeFi comments into XML, if you're into that sort of thing. I question whether this is going to interest or appeal to anyone besides myself, but I had a bit too much free time on my hands earlier today and ended up writing a little Python script to convert the flat text files you get if you download your comment history, into XML. This is in itself not terribly useful, but it does put the comments into a format where they can be worked on and mixed up with XSL. If that sort of thing gets you going, then maybe you'll find it useful. If not ... well, probably not. There are some usage/syntax notes at the top of the file; it runs from the command line (and you have to have Python installed). I've tested it on my own comments on both a Mac and a Windows machine and it seems to work OK, but it's possible it might choke on yours. If you spot a bug or want to improve it in some way, please feel free.

Getting it from the horse's mouth.

timeistight — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:38:12 -0800

This is why I still read MetaFilter.

Kenya hack it?

sunshinesky — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:52:41 -0800

Would you people stop trying to hack stuff? Yes, we all loved the movie but for Jod's sake, you can't hack sex.

Learning to code with MeFi's RSS

thebigdeadwaltz — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:04:11 -0800

Looks like Hackety Hack is teaching kids to code with some of MeFi's own RSS feeds. Neat!

Trackbacks Disabled

anastasiav — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 11:07:54 -0800

Have trackbacks been disabled? Or is it just that nobody wants to link back to Metafilter anymore?

My name is demo, for we are many

demo — Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:37:15 -0800

please oh please would someone enable new users on mefi again. the shame and humiliation of posting as "demo" is monumentally soul-destroying. Won't anyone think of the children?

You used to be able to leave this blank.

sam123 — Sat, 21 Apr 2001 20:28:30 -0800

I think I smell a (mefi) rat

luke — Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:53:56 -0800

A gigantic "MEFI RAT" is flashing when I load the page. Or maybe "SOME FINE BUREAUCRATS" is. Either way, it's pretty clever. (How's that working out for you?) And I can't find it in the source, so it's both clever and sneaky.

Is this a hack, or a Haughey?