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Tribute to Aaron Swartz

55 points by danielpyon 7y ago

anonsivalley652 7y ago
s/Profressor/Professor/ might want to run spell-check, otherwise good.
- danielpyon 7y ago
  Thanks, I fixed it.
- kylec 7y ago
  Also, technically, Aaron didn't cofound Reddit. He founded Infogami which was later merged into Reddit.
  - danielpyon 7y ago
    He didn't technically found it, but did a significant amount of work porting their 1.0 lisp code into python... Also he had an equal share of their parent company, I believe.
    - wglb 7y ago
      pg says he was a co-founder of reddit.
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
ebg13 7y ago
Why on codepen?
- danielpyon 7y ago
  It was just the most convenient for me.
  - thanatropism 7y ago
    It doesn’t work on mobile at all.
    - danielpyon 7y ago
      Yeah, sorry about that. I made the minimum width around 1000 pixels (you can check the body selector in the CSS). I might try fixing that soon, although I'm still a beginner so I might not be able to just yet. You can probably tell that the CSS isn't very well written: there are unused variables, constants everywhere, and the animation is very hacky. This is because I made this page to mainly to practice my CSS skills.
      - soneca 7y ago
        Already mentioned it above, but practice to the point of making it look good on mobile. It will be a worthy learning experience.
chaps 7y ago
Since the creator of the site's here, just FYI that Highland Park is a suburb about 25-30 miles north of Chicago and isn't actually in Chicago.
- danielpyon 7y ago
  Thanks for the correction, I will update that.
  - chaps 7y ago
    Don't forget the first sentence, too :)
    - danielpyon 7y ago
      ...and that.
soneca 7y ago
Nice! Part of freeCodeCamp projects I assume? I started to learn to code with freeCodeCamp and I see that today it is even better. It worked pretty well for me. I wish you all the luck and don't get too discouraged when you get stuck. It is normal and eventually you will figure it out. Take the time to make the page better following feedback here (make it look good on mobile, fix typos, factual error on content). It will be worth the learning for your future. Great choice for the tribute too!
- danielpyon 7y ago
  Yes it's the first project of the responsive web design part. > I started to learn to code with freeCodeCamp and I see today that it is even better. I actually knew how to program before starting fCC, but never really tried web development. fCC has been great so far!
unreal37 7y ago
"His exact motive is not known, but knowing Aaron..." @danielpyon you knew him?

55 points by danielpyon 7y ago

anonsivalley652 7y ago

s/Profressor/Professor/ might want to run spell-check, otherwise good.

danielpyon 7y ago
Thanks, I fixed it.
kylec 7y ago
Also, technically, Aaron didn't cofound Reddit. He founded Infogami which was later merged into Reddit.
- danielpyon 7y ago
  He didn't technically found it, but did a significant amount of work porting their 1.0 lisp code into python... Also he had an equal share of their parent company, I believe.
  - wglb 7y ago
    pg says he was a co-founder of reddit.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]

ebg13 7y ago

Why on codepen?

danielpyon 7y ago
It was just the most convenient for me.
- thanatropism 7y ago
  It doesn’t work on mobile at all.
  - danielpyon 7y ago
    Yeah, sorry about that. I made the minimum width around 1000 pixels (you can check the body selector in the CSS). I might try fixing that soon, although I'm still a beginner so I might not be able to just yet. You can probably tell that the CSS isn't very well written: there are unused variables, constants everywhere, and the animation is very hacky. This is because I made this page to mainly to practice my CSS skills.
    - soneca 7y ago
      Already mentioned it above, but practice to the point of making it look good on mobile. It will be a worthy learning experience.

chaps 7y ago

Since the creator of the site's here, just FYI that Highland Park is a suburb about 25-30 miles north of Chicago and isn't actually in Chicago.

danielpyon 7y ago
Thanks for the correction, I will update that.
- chaps 7y ago
  Don't forget the first sentence, too :)
  - danielpyon 7y ago
    ...and that.

soneca 7y ago

Nice! Part of freeCodeCamp projects I assume? I started to learn to code with freeCodeCamp and I see that today it is even better. It worked pretty well for me. I wish you all the luck and don't get too discouraged when you get stuck. It is normal and eventually you will figure it out. Take the time to make the page better following feedback here (make it look good on mobile, fix typos, factual error on content). It will be worth the learning for your future. Great choice for the tribute too!

danielpyon 7y ago
Yes it's the first project of the responsive web design part. > I started to learn to code with freeCodeCamp and I see today that it is even better. I actually knew how to program before starting fCC, but never really tried web development. fCC has been great so far!

unreal37 7y ago

"His exact motive is not known, but knowing Aaron..." @danielpyon you knew him?