CodexArcanum

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by CodexArcanum 9y ago
Almost any topic in CS has a multitude of edge cases and potential pitfalls. I've learned quite a few tricky edges to things I had never considered just reading through RFCs and standards docs on topics like calendars, Unicode, floatin
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by CodexArcanum 10y ago
I've been generally dissatisfied with the smart watch options in general, even more so than cell phones and the Sophie's choices for cell phones is pretty bad! What factors prevent open source hardware from being viable? Like if t
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by CodexArcanum 10y ago
Powershell is really more about the scripting language and the command processing. The "shell" part is modular. On Windows you can still use most cmd tools inside powershell and with its commands. So you shouldn't give up bas
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by CodexArcanum 10y ago
Yep! There's a few ways to accomplish such a thing, but probably the most straight forward would be the Foreach-Object command (aliased as "%") to do a mapping from source object to something else. Free form objects/dict
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by CodexArcanum 10y ago
I've found static analysis (and related concepts e.g. type systems) to be extremely useful for safely refactoring code. Much more so than tests, which tend to just break and require rewriting. But as you say, once the code base is matu
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by CodexArcanum 10y ago
There are two rather egregious flaws in this line of thinking from the very start. The first is that "intelligence" is purely an inborn trait. That "being stupid" is a condition on par with serious mental disability. Stu
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by CodexArcanum 10y ago
Though I'm a pretty heavy emacs user, I have a great backup suggestion that I've really been enjoying: Visual Studio Code. MS has built a really great editor for lighter text work. Markdown editing with it is great and language su
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I've been living in New Orleans for the last year, and I'd have to say it's been great. NOLA is a blossoming place, with lots of startups and a rapidly growing tech scene. The culture is incredible, full of its own unique cha
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
Speaking of monoculture: people on other OS could always check out emacs org-mode! The Babel component of it allows one to similarly mix code into theirs notes. I've been getting good use out of it lately for doing presentations.
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
Although his actual point had almost nothing to do with intuition, I still would like to argue in favor of intuition. Maybe not while writing code, but I find intuition very powerful when reading, reviewing, and refactoring code. This is
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I sort of assumed this would be discordian up front, just from the title. I guess it isn't a joke, but going into it assuming it is one puts an odd spin on the whole thing. All that marketing, buzzwordy talk just reads too well as hu
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I was introduced to Fossil through a previous HN post and I love it. For smaller personal projects, it's the best. I like that I can just put the repo file into Dropbox and then have my project's tickets, documentation, and code a
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I just saw this the other day while researching card ui concepts for an idea I was formulating. On the one hand, I'm very excited about how easy it will be to make a card ui with this. On the other hand, I was kind of sad that I'm
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I must admit a certain trepidation anytime I hear the phrase, "and replace it with a constraint solver!" Not that they aren't useful and powerful tools. That's exactly the problem, they're very powerful tools. I&#x
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
The physics and engineering of light are not something I'm very knowledgeable about, so forgive me if this is naive. Couldn't you reduce the latency further by running the x and y scans in parallel, and using something (e.g. diff
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I feel like someone should develop and market the "I Ching" and the "Tao te Ching" as a development methodology. It could attain the same cultural position that "The Art of War" enjoys in business. > Chapte
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
Hah! That's fantastic, I'm tempted to play around with it just for the C64 inspired editor. Brings back memories of copying game code out of magazines into that blue on blue screen.
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
You ever look at Text Adept? ( http://foicica.com/textadept/ ) It's basically emacs written in Lua. It is, unsurprisingly, a pretty good Lua editor. Always seemed like a cool project, but I always end up back with
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
> we don’t have a plural form for peace Alliance, treaty, federation, united, concordate, joint, organization... And that's just the large scale things that get names. There's also friendships, marriages, corporations, cooperat
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
Neat, my right ankle has also done that for years, but on the top of the upstroke! It's done it for years, though lately my left ankle also does it. (I'm 30) once again the internet brings together the mutants that once believed
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I've had a few bad experiences with KS but as someone whose been using it since very early on, I'm generally pleased with it. KS launched in April 2009 and my first backing was in December 2009. Since then, I've backed 75 pr
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I have Stylish installed on Firefox. Then I click the "Find styles for this site" menu item, download the "Hacker News Solarized (Dark)" theme, and enjoy high contrast YC on all my devices. Takes a few minutes at most,
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
This is an awesome idea! I had been thinking last week about how to build a distributed package manager, and a platform for running scripts attached to the package was an idea for later. So neat to see a distributed app platform, but odd h
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by CodexArcanum 11y ago
I would phrase the 3 tradeoffs as Understandable (readability), Reusable (abstraction), and Malleable (hackability). The article tries to demonstrate that: U+M = a short script is easy to understand and can be quickly modified in small way
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by CodexArcanum 12y ago
I love finding new things to do with Org-Mode, and this is a great tool to add in my kit. Though it did take a little while to get the exports working on Windows. Thanks for the write up. Plus, bonus intro to Org-Page, which I'll to tr
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by CodexArcanum 12y ago
I didn't mean to imply that there was a hard line between railroading and complete freedom. The best games are probably a blend of both, offering some controlled story experiences and some freedom to explore and discover. Perhaps unsur
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by CodexArcanum 12y ago
I do really enjoy Fiasco! Lots of fun, and pretty easy to get "non-roleplayers" into as well. I also enjoy running just about any game though. With practice and the right preparation, a GM can riff off what the players are doing i
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by CodexArcanum 12y ago
I've tried to play Vogel's games lately (I own them all on steam) but I just don't have the time and focus like I used to for enjoying them. It makes me sad. I played the Exile series over a few years in high school, long hou
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by CodexArcanum 12y ago
> I think a lot of game designers are so tight-assed and want everything to be so balanced and so super under control — I think that’s a bad instinct. We’re making games. We should allow them to go crazy sometimes. This is something I no