Johngibb

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Simple Blogging via Git Push
1 points by Johngibb 14y ago|2 comments
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Well put. I'm following now, and I agree. I still maintain that it's pointless to lash out at the snarky commenters... If they ARE being snarky, lashing out isn't going to help, and if they aren't, we'll risk alienating to genuine commenter
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I honestly don't believe it's fair to not interpret the maybes as name calling. Even so, the "But you ... represent one of the worst forces at work in the world" cannot possibly be defended as not a personal attack. Come on! I would not say
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I understand, and this helps me resolve a contradiction of understanding I've had for a while. I always thought of the sardonic saying "I want to be different, just like everyone else." I get it though - the idea is to still identify with a
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Exactly. It didn't seem like ridiculing, and it was certainly a thought I had as well: is the app viable as a spreadsheet without formulas? I think it is - I like the concept, agree that people use spreadsheet for far more than calculations
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by Johngibb 14y ago
You really don't think pg's comment was meant to hurt feelings? This is pretty freaking harsh, and I imagine would trigger a feeling of defensiveness in almost anyone: "Maybe you think you're making some sort of important point here. Or may
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Maybe you're reading way too much into their comment, and unfairly jumping into a judgement? I didn't sense the same feeling of ridicule. If the founders are on here, how did you take it? I interpreted it his question as genuinely wondering
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Off topic, but I find it puzzling that there's basically a handbook for a subculture trying to be different. It seems like a logical impossibility for a subculture to actually be unique and different, when there's essentially a dress code (
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by Johngibb 14y ago
You'd only have to type in the password for an email you don't care about from the unsecured computer, as long as you knew ahead of time to forward the things you needed to print from the library computer. The web server method seems a litt
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I think having a second gmail address just for emailin yourself files for public computers might work for you. Keep your personal email safe, and forward what you need to the other address. It's a good compromise. Don't underestimate how vu
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Well, let's not say "never" going to happen... I'd like to think that _someday_ gigabit internet will be the norm. :)
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Jesus, I just got like 2 dozen texts all at once before #pause worked. Thanks, I love paying for my texts. It should NOT start until you text #play, as it seemed like it would.
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I can use it at 2880x1800 when I'm sitting down at a table and can sit still close to it, but it's too small for casual use. I've mostly been using 1920x1200. It is impressive though!
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I just got one last night. I am overall very impressed, although I agree that it really is jarring to hit an app that's not designed for Retina. Have you tried running the native resolution? It gives you tons of real estate and avoids the r
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Hey, looks great! Not sure if you've seen this, but here's something similar I've used in the past: http://www.joesgoals.com/ P.S. Typo on FAQs: 'desgned' should be 'designed'
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Thanks so much for the reply. Think I'll be getting one soon!
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Working with pointers in C or C++ is a decidedly lower level construct that Lisp. Not to make any sort of value judgement between the two languages - but with a c pointer, you are accessing a very specific point in memory. If you're pointin
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Where's the attitude and negativity coming from? Far from being "heretohelp", you're being unconstructive and frankly, a dick.
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I saw an nginx error page one of the times I hit the homepage, fwiw
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I'm considering buying a Retina MacBook. Can anyone that has one confirm that this works, and comment on what it's like?
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Run MacBook Retina at Native Resolution(osxdaily.com)
4 points by Johngibb 14y ago|4 comments
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Much appreciated... I thought my comment was in the spirit of the relentless pursuit of factual accuracy for which we come to HN - regardless of the trivialness of the fact... :)
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Psh - it's my only "n" site. CMD + T, n, Enter.
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I think that people are way overreacting to these ads. They're not great - I don't like them. I didn't like Mac vs. PC ads either. Apple has made mistakes while Steve Jobs was there too. Think of the cube, of antennagate, of all the cracks
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I definitely find this topic interesting and have a hard time remembering all my passwords, but I'm not fan of this solution. Honestly, how isn't this just a worse implementation of OAuth? It seems equivalent to clicking a "login via gmail"
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I agree. This makes iMessage so frustrating, as I've got two threads with a lot of people - one associated with my phone number (started on my phone) and another associated with my email (started on my iPad).
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I know where you're coming from, but I'd like to present a counterpoint based on a potential misunderstanding. On the one hand, repetition expressed as writing the same code over and over again smells of poor engineering. Abstraction, code
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I think the known crappy app the commenter was referring to was the Gmail iPhone app, not Gmail in general. The app isn't nearly as good as Sparrow.
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I'd also suggest that you add some margin to your bullets - as it stands now the bullet is further left than the text, and then the text lines up with adjoining paragraphs. I think it would look better if the _bullets_ lined up with the oth
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I'm curious - I've always felt that VitaminWater was a little misleading with the amount of sugar in them (deceptively labeled crystalline fructose), but, as the founder, you seem like a pretty genuine person so I'd love to give you the ben

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