Johngibb

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   by Johngibb 16y ago

   Apologize if you realized this, but I think it's just a pun about his company called 'NeXT'
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   by Johngibb 16y ago

   I left my job after 3.5 years back in December. Leading up to giving my notice was the most stressful time in my career. Then, after 15 minutes of a professional conversation (and then 3 hours of friendly chit chat about starting my own com
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   by Johngibb 16y ago

   Delta guitar policy clickable: http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/baggage/special_bagga...
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   Ask HN: Tips for flying with a guitar?

   1 points by Johngibb 16y ago|2 comments
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   by Johngibb 16y ago

   I recently came across a quote that I really liked: "As if you can kill time without injuring eternity"
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   by Johngibb 16y ago

   Ive tried the repeat someones name trick, but it's always felt forced and made me feel like a car salesman. Have you ever gotten a negative reaction?
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   by Johngibb 16y ago

   Did anyone else accidentally parse (= more fun) as a strange prefix notation way of saying "more relationships = fun?" If not, I apologize in advance for my insanity. ;)
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   by Johngibb 16y ago

   Unfortunate bug: if you hit encrypted.google.com on an iPhone, you're redirected to the unencrypted mobile version of the site... Not good!
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   by Johngibb 16y ago

   I think there are a few factors that contribute to this apparent trend. There have been a string of products that users love- creating a vocal and emotional group of commenters. At the same time, there's a lot of well intended criticism by
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I'd think they'd begin transitioning to a higher level language now that there are many options available. It's gotta be a burden at this point to be (1) maintaining their own web server and (2) developing new features in C++. I'd way rathe
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I should have phrased it differently as I have no familiarity with their margins. I just meant that I'm sure they priced it with future book sale revenue in mind.
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    While it's a great deal for the end user, Barnes and Noble may be selling them at a loss (or at least a very small profit) with the expectation of making up the difference with book sales. They probably don't stand to benefit from having th
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    "sleep is important" is a lot different than "8+ hours of sleep is important." I'd agree with the former, but agree that the latter is dependent on the individual. Anecdotally, I definitely agree that oversleeping makes meore groggy.
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I find it way easier to visualize a diff in a gui. That's primarily what GitX brings to the party. For almost any feature other than git log and git commit, you still need to hit the CLI. (I DO think this means there's a great deal of poten
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    In my experience, with modern versions of windows, support is a wash for technical users. I used a windows 2k3/2k8 machine every day for 3.5 years at the same company developing software, and never had a support issue with it. On the other
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    They can do better than this
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    This doesn't sound like a bad thing, as an app will likely need to be updated when the framework changes.
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    Android vs iPhone?
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I've used $this before
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I think it's at least reasonable to concede that it's possible that Apple does more good in empowering not-so-tech-savvy-individuals than it would in donating money to charities. As a case-in-point, my girlfriend and I recently gave her old
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I totally agree with this post. Charity does not only come in the form of monetary donations...
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I didn't mean funny as in 'haha'. I guess 'notable' would have been a better choice.
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I agree. I've been following him for a long time (before he quit his day job!), and he is absolutely a great writer. Daringfireball, along with HN, are truly my only daily reads. However, while I think he's generally spot on with his Apple
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I'd love to hear any suggestions you guys may have for this extension. One idea I was kicking around, is to not show the *NEW marker the very first time you visit a thread, since everything is new at that point. Any opinions?
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    Kind of funny that iPad 2 directly addresses both of your complaints: performance, and the new case which seems to make a pretty good stand.
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    Show HN: Chrome Extension Shows Unread Comments(johnfgibb.com)

    1 points by Johngibb 16y ago|1 comments
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    Honestly, I had a similar first impression. But as I used it more, and saw iPad-specific apps begin to appear, it really is it's own device. If anything, the iPhone is a smaller, less functional clone of the iPad.
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    I was thinking of making this a little more general purpose (instead of being rails specific), as this could be a useful resource for other technologies as well. Maybe each technology could get a top level url? Like whatever.com/rails and w
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    That's a good idea - I'll add a separate section when I get a chance. It'll let me separate links to specific articles vs links to a general purpose resource. But for now... Gotta keep working on hooking up Facebook OAuth2 to my current pro
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    by Johngibb 16y ago

    P.S. I use this every day, so it's likely to stay up to date!