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by LVB 15y ago
I'm quite new to HN and am just getting a feel for what's posted here. I did, however, just read the HN Guidelines recently to help figure it out. First two sentences on what to submit: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. T
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by LVB 15y ago
...and let’s be honest, there’s an iPad market, not a tablet market. Please, phrase, go away. You're not profound anymore.
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by LVB 15y ago
I did appreciate the section about programmer skill and not to underestimate yourself too much, simply because it was a feel-good paragraph. By regularly reading a variety of tech blogs and trying to keep up with software goings-on, I've pu
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by LVB 15y ago
I'll just say that based only on reading his post, I'm 100% sure that Patrick wouldn't agree with your career advice.
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by LVB 15y ago
I found this somewhat uncomfortable to watch. I like Apple products, Steve Jobs is interesting, and I was bummed to hear when he got sick and of course when he died. But I didn't know him, and he definitely didn't know me. I bought product
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by LVB 15y ago
My "extracurricular" coding is at home, surrounded by a family, and the potential distraction aspect of not getting into the "zone" is near and dear to me. While I'd like to have a perceived endless block of time, I've learned to live witho
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by LVB 15y ago
The post covers material outside of Vim's help system (e.g. some Vim scripts that create new text objects), and provides a different presentation that might be helpful to someone learning the concept. I think that's valuable.
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by LVB 15y ago
If one person (even the author) learns one thing from any of those beginners guides, then it was worth it.
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by LVB 15y ago
And that goes for any profession. I was far more inspired to hear a recent NPR story about a welder at a local factory who's 90 and just celebrated his 65th year with the company. He likes going to work every day and keeps doing so. Far
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by LVB 15y ago
I agree about the short shrift Sublime Text 2 was given on 5by5. I'd expect that those hosts who are happy with BBEdit or whatever will sing their editor's praises, but it was more annoying that Marco's investigation of TextMate alternative
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by LVB 15y ago
The reason I switched from TextMate to Vim was simple: portability. I can keep my environments at work (Windows) and home (OSX) the same. Editors naturally prompt a deep investment in studying, plug-in finding, and muscle memory if you rea
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by LVB 15y ago
Lastly, the three month trial thing is, for me, a huge problem. Yup. Your hiring practice better be up to the task of bringing in the right people at the outset, because the top candidates aren't going to tolerate a trial period. Not in
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by LVB 15y ago
I generally agree with the final sentence: "If you choose a methodology without comparing it against alternatives, if you claim that it works all the time without evaluating the results, than you're not doing engineering - you're practicing
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by LVB 15y ago
For me it has zero to do with me wanting or not wanting to pay for TM2. I was simply put off by Marco's presumption to speak on behalf of everyone, "We will not hold you to it... Please let us give you more money." Had the post been just hi
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by LVB 15y ago
First, I like the site design a lot. It is visually appealing and simple to use and get signed up. Second, I probably wouldn't use this or a similar site. For truly "throwaway" email addresses, it's hard to beat Mailinator and its kind. Not
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by LVB 15y ago
I'll second the 5by5 network. Dan has created some great shows. In addition to those already listed, check out The Talk Show (w/John Gruber) and Hypercritical (w/John Siracusa). http://5by5.tv/talkshow http://5by5.tv/hypercritical