Zancarius

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811.
by Zancarius 16y ago
I wish I were that clever. Unfortunately, I'm too honest to be clever. ;)
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by Zancarius 16y ago
What went through my mind as I read the submission and subsequently decided to write my own post was the realization of how much easier it is to say "this sucks, I hate it" than it is to say "thank you, I appreciate it." I also think it's i
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by Zancarius 16y ago
Mr. Graham, I think we all owe you a great deal of thanks for HN, and I certainly think that we may not share this sentiment enough. Thank you, Mr. Graham. Simplicity in design truly is elegance, and I feel that--sometimes--too much flash
814.
by Zancarius 17y ago
I think you're missing the OPs point. This is purely anecdotal, but I grew up in a military town. As a consequence, all of my peers and many of my friends were of mixed race, color, and creed. I don't recall segregating my friends based upo
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by Zancarius 17y ago
> I think you're confusing Trademark and Copyright. And I think you didn't read the OP's link: "Is registration of my mark required? No. You can establish rights in a mark based on legitimate use of the mark. However, owning a federal t
816.
by Zancarius 17y ago
> The one about pointers isn't so relevant unless you live in C but the others, sure. To be fair to the article's author, he does mention that understanding references is analogous to understanding pointers. They aren't the same thing (
817.
by Zancarius 17y ago
Regardless of whether Mr. Gruber is right or not, I think there is a very slight bit of irony if he is indeed correct. Microsoft has been pushing the xbox to game studios like crazy. In effect, that move alone might help in their decline; i
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by Zancarius 17y ago
I'm not so sure about Vista/Win7 but Windows XP's tweakui allows a primitive form of "focus follows mouse." It doesn't work exactly like I'm used to with other managers, but it also doesn't require loading additional software (well, beyond
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by Zancarius 17y ago
I question the validity of posting this to HN for the following reasons: 1) As mattyb points out, it was already submitted as a link to HN over a year ago. 2) It's a fairly old article. 3) Most hackers have already read this. Thoroughly. Co
820.
by Zancarius 17y ago
> But I still stand by saying that Feynman was more entertaining. I agree that Feynman is entertaining, and he's something of a legend. I do feel that Hawking is not just fascinating in his own right but he's AMAZINGLY inspirational. Gi
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by Zancarius 17y ago
I bet they would be more exciting if armed with a crowbar. :)
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by Zancarius 17y ago
> The problem is that for every evolving "rule", > you reduce (or have the potential to reduce) > the clarity of the message. -- I respectfully disagree. If we refused to accept colloquial usage of a word as valid, we would actu
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by Zancarius 17y ago
> I freaking hate prescriptive linguistics. I tend toward being a little picky about grammar, but this particular style guide is a bit ridiculous. So, I have to agree. Here's one that strikes me as odd: > Demographics: no, the word