aaronharnly

61 ms·

601.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
But was this built by a couple of guys sneaking into the building after their contract expired? If not, it's merely serviceable.
602.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
This story is, in one sense, the antidote to the "Don't Call Yourself a Programmer" article. These guys were programmers. They programmed because they liked to program, not to add business value.
603.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
I like the 'no save/sync' concept! And the combined signup/registration is extremely simple and friendly. Some points that could be improved, most of which I'm sure you're aware of and have on your roadmap: * It's Flash. Not so friendly to
604.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
Certainly interesting. How does it (or could it be extended to) handle these common scenarios, I wonder? * reusing common elements on different pages * iteration
605.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
Commenter Nick Carr makes an excellent point, which, if you'll forgive me, I will copy-and-paste: While I think there is, at a mechanical level, a clear parallel between the two practices, at an intellectual level they could hardly be more
606.
Two Paths For The Future of Text: The Glass Box and the Commonplace Book(stevenberlinjohnson.com)
1 points by aaronharnly 15y ago|1 comments
607.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
Interesting link, thanks. I remember some worry about the "diagonal movement" issue during the OS X transition, e.g. in Siracusa's DP2 review: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/1999/12/macos-x-dp2.ars... I hadn't realized that while th
608.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
Buying computers is much more interesting than a man's freedom!
609.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
They seem to be access tags , not just arbitrary tags. I interpret it as item-level ACLs, something like row-level security in SQL databases.
610.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
Incidentally, on a Mac, this will give you your number of cores, along with other handy stuff: system_profiler SPHardwareDataType Hardware: Hardware Overview: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1
611.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
So, software invented on the NeXT includes Doom and the World Wide Web? Not bad for a failed platform.
612.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
The fact that random peoples' posts on Google+ show up as 'google.com' here and elsewhere is not good for Google's ownership of its messaging. On the other hand, their use of the blogspot.com domain for official news suggests they don't car
613.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
Thirded – remarkable, loving, yet fierce documentary. A real favorite.
614.
by aaronharnly 15y ago
ARC is touted on this public page: https://developer.apple.com/technologies/ios5