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by alexkay 17y ago
If you are not comfortable closing the source code then don't. Leave it open, publish only the master branch, sell the binaries. You will be charging for the installers and branch management / stabilisation. Those who want your software for
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Dispatches from the Iranian cyberfront(esr.ibiblio.org)
5 points by alexkay 17y ago|0 comments
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by alexkay 17y ago
Das Keyboard is a great (albeit a bit expensive) replica of Model-M, it's even available in a key-less design: http://www.daskeyboard.com/
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by alexkay 17y ago
> Firearms can't be overwhelming combat weapons until U.S. civil war Right, Napoleonic wars were fought with bows and spears :/
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by alexkay 17y ago
The other earlier submission has been deleted and I'm being downmodded. Fair enough, I guess I won't be reporting duplicates any more.
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by alexkay 17y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=620089
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by alexkay 17y ago
> I am always astounded by those who don't have very good "people skills." Perhaps they don't have "the skills" because they don't think they need them. Spending 10 minutes of one's life chit-chatting with a complete stranger feels like
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The Web Browser Address Bar is the New Command Line(codinghorror.com)
7 points by alexkay 17y ago|6 comments
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by alexkay 18y ago
I use my own domains and Gmail through Google Apps. I also backup frequently with an IMAP fetcher. This setup gives me the best web mail client without vendor lock in, I can switch to my own server any time I want and keep all email address
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by alexkay 18y ago
Booken's Cybook [1] has all these features except for the first one, it's screen is just 6". Nevertheless, it's a great sexy-looking reader. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybook
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by alexkay 18y ago
17/20, non-native English speaker. I failed 3 question from the first batch because I've never seen these words before. The other questions are just too easy. Come on, their and there? :-\
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by alexkay 18y ago
http://stackoverflow.com/ is a good place for this kind of questions.
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by alexkay 18y ago
Wink is great! The only downside is that it cannot produce mp4 video files. To do that, you can use Jing Pro ($15) to capture the Wink screencast playing.
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by alexkay 18y ago
Looks good, thanks!
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by alexkay 18y ago
Thanks! In the comments I found this site which looks very close to what I was looking for: http://www.maplib.net/
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Ask HN: How Google Maps works?
6 points by alexkay 18y ago|5 comments
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by alexkay 18y ago
6 digits and still using it: 666778 ;-P
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by alexkay 18y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=432737
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HN Idea: Show links in questions after N upvotes
41 points by alexkay 18y ago|19 comments
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by alexkay 18y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=429028
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by alexkay 18y ago
Debugging is overrated, at least for Python. Have a clean codebase with a good test coverage and you will never miss the visual debugger.
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by alexkay 18y ago
Emacs FTW!
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by alexkay 18y ago
> it is possible that ... Possible, but not probable :)
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by alexkay 18y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=410140
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by alexkay 18y ago
I hate when this happens %)
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by alexkay 18y ago
It's probably your cache, try Ctrl-F5
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by alexkay 18y ago
Please bring back the orange header! Am I the only one whose eyes hurt when looking at the red one?
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by alexkay 18y ago
Well I guess it can be done easier. Currently, the only countries not using Celsius are United States and Belize. And you are already using GeoIP.
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Notifications, indicators and alerts (in Ubuntu)(markshuttleworth.com)
18 points by alexkay 18y ago|2 comments
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by alexkay 18y ago
I'm in Sydney, asking for weather in Sydney, I don't want to see temperature Fahrenheits. Other than that, a very nice idea and execution.

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