anthonyb

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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   That attitude leads to devaluing software, followed by bugs, a legacy codebase and not being able to extend your software when your competitors catch up. Programs and the problems that they solve are intertwined. You can't easily separate
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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   I think you're being a bit free with the metaphors here. A blueprint isn't a finished deliverable if you want something that you can actually use. Code, on the other hand, mixes design and building - if you delete the code, what are you lef
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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   You're both arguing opposite ends of the same thing. Good abstractions are more work for the implementer, and less work for the developer using it. The phrase you're looking for is "Conservation of complexity" :)
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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   Good programmers hate programming? That's an over generalisation if ever I've heard one. To be a good programmer, among other things, you need to love good code, and hate bad code. Good code is short, neat and to the point, is well tested a
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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   For your next lot of tables, you might want to consider rounding the table tops slightly too. That way they don't dig into your wrists quite so much - plus they'll match the legs.
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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   Actual desk tops are much more expensive, around 2x the price for an equivalent area: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/wor... I'm not sure about the whole rounding the legs off thing, but if you're going to make 20
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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   Sent. Well, it looks like a standard PR puff piece to me - I'm not sure (from that article plus looking at geekli.st) exactly what the draw is, other than publishing stuff on the web? I can do that on my own site. Plus your design kinda suc
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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   er, being the "MySpace of <X>" is not supposed to be a compliment...
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   by anthonyb 14y ago

   At this point it's top of page 3. Normally when mods kill it, it just disappears. I suspect in this case the overt marketing and reubenelli's whiny, entitled tone are encouraging people to flag it. It's only at 8 points, so I doubt it takes
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    I think you seriously misread that post.
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Thanks for the bug report on the paths. I was relying on os.path to generate the urls, which obviously doesn't work on Windows or Mac. The rest of your issues seem to be with the template - you're free to develop your own if you don't like
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    "inexcusable"? Your sense of entitlement is underwhelming.
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Not to mention "leptons"
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Nope, it's a static site generator, but about an order of magnitude simpler than anything else that I can find online. See my other post for the link, or check my submission history.
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Here's the submission in question: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4141253
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Until you need to borrow money for a car or a house...
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Is this where I point out that this happens all the time, even on HN? And you very rarely hear about it? One of my submissions got flagged by the mods last night, I'm assuming purely because my project is called "Shithead". (Am I going to c
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Well, it got killed off the front page by the mods at some point, probably for that exact reason. You can sleep easier tonight.
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Interesting, but you might get better mileage out of a teensy arduino ( http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/ ) a tin, and some proper foot switches.
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Because they're too complicated! If I want to get started with them, or extend them, there's a large learning curve. For example, take a look at https://github.com/lakshmivyas/hyde/blob/master/hydeengine/f... or https://github.com/borism
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    Show HN: My static blog/site generator: "Shithead"(teh.oarsum.com)

    13 points by anthonyb 14y ago|11 comments
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    I think the circumstances around the case make it anything but prosaic.
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    > What is more likely is that there is an underlying reason for the PR people and others to believe it. You're making the same mistake that the PR guy made ( Obviously women don't play games, therefore it's an understandable mistake)
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    The thing is, you're perpetuating the myth too. "Those poor PR people, how were they supposed to know that a chick plays video games?"
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Or, you know, just use regular links. That part of the site isn't a web app, it's just a regular web page. Why make things more complicated than they have to be? edit: Particularly when I just tried it at home in Chrome, and it ended up at
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Specifically, the IBM PC.
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    She probably would, at the next booth. And the next, and the next[1]. At what point are you going to stop blaming her for other people's idiocy? btw, it's "Cui bono" - the literal translation being "who benefits"? [1] - Actually, it did, if
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    There's a simple rule of thumb: Would she have gotten the same treatment if she were a guy? If not, then calling shenanigans is the right response.
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Yep, Firefox 3.6.24. The most up to date one on the version of Linux that I'm using at work. I'm not sure why you/backbone need to rewrite the URL though - surely a vanilla page would work just as well? I understand compliance, allergies et
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    by anthonyb 14y ago

    Ha ha - on that sheet, the cover is listed as a "VaporMg Case". Well, at least they're honest...