aristoxenus

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by aristoxenus 17y ago
If it's not too specific (i.e. if any stiff cellophane in the dimensions of a roll of wrapping paper will do), I saw them selling another brand at the Target in Mountain View a few weeks ago.
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
Emphasis on "easy": even if it's just typo-fixing in your code or doing problems from week 1 of class, mundane/brainless tasks fine kindling for getting your brain chugging along for the bigger problems.
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
It's cool that you did this. Not sure that sort of focus works for me but at least you have it for you now ;) I do have one suggestion anyway: knowing how many tasks remain ahead might be cool. Like a progress bar, or an "i/N" counter.
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
grinich is actually a pretty well-regarded member of the HN community: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=grinich
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
It's very nice! An interface suggestion for you or Dan: make zoom in/out more discoverable. I've used other packages with this style of zoom interface, so I know there's precedent and some people will figure it out. But newcomers will be
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
I'd just throw in that if someone uses your code to try to reproduce what you've done, they may actually just be reproducing a bug -- or in the sinister case, reproducing a faked result. So a more general point in this whole discussion wou
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
Seconding the wish for smaller presentation -- think you're a bit below the sweet spot on the info-per-square-inch curve. I feel pretty hampered.
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
I can think of a number of advantages the NerdKit has with regards to certain niches (think linux vs. Mac, or linux from scratch vs. Ubuntu if you prefer), but here's one: marketed in a certain way, a NerdKit is something a non-techie paren
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
I think you've done a nice job of meeting a real gap in the product space. In ten years of watching this stuff (mostly from the sidelines -- anyone more involved please correct me if I'm wrong), I haven't seen much in the way of an all-in-
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
I wonder why you were voted down (not answering OP question to the letter?) -- that's one of the nicest references I've seen.
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
Some I like: " Keep cycled-away buffers open (preserving undo, " allowing buffer switch without write) set hidden " Facilities for handling pasting into vim, preserving " indentation of the pasted text. " This will make &#60
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
"I couldn't care less" is the literal way to state the sentiment, but it sounds weak and petulant compared to the idiom. There are multiple intonations that could potentially achieve the sarcastic effect, but the common one is just a flat
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
If you can find part-time employment on campus, you can work for a year and sit in on classes too. That way you can explore without the expense of making it official (most profs are cool with this). As long as you trust yourself not to sla
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
There are even laws on the books specifying the left lane as the "passing lane". There seems to be a recent trend in making these more strict, so I wonder what effect they're having. This guy seems to have an up-to-date catalogue (green i
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
SRI did also host the invention of the computer mouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_(computing)#Early_mice
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
I didn't read the NYTimes article, but the report itself claims to "Include only studies with random-assignment or controlled quasi-experimental designs". They go on to list some remaining caveats on page xvii, and I can think of one or tw
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
If any of what he said rings true to you, you might be interested in a Kinesis Advantage keyboard. All modifier keys are under your thumbs at all times, as are Enter, Space, and Backspace. Arrow keys are horizontally arranged under your t
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
Easy on those juices -- that much simple sugar can lead to a metabolic/alertness roller coaster, if not weight problems.
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
I'd put this a little more strongly: assuming what has been reported is true, Apple should step up and wield the power it has in this situation to strongly denounce and penalize Foxconn.
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
Funny: after a couple minutes of watching that feed for both spellings, the "Micheal" one is actually a lot more active. And indeed if you look at the "hot topic" list, the wrong spelling is winning ;)
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
Maybe it depends on how old you are: to some of us, this guy dying is almost like Earth being hit by an asteroid. He's deep in the psyche of a lot of people on this planet, and it sortof transcends "topics".
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
You probably figured this out already, but living a little bit out of town (along the peninsula for example) can cut your rent by 40%, which would be more than the caltrain/bart fare to get you into town every day. Depending on your motivat
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
Gives you an opportunity to practice another buddhist/zen concept: letting go
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
The placing of the common modifier keys under your thumbs is great on this keyboard. I think it has a lot of design features I'm not even conscious of (the thing is just so fast and comfortable), but another of my favorites is how little f
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
I spent a couple of months with a Twiddler, and while there was something satisfying about learning a new typing-language, it ended up hurting my hands more (I would switch off hands). It could have been just the shape of my hand, but it p
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by aristoxenus 17y ago
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