artagnon

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   Talking to God(fullmoon.nu)

   156 points by artagnon 17y ago|102 comments
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   by artagnon 17y ago

   I can totally relate to that. That's EXACTLY why you should start immediately. To overcome perfectionism.
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   by artagnon 17y ago

   Agreed. My point is simple- throwing web standards out of the window is no solution. It serves as a guideline (or "documentation") for both programmers writing browsers, and authors writing web pages. I'm not asking for strict adherence, ju
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   by artagnon 17y ago

   That's the whole point of web standards. To document this `whatever` minus the extra features offered by some browsers plus the features the IE team were too incompetent to write.
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   by artagnon 17y ago

   Yes. Because: 1. People have told me that they've found it useful. Even if I don't post very often, I won't take it down. 2. I get to improve my English and communication skills. Writing forces you to express yourself clearly and succinctly
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   by artagnon 17y ago

   I certainly don't mean DRM. I'm asking for clarity of license, not some daft enforcement "solution" that prevents users from listening to their own music. And no, I'm not asking for a universal format for all music.
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   by artagnon 17y ago

   What the world really needs is a very smart licensing/ distribution mechanism for digital music.
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   by artagnon 17y ago

   293 separate HTML pages! This is a relic.
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   by artagnon 17y ago

   The difference is quite simple. Microsoft started off with an unpopular operating system, and forced it down users' throats by tying up with the hardware manufacturers. Users don't have much of a choice in the matter. I think they lost cont
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    The Museum of Unworkable Devices(lhup.edu)

    4 points by artagnon 17y ago|0 comments
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Exactly. The trick is in realizing that gravity affects everything, including light, and not just physical objects as intuition might suggest. See also: The Museum of Unworkable Devices [ http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/unwork.htm ]
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    Periodic Table of World Internet Facts(appfrica.net)

    1 points by artagnon 17y ago|0 comments
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    I don't understand packing heuristics either, and no, you don't need to understand it to be good at Git. What you do need to understand: what commit objects really are, and how they're connected to each other. This should cover branches, ta
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Yeah, I liked this one too! See also gitcore-tutorial (7)
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    You've given quite a high-level overview. Although it shows the advantages of branching and merging, re-writing history is where Git really shines. > Unfortunately, I have not found a way to make --no-ff the default behaviour of git mer
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Yet another Git tutorial. I've found that it's impossible to master Git by treating it like a black box- one _must_ understand how it works to truly understand it.
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    I completely disagree. Do you really think the most successful open-source products like the Linux kernel, Apache, and Firefox are "Try before you buy"? As far as these three examples are concerned, there is nothing to buy after "trying" it
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Agreed. RedHat doesn't make that much money either. I picked it because it’s been around for some time, it’s popular, and because its business model is well-documented.
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Yes. This is one of the main ways to make money. Another way is being purely service-based like RedHat.
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    Is Open Source really Sustainable?(artagnon.com)

    10 points by artagnon 17y ago|13 comments
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    I don't see what's wrong with it either. It's a pleasant surprise. They shouldn't go overboard with these things, that's all.
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    "How the Mind Works" by Steven Pinker is a fantastic take on this topic.
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    The Turing Test: Transcripts of the best attempts(loebner.net)

    8 points by artagnon 17y ago|9 comments
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Office/ Groupware (Microsoft Exchange, Outlook) AND their development tool chain. Visual Studio with its fantastic compiler and debugger kicks GCC + GDB in the arse.
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Brilliant! Made me laugh :) I especially like "What was Microsoft Office" and TechCrunch's post.
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    1. The death of x86, as we know it- x86 emulation for historical reasons. One of CPU/ GPU will have to beat the other. 2. The rise of mainstream functional programming. 3. By 2020, Chrome and Firefox each have 35% market share. Internet Exp
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Agreed. Many of the examples you've cited seem to be niche/ boutique companies. I suppose there aren't too many organizations the size of RedHat relying on the pure-service model.
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Thanks! I've updated the article now :)
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    Modern Thoughts on Open Source(artagnon.com)

    22 points by artagnon 17y ago|9 comments
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    by artagnon 17y ago

    Extremely useful when your firewall doesn't allow direct SSH access. It doesn't work with stuff like Git though, which require publickey/ privatekey authentication.