austinbirch

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   by austinbirch 14y ago

   I agree – anything from Rich Hickey. Especially "Persistent Data Structures"[1] and "Are We There Yet?"[2]. Though related to Clojure, they make you think about development in different ways. [1]: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Value-I
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   by austinbirch 14y ago

   +1, I was just on my way to suggest this also.
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   by austinbirch 15y ago

   Thanks a lot for the feedback, I really appreciate it. I should have probably made it clear that this is really only a little side project, with the aim being to make back the small amount it costs me to run. Sorry for the confusion. I want
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   Show HN: chessable - chess built with HTML5 Canvas. Any feedback?(chessable.co.uk)

   4 points by austinbirch 15y ago|2 comments
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   by austinbirch 15y ago

   Thanks for the heads up on the security warning, I had a similar problem before and thought I fixed it. I'll look into it again. I think making the whole player box a link would work great, so I'll get that done. Thanks for your feedback, A
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   Show HN: chessable, correspondence chess for modern devices

   1 points by austinbirch 15y ago|4 comments
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   by austinbirch 15y ago

   I'm talking more about the branding, you shouldn't really have to debrand your OS to make it user friendly.
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   by austinbirch 15y ago

   Not trying to be negative, as I haven't used elementary for any real amount of time yet, but: whenever I glance at the 'e' icon it reminds me of a negative action sign. Like a 'No right turn' road sign, or something similar. Not a problem o
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   by austinbirch 15y ago

   I'd quite like one too, thanks.
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    by austinbirch 15y ago

    You should definitely check out Rework by 37signals. Although not in-depth, it definitely makes you think about the value of some of the more traditional notions.
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    by austinbirch 15y ago

    I use Ubuntu on a Desktop PC, and package management really is a huge win. You pretty much say goodbye to those annoying "Next...Next...Next...Next...Finish." installers. Updating installed packages is generally pretty painless too.
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    My HTML5 Canvas game – before Multiplayer features(austinbirch.co.uk)

    2 points by austinbirch 15y ago|0 comments
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    by austinbirch 16y ago

    I don't think that's quite true. Android does provide you with a way of dealing with the varying resolutions, but I don't think it solves the problem perfectly. I think it takes a little longer to create cross-compatible assets than it woul
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    by austinbirch 16y ago

    I also use Linode, the London data centre. Very happy too.
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    by austinbirch 16y ago

    http://musicmenu.heroku.com/ I created and launched MusicMenu in the last few days of December, it's just a little weekend project. You design a three course menu of music for others to listen to.