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by avinashv 18y ago
That's quite an opinion you've thrown there. I run OS X and refuse to use anything but Vim--but I'm not going to try convince developers to switch. I think it's a little ridiculous (even though I'm sure it happens) to switch to an operati
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by avinashv 18y ago
I remember trying this editor out when I was looking for something good on Windows before I switched to using Vim. It was well thought-out; very TextMate-like. How does this not completely kill their business? Are they really expecting eve
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On Schooling, Part 1(avinashv.net)
3 points by avinashv 18y ago|0 comments
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by avinashv 18y ago
Much like some of the other Vim users who've commented here, all I can say is, "So what?" I don't know if I'd call this "power user". Unless I'm mistaken (going on replicating this functionality in Vim), any beginner with a bit of determi
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by avinashv 18y ago
I still prefer Gist (gist.github.com) for things like this--I like the fact that the code sticks around.
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by avinashv 18y ago
I enjoy Backgammon and Checkers, Scrabble and Monopoly. My current affair is with Rubik's Cubes, though--but that's not the exact question here.
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by avinashv 18y ago
No--not only are the faces fixed, but the orientation of the 12th corner and 8th edge are dependent on the previous 11th and 8th corner and edge respectively. The quoted number is known to be fairly standard amongst cubers. http://en.wiki
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by avinashv 18y ago
Very clever--it's a nice way to integrate fact-searching across many different websites. The interface is effective and doesn't get in the way. I like the branding you've created for yourself as well. The avatar of the Factobot incorpora
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by avinashv 18y ago
I've been following the show since the pilot, and have been extremely impressed that it has developed a following enough to warrant a second season. I was initially worried it would get killed mid-season like so many other great geeky/sc
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by avinashv 18y ago
re (2) I imagine he means that your application followed through shortened-URLs to see if they point through to the client's brand and monitor that--it comes up a lot in Twitter, for example.
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by avinashv 18y ago
That's probably because they can transmit in proper HD. Also the "liked" metric is just a way of favoriting--I'd assume any sponsor scouring the web for stuff like this would understand that.
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by avinashv 18y ago
It's quite a leap to say that students don't have to worry about paying for food or rent. I would go out on a limb and say millions of students do just that.
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by avinashv 18y ago
I say yes. You could flag all accounts registered with a .edu email address and send out a confirmation email at the start of traditional semesters--i.e., September and January. A graduate shouldn't have an email address by then. Once it
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Steve Jobs admits poor health(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by avinashv 18y ago|0 comments
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by avinashv 18y ago
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I wish I could "watch" threads for comments. I use a Wordpress plugin called WP-Footnotes ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-footnotes/ ) that handles everything. It has a few issues, namely
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by avinashv 18y ago
> You can drop a note to an acquisitions editor to see if any authors have refused their right to revise. I'm not really familiar with the lingo, but what is an acquisitions editor and/or where can I find one? There's several topics th
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by avinashv 18y ago
Where do you write for? Your own work, as a solo artist/band? Or for a soundtrack or something? This is something I've been wanting to get into and would love more information about.
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by avinashv 18y ago
Shovebox is exceptional--a killer app for my productivity with little scraps.
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by avinashv 18y ago
I prefer Transmission's UI for 1, 2 or 3 torrents, but any more than that and the window becomes cluttered. uTorrent is unparalleled in number-of-torrents to memory-footprint ratio (at least, in Windows).
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by avinashv 18y ago
I quote myself from the article: > While this seems to be a blueprint of what makes a perfect teacher, I prefer to think of it more as what made my most impressive teachers such great educators in every aspect. This wasn't, though it se
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On Teaching(avinashv.net)
5 points by avinashv 18y ago|4 comments
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by avinashv 18y ago
I hate to repeat what's been said already, but I think this is a different case: I applaud the effort of users like you who are preventing HN from becoming a cesspool, but this is beyond the average call of the good samaritan. Bravo. I am
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by avinashv 18y ago
Wow--it really surprised me how much I take for granted in interacting with a UI. The big piece of information for me was the placement of the buttons in Safari. Extremely interesting. The carrier in the images is T-Mobile; jailbroken iPh
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by avinashv 18y ago
Typo on http://futuretweets.com/account/signup/ : > No problem, changes are you already have an OpenID url. ...should probably have "chances". I dig the design.
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by avinashv 18y ago
Not quite--what you are doing is setting the font-size, and hence the 'em' to 10px. px and em are both independently relative to the font-size. There is nothing about the size of a pixel mentioned here. It would also be very naive to argu
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by avinashv 18y ago
Y here. I'd say that it was for me too.
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by avinashv 18y ago
I was going to list the usual suspects, but honestly, I don't think they are anything special. Yes, TextMate is cool, but I use MacVim. Quicksilver I use, but it's a glorified app launcher that has power features that I don't need. Spotl
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by avinashv 18y ago
That's not fair. I'm not a Slicehost--uh, Rackspace customer, but if I was, I have more than enough stuff in my newsreader that I wouldn't want to subscribe to their blog.
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Hacking Comcast's Motorola DVRs(avinashv.net)
2 points by avinashv 18y ago|0 comments
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by avinashv 18y ago
For those who don't want to sign up: bugmenot.com Brilliant article, thanks.

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