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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   I am using Kinesis Advantage for three years. Got one after initial symptoms of 'something is going on with my palm bones' and it is the best ergonomic investment I ever did. It is extremely good keyboard, especially 'LF&#x27
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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   Glory days, can't not smile when I remember tech decades old. I still have two buckling spring Model M keyboards and they are really made to last. Oh and bought them when they were new and selling, that's how ancient I am. I reall
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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   War is not so subtle any more. Lack of web browser on apple tv. Content blockers on iOS 9. Exclusive content. Makes me want to join ad company and help the fight on their side, just because. Fscked I know.
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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   Thanks for your kind words. Sorry to hear that you can't try it out immediately. Among other things it was an exercise in writing Swift code and Swift requires 10.9 as minimum. We would like to support few older OS versions but Apple s
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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   Hi mangeletti. Colleague of mine uses single crowded monitor, similar to what you are doing. He leaves Zen Timer in the background, occasionally glancing at tree growth to get an idea about time left. I prefer two monitors of course. Both a
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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   Please do contact us if this does not help: When you switch from or to windowless mode app window does not change position at all, it only becomes transparent or not. Zen Timer uses normal window so it has to be visible in Mission Control.
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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   Hi ApolloRising. We don't have menu bar item by design but it is easy to add if there is good reason to have one. We wanted to avoid people checking menu bar instead of working -- preferred way is to hide controls during work phase and
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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   Thanks binarymax! Yeah I can recognize the algorithm, very nice. We wanted something different from progress rings while doing pomodori. There is ton of things that can be added too, this is just a start. Always a careful tradeoff between r
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   by binaryapparatus 11y ago

   Hi jlemberg. That's one nice demo and we seem to share algorithm at its root. <- yeah.
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    by binaryapparatus 11y ago

    Thanks. You got us there and you are completely right. Truth is we at SmartCodeHQ are complete suckers when dramatic video shows up. What can I say, this was one of the examples we looked at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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    by binaryapparatus 11y ago

    Thanks. I didn't know about that app before. It seems they are using prefabricated graphics vs algorithm and drawing that we do. Looks like nice app.
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    by binaryapparatus 11y ago

    Thanks. We have spend lots of time balancing between very rudimentary and over-designed trees. We think this is the right balance but we listen what people have to say.
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    by binaryapparatus 11y ago

    Hi, Zen Timer developer here. We do have plans to introduce new algorithms and leaf shapes over time. It is very easy to customize app as it is but with introduction of more different algorithms tree shape will be even more unique. Right no
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    Show HN: Zen Timer – Mac app using Bézier paths to draw a tree(smartcodehq.com)

    33 points by binaryapparatus 11y ago|25 comments
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    > Or alternatively, any company that demonstrates this kind of thinking is only interested in people not as cynical as you. Very possible, I don't hide my despise toward meaningless evaluating and team building techniques. If you ar
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    Three. If they are talking to me half of their problems is already solved, whether they know it or not. Need dancers? Hire dancers and don't waste my time then...
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    Any company that demonstrates this kind of thinking is actually only interested in drones willing to follow whatever orders are at the table. "We don't know what data we're getting but it is interesting"? Dance my minion
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    I have great respect for Matt but I am very cautious about accepting articles like this as they are. Main problem is what do we count as work? High quality output or do we count research phases too? In my experience, working at home and hon
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    Some issues here too. Can't temporarily show address bar and I need it to access lastpass, there is weird horizontal line near the top etc. How did you revert back? Is there some interface option or I have to dig out old download?
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    I see this as related and it is less than a month old: http://www.muktware.com/2014/04/linus-torvalds-happy-systemd... https://plus.google.com/u/0/+TheodoreTso/posts/K7ijdmxJ8PF
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    Then let me try to explain again: Switching to systemd broke _my_ entire Arch _experience_. Before systemd I knew exactly what gets executed, when and why -- which is exact reason why I switched to Arch many years ago. I don't know the
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    For me, systemd broke beautiful Arch setup into some monstrosity. That's not what Arch was or at least what it was for me. I do (rarely) install Linux on some new PC but I think I stopped installing Arch after this changes. I mean what
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    Google is working on end-to-end encryption for Gmail(theverge.com)

    6 points by binaryapparatus 12y ago|0 comments
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    While most of us just talk, this guys actually did something of great importance. Hell yeah they have all the rights to step on some toes and make fun as they see fit. I'd always salute doing stuff vs being politically correct.
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    Phew. Thanks guys. I am not in US, not even in proper Europe, so I was wondering if this is somewhat common for 'startups'. Comments (edit: comments here on HN) say the right thing. 'Share my enthusiasm but not my profit&#x27
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    There is no way in hell I could be accidentally misquoted and misunderstood, three out of three 'arguments' in single post. Yeah, let's pretend that I have no idea what I am talking about -- much easier than acknowledging any
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    Exactly. I'd like to see 'new' email protocol built built on non-optional foundations. When we use http over SSL/TLS, browser either shows padlock icon or does not show padlock icon. While implementation has its occasion
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    The way I see it, SMTP protocol and email formats are root of the problem. Yes, they are great in connecting all kinds of devices and making communication easy. But they belong to times when one could write a postcard (text on the outside)
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    by binaryapparatus 12y ago

    Email is fundamentally flawed, or better put it is not up to challenges of time. While I am reading this ars articles with great interest and was toying with the idea of rolling my own email server, series size and complexity serve as a bes