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by courtewing 14y ago
As a programmer that suffers from RSI-related wrist issues at only 26, all I can think of when I see all of these workspaces is "how on earth are all of these people still able to move their hands?" Most, if not all of them look like they'
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by courtewing 14y ago
There is a response from a marketing guy from GoToMeeting in the comments of this article. I couldn't readily find a way to link to the comment, so I'll post it here for anyone that doesn't want to go hunting: "Hi, this is Andrew from the
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by courtewing 14y ago
I believe I saw a link in the comment of another light table submission that had Chris Granger saying they'd "probably" be implementing python one way or another. I could have also imagined the whole thing, so while that may serve to answer
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by courtewing 14y ago
This comment isn't really hacker related, but it is related to this bundle: For anyone that likes playing games but doesn't really follow them, I highly recommend taking a look at both Amnesia: The Dark Descent and LIMBO. Both are availabl
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by courtewing 14y ago
Being the 48th most commonly used word in US English is a little misleading in this case, though. Verbs such as "get", common as they are, are rarely used to begin a thought.
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by courtewing 14y ago
I think this is a mighty clever app; I'm not really sure why there are so many negative comments. It would be nice if the url changed with the sample combinations though. It looks like you can record a chunk of the sound and share that, bu
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by courtewing 14y ago
I'd say this in the original article's comments, but apparently it does not allow anonymous comments: I found this article to be really inspiring. I guess I can see how some people may think Chris is just stroking his own ego, but I did no
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by courtewing 14y ago
FYI: The default resolution a 27" thunderbolt display is 2560x1440. If you're interested in supporting a lot of different resolutions, you may consider starting there and scaling down.
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Meteor team discusses the release; announces "big" license update on Friday
2 points by courtewing 15y ago|0 comments
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by courtewing 15y ago
This might be true for some, but there are plenty of reasons why someone may be completely satisfied with their work while also wanting to program extensively in their free time. Anecdotally, I find that I program the most in my freetime wh
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by courtewing 15y ago
Interesting point, and I do hope that no one ever takes one of my opinions as an objective truth. That said, I do feel strongly that if the only benefit you can name about writing code in one particular manner is that it is aesthetically p
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by courtewing 15y ago
I agree with you to a certain extent, but I do think it is important to distinguish between those that think that they should just use a semi-colon and those that seek to disrespect a standard. In my case, and I've seen this sentiment expre
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by courtewing 15y ago
I am not sure, but that would make sense.
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by courtewing 15y ago
After re-reading your comment and the one to which it replied, I see that you are correct. My reply was not in the wrong tree but rather based on an incorrect assumption. Pardon my ignorance, but what "exploitation" is being discussed here
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by courtewing 15y ago
This is a sentiment that I see frequently on HN, and I'm not exactly sure why. I was a "questionably" contracted employee for awhile, and I never once felt exploited by the company, and I'm confident that they never felt that they were exp
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by courtewing 15y ago
This is interesting and surprising to me. I wonder how, for example, Comcast manages this. Comcast has a huge independent contractor network that they use to subsidize their full-time on-site tech support. All of those contractors wear Co
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by courtewing 15y ago
It was refreshing to see how receptive he was to that feedback, though. Based on his responses, it seems like he is going to take an active look at how he handles employment status. It by no means signifies a guaranteed success, but it is d
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by courtewing 15y ago
I am ecstatic to see that some node.js frameworks are trying to move toward being aggregations of standalone modules rather than growing into monolithic coupled frameworks. Monolithic frameworks are plentiful in the PHP community, but recen
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by courtewing 15y ago
I think that is a valid concern, but it doesn't really apply to all apps. As one example, for a lot of businesses, the value is not so much in the app itself but in the data the app interacts with. In those cases, giving your competitors t
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by courtewing 15y ago
I think the technical infrastructure they've built to support Youtube, Google Search, and the rest of their products is a modern technological marvel, and that was designed 100% in-house as far as I know. I don't think they've developed a p
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by courtewing 15y ago
I don't think that is a fair assessment of the situation. While some people may be in a position where getting laid off from their job is a welcomed incentive to pursue bigger and better things, there are also those people that rely on tha
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by courtewing 15y ago
If you're not intimidated by a little C, I highly recommend "Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective"[1] by Bryant and O'Hallaron from Carnegie Mellon. It was personally recommended to me by a PhD student from CM when I inquired about
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by courtewing 15y ago
As the author of this blog post, let me just say that that is a sad (but not untrue) statement, my friend.
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by courtewing 15y ago
I could certainly be wrong, but I took it as different departments doing their own thing rather than some organized effort by the company as a whole.
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by courtewing 15y ago
Not that I have control over who upvotes this, but did I miss a memo or something?
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by courtewing 15y ago
Perhaps the fact that such links trend well on aggregators like hacker news and reddit as well as micro-blogs like twitter is evidence to the contrary. You may not, but a lot of people still find it fun (myself included).
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by courtewing 15y ago
You are correct. PHP arrays are actually just ordered maps, so "map-oriented programming" would be appropriate in PHP. However, there is no traditional array implementation in PHP, so calling it "map-oriented programming" within the conte
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Array-oriented Programming(epixa.com)
25 points by courtewing 15y ago|11 comments
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by courtewing 15y ago
Out of curiosity, why not link directly to the source rather than taking a screen shot?
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by courtewing 15y ago
I don't necessarily think Gatekeeper is a bad thing, but I worry about the impact if Apple were to make the default setting for Gatekeeper be Mac-store-only. Having the option to install other software would be great, but such a move would

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