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by davesmylie 15y ago
This is exactly what I've been doing since the start of this year - though not for security, but for reliability. I just feel more comfortable knowing that all my developers will be running the exact same specified version of the gems as ev
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by davesmylie 15y ago
Pretty much inevitable that it's going to get hit with spam initially. This is still early days though, and given how effective google has been at dealing with spam in gmail, I suspect they have a good chance of having the smarts to be able
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by davesmylie 15y ago
Completely agree. By not allowing your wrists to take any stress, the muscles will get weaker, not stronger. Far better to take that money spent on wrist braces and buy a decent keyboard instead (<insert Kenesis Ergo plug here>). I
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by davesmylie 15y ago
I tried for years to give up an 8+ cup a day habit. The first few times after a few days of no coffee I would be literally falling asleep at my desk at work. Recently I went on a long vacation, and though I was drinking coffee, it was no wh
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by davesmylie 15y ago
I've seen many different reports comparing advantages (and disadvantages of dvorak vs qwerty, and (mostly) debunking the "dvorak is faster" myth. Personally though any supposed speed advantages/disadvantages aside, dvorak is simply more com
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by davesmylie 15y ago
For me, luckily, I started using dvorak not that long after I started using vim. (I'd been using vim on and off for a while, but not seriously). This meant that all the muscle memory that comes with being a vim user was learnt using the dvo
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by davesmylie 15y ago
I'm reading it right at the moment. It's a bit of struggle coming from a Oracle/Ruby background - particularly with some of the high level (for me) maths background required. I often think of working thru HTDP instead, but finishing SICP ha
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by davesmylie 15y ago
I use a Kenesis Ergo keyboard - super comfortable to use for long periods of typing, and great if you have any issues with (or concerns about getting) RSI. I bought one for work and liked it so much that I ended up getting one for use at ho
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by davesmylie 15y ago
Definitely. It is frustrating having to take time off actual productive work to have to learn something new, but the cost of not keeping up is (in the long run) much higher. I've just started a mini-project (encrypted webchat) pretty much a
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by davesmylie 15y ago
Nice teaser - I'm very much looking forward to this coming out! If you're wanting any beta readers, I'd be happy to volunteer =)
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by davesmylie 15y ago
Mine is definitely lisp (or currently ... scheme). After following along the with the whole "You should learn a new language every year" line of thinking for a few years, I realized most of the languages I was choosing were all fairly simil
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by davesmylie 15y ago
I'm planning on submitting my side project to these directories in a week or two (or three) hopefully. (I just have a few more bugs to iron out first =). Any chance of a follow-up post in a week or so letting us know how you get on - wheth
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by davesmylie 15y ago
Just out of curiosity . . . what is the url for your app? (Not that hacker news is a app directory, but if you post the url, I'll be checking it at least =)
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by davesmylie 16y ago
The "rules" for a good domain are not hard - eg, not exhaustive and in no particular order: - pronounceable, - memorable - spellable (by a muppet) - contextual (eg somewhat related to you or your product) The hard part is coming up with a d
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by davesmylie 16y ago
yeah, definitely. Though, after having tried (and failed) to make the jump from vim => emacs a few times in the past, I can see that forcing yourself to use nothing but emacs for 30 days would probably get yourself enough of a grounding
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by davesmylie 16y ago
It will vary widely depending on what you're offering, and the terms of the "free" trial etc. (Eg, if you require credit card details or some other commitment, or if it automatically converts to a paid membership automatically etc etc) Not
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by davesmylie 16y ago
This is pretty awesome stuff. I've got a presentation I'm supposed to give in a few months on Ruby on Rails on Oracle that I've been stressing about. Not sure how it's going to go, but I'm gonna be going over these tips prior to trying put
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by davesmylie 16y ago
This is fairly obvious to any one that has had to put up with invasive and/or painful DRM. I would rather buy my software legitimately (if only for the support and feel good factor), but at times it seems like they're going out of their way
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by davesmylie 16y ago
This should help prevent the reddit 'upboat' syndrome from appearing here... Having said that, I don't think that this had become an issue on Hacker News (yet)
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by davesmylie 16y ago
A big issue I can foresee with this (other than confidentiality, etc) is simply the time required to give a quality review of a decent sized block of code, and making sure you get back a fair review in exchange. You can review and give dec
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by davesmylie 16y ago
This isn't an overly easy question - a domain name is an incredibly important part of any startups identity and there's a ton of factors you need to consider above and beyond the obvious SEO factor of having a product related site name. For