evanrmurphy

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by evanrmurphy 15y ago
This is a wonderful gain in functionality. Any chance pg and Octopart can implement search for pg's other forum? (Relevant HN thread at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2620297 .)
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by evanrmurphy 15y ago
Contents pasted here for convenience with clickable links: -- It's a bittersweet situation as we rejoice pg adding a search bar to Hacker News [1] while mourning the sudden loss of SearchYC [2]. One service SearchYC provided that remains a
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by evanrmurphy 15y ago
SearchYC also provided excellent search for pg's Arc Forum, which is now gone: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2620297
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Search for Hacker News sister site, Arc Forum(evanrmurphy.com)
9 points by evanrmurphy 15y ago|4 comments
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by evanrmurphy 15y ago
One downside of your suggested placement is it would push down page content about 20px. But I agree that the footer is sub-optimal.
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by evanrmurphy 15y ago
Why? eof's comment was wonderfully open and honest, but jpk's response was true. In the description, it's not clear that the script even got written. Would you accept this result if you had hired a freelancer to write the script?
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Suggest HN: Project summary instead of timeframe in submission titles
2 points by evanrmurphy 16y ago|0 comments
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Could you recommend resources for learning more about Arduino? Is http://www.arduino.cc/ a good place to start?
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Hmm... I just tried it, and backslashes don't seem to work as a way to escape Hacker News markup. Were you kidding? Update: Ah, it looks like you can get literal asterisks if you use your whitespace carefully: * asterisk * another one em
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Not a joke, though I realize it's an unpopular view. I also had trouble phrasing the idea in a way that didn't sound stupid.
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
The problem is that as a site grows, it's common for things that were once unique to become multiple. Also, if you just resolve to always use classes instead of ids, then you can eliminate the cognitive overhead that comes with every new se
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Sometimes it's better to inline a style than to put it in a separate file. I think when you find yourself writing nested selectors that are heavily dependent on the HTML structure, it's an indication that your code could be less fragile if
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Use tables for layout instead of CSS. Then your CSS will be more concise (essentially reduced to a theme) and less confusing (because CSS layout properties like float and position tend to cause the most confusion). Edit: Rephrased to try
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
"I agree about IDs for JavaScript though." Would you mind elaborating on the JavaScript point? Is it for convenience with document.getElementById or something? Using jQuery, I tend to prefer class selectors the same as in my CSS.
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Ah, I see. I was thinking more about the general concept of safety than this specific situation. I see what you mean.
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
What do you mean by horrible? I think it makes sense to be concerned about anything you're subjected to that you're not sure is safe.
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
I know lisp better than Haskell, and so I'm more familiar with macros than with monads. From what you describe, it seems to me that the use cases for monads and macros have some overlap. Take the OP's example for the Writer monad, in which
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Hmm! That's funny, I thought I was "getting" monads better after reading this article (as someone who doesn't already have a firm grasp of monads, of course). You see, I already sensed that monads: - were a way that you could sort of simula
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
> HTML content can be shared between desktop and mobile devices with just a stylesheet change. Have you been able to pull this off in most cases? In my experience, the mobile version of a site requires changes to the HTML, such as tur
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Please demonstrate it then. I hear many more people saying CSS isn't difficult than showing it. To be sure, I'm talking about CSS for layout here, not styling. I find CSS for styling to be relatively straightforward.
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Can you gives some examples of requirements that must be abandoned?
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Thank you, this look like a good resource. :) However, a book is a very different investment from "maybe ten minutes of reading a how to guide".
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
> takes like maybe ten minutes of reading a how to guide as to how to figure out how to do it with real css. Sorry but I'm skeptical. If you could prove this by sharing a paragraph or two (should be all it takes, right?) teaching how
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
They probably have Google Alerts set up on eHow search terms, or something like that.
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Yes, you're exactly right. However, since Java was not intended to be a scripting language, then it should never have monopolized the material of introductory programming classes like it did. I consider Java to be a very ungentle introducti
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Could have to do with the presentation. I'm interested in better understanding the complexity of the game, but all the hype and advertising can be a turn-off.
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
In dialects that support fexprs such as Kernel, PicoLisp and Eight, you get something almost like first-class macros. Macros (or fexprs, rather) are then even more powerful, because they can be passed around as arguments to functions or eve
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
For a solo project though, the simplicity is really refreshing.
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
Can you give some other examples of Crockford's advice that you'd disregard or how the Closure Compiler affects the way you write JavaScript?
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by evanrmurphy 16y ago
That was also the most relevant snippet I found while searching. :) Unfortunately, I couldn't quite figure out if it was a confirmation of my claim or a rebuttal. Would you mind clarifying?

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