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Ask HN: Which visual CSS editor do you use?
1 points by fdb 15y ago|4 comments
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by fdb 15y ago
I've heard this called "pretotyping". The basic idea is not to create a working prototype (which still can take weeks/months/years) but to judge interest. http://www.pretotyping.org/
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Codify: native coding environment for iPad(twolivesleft.com)
545 points by fdb 15y ago|163 comments
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by fdb 15y ago
Have you heard about the Peter Principle? From Wikipedia: "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence", meaning that employees tend to be promoted until they reach a position at which they cannot work competent
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The Orange Juice Test(contrast.ie)
2 points by fdb 15y ago|0 comments
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by fdb 15y ago
You can just take a look at the diagram, which is hosted at Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/publish/2886461/
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by fdb 15y ago
I like the fact that there's a very low-barrier to entry of trying out the language while you're learning about it. This makes the material "stick" much better than just arrow-keying through a presentation. I agree that the interaction coul
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by fdb 15y ago
He does have a point with the abbreviations. The use of abbreviations and underscores in PHP is maddeningly inconsistent. Example: pdf_stringwidth strlen str_replace
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by fdb 15y ago
Any good resources for learning screen? So far I've only mastered: "Ctrl-a d" and "screen -r" I'd love to hear how you use screen, for example. Do you use multiple sessions or windows? Split screen?
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Video Viewing in Lion Freezes New iMacs(tidbits.com)
8 points by fdb 15y ago|4 comments
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by fdb 15y ago
Mono on Android sounds tempting. But how much overhead does the core runtime on the platform add? What is the impact in KB's and runtime performance?
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by fdb 15y ago
Indeed, Django was made for news rooms! Certainly the whole "homepage is an app" concept maps perfectly onto Django's ontology of projects and applications. The API, however, is not something that's built in. They might want to take a look
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by fdb 15y ago
I keep getting confused with LibreOffice vs OpenOffice. I see a lot of people still using OpenOffice. Can someone explain which one is the "official" version, or rather, which one is the one I should use?
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by fdb 15y ago
For people who speak dutch, there's a great interactive documentary for the iPad called "Money & Speed" that examines the flash crash and high-frequency trading: http://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/money-speed-inside-black-box/...
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by fdb 15y ago
The idea behind this is great. I love to get a fast, visual interface to the entire API. One thing that annoyed me however was that things keep moving. If I search for a function, it pop ups immediately but doesn't settle down, which mean
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by fdb 15y ago
The Play by plays are awesome. If you just look at a finished product, code looks so effortless. However, even experts struggle getting it right: only through understanding the problem, trial-and-error and a lot of refactoring does code bec
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by fdb 15y ago
It's interesting to see how much / what details they store for a street: Things like: - popularity - surface type - bicycle suitability Click on details to see all of the data: http://www.google.com/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=0x89c25886668d8..
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by fdb 15y ago
He's referring to the sound a creeper (Minecraft enemy) makes right before it blows up.
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by fdb 15y ago
The book "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning", by Andy Hunt of the Pragmatic Programmers, talks at length about managing focus. It also includes techniques for improving learning, gaining experience and even meditation techniques. http://prag
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by fdb 16y ago
We've created a basic ant simulation as a Python library for NodeBox. NodeBox runs on Mac but the library is cross-platform. http://nodebox.net/code/index.php/Ants
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by fdb 16y ago
Didn't work at all in Belgium. Tried it twice, no SMS response. I'm in an area with perfect coverage.
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by fdb 16y ago
I find it fascinating that the technology is so pushed to the background, putting the experience front and center, that they don't even mention how much memory it has. This is a very conscious decision.
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by fdb 16y ago
September!? Really? That's ridiculously quick.
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by fdb 16y ago
I didn't know about the Charles tool. I've installed it and it really acts like a microscope for HTTP; sort of like Wireshark but higher-level. The ability to debug SSL is definitely the killer feature, though.
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by fdb 16y ago
I prefer Red Bull Cola, which has only natural ingredients. It tastes incredible.
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by fdb 16y ago
With regards to canvas, I'm looking forward to WebGL. It is based on a robust API that has been in use for decades (OpenGL), tuned for speed on low-powered devices (OpenGL ES), with full programmability (GLSL). Browser support is still limi
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by fdb 16y ago
I'm currently trying Vipassana meditation. I first heard about it from the "pragmatic thinking and learning" book. It's really simple to get started and it can really affect your concentration in a positive way.
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by fdb 16y ago
I use Backblaze for about 6 months now. The Mac and Windows client is light-weight, which is a huge plus. Unlimited space, and you can recover your files as a zip archive or they can send you a hard drive with your data. I've tried restorin
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Mozilla Chromeless: making desktop apps with web technologies(mozillalabs.com)
40 points by fdb 16y ago|22 comments
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by fdb 16y ago
On the iPad, GoodReader can do margin cropping on the fly, and remembers the margins you've set up for a document so they're reapplied when you open the document again. http://www.goodreader.net/goodreader.html

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