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by fovc 9y ago
I think Tarsius already did this and called the result Magit. For bonus points he made it perfectly interoperable with git Edit: Kickstarter campaign going on with 23h left https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/168125889
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by fovc 9y ago
I would love to see some of these APIs replaced by WebSockets. It would allow building your own client for some services much more easily while maintaining push notifications
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by fovc 9y ago
This is a great example of why Emacs (and the lisp machine idea in general) is so amazing. Though as a demonstration of the power of emacs it's understated; I thought this was going to require some advice or dynamic rebinding. Now if o
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by fovc 9y ago
If someone here wants to build a business around this, count me in for NPM (high willingness to pay) or PyPi (lower WTP). Here's an idea: make it similar to Kickstarter, where customers can commit a certain amount of funds towards a sp
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KFC in China tests letting people pay by smiling(theverge.com)
2 points by fovc 9y ago|0 comments
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by fovc 9y ago
I think this is what every bear case since 2010 has been saying about Netflix: it was a phenomenal business while they got to exploit the quirky licensing of physical DVDs, but with streaming, content is king. As many predicted back then (w
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by fovc 9y ago
If it makes you feel any better, the Anne Frank house has absurd lines year-round
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by fovc 9y ago
It's even worse with javascript. Often times there will be 10+ duplicates with legacy kludgy answers that are irrelevant now or using jquery, when the correct answer should use new APIs or less buggy browsers.
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by fovc 9y ago
I think about this problem every now and then for my own business, but not sure what the right answer is. Supporting multiple clouds requires more involved management of some pieces of infrastructure (e.g., DNS + healthchecks, DB replicatio
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What can a technologist do about climate change? A personal view(worrydream.com)
1 points by fovc 9y ago|0 comments
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by fovc 9y ago
(Disclosure: I'm the author of rjsx-mode) The best setup I've found is to use js2-mode for .js and rjsx-mode for .jsx, which parse the buffer for syntax highlighting, local refactoring (with js2r) and basic linting. For typescrip
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by fovc 9y ago
For me, god-mode has been a life-changing discovery. It solves C- and M-. I use sticky keys for shift, but that's less of a home run https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode
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by fovc 9y ago
Here's a link to the slides [pdf]: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/sandsifter/raw/master/refere...
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by fovc 9y ago
Ok fair point :-). And ncurses has been around a few years too. I just object to things like test-runners (looking at you jest) being written like this.
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by fovc 9y ago
What ever happened to terminal "apps" being streams of text? Is just the JS ecosystem that does this or are others seeing the same trend?
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by fovc 9y ago
It's a Monty Python reference[0], not a power grab. The article lists out all the great things core has done. [0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7HmhrgTuQ
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by fovc 9y ago
I was not aware of the tarsnap issue, but for anyone else wondering, I think it's this: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2011-01-18-tarsnap-critical-...
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by fovc 9y ago
What I really wish for is not a way to make textarea WYSIWYG, but a much lighter way to add bold/italic/underline to text inputs, in such a way that I can load lots of these in a single page. It sounds like I have a very niche nee
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by fovc 9y ago
I'm assuming a 10 year payback equates to an annualized return of ~7%. Would you be paying cash for the panels or using financing? If the former, do you have other investments paying that much? If the latter, at what interest rate?
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by fovc 9y ago
I've seen both banking and consulting analysts try to solve this exact problem in excel. The ambitious ones will use circular references and let excel find the fixed point. In (good) excel, most formulas you write have a clear input =&
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by fovc 9y ago
"Recyclable" is not a panacea. There's a rain it comes last in the 3 RS. (Reduce, reuse, recycle)
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by fovc 9y ago
In the linked slides, DJB talks about a language for communication with the compiler, separating optimizations from specification. This reminded me of VPRI's "Meaning separated from optimization" [1] principle. Does anyone kn
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Innovation Won't Overcome Stagnation(bloomberg.com)
1 points by fovc 9y ago|0 comments
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This sounds a bit extreme. I just avoid processed food as much as possible. Include most restaurants in there. Everyone should watch as much of this talk as they can: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
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Forget Supersonic. Hypersonic Is the U.S. Military’s New Speed(bloomberg.com)
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by fovc 9y ago
I would seriously look into small claims court. It's allegedly somewhat effective with airlines (e.g. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/small-claims... )
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by fovc 9y ago
Isn't it the same motivation as ExxonMobil supporting a carbon tax? I.e., "buy natural gas from us to replace the coal furnaces" I wouldn't be surprised if before putting out this film they the relative difficulty/c
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by fovc 9y ago
Amsterdam is as rainy a city as any (though not too many torrential downpours) and people bike around through the weather. With the proper attire it's easy to bike through it. You'll sometimes see bikers with an umbrella, though I
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Climate Skeptics Always Assume the Risks Are Overhyped View(bloomberg.com)
2 points by fovc 9y ago|0 comments
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by fovc 9y ago
A nice overview of how to modify the reader, but in my opinion the simple function call is more readable than the macro: (string-append "An error occured at " file ":" line ".") I don't have to know&#x2F

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