gdubs

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   by gdubs 15y ago

   HyperCard was mentioned here recently. Stumbled onto this old video while reading some of the history behind it. It was thought of as "Programming for the rest of us", and it's great to see how people embraced that idea.
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   Introduction to HyperCard, 1987 [video](archive.org)

   2 points by gdubs 15y ago|3 comments
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   by gdubs 15y ago

   Agreed – this is very cool. Probably using so much CPU because it actually updates a paragraph tag in the DOM with all of those characters. I bet a canvas tag with text fills would solve the speed problem. But then, the page would not be SE
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   by gdubs 15y ago

   Really nice work.
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   by gdubs 15y ago

   Here's something I've been concerned about... I do Core Audio development, and participate from time to time in the Apple Core Audio Mailing list. Every so often a newcomer will arrive and ask about something basic. In response, someone wil
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   by gdubs 15y ago

   It reminds me of this great story from Harper's called "The Radioactive Boy Scout: When a Teenager Attempts to Build a Breeder Reactor" http://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/0059750
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   by gdubs 15y ago

   Right, except that Citizens United ruling by the supreme court allows corporations to spend unlimited funds on 'electioneering communications' (which was previously illegal under the McCain–Feingold Act). Steven Colbert has a 'super pac' wh