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by haroldp 15y ago
Good stuff! I consider code completion, "that thing that makes me stabby until I figure out how to turn it off," but that may just be my failing. I do use various third party clippings/scripts with BBEdit, and I'm pretty happy with it's ex
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by haroldp 15y ago
I have been using BBEdit forever. I try out new editors when they come across my radar, I have not had one strike me as any better. It is possible that I'm just more used to BBEdit. Would anyone like to make the case for TextMate or Subli
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by haroldp 15y ago
Wouldn't this be best as a contextual menu extension? Right-click and select open-in-iTerm. Is anyone still coding those? There was such a huge ecosystem of them forever ago for OS8/9, but I don't see them anymore.
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by haroldp 15y ago
See Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managed_democracy
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by haroldp 15y ago
And it just started, so it's not too late to join in.
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by haroldp 15y ago
Fashion and recipes, http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashio...
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by haroldp 15y ago
Hah, went to reread that page and the first thing it mentions now is just such a project: http://designfestival.com/cicada/
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by haroldp 15y ago
Cool. Now hook me up with a site that does this for those cicada patterns previously featured on HN: http://designfestival.com/the-cicada-principle-and-why-it-ma...
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by haroldp 15y ago
Perhaps we could better aquatint people with what a meat grinder American roads are. About 40,000 people die every year in America in traffic accidents caused by humans. More than 10,000 of those deaths are caused by drunk drivers, and it
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by haroldp 16y ago
I'll agree that there are plenty of companies to whom this does not apply. Facebook is a great example. But I have seen SO MANY small retail companies who send out email to engage customers, and the VERY FIRST thing they say to their cust
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by haroldp 16y ago
Maybe we looked at the wrong service, since the latino profile also mentioned "marines": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HispanicMilitary.jpg
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by haroldp 16y ago
SJS is not well understood. Ibuprofen, the flu, herpes, cocaine, red #30. In HALF of the cases, the cause is totally unknown. Also, it sucks.
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by haroldp 16y ago
Early adopters and contributers might be interested in installing their own nodes. If it manages to gain any traction, all you will need to do is find a hosting service. A little niche economy will spring up hosting these things for $1 a
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by haroldp 17y ago
You could turn it into a salute or blessing like, "May your delusions be benign and your compulsions have utility"
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by haroldp 17y ago
Oh, well, the DMCA is bullshit, that's how. My understanding is that the "backup" of a DVD isn't really illegal. However, reverse engineering, or circumventing a DVD's copy protection scheme is. You're guilty of hacking, not copyright vio
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by haroldp 17y ago
Exactly right. You don't have a license to the CD. If a work has been given a copyright, the government has granted the holder a temporary, limited monopoly on reproduction of that work. When you buy a CD, you will almost always see, stam