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by hashkb 8y ago
Tab is a leaky abstraction and cannot be sight read. It exists because guitarists are notoriously lazy and/or because guitar is easy. That there is no piano tab, and that nearly all pianists become literate should be telling.
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by hashkb 8y ago
I was going to attack the same line you quoted. That word you are looking for is "articulation" and of course it's part of traditional notation as is everything else, which is the point you are making. Every second spent on t
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by hashkb 8y ago
Use the same vim or emacs with ssh and floobits or something. Stream windows with ultimate flexibility using OBS. Edit: ngrok for exposing ports, OBS can stream and record simultaneously.
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by hashkb 8y ago
It's a good time to own in SF. Spoken like a true 0.1%er.
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by hashkb 8y ago
Also read this. Important to remember- LSD and other psychedelics were researched legally and showed great promise in the US the 50s (and have been used all over the world for thousands of years). Only a politically driven moral panic forc
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by hashkb 8y ago
It seems obvious that screen addiction is mostly responsible. Take cigarettes as an analogy- it took decades for everyone to admit they kill you. The fact that so many people immediately recognize the screen problem is huge, and the rest
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by hashkb 8y ago
Ruby comes by default on most systems and/or package managers. Bundler has basically eliminated dependency hell. Ruby is one of the easiest environments for new hackers. Rails is capable of being fast enough and scaling enough for mos
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by hashkb 8y ago
Can ICs fire managers?
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by hashkb 8y ago
I don't think it's responsible to write about "open source" software while ignoring the legacy of "free software" which kicked off the entire movement in the first place. The pioneers of "open source&quot
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by hashkb 8y ago
All no-brainers as usual. I've been working remotely full time for three years now. There is no downside for me. Offices (and open floorplans) exist out of inertia only, and, because of the politics they encourage, are havens for the
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by hashkb 8y ago
> In a fast-moving, consumer-oriented world like social networking, "move fast and break things" is probably very good advice. I'm not so sure about that particular example, given the privacy implications. (And beyond...)
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by hashkb 8y ago
This sounds like an issue that could occur with any account protected by 2FA. It sounds like you were cavalier about it and now you're paying the price you knew you'd have to pay if you lost your 2FA device. There are a lot of ba
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by hashkb 8y ago
I've never hard my card permanently deactivated. They will definitely freeze my card if I make three or four large purchases in a day or over a weekend, but there's always an immediate robo-call asking me to confirm and then it&#
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by hashkb 8y ago
It's not special syntax just because the identifier is some symbols. If you don't like the semantics, don't use it; but it's not correct to accuse it of being "special syntax". Edit: oh, and if you _do_ like t
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by hashkb 8y ago
This is the _only_ resource with which I had success getting started with Racket's macros.
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by hashkb 8y ago
You don't realize how terrible things like JS are until you experience the power and freedom.
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by hashkb 8y ago
I think its because so few people get paid to wrote Lisp.
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by hashkb 8y ago
Nobody here would deny the business value of gluing APIs together. We're not asking for your empathy, either; but we are telling you the truth about the difference between where the bar was and where it is now. The idea that "com
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by hashkb 8y ago
I clicked on this thread to make a sure-to-be-downvoted ironic comment along the lines of "this isn't appropriate content for HN based on community sentiment regarding whiteboard interviews and what kind of work we actually do at
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by hashkb 8y ago
Is there any research that shows open plan has any benefits other than cost? Why do we keep acting like this is surprising news?
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by hashkb 8y ago
There are other communities for that, and, I can read the newspaper itself. This is Hacker News.
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by hashkb 8y ago
Don't forget the unbreakable criteria: <= 3:30; shorter is better No more than three verses made of at most two straight-rhyme couplets. Repeat chorus at least four times, more is better. Keep all instrumental interludes short and s
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by hashkb 8y ago
This is an opinion article basing its conclusion on a collection of anecdotes. I'm not sure it meets the usual standard of "true" or "researched at all". I wish fewer op-eds got posted to HN.
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by hashkb 8y ago
Sometimes you're depressed or lazy or for whatever reason consistently doing unproductive or annoying things. In this case, good friends might make you feel bad about yourself in the course of helping you improve your life. Not everyt
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by hashkb 8y ago
Being real can be a massive mistake when management is more concerned with preserving management than revenue. It's pretty common, and experienced managers are way better at getting you out than at fixing problems. (Well, they see it a
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by hashkb 8y ago
Wheel of Time The Dark Tower
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by hashkb 8y ago
Can I take advantage of this on my mobile device or browser? Can I share with my team? It's not really apples to apples.
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by hashkb 8y ago
This is great ammo for answering when anyone asks why Bitwarden (or OSS in general) is better than LastPass or 1passsword...
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by hashkb 8y ago
I think you're talking about GSuite users. They are not free. Regular GMail can send mail as another account you prove ownership of. (For free)
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by hashkb 8y ago
Or that you need to be introduced to Reagent. Simple doesn't even begin to describe it.

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