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by hernan7 16y ago
Not sure if it's 100% relevant, but this was a fun/semi-informative read on shorting stocks: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/dumb.html
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by hernan7 16y ago
Hi Kenneth, thanks for taking my comment as intended. The rest of the article is much better :-)
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by hernan7 16y ago
Also, SharePoint "surveys" as quick&dirty data entry forms. Kind of a modern-day Microsoft-centric version of the venerable FormMail script.
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Technologizer: "Safari Reader doesn't scare me"(technologizer.com)
2 points by hernan7 16y ago|0 comments
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by hernan7 16y ago
"whose writings you should get to know if you haven't already" -- can you really write that with a straight face?
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Linus vs C++, again(realworldtech.com)
275 points by hernan7 16y ago|199 comments
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by hernan7 16y ago
The 3rd example has an error: $ find -empty -type -f find: Arguments to -type should contain only one letter Should be instead: $ find -empty -type f Unfortunately, the site requires you to create some kind of account to
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by hernan7 16y ago
See also: Spark http://patriciagomes0.tripod.com/id8.html (Sorry, that's the best 'net version I was able to found). ...save the tiniest bit. it needn't be much, just a spark. a spark can set a whole forest on fire.
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by hernan7 16y ago
Well, if we are talking about computer interfaces, the more sophisticated graphic and music programs have some kind of scripting capabilities. Think Photoshop, AutoCAD, C-Music... If you are talking about computer vs non-computer interfaces
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by hernan7 16y ago
Great post. You bring a tear to this old Unix hand's eye.
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by hernan7 16y ago
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. - - - - Leon Trotsky
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by hernan7 16y ago
Maybe it's the equivalent of sliding your finger under the line of text you are reading? Like they teach small kids in school.
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Before the Facebook Login page was the Woolworth ID(futilitycloset.com)
2 points by hernan7 16y ago|0 comments
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by hernan7 16y ago
Oh, they already do... check out for example: http://www.pencomputing.com/ http://www.ruggedpcreview.com/2_handhelds.html
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by hernan7 16y ago
After reading this, one could ask Jobs the same thing he once asked Sculley: Hey Steve, do you want to spend the rest of your life selling overpriced toys to rich ne'er-do-wells, or do you want to change the world?
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by hernan7 16y ago
Let's be fair here: they also wrote some old Unix jokes on that blackboard too.
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by hernan7 16y ago
Sorry to nitpick, but: Hanger: http://www.google.com/images?q=hanger Hangar: http://www.google.com/images?q=hangar
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by hernan7 16y ago
Maybe due to all the announcements from Google IO?
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by hernan7 16y ago
Grammar nitpick: That would be "then", not "than" (this particular error never fails to gum up my non-native English spearker's parser).
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Instead of going to college, be your own CEO (like XKCD, Jay-Z, ...)(gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)
3 points by hernan7 16y ago|0 comments
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by hernan7 16y ago
Another article on Cope, with a Hofstadter cameo and non-MIDI samples: http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/triumph-of-the-...
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Tbray's method and apparatus for predicting the success of a technology (2004)(tbray.org)
2 points by hernan7 16y ago|0 comments
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by hernan7 16y ago
Wow, how do you even begin to write something so obfuscated? Do people do this by hand, or are there any computer-assisted tools for it? I mean: for( z = 002354l / 000644l / 000132l / 000322l / 000374l ; ... has all the hallmarks of
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by hernan7 16y ago
Same thing we learned (or didn't learn) from CueCat and the 90's Push craze?
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by hernan7 16y ago
I don't think User Experience is HN's top priority.
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by hernan7 16y ago
I loved this typo: keeping your site flexible [...] may not be ascetically appealing" Those darned designers and their ascetic ways...
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by hernan7 16y ago
Domingo -> from the Latin 'Dies Dominicus' -> The Lord's day Lunes -> Luna -> Moon Tuesday -> Martes -> Marte (Mars) Miercoles -> Mercurio (Mercury) Jueves -> Jove -> Jupiter Viernes -> Venus Sabado -
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by hernan7 16y ago
Mission statements are always going to be iffy. See Scott Adams' "Mebert" prank. http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/humor/scott-adams-mgmt-consultant
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A pure-HTML5 music synthesizer (FF only for now)(createdigitalmusic.com)
6 points by hernan7 16y ago|3 comments
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"Underwater kite" project for capturing tidal energy(edition.cnn.com)
1 points by hernan7 16y ago|0 comments

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