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   by jf 16y ago

   Just wait until 4chan starts highlighting things.
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   by jf 16y ago

   Paul is a great guy, genuine and whip smart.
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   by jf 16y ago

   Kirby, I just sent you an email. I'd like to try and help you if I can. (The same goes for anybody else on HN by the way.)
4. 754.▲
   by jf 16y ago

   I'm also curious ;)
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   by jf 17y ago

   David, Nginx is awesome.
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   by jf 17y ago

   That quote makes a lot more sense when taken in context. It's from the 1983 epilogue to Hackers. In 1983, there was no "free software" as we have today. No FSF, no EFF, no Creative Commons. Additionally, Stallman's interview is at the end o
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   by jf 17y ago

   This is fantastic news! Please announce the public dataset on HN when it's ready for public download.
8. 758.▲
   by jf 17y ago

   ... contact me if you're interested in BizSpark.
9. 759.▲
   by jf 17y ago

   If you work for a startup that is less than 3 years old, with less than $1 million in yearly revenue, you can get it for free via BizSpark (microsoft.com/bizspark)
10. 760.▲
    by jf 17y ago

    Come down now! Easy parking nearby, or if you're taking transit I can get you a ride home.
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    by jf 17y ago

    Thanks! I'm really intrigued with Smalltalk by way of Squeak (I've been working through Squeak by Example). I wasn't sure where I should be looking regarding web development. Thanks for your sharing!
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    by jf 17y ago

    This developer is upset because he is used to doing live development and debugging on his application from inside of Emacs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6k7fjOjqZw I don't think that Objective-C and Xcode can do this?
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    by jf 17y ago

    What are your thoughts on AIDA/Web and Seaside?
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    by jf 17y ago

    As I understand it, with Genera you could inspect that all the way down to the kernel.
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    by jf 17y ago

    I spoke with David Schmidt (of symbolics-dks.com) on the phone recently. Sadly, there is no way to legally emulate a Symbolics machine on a PC. Symbolics' intellectual property is basically in purgatory, the people who own it or have owned
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    by jf 17y ago

    I have yet to find someone at Microsoft that views Open Source as "the enemy".
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    by jf 17y ago

    I can see the recent disaster in Haiti playing a key part in Haitian Creole taking priority over Latin.
18. 768.▲
    by jf 17y ago

    I meant to say "stream video over DNS", as per acg's link below ... it's been a long day
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    by jf 17y ago

    My favorite abuse of DNS is Dan Kaminsky using it to stream DNS.
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    by jf 17y ago

    Web browser: http://dig.jsondns.org/IN/hacker.wp.dg.cx/TXT
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    by jf 17y ago

    Excellent point. As frustrated as I am with the limitations of the "file" and "directory" abstractions. Without them, transfer, archival, and synchronization of data would likely be far more difficult than it is now. Not that the systems
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    by jf 17y ago

    I've got some 50% discount codes for this event, courtesy of Microsoft BizSpark. Contact me for details.
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    by jf 17y ago

    Anathem by Neil Stephenson (Fiction)
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    by jf 17y ago

    Are you sure it isn't a spaceship built by a teenage boy with designs that came to him in a dream?
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    by jf 17y ago

    Where is the bubble to help Canada assert its sovereignty over Hans Island?
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    by jf 17y ago

    Totally worth going to if you can make it. Meet cool people who are dedicated to open government. It's a great location.
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    by jf 17y ago

    Trust networks are too important to leave in the care of one company.
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    by jf 17y ago

    Nice work zaatar and team!
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    by jf 17y ago

    I'll be at the meetup.
30. 780.▲
    by jf 17y ago

    I had the exact same experience joining Microsoft - I hadn't used Windows (or any Microsoft product) for 5 years.