john2x

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   by john2x 14y ago

   Any recommendations for someone who isn't familiar with FP at all? Thanks!
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   by john2x 15y ago

   what the fuck
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   by john2x 15y ago

   Yeah. I'm also starting by contributing to python-guide.org, and it feels great. He's a swell guy.
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   by john2x 15y ago

   And for those who have a slow connection, a video is just a big back button. (speaking from experience)
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   by john2x 15y ago

   I think part of the problem why some aspiring programmers give up is because the bar is too damn high. They get fed a constant stream of beautiful 3D games and iPhone apps, and when they start to make one (from following a book/tutorial, fo
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   by john2x 15y ago

   I'm in the market for a nice lightweight laptop for development. I was amazed to see that the best one I can get is a Macbook Air. Other brands don't even come close to it, with regards to price:quality ratio. Heck, even ignoring quality th
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   by john2x 15y ago

   Yeah. As I was watching the video, I kept thinking "why not just use a horse?". But I think it's safe to say that this isn't going to be used just for carrying stuff. They're aiming to ultimately weaponize it and use the new tech to create
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   by john2x 15y ago

   I don't get this. We're* quick to shoot down any arguments which equate online piracy to real world piracy, but when it's "our" files which are affected, we're quick to go back to the online-real world analogies. *"We" might not include you
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   by john2x 15y ago

   I like Mozilla's page the most so far. Explains SOPA in layman's terms and how it could affect the internet, and a small part about why it was brought up in the first place. And a pretty big call-to-action button. If only it was on Facebook
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    by john2x 15y ago

    My favorite quote, and my motto when making anything > Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery Also, that thing about the margin matching the
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    by john2x 15y ago

    PHP is pretty good for beginners. Right tool for the job?
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    by john2x 15y ago

    Huh, I've always thought that that was how anti-aliasing in games worked; take the entire scene and smooth it, Photoshop filter style. TIL.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    "$271,350,000" Wow. And all they had to do was read a comment on a blog post. If I didn't know any better (I'm not sure I do), I'd say piracy is big business for the entertainment industry.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    How about a service to render the LaTeX files? i.e. an app where users just write in LaTeX, there's a render button which sends the file to some server which renders it and sends it back.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    Is Instapaper the only one with the read later offline feature? (versus Safari Reader and Readability)
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    by john2x 15y ago

    Not to be confused with Planet[1], the feed parser/reader). [1]: http://www.planetplanet.org/
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I'm guilty of voting to save for later. But not just the article, the discussion of it as well.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I think it's great if it remains just a "toy". Kids could use it to get started with programming. The previous generation had Amigas or whatever that was (sorry) they used to hack on. My generation had the early days of the web. This (and o
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    by john2x 15y ago

    Yeah, when I was a kid I saw America as "the promised land". Now, not so much.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I think iCloud could actually help Dropbox. Say an iPhone user (who only has a PC) says "Wow, iCloud seems really neat. I wish it worked with my PC though. " Then his friend says to him "You can try Dropbox. Not exactly the same, but pretty
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I have an iPod touch and even though Safari now has a similar feature for free, I still want Instapaper. Because I use Chrome everywhere else.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I'm going through Beggining iPhone 4 Development from Apress right now and it's a great resource.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I prefer email myself since I work on the night shift and pretty much miss every call during the day.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    Off topic, but how do you do bold/italic text in G+? And can it also do headings? Seems like great way to blog if it did.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    > but human labor will likely still be more expensive than the servers running the applications Unless you outsource.
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I'm thinking of doing the same thing a few months from now, but not to start freelancing but to look for a better job. I also have some "plan" on what I'd do afterwards, but in the end they are just plans. So I'm a bit worried, especially a
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I had a similar weekend project[1] where anyone can write random posts with no setup required. It's more bare bones (really bare bones, heh) and allows anonymous posts. Hmm, even I abandoned posting there, though I'm not much of a poster
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    by john2x 15y ago

    :( aww.. Got a bit excited there.. I knew it was too good to be true. But has the price gone down compared to previous releases?
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I'm confused. It's priced at $199. That's the same as the iPod Touch. Has it really gone down that much? Or am I missing something? And what's with the "Free" 3GS?
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    by john2x 15y ago

    I could have lived with the changes (by ignoring them), but now tags are basically useless. All my tags since the change have been a mess between tutorial/tutorials, book/books, etc. Any recommendations for alternatives? (I've already check