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Ask HN: Is redux-little-router the best router option to use with redux?
2 points by johnmw 10y ago|1 comments
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by johnmw 10y ago
I crave simplicity in my life right now and am using markdeep: https://casual-effects.com/markdeep/ I write my documents in markdown and add this tag at the end of my document <script src="markdeep.min.js"
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by johnmw 10y ago
I think you are been a little uncharitable to poor Clickonce. Clickonce came out a number of years before Chrome and at the time its simple publish model, automatic update detection, and incremental updates were light years ahead of the oth
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by johnmw 10y ago
I heard on a podcast that the VS code guys were anti tabs as it usually quickly ends up in that pile of tab clutter with tab labels like "Be.." I've also got used to this new method and think it is generally better. Glad to s
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by johnmw 11y ago
Have you seen http://nodebots.io ? Might be a good place to start for a JS engineer.
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by johnmw 11y ago
I've found it helpful - not as someone trying to learn a new concept from scratch but as a coder who has struggled with maths in the past and needs a refresher.
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by johnmw 12y ago
I think it is great just as it is :) It is a little like a visual version of the confusion first caused by a recursive acronym. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym ]
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by johnmw 12y ago
Thanks. Also, if people haven't seen this yet, you can easily click on your HN username and set noprocrast: yes.
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by johnmw 12y ago
It seems a jump to say the contents of mind and the awareness of mind are the same thing.
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by johnmw 13y ago
I would suggest installing Vagrant instead. ( http://www.vagrantup.com/ ) For example: Start your new Ubuntu machine... $ vagrant init precise32 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise32.box $ vagrant up SSH in..
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by johnmw 13y ago
<low brow comment> So Mrs. Garrison was right all along? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRBHxJBUv_A </low brow comment>
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by johnmw 13y ago
Interesting. Maybe different people have different priorities? The OP saved up to live working on things he loved. I mostly save up to travel and try new things. Some people save up to buy a shiny new red sports car. When you are old, you a
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by johnmw 13y ago
Again, not really a hidden feature but one I was very happy to find: moving files via Finder using Cmd-C to 'cut' and Cmd+Opt-V to 'paste'. (I come from a Windows background and cutting and pasting using the keyboard is
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by johnmw 13y ago
..which was named after a dog. So I suppose in a round about way it is still named after an animal.
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by johnmw 13y ago
Good point. I think in the days before Google starting charging for Apps, many of the users were the tech-head-early-adopter crowd. Which is why many were so disappointed that they got all the new innovations last. I think everyone would be
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by johnmw 14y ago
What a stellar response to feedback. Thank you Mozilla. I'm currently a big Chrome Dev Tools fan, but I, er, am currently thinking of that beautiful girl I ditched again, if you know what I mean...
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by johnmw 14y ago
What a great explanation. On a related note, if you liked that then I recommend you check out the game http://dragonboxapp.com/ I think it is really quite genius how they have turned solving algebraic equations into a fun game for kids.
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by johnmw 14y ago
If you are using the Chrome dev tools, is it still possible to locally edit and save files? Can you view local files with the ChromeOS browser and switch to the crosh shell, edit and reload?
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by johnmw 14y ago
Do you know much about pump.io, which looks like it is the replacement for status.net?
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by johnmw 14y ago
I think Cletus gave a good answer to why these questions are used in interviews in this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5264510 In short, if you can't write a simple FizzBuzz program, then you are probably not a good developer.
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by johnmw 14y ago
For bootstrapping, I chose India! I've been living in the beautiful Himalayas and paying $500 a month to do so. That's a $3000 investment for 6 months development time to test out your idea. The internet here isn't so crash hot, but that is
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by johnmw 14y ago
I do understand that. [I'm putting my "User" hat on here.] Lets look at two "user cases" here: 1. I'm on page 2 and I want to look at page 3. I click "More", and I get page 3 but with a few greyed out links I have already seen. 2. I'm on pa
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by johnmw 14y ago
Single digits, eh? Wanna put some hard cash on that bet? ;) Thanks for the reply, I've replied to this answer (above/below/Unknown or Expired Link).
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by johnmw 14y ago
Thanks for the reply, although I think you are missing my point. I understand how it works technically, but I think this illustrates a classic debate between developer and user/customer. As a developer I can see the functional beauty. As a
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The "Unknown or expired link" chestnut. Why can't "More" link to ..page=2?
8 points by johnmw 14y ago|16 comments
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by johnmw 14y ago
I cannot see how this could ever bootstrap. As it is open source what is to stop me creating my own ledger and handing out all the free cash I've just created to people who want to come on my trusted network? (ps: I'll give you more imagi
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by johnmw 14y ago
Competing browser engines and using Javascript frameworks to normalise quirky behaviour sounds like the best of both worlds. Any bugs (i.e deviations from the spec) are quickly patched by the framework until they can percolate down to the b
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by johnmw 14y ago
What if your job is to build model aircraft? (Kidding, its a nice analogy but I think its also good to do some research on the tools you might need first or you might waste a lot of time. I once wasted a month of development time because I
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Ask HN: Is there a license for fair distribution of wealth?
5 points by johnmw 14y ago|3 comments
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by johnmw 14y ago
In developer speak, this is called 'fire fighting'. Welcome!

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