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It Will Never Work In Theory - applicable software engineering research results(neverworkintheory.org)
1 points by keyist 15y ago|0 comments
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Bradley Kuhn: a life devoted to Free Software (Interview)(itwire.com)
4 points by keyist 15y ago|0 comments
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Practical Tips for Hiring Ruby Web Developers(rubyinside.com)
11 points by keyist 15y ago|3 comments
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by keyist 15y ago
If you're not using Bundler and have a simple dependency chain, you can get further improvement from symlinking your gems into a single directory (see https://gist.github.com/975509 ). This patch certainly improved my load time tremendous
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Architecture of Open Source Applications (book)(aosabook.org)
20 points by keyist 15y ago|2 comments
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Ubuntu Unity usability testing results and analysis(lists.ubuntu.com)
249 points by keyist 15y ago|115 comments
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by keyist 15y ago
"My goal in not showing points on comments was to prevent the sort of contentious exchanges where people (in this case literally) try to score points off one another." I think a suitable compromise would be to hide for X days until most v
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by keyist 16y ago
You want them to think "is this interesting and on-topic for HN?" My earlier proposal ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2242453 ): deduct karma from submitter and _anyone who upvoted_ on submissions that were successfully flagged. T
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A Gentle Introduction into SDL 1.3(immersedcode.org)
27 points by keyist 16y ago|6 comments
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by keyist 16y ago
For the love of Kernighan & Ritchie, please do not promote this as "a convenience library aimed towards non-expert users." The only way beginners are going to learn is experimenting with the command line, not having their hands held wi
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Mozilla Messaging team (Thunderbird) to integrate with Mozilla Labs(ascher.ca)
28 points by keyist 16y ago|7 comments
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by keyist 16y ago
"Ability to type quickly and accurately maximizes the effectiveness of time spent in the flow of programming. Hunting and pecking means you only capture a fraction of what could have been done." I submit that typing speed matters, but onl
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The long-lost art of thoughtfulness in blogging(blog.fogus.me)
5 points by keyist 16y ago|1 comments
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by keyist 16y ago
Another good resource is the Japan Subculture Research Center by Jake Adelstein (American journalist who spent 12 years in Japan on the crime beat for the Yomiuri Shinbun). Sample post: the yakuza's role in relief efforts -- http://www.jap
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by keyist 16y ago
Thanks jacquesm for showing us that it is possible to be content without being complacent, to persuade without proselytizing, to educate without ego obstructions. My praise would probably be over the top were OP a standalone post, but I rec
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Cram: Python framework for testing shell interaction(bitheap.org)
3 points by keyist 16y ago|0 comments
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Blueprint - code generator for {Chef,Puppet,shell} based on system state(github.com)
3 points by keyist 16y ago|1 comments
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by keyist 16y ago
I like the poll option of making the flag button more powerful, but it wouldn't do enough on its own. In addition to that, I'd like to dock karma when a submission gets flagged: -1 karma for each user who upvoted, -10 karma for the submitt
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A new major-mode for Python(lists.gnu.org)
2 points by keyist 16y ago|0 comments
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by keyist 16y ago
Great advice. The most important part of #3, "stress how much more you’d like to do going forwards" isn't highlighted enough, however. That is, you have to establish clearly what you're looking for. The template is: In X months I wan
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Creating encrypted filesystems on Android with LUKS(github.com)
1 points by keyist 16y ago|0 comments
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by keyist 16y ago
"But our system at least makes these things aberrations and provides dissenters a way to rectify the problems in the courts." What a lot of people don't get when they try to tu quoque US/Canada/etc on particular events is that their protect
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by keyist 16y ago
"There are maybe two(!) good books on the subject, Peopleware and Making Software." What about Fred Brooks's works? Not being facetious -- curious to know if they slipped your mind or if you just don't rate them. Criminally underrated co
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Generic FSMs in Erlang(learnyousomeerlang.com)
60 points by keyist 16y ago|20 comments
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Top quotes on rationality from lesswrong 2009-2010(people.mokk.bme.hu)
3 points by keyist 16y ago|0 comments
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The Internet is made out of meat(antipope.org)
57 points by keyist 16y ago|25 comments
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by keyist 16y ago
"As an aside, the creator of pinboard, is the anti-PG, (or at least the anti-PG of 2005)" That is an unfair and extremely misleading label to apply to the author: - your selective quote is immediately followed by "Hee hee", which most rea
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by keyist 16y ago
It's particularly amusing to see someone spout off on HN of all places, with the sheer number of CEOs, CTOs, and successful founders ( http://samsnyder.com/2010/11/19/successful-people-on-hacker-... ). Not to forget successful authors (cs
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by keyist 16y ago
Switching back to my regular voice, because there are points to make that I can't shoehorn into the fisking format. "Berners-Lee and W3C get way too much credit for the web". Putting 'Web Founder' in airquotes. This blatant disrespect is w
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by keyist 16y ago
> I think that Berners-Lee and W3C get way too much credit for the web. And this is an incredibly arrogant statement by Mr. Berners-Lee. I also think that green is a totally awesome color, and that we can breed birds with horses to pr

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