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by kinleyd 14y ago
Thanks for sharing. :)
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by kinleyd 14y ago
In addition to Wolfenstein: My first addiction: Space Invaders (1982-84) Next major addiction: Test Drive (1989-90) Thereafter: Hacking in some form or other... little time for games. :)
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by kinleyd 14y ago
Ah, Wolfenstein... takes me back to some good gaming days in my youth. :)
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by kinleyd 14y ago
Read the guidelines for posting, that should give you some clues. Then search HN.
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by kinleyd 14y ago
Great interview. Whup 'em Ron!
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by kinleyd 14y ago
That is a tragically large number, and the solution seems easy enough to implement. Activism is the likely missing ingredient. Something needs to be done.
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by kinleyd 14y ago
Congratulations, this looks like a good effort on pg's thought on email being ripe for disruption. My 2 cents: I think it will be hard to build traction if all tusulog subscribers have to convince friends and associates to register for a tu
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by kinleyd 14y ago
Having a local copy is good insurance. Google could sometimes lose your data, or sometimes lock you out of your account for a number of reasons.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
It is wonderful to hear of Phil's new venture. A unified solution for privacy on all these platforms is the need of the hour. +1000
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Hilarious - I laughed my ass off. Edit: Still putting the pieces back together.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Actually, Google makes money off the ads on their 'free' services. I think that qualifies everyone as a customer. The horror stories recounted here is a signal that Google needs to reconsider its reliance on the algorithmic approach.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Heh, thanks for the post which I found entertaining, especially this part: "Videos allow the viewer to sit in a comfy chair and listen to a soft-voiced, nice-sounding instructor (am I the only one that thinks the voice of Salman Khan is inc
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by kinleyd 15y ago
A very nice interview with Pascal Costanza. It was good to know he does all software prototyping in Lisp, though I wish he could have taken it into implementation as well. Still, I'm already sold on Lisp, and this interview gave me a number
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Congratulations for the awesome response to Light Table. I look forward to using the final version. Good luck going forward!
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by kinleyd 15y ago
I've been dabbling with CouchDB for a while now, and have been keenly following developments with CouchBase. It's looking good on both fronts. :)
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Awesome. And not a moment too soon! It's been a bummer trying to get the latest application versions via PPA and other methods.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Yes, that's mostly all that needs to be done. Everything else is good enough, even if not perfect, and the MEMS screen is as close to a book as I've seen so far.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
The title of this post may be a bit extreme, but I do agree that the Kindle software could do with a face lift. A bigger effort on the UI/UX front is necessary, IMO.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
It's the one Harry Lorayne came up with. It could be any other mapping you choose, as long as you stick with it. However, in this method the use of consonants for numbers and vowels as fill-ins is probably already optimal. The Life Hacker p
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by kinleyd 15y ago
For things like decks of cards, long numbers and really, anything perceived to be difficult, you just have to have an intermediate step that converts the abstract aspects into something you can visualize. For numbers, I've partly described
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by kinleyd 15y ago
To follow up with a bit more substance. Rather than sweat it out remembering something like this the hard way (and it would be hard using normal methods): 91852719521639092112 It's a piece of cake remembering this instead: A
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by kinleyd 15y ago
I've used the techniques described here for as long as I can remember (over 30 years: man, how the years have passed!) and here's how I'd summarize my experience: 1) The techniques work well to impress your friends and family (you look like
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Congratulations Matz. You deserve every accolade and recognition for your great contributions to our tech world.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
I tend to agree that using a down vote to express disagreement eventually isn't constructive. I've seen a number of posts that didn't say anything objectionable or controversial, nor were meaningless in the context of the discussion, and ye
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by kinleyd 15y ago
I tend to agree that using a down vote to express disagreement eventually isn't constructive. I've seen a number of posts that didn't say anything objectionable or controversial, nor were meaningless in the context of the discussion, and ye
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Thanks for sharing your story. I liked the part where you say "In fact, when my boss came into my office to fire me, I was installing python onto my work computer." That was funny, and yet at the same time reflects the difference between th
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Congratulations bozhidar, WikEmacs looks good already. I wish you well on this endeavor and hope it can live up to the objectives you outlined in your last post. I look forward to contributing.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Nice. I've got both OpenStep 4.2 and NeXTstep 3.3 running on VirtualBox VMs. Still to get the vga (color) and mouse drivers working, but it's quite a thrill to get Steve Job's baby on my system. Nice to think that Tim Berners-Lee got the ww
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Totally agree with you on 1). I found Clojure uses Java libraries even for the most basic stuff, and that forced you into unLisp like code. That is acceptable for Java folk, but when you want to stay closer to Lisp, that's a problem.
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by kinleyd 15y ago
Give Ruby a try. You will be pleasantly surprised. I was.

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