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“V.” at L: Pynchon’s First Novel Turns Fifty(newyorker.com)
1 points by ktf 14y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 14y ago
I think his point is that you start out using it that way. Training wheels, sort of, which eventually will come off.
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by ktf 14y ago
I liked this a lot, though I disagree with his position on fiction (i.e. "if it's difficult it's not worth reading"). I get his point though. And speaking of difficult literature, many points in this little book reminded me of David Foster
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by ktf 14y ago
Seriously, guys. Your favorite RSS reader has been deprecated. Not only is this not the end of the world, it is something that one-million-percent does not matter. Let it go! Worst case scenario: you try a different RSS reader, and it wor
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by ktf 14y ago
More-or-less off-topic, but if you live in SF you should check out the house near Ocean Beach that's painted like a Mondrian: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlbeanlarson/6184099446/ I forget the exact cross street -- somewhere between Jud
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Vdebug: a DBGP debugger client for Vim supporting PHP, Python, Perl and Ruby(joncairns.com)
7 points by ktf 14y ago|1 comments
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by ktf 14y ago
Downloading a pirated version of Visual Studio 6 over a 56k modem definitely changed my life in high school, and allowed me to write code I wouldn't have otherwise been able to. (I still have those discs, mostly for nostalgia's sake.) Of co
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50% off all No Starch Press ebooks(nostar.ch)
2 points by ktf 14y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 14y ago
If you live in SF check out the bathrooms in the Viz/New People Cinema on Post St -- they have these fancy contraptions. Maybe catch a movie while you're there, too :)
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by ktf 14y ago
As someone who recently installed GNOME on a Xubuntu system and then uninstalled it, I can say firsthand that that still leaves a bunch of cruft, does not cleanly remove all packages. It's not GNOME's fault though -- it's an annoying issu
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by ktf 14y ago
Most of my time in E16 was spent sitting patient and inert, waiting for someone to walk by my desk so I could impress them with the awesome window flipping and water animations. Well, that and posting endless screenshots of my setup to vari
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by ktf 14y ago
I just want to use Netflix from Linux...
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by ktf 14y ago
As an X-Files fanboy, I was pleased to see "trustno1" on that list!
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by ktf 14y ago
> When power is low, I often hack in the evenings by lantern light. The combination of forward-thinking hi-tech and rustic low-tech makes this feel like something out of science fiction. I picture him as a character in a Stephenson nove
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Emergency Compliment: An antidote to insecurity(emergencycompliment.com)
1 points by ktf 14y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 14y ago
I thought that too, until I tried binding Super+T to launch a terminal in Gnome Shell. Turns out Unity eats all Super keypresses even when it's not running. One workaround is to install CCSM, rebind the dash key to some key combo you'll nev
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by ktf 14y ago
> 1. Always use jslint. Or jshint!
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by ktf 14y ago
Obligatory plug for the Manga Guide to Linear Algebra : http://nostarch.com/linearalgebra :D
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by ktf 14y ago
So the "show me matching lines" functionality, which ed users made massive use of, could be summed up as "globally search for the regular expression and print it" - or, in ed format, g/regular expression/p. Or, to shorten it a bit more, g/
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by ktf 14y ago
Two new books on the way from No Starch Press: Super Scratch Programming Adventure ( http://nostarch.com/scratch -- available now) and Python for Kids ( http://nostarch.com/pythonforkids -- available soon). The Scratch book is probabl
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by ktf 14y ago
I believe it's Alt + right button with XFCE/XFWM. Alt + middle button is GNOME (or Compiz, perhaps?). Either way though, once you get hooked on moving/resizing windows this way it'll be hard to go back!
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Realm of Racket: student-authored book based on Land of Lisp(realmofracket.com)
4 points by ktf 14y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 14y ago
I got the sense that things were left intentionally vague -- not so much to make the movie a mind-bending philosophical exercise, but more as a storytelling cop-out and a way to guarantee a sequel: http://www.movies.com/movie-news/ridley-s
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by ktf 14y ago
...for $200.
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The Lua Tutorial (with interactive REPL)(luatut.com)
1 points by ktf 14y ago|0 comments
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50% off No Starch ebooks for Day Against DRM(nostarch.com)
74 points by ktf 14y ago|22 comments
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Practical Malware Analysis book released, 40% discount from publisher(taosecurity.blogspot.com)
1 points by ktf 15y ago|0 comments
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by ktf 15y ago
I'd be just as turned off by a job posting for a "ninja" as I would be by a blog post addressing a "hipster." Why favor one buzzword over another?
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by ktf 15y ago
Get the ebook now; print books will ship out the week of November 28th. Use discount code TANGLEDWEB for 40% off purchase, valid until 11/23.
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Michal Zalewski's new web app security book, "The Tangled Web", available now(nostarch.com)
4 points by ktf 15y ago|1 comments

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