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What is the biggest problem a programmer has?
3 points by mcartyem 14y ago|6 comments
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by mcartyem 14y ago
Why would anyone partition tables -- ever?
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by mcartyem 14y ago
1. Ctrl-W 2. Type in a terminal: defaults write com.apple.Dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO and kill and restart the Dock 3. They say there's an app called Secrets that lets you play with such config stuff.
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Ask HN: How do you do this with a Mac?
4 points by mcartyem 14y ago|3 comments
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by mcartyem 14y ago
Note that you need not just to generate those certificates and download them. You need to also manually open the keychain access and import those files in there. Only then will the Provisioning Profile in the Organizer show up. A bit of an
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by mcartyem 14y ago
Can you define "release" and "it" please? Is "it" some file on disk? I don't see it. Can I get a file and stick it on an iPhone? How can I test an app on an iPhone before "releasing" it.
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by mcartyem 14y ago
Why is "Archive" grayed out in my XCode? Update : When one picks "iOS Device" under schemes, Archive becomes available, but building fails with the message "There are no valid certificate/private key pairs in the default keychain". Well, i
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Ask HN: How do you compile an iOS app?
1 points by mcartyem 14y ago|8 comments
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by mcartyem 14y ago
Here are some beta codes: lSNlx6yEjj q2xbbFxot3 8JaXADCYvh TPGIB43IoR WNJvdI2Lia
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Here's my question: why are there arrow keys on a keyboard? And if there must be, why aren't they on top rather than the bottom? It is precisely the movement of tilting your wrist to the right and moving it back that causes strain. If the k
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by mcartyem 15y ago
It needs other improvements too. The cut, app, play, calc, www buttons are largely getting in the way (particularly www.) PageUp and PageDown are nearly useless, since you have to strain your wrist to get to them being down there. And the F
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by mcartyem 15y ago
What's so hard about writing it in Javascript?
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by mcartyem 15y ago
What makes you believe there is a negative correlation between keyboard age and keyboard goodness?
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Ask HN: If you wanted to replace eBay, how would you do it?
1 points by mcartyem 15y ago|3 comments
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Or it could be a schlep. Everyone could be doing it the wrong way, just like Google showing the best search result in 1999 was initially considered the wrong way. Take the easy case of a consumer ready to buy something this minute. Say, the
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Yes, it is very much related to the front post. Right now advertising is interrupt-driven. Could one do the opposite? What you are suggesting seems like a frontal attack and that may not be the best tactic. What is the goal of advertising a
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Ask HN: If you wanted to fix advertising, how would you do it?
10 points by mcartyem 15y ago|15 comments
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Odds are it is market forces that will set such a standard. So if AdBlock is stronger in moving the market, then AdBlock is a better avenue towards a privacy standard. There may be a peculiar outcome though. If AdBlock manages to decrease d
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Loading a program on cassette was loud enough to get one banned from using the Spectrum. Plus, there was only one TV in the living room, which you needed for the Spectrum. Add the two, and scaling meant buying another TV and migrating often
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Have you considered running it against Viaweb's first business plan? http://www.paulgraham.com/vwplan.html
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How would you make your own Power Balance bracelet?
1 points by mcartyem 15y ago|1 comments
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Yeah yeah, right right
1 points by mcartyem 15y ago|0 comments
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Moving the mouse to the left (I am right-handed) alleviated about half the pain I had in my right shoulder and hand.
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by mcartyem 15y ago
I found rock climbing to be strengthening my joints, and a net positive.
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by mcartyem 15y ago
When I started showing RSI symptoms, I switched to Dvorak, and also got an ergonomic keyboard. The difference in comfort was dramatic for me. I would say that a softer keyboard was what made the biggest difference in comfort. Particularly,
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Ask HN: How do you define something as important?
1 points by mcartyem 15y ago|0 comments
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by mcartyem 15y ago
How secure is the VM given a binary that can dynamically modify itself to bypass the inspection of the VM?
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Maybe it's not as bothersome as it sounds. Donald Knuth said the two biggest problems in Computer Science are searching and sorting.
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Has Greplin basically solved inbox being a todo list?
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by mcartyem 15y ago
Is there a buildpack for Arc?

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