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by mcav 17y ago
No, not cheating. I play [jazz] piano, so I'm used to hearing intervals and stuff (Useful when comping for solos). So I visualize it like this: Lower tone: Eb, F, or G Upper tone: C, D, or E So as the note's played, I tried to v
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by mcav 17y ago
That's awesome fun. Tip: Try to hear the intervals -- the lower pitch distinguishes between rows, while the higher pitch distinguishes between columns. If you can learn to differentiate between the two pitches, it's easier to map it to the
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by mcav 17y ago
If only it were all that easy. Though I suppose a little work is better than the coffee cup exploding because we forgot to free some memory for the toaster.
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by mcav 17y ago
I've tried to ⌃⌘D a word in a real book before. Also caught myself searching for ⌘Z after spilling something.
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by mcav 17y ago
Lots of success stories from TextMate to Vim/Emacs lately. That's on my list too; I just need to force myself to make the jump (and allow for the short-term productivity hit).
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Andy Ihnatko: Damn. I really like Posterous. Now what?(ihnatko.com)
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by mcav 17y ago
> until web authors can use "display: table" IE8 supports it, so any day now.
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by mcav 17y ago
Is this likely to cause any change of course? Does the FCC's inquiry have enough weight to spur a different stance on the issue?
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by mcav 17y ago
Web designers are selling their ability to create sites... that is their product.
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by mcav 17y ago
Or a lighter, perhaps.
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by mcav 17y ago
Perhaps they could employ the HTML5 LocalStorage API to store keys.
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Water- propelled , not really water- powered .
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by mcav 17y ago
Question: What do you think about E-mail addresses not ending in .com? I currently use a g-mail address (firstlast@gmail.com), but also have for potential use: first@firstlast.com first@last.me I don't like having a GMail addre
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by mcav 17y ago
Voice expresses more emotion, but it will never be able to match text in raw consumption speed. Instead, I'll bet that voice transcription picks up. People who prefer text will be able to get it from a voice transcription.
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by mcav 17y ago
Cool snippet from one of the [founders?] on TechCrunch: > All of our interesting work is MySQL API-independent, so a Postgres port is not out of the question. We’ve also been entertaining the idea of porting to SQLite, as many embedded
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by mcav 17y ago
edit: You have to use CMD+C to make it work, not the mouse buttons.
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Yeah, but I use Safari. There's GreaseKit, which I have installed, but I've had little success getting it to work with regular GreaseMonkey scripts.
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by mcav 17y ago
That'd be quite cool: Allow users to create javascript plugins for the site. Could have a karma minimum limit to be listed as a list of "labs" plugins. People could tackle things like layout, sort, hide/show karma, display an iFrame of the
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by mcav 17y ago
In writing, two forces oppose each other: the desire to be authentic, and the desire to gain readership so that authenticity can be valued. It's really hard to achieve both goals. One can be really authentic, writing what you care about wit
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by mcav 17y ago
I'd love to be able to pick a couple channels (Discovery, History Channel, SciFi[1]) and pay for them as online streams. I have no use for 60+ channels; I only like a few. [1] "SyFy", I guess now, which just seems strange.
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by mcav 17y ago
It's one thing to only be compatible with one device, but it's an entirely different matter to actively prevent other devices from working. I'm pretty sure no other camera companies are trying to get their cameras to work with Nikon Captu
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It stated the reason on Google's blog: > After we developed a Latitude application for the iPhone, Apple requested we release Latitude as a web application in order to avoid confusion with Maps on the iPhone, which uses Google to serve
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by mcav 17y ago
> "Use what YOU like, not what someone on the internet tells you to." This supposes that (1) you already have a preference, and (2) your choice only affects you (that is, you aren't working on a project that involves other contributor
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by mcav 17y ago
If you ever have time or inclination to share it, I could use a good cheat sheet. The closest I have now is "Objective C for C++ programmers", but it's not short enough to be a useful cheat sheet.
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by mcav 17y ago
I didn't read it as self-glamorization. The writing was satirical, but not narcissistic in my opinion. If this article was supposed to describe their product, your concern over its content is valid. It seemed to be more about recounting the
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by mcav 17y ago
Twitter should just obviate the need for URL shorteners, and make URLs take up only a certain number of characters for the tweet. Then, display them through HTML with ellipsis or something, but keep the HREF pointing to the real thing.
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by mcav 17y ago
This is a prime example of the pitfalls of shortened URLs. Short URLs are pointers -- don't rely on them to point to the same thing (or a valid thing) forever.
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by mcav 17y ago
Cool signup / login forms. I haven't seen that approach before; makes it more interesting than traditional signup. Kudos.
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by mcav 17y ago
It's really easy to use CTypes, with DLLs exporting regular C functions (as described in the article). That's a very straightforward way to get some quick Python-to-C when you need it.
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by mcav 17y ago
And unless government regulations unduly restrict space travel. I don't know why they would, given that it's essentially just like airplanes, yet much higher.

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