midgetjones

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   by midgetjones 7y ago

   Ugh, it's a link to the `README`, with a fixed sidebar. I partially take back my original comment, but I'd still argue that it's not the most helpful UI.
2. 32.▲
   by midgetjones 7y ago

   Personally I find the UI and terminology so willfully - almost obstinately - different to github's, that it's an absolute pain to navigate. I'm sure I could get used to it, but just now I just wanted to jump to the code, and
3. 33.▲
   by midgetjones 7y ago

   70-90 is middle-aged now?
4. 34.▲
   by midgetjones 7y ago

   a lot of 70-90 year-olds working in amazon warehouses you think?
5. 35.▲
   by midgetjones 7y ago

   Yes, that's indeed true. The English city of Bath, home of the famous Roman baths, is also known as "Bath Spa". Glad we've cleared this up :|
6. 36.▲
   by midgetjones 7y ago

   Isn't it more literally 'bath'? I thought the English word came from it.
7. 37.▲
   by midgetjones 7y ago

   I sincerely hope not
8. 38.▲
   by midgetjones 7y ago

   > > it isn't totally impossible. > how about: "It's totally possible" That completely changes the meaning.
9. 39.▲
   by midgetjones 7y ago

   I remember this one the first time round! Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8674039
10. 40.▲
    by midgetjones 7y ago

    Totally agree. Sometimes I'll use a monospace font for highlighting things in a generic way without it looking condescending.
11. 41.▲
    by midgetjones 7y ago

    This is the funniest thing I've ever read on HN
12. 42.▲
    by midgetjones 7y ago

    I hope you don't snap it too loudly, because I would probably find that noise as offputting as an interruption :)
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    by midgetjones 7y ago

    I've recently (in the last fortnight) started getting voicemails from local numbers, but in either Cantonese or Mandarin. I wish I understood the message; it might make it less unsettling in light of this story.
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    by midgetjones 7y ago

    I'm not sure I can say, as I learned Vim before Emacs. But you'll definitely have less chance of RSI
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    by midgetjones 7y ago

    Serious suggestion: http://spacemacs.org/ > The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs and Vim!
16. 46.▲
    by midgetjones 7y ago

    Or the "futility room", as my Dad would call it.
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    by midgetjones 7y ago

    This looks really good! I used to use org mode as part of my daily workflow, but now that I don't have to submit timesheets I've got out of the habit. At the time, though, it was wonderful. Once I'd spent some time getting us
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    by midgetjones 7y ago

    Never mind the decline in improvement, I think we're going to see a sudden sharp drop very soon. It may be hidden by the long-lived generation before, but the baby boomers have eaten, drunk, and medicated themselves into oblivion compa
19. 49.▲
    by midgetjones 7y ago

    Thanks! Listen to this person ^
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    by midgetjones 7y ago

    The reason is interesting as well. Paraphrasing from this blog post[0] When you format the ASCII table in four columns, you can see `ESC` and `[` on the same row. Holding `CTRL` essentially ~lops off the first three bits~ subtracts 64, resu
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    by midgetjones 7y ago

    I imagine if you listened to the vocal stem it would sound as extreme. It's just masked by other noise or gated/sliced out most of the time. Some people make a feature of those noises; Muse is an obvious example and they certainly
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    by midgetjones 7y ago

    That's fantastic advice. I think it's a case of caring about the right things, and learning when to let go/not take things personally. On a slight tangent, I've always found that hobbies - and treating programming as one
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    by midgetjones 8y ago

    Emoji have really filled a gap, where words typed on the internet were missing some context of how they are supposed to be read. And nowadays, whether or not I add the eggplant emoji to the end of a whatsapp message can really change how it
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    by midgetjones 8y ago

    http://spacemacs.org/
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    by midgetjones 8y ago

    A heuristic maybe?
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    by midgetjones 8y ago

    It's public knowledge https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/help-with-... > Once you’ve changed your username, it returns to general circulation and may be selected by another account. So in th
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    by midgetjones 8y ago

    I wonder what this means for iOS apps themselves
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    by midgetjones 8y ago

    'quick reference' 1100 lines (707 sloc) 36.4 KB
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    by midgetjones 8y ago

    This looks great! Is there anything similar available in other languages? BTW if the author is about, there's a broken link at the bottom of the homepage, to https://berkin.me/rantdocs
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    by midgetjones 8y ago

    Maybe that's just the only place they could get data