mtoledo

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by mtoledo 16y ago
WOW!! If Bing was offering IE9 as Chrome to ppl searching for Chrome, ppl would be up in arms. No technical glitch justifies this. I wonder how widespread it is (not happening here). edit: clarity about the issue being offering one browse
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by mtoledo 16y ago
yea I don't doubt it. the reason it hasn't surfaced as a best practice yet is probably because best practices for async programming haven't been a hot topic yet either. and the point is exactly that a snippet doesn't fit the bill. its easy
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by mtoledo 16y ago
I think what raggi said is that there are no good _open source_ _complex_ async _apps_, mostly because when people are writing open source they tend to write libs, not apps, or end up not working anymore at the problem before it gets really
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by mtoledo 16y ago
I think the best way to get started is having a habits calendar' aka seinfield's "don't break the chain". You track something like "work on this idea/project 30min everyday", and multiple times you'll try to do it quickly to 'get rid of the
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by mtoledo 16y ago
For the record, I type in portuguese and spanish in dvorak and think its still superior to qwerty, so I don't think #2 is a valid argument at least for me, might no be to you as well.
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by mtoledo 16y ago
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/09/programmings-dirties...
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by mtoledo 16y ago
"I still have to do programmer interviews like everyone else. No matter how much code I put out, I still have to solve stupid puzzles about coconuts and manholes. No matter how many web servers or email frameworks or database servers or cha
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by mtoledo 16y ago
"I should think you could encode pitches, start times and durations in a JSON-style format without many problems." Yeah, only music notation can get a lot more complex than these 3 factors
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by mtoledo 16y ago
There's a legend that emperor Augustus wanted his month to have 31 days as well, just like Julius, and that's why we have 31 days on both months.
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by mtoledo 16y ago
I just use Ctrl+number to change spaces, and Cmd+number to change browser tabs/terminal windows. Works pretty well actually
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by mtoledo 16y ago
you shouldn't declare your sass variable 'blue'. If it becomes green in the future, you'd have a 'blue = green' assignment. Even 'color1' would be a better name.
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by mtoledo 17y ago
I think they only do it on summer
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by mtoledo 17y ago
37 signals already hits this same key for a long time in their 'getting real' book: 'make half a product, not a half ass product'.
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by mtoledo 17y ago
Yeah, but you could always try and buy a used textbook from a student, and pay $50 instead of the original $230, no? Of course that would be hard. You'd have to find a student which is selling, and then seeing if the book is well preserved.
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by mtoledo 17y ago
I'm sorry if I'm making it bigger than it is. I really just mean to make it as big as I think it is. The more comfortable claims seem to be echoed by a lot of other dvorak typers here as well. Also, the pinky strain is echoed a lot, even if
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by mtoledo 17y ago
I tried the programmer dvorak and, though it has some more accessible keys, the number keys as 753190246 and the fact you needed to type it holding shift (or pressing caps) eventually seemed worse than normal way, point being I type a lot m
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by mtoledo 17y ago
Yea good point. I tried going to typeracer and got some ~80wpm scores, but that's fairly anedoctal since I don't have any proper history of my typing speed.
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by mtoledo 17y ago
That's a pretty nice link! I use my emacs with most default key bindings in dvorak and haven't noticed it any better/worse than qwerty. Like I said on the article, ymmv
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by mtoledo 17y ago
Vote up for people trying Colemak. I'm all for people exploring with their typing layouts and seeing what works better, even if I haven't tried it myself.
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Why I think you should try dvorak(marcostoledo.com)
12 points by mtoledo 17y ago|28 comments
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by mtoledo 17y ago
hey, I absolutely agree about my anedocte not applying to everyone else. What I wanted to illustrate was cases where, piracy not being an option, people just actually buy the games, rather than not buying as some people believe. As for the
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by mtoledo 17y ago
But of course. I understand all of those complaints, and I think they all make sense. Though, look at how spoiled we've become by piracy. Now, we say we'd only buy something if we the exact same experience as we'll have with the final pro
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by mtoledo 17y ago
I have to say that I'd need more time in order to properly think through your argument right now, and I don't have such time at the moment. But the first thing that comes to mind is that no, these people shouldn't be ignored. This feels lik
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by mtoledo 17y ago
Actually, in many places (specially what we call '1st world countries'), removing the 'morals' makes almost all theft rational economic choices. This doesn't make people steal the small store where they are not looking at you. That would ma
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by mtoledo 17y ago
I don't think its pointless to debate which language is best, or that it is not interesting anymore. I still find it interesting. But more than that, I think it really doesn't have anything to do with labeling yourself a 'java developer' or
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by mtoledo 17y ago
There's still plenty of options to "try before you buy" in the legal market. If its a game, you can rent it, or borrow it from some friend. In many platforms games will have a demo for you to download before you play. Most magazines and web
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by mtoledo 17y ago
I don't think this argument really holds. Saying that you couldn't afford an item and therefore wouldn't have spent any money on that doesn't really mean you'd never spend any money on that given a free pirated option wasn't available. Th
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by mtoledo 17y ago
In my mind, justifying piracy just because their products are superior is like justifying theft just because the commercial versions are crippled. Besides, piracy is observed in other industries where there's no such difference (games, book
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by mtoledo 17y ago
Dvorak does have some cons, but I'm not sure yours are really the most relevant. 1) Most OSs allow you to switch layouts with a hotkey like left and right Alt, right Alt+Ctrl, etc. (ubuntu and osx at least) 2) Typing on internet cafes, is n
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by mtoledo 17y ago
I admire his willingness to stand to what he believes. Also, extremisms aside, he's contributed a lot to the community.

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