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by mtrn 16y ago
+ Interesting interface and grippy buttons. o How about let users see (and probably take) a few example questions on the frontpage? - The categories page looks the same, whether I am logged in or not. If I'm not logged in the "Go" buttons w
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by mtrn 16y ago
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro
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by mtrn 16y ago
In this case, going with the mainstream is nice: No more fees for job seekers.
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by mtrn 16y ago
I was 9 and I stood in a department store in Berlin. I remember nothing interested me in this building filled with products, except a C64. Shortly after some failed attempts to type something into the interpreter, I started reading on the B
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by mtrn 16y ago
It's - as I think of it now - genuinely a desktop app and therefore somewhat difficult to set monthly price tags.
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by mtrn 16y ago
Thanks; I like this approach.
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by mtrn 16y ago
I wasn't expecting anything. I started it, because I had the idea, I saw one dominant competing product which sucked and I just wanted to get a feel for the market. Yes, these leads may be precious. But it's just a desktop app, just a one-t
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by mtrn 16y ago
I grew up bilingual and although I sometimes felt 'snappier' than other kids, when I was young (don't you get bored with just one language?) - I today enjoy single-tasking.
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Ask HN: 100 people on my beta list?
6 points by mtrn 16y ago|11 comments
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by mtrn 16y ago
Out of the box only with `z -l foo` # list all dirs matching foo (by frequency)
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by mtrn 16y ago
I forgot the url, too. But then I remembered the tagline "z is the new j" - which is enough for google to bring up the repo - even without quotes.
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cdp: Locating source for any Python module(chris-lamb.co.uk)
2 points by mtrn 16y ago|0 comments
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by mtrn 16y ago
Don't waste your time bookmarking directories, jump right to them ;) https://github.com/rupa/z `z` tracks your most used directories. After a short learning phase, it will take you to the directory, based on its usage frequency and a hint
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by mtrn 16y ago
Summary: Software has no glitches, they are just there (and users are accustomed to them) because the process and the organisation around the software is not sane. I share the pessimism - I've seen such things even in the smaller scale. CS
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by mtrn 16y ago
For those who didn't stumbled upon it yet: http://superuser.com/q/231273/38447 (What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for?)
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by mtrn 16y ago
"Facebook has a pretty clear path to socially connecting THE ENTIRE WORLD via the Internet, and has proven it can do it in a cashflow-positive way." Yes, I see that they can connect. And maybe tomorrows revolutions will use facebook -- but
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by mtrn 16y ago
I get to be in the position to observe the fragments of the 'larger parts' of the population during their interactions with the machine. They copy and paste for hours, editing files line by line replacing a character by another. Maybe it's
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by mtrn 16y ago
In Germany you can get the local Afri Cola. Solid drink. ( http://i.imgur.com/RSqwM.jpg )
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by mtrn 16y ago
With this whole "childhood" thing: I'm glad my parents didn't let me drink too much of any sugary drink, when I was a kid. That said I had a some compensation episodes later, e.g. when I first discovered Vanilla Coke in a winding 7-11 in Ho
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by mtrn 16y ago
Single page (print) version: http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/th...
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by mtrn 16y ago
Single page version: http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2048138,00.html
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by mtrn 16y ago
For a lot of sweatshops, e.g. in Bangladesh producing loads of textiles for european discounters, it would be a progress, if they would work, say 9 hours (with a 164M population, it should be possible to work shifts, too, if the demand is r
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by mtrn 16y ago
No, the shirt alone won't tell you anything. But if really want to know, you can and will know.
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A Guide to Python's Magic Methods(rafekettler.com)
4 points by mtrn 16y ago|0 comments
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by mtrn 16y ago
Pure act of desperation.
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by mtrn 16y ago
And why fqwiki may be the future, too -- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2131563
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by mtrn 16y ago
I like one-file less-than-100-LOC type libs.
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by mtrn 16y ago
Coding is hard enough. The last projects required design from scratch, so I did it (and people even kind of liked it, "clean and functional" ;) - but it's not my first love. So I'm a semi-hybrid. On the other hand, I used to have a hard tim
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by mtrn 16y ago
You mean this cloud? http://cloud.github.com/
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by mtrn 16y ago
One aspect is resources. Do you have the resources to put in 50 features before you get your first feedback from an actual customer (who will provide you with their wishlist of 50 new features you'll might want to implement)?

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