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by okal 15y ago
I'm in Nairobi, Kenya. The output indicates I'm in the US as well.
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by okal 15y ago
You can make your point without resorting to insults. I was pointing that it can set the wrong expectation, as I understood it, having seen things such as the game disussed on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2582457 , which is in fact
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by okal 15y ago
A little like this - Donatello, a "pure" CSS drawing library, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3090290 . Not to belittle the effort, but 335 (or even 1) lines of JS is absolutely NOT pure CSS3. It really bothers me when people do that.
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by okal 15y ago
My guess, and it's pure speculation, would be that so many satellites would be launched as to make it untenable to keep doing so over the long run.
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Hackers said to be planning to Launch Satellites to Combat Censorship(pcworld.com)
95 points by okal 15y ago|54 comments
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Facing the Singularity(facingthesingularity.com)
2 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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Design Patterns in Python (Free Book)(dpip.testingperspective.com)
80 points by okal 15y ago|19 comments
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by okal 15y ago
>> This is where the author seems confused: if I subsume GPL code into a BSD-licensed project, my project becomes licensed under GPL. Given that I chose the BSD license for my project I'm assuming it would now be obvious to the OP w
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Is BSD the new GPL?(zedshaw.com)
64 points by okal 15y ago|38 comments
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by okal 15y ago
Same here :) I'd expected to see more iHubbers and Nailabs folks here, though.
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by okal 15y ago
Kenyan here, from Nairobi. Most of my more geeky friends are HN lurkers.
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Eating your cultural vegetables(nytimes.com)
1 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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Regular Expression Engine in 14 lines of Python(paste.lisp.org)
74 points by okal 15y ago|38 comments
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In Defense of ORMs(darwinweb.net)
1 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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Freely licensed indie music(libre.fm)
3 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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Signs that you are a bad programmer(yacoset.com)
450 points by okal 15y ago|168 comments
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by okal 15y ago
I have to admit, I was also slightly irritated when I actually checked out the repo. The title is deceptive. "Donatello, a JS drawing library" - which is what it is - would probably not rack up as many points. Interesting tool, I hope to ch
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Free e-book every month from the University of Chicago Press(press.uchicago.edu)
6 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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by okal 15y ago
Sadly, most of the material I've found is purely anecdotal, so I can't vouch for it's efficacy empirically. While I haven't used it consistently, I can say with a fair degree of certainty that on the occasions that I did use the technique,
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Focus versus Goals : An aspiring mimimalist's dilemma(okal.tumblr.com)
21 points by okal 15y ago|4 comments
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Git in 5 minutes(scottr.org)
1 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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Tweet-sized, community-curated collection of Javascript(140byt.es)
4 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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by okal 15y ago
Here's the Google webcache http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TQGS39z...
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by okal 15y ago
Sorry, hadn't seen your comment. Gtypist did a lot for my muscle memory, yet I barely scraped the surface. It's probably time I went through the remaining tutorials.
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by okal 15y ago
GNU gtypist. Got me from "hunt and peck" to touch typing with a decent wpm count within 2 weeks. Considering I used fewer than half of the tutorials, I think that's pretty awesome. It's an old GNU utility so it should be in any repos. Even
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CSS3 Support in Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8(fetchak.com)
5 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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Clean Up Your Mess - A Guide to Visual Design for Everyone(visualmess.com)
6 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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by okal 15y ago
Could just be me, but it seems like there's a decided bias against PHP on a lot of HN threads. As someone who uses PHP on a regular basis, I'd love it if you could point out some of these "eye stinging bugs". I experiment a LOT with other l
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John Mayer on Finishing Projects (even if they are awful)(blog.joellehman.com)
2 points by okal 15y ago|0 comments
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by okal 15y ago
I often hold back when I don't feel like my commentary adds value to the conversation, regardless of how strongly I feel about a subject. I fear such a system may encourage commenting for it's own sake - as long as I keep it palatable, I sh

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