oldmancoyote

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   What's wrong with Apple's webkit support for the Mac?

   1 points by oldmancoyote 8y ago|0 comments
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   by oldmancoyote 8y ago

   I wouldn't have stopped reading your rather interesting article if the font wasn't so difficult to read. I read stuff like this late at night when my eyes are tired and not focusing well. In general "artistic" presenta
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   by oldmancoyote 8y ago

   I emailed you last night with some suggestions.
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   by oldmancoyote 8y ago

   Thinking back about the down votes I have received, they seemed more about disagreeing than wether the comment contributed. When I am down voted, I am strongly inclined not to contribute anything (of any sort) again. It takes a while befor
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   by oldmancoyote 8y ago

   The idea may well be a good one, but this web page is so poorly conceived, that I doubt the organization that adopted it has the judgement necessary to guide its project to success. The nearly unreadable font is only the most obvious of it
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   by oldmancoyote 8y ago

   You can publish ebooks on Apple's iBooks and Apple will distribute them without charge. Amazon's Kindle makes you charge at least $2.99. Apparently Jeff Bezos is a little short of cash and can't afford to give away books.
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   by oldmancoyote 8y ago

   What do tomography and holograms have in common? That's mostly a joke, but I wonder.
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   by oldmancoyote 8y ago

   I used Alexander's book to design (and build) 3 homes. I feel they were exceptionally nice homes.
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   by oldmancoyote 8y ago

   Hmmmm. Interesting.
10. 40.▲
    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    We see very different things. I'll have to re-read the article from your perspective.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    I have been an admirer of Alexander's A Pattern Language book on architecture for 40 years. Even then, this is new to me. I recommend you read this article, even though it's deep and difficult. It can be read as a fundamental
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    As I have posted above, try running Mac OS 8.1 or lower on BasiliskII.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    BasiliskII can run System 7.6 . I don't know wether it meets all of your requirements though.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    Oh yes! I keep BasiliskII installed on my Mac so I can run HyperCard (AppleWorks too).
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    Thanks for the intro to QGIS.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    I hope you are referring to Thucy... OldManCoyote
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    While I certainly agree that single family zoning has led to awful commutes and an untenable housing shortage, and while I approve of eliminating single family housing restrictions, I politely assert that protecting neighborhoods from incom
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    Wall Street Journal: 50 years behind the times.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    I don't want to spend the 7 to 10 years it takes to succeed with the kind of startup that YC invests in. I'll proceed with a side project instead and sell out if it develops significant potential for such growth.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    Seeing the existence of toxic femininity acknowledged only brings out the pain, the bitterness and the loneliness suffered in a long life of such abuse. No acknowledgement, however admirably expressed, can undo that damage nor justify my fo
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    I live comfortably 6 months of the year in a cab-over camper (about 90 square feet). True, I lounge outside a lot reading and working on the computer, but that's still practical in a balcony overlooking a pedestrian street. The other
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    I was once down voted 3 times for pointing out that two abusive political comments looked to be computer generated. There should be consequences for down voting to suppress abuse of the privilege. If explanations of down votes are not accep
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    wow I can't think of a thing to say. Just wow.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    In Apple's early days it established a precedent of extraordinary ads. No one wants to violate that standard because they want to feel a part of that tradition and a part of a group of peers that maintains that tradition. Elsewhere th
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    That was 50 years ago, and the barriers to enter the programming profession were much lower. I'm sure that I couldn't do it today.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    I was studying geology and took a course on programming for geologists. Getting a job as a geologist is very hard, instead I built an entire career on that one course.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    Consider something so completely different that it would allow your mind to refresh itself.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    I'm 72 and nothing in my life has ever touched me like the music of that era. It breaks my heart that I'll never experience anything like that again.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    How important is this issue to HN readers? 41 points and 94 comments in 6 hours on a Sunday afternoon shows a powerful gut reaction.
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    by oldmancoyote 8y ago

    David and Kathy Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their exposes in their newspaper The Point Reys Light. They wrote a book on their experience: The Light On Synanon, and they were the subject of a made-for-TV movie.