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by oskarth 15y ago
The article seems to imply that what you wear is part of your identity (don't wear a suit, be yourself). How about decoupling your clothes from your identity? There is nothing intrinsically wrong with wanting to "dress to impress". People w
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by oskarth 15y ago
In case it wasn't just a mind-typo: stenographer and steganographer are two different things. (Although I guess one could argue that they are quite similar)
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by oskarth 15y ago
There's simpel-fonetik, which is extremely intuitive. It's basically a mapping from IPA to latin letters. Example: When you read Simpel-Fonetik words, you must pay attention to each letter. Remember: each letter has always the same sound,
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by oskarth 15y ago
Considering the similarities between hacking and writing - highly skilled, solitary, large "page size" - and I think the following excerpt could be enlightening. From chapter 22, "Professional Writing Expertise" (Ronald T. Kellog), in the e
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by oskarth 15y ago
I was taking the go tour [0] and got curious about their clean code editing interface. Looking at the source code it seems that they use codemirror. 0: http://tour.golang.org/
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CodeMirror: In-browser code editing made bearable(codemirror.net)
8 points by oskarth 15y ago|2 comments
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by oskarth 15y ago
> For example, if you notice sign-ins from countries where you haven’t been or devices you’ve never owned, you can change your password immediately When I was att CCC this winter I noticed that a russian ip had logged into my gmail. Tur
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by oskarth 15y ago
What I find the most fascinating is that she did everything exactly right and people still feel like she did something wrong. She didn't go to her supervisor and she didn't turn it into a drama. Instead she fought the problem in its own are
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by oskarth 15y ago
I guess what you're saying is that this bot and the TWSS function should be disabled. Right?
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by oskarth 15y ago
The space pen affair is a well known urban myth, see for example http://io9.com/5838635/the-million-dollar-space-pen-hoax The second example is funny but it is a classic example of misdirection. It is made out to be about mathematics but
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by oskarth 15y ago
Quote from HN user shingen, someone who has been hellbanned. I thought it was a valuable contribution to the discussion, so I reposted it here for people who don't have showdead on (or would like to save their eyes): Electricity isn't expe
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by oskarth 15y ago
> I often hear TAOCP described as the series of programming books "that every programmer should read." I think this is simply untrue. Before I'm burned at the stake for blasphemy, allow me to explain. Really? I find that articles, blog
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by oskarth 15y ago
For those looking to learn a new keyboard layout, I would suggest that you take a look at Colemak before diving into Dvorak. It's easier to learn (more common keys with qwerty), doesn't break common keyboard shortcuts, and some would argue
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by oskarth 15y ago
For the record: going to university is free in Sweden (and probably the rest of Scandinavia) for the individual , which is the relevant metric here. Obviously someone has to pay, but the cost is not part of the equation when you're making
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by oskarth 15y ago
While everyone has different tastes and needs, there's no doubt that some books are better than others. Not to belittle Gladwell too much - I enjoyed the talk and it's a valuable perspective on market segmentation - but using a pop science
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There's a great quote pertaining to this: "The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." - Lily Tomlin
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by oskarth 15y ago
Single page view: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/28/black_marke... EDIT: Nevermind my suggestion to post the single page view. It was my belief that readability ought to be valued more than double-submission-prevention mech
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by oskarth 15y ago
MIT Media Lab consistently comes up with the most amazing projects. It feels like the modern equivalent to Bell Labs.
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Science is the only news [videos](edge.org)
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by oskarth 15y ago
> That may be what public speaking is really for. It's probably what it was originally for. What is pg referring to here? Originally public speaking was the only source of transmitting information in general, and before Gutenberg probab