qnm

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by qnm 5y ago
My first computer was a home-built ZX81 (manufactured in my hometown of Dundee) given to me by a capable and nerdy family friend, which was quickly replaced by a ZX Spectrum Plus 2 (it had colour and built-in tape deck) that Christmas - a m
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Building a world class News aggregator on a coffee-a-day budget(medium.com)
3 points by qnm 5y ago|0 comments
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by qnm 5y ago
Was about to write the same thing! I had never heard of a Tesla valve prior to Nuraphone, but it’s a brilliantly simple design that works really well for this case.
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by qnm 6y ago
I did not know you had these courses in Coursera. Great to know, I’ve signed up!
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by qnm 6y ago
This is neat. I’d love to be able to code in an iPad. Related, I found GitPod a while back, it offers a VSCode experience and also manages running services for you. https://www.gitpod.io/
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by qnm 11y ago
Looks good. I think it's time to try tarsnap again. I recall that there was this one GUI tool[1] for OSX but I was never able to get it to work correctly. [1] https://github.com/casperstorm/Bob
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by qnm 11y ago
I think the problem is that abandoning your project on Sourceforge doesn't have the intended effect. "SourceForge, the code repository site owned by Slashdot Media, has apparently seized control of the account hosting GIMP for Win
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by qnm 11y ago
Not that I can find. I don't see any indications that they intend to open-source Heron either.
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by qnm 13y ago
Perhaps. An item gains wabi-sabi through stressors increasing imperfection?
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My life as an almost-full-time Indie Developer(nicollhunt.blogspot.co.uk)
2 points by qnm 13y ago|0 comments
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by qnm 13y ago
Looks like it's back now. I suppose someone forgot to renew their domain! Awkward.
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LinkedIn.com currently pointing to a parked domain(linkedin.com)
2 points by qnm 13y ago|3 comments
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by qnm 15y ago
There are significant changes that I wouldn't normally have expected in a point release. To your point, the community has rushed to support many of these changes so it's unlikely to be a big deal.
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by qnm 15y ago
This is a great idea. 3.1 is way more 'breaky' than I'd expect from a point release, but the new features are great. Let's make it an awesome release!
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by qnm 15y ago
Github[0] gives Junior developers another way to get an interview. Those with minimal professional experience are able to show - to some degree - that they can code, use a VCS and have an understanding of the push/pull/fork contribution mod
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by qnm 15y ago
What a fantastic idea! Cleverly bridges the divide between a bricks 'n' mortar store, and an entirely virtual one. I wonder if folk are more comfortable ordering from this pseudo-virtual store than a fully online store? I would assume so.
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by qnm 15y ago
I received one of these emails. What I don't understand is why - I've never used the Washington Post jobs site. I live in Sydney...
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by qnm 15y ago
Perhaps an intern thought they needed something new to mine for when the resources of WA run out.
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by qnm 15y ago
We're adopting an approach where all developers fork our main git repo, and code review is applied to all pull requests before a merge. It's yet to be seen if this overhead is worthwhile. Review before commit is a very low-overhead approach