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by rogerclark 16y ago
I'm a guy, and I don't have a kid, but "whoopie" is basically what I thought when I saw those other articles. I would think that a startup -- especially in the initial stages -- would be way easier to manage than a traditional 9-5 tech job
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by rogerclark 16y ago
It was easy for us to say this 15 years ago when a super-compact binary protocol just seemed to make oh so much sense, but now I'm not so sure. The IRC protocol does exactly what it sets out to do, and there isn't really much over-the-wire
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by rogerclark 16y ago
I'm interested in exactly how you diverged. What changes did you make to the protocol (especially in terms of server-server communication) to facilitate that kind of scalability?
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by rogerclark 16y ago
XKCD Explained is much better -- because it has the right perspective; it's explaining the comics to people who already understand them, shitting on the author and his idiot audience. XKCD is a condescending comic whose audience revels in i
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Ask HN: Advice for someone moving to the Bay Area from the Midwest?
2 points by rogerclark 16y ago|1 comments
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by rogerclark 16y ago
Seems like maybe the website could be a bit more clear that it was based on the Smultron editor. I know it's a bit obvious to anyone who's familiar with Smultron, but it feels a bit disingenuous when it isn't mentioned anywhere (that I can
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by rogerclark 16y ago
Like many people here, I learned to program in a windowed OS environment. I learned to write windowed applications because I wanted to write real programs. I never had an interest in doing anything with Flash or the like. I think all it tak
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by rogerclark 16y ago
The artificial dichotomy of "book smarts" vs. "street smarts" is a poisonous one.
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by rogerclark 16y ago
What I intended to convey was that your mind already possesses a filter for this type of thing that you could never hope to reproduce in software. I just don't understand what's preventing you from unconsciously applying it, since plenty of
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by rogerclark 16y ago
It's a people problem, but the problem is you. If you don't care about what he's having for lunch, then I'm not so sure what's so hard about ignoring his tweet. It's only going to be on your screen for a split second as you're scrolling thr
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by rogerclark 17y ago
it wasn't meant to be a literary masterpiece. it was meant to complain about a bunch of know-nothing pseudonerds who use xkcd as an identifier for their cool kids' club i also think you missed the point about my "apple products" comment, bu