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by samirahmed 15y ago
The '-v' flag enables will give you a verbose output that shows you the votes. The '-o' flag will take you to the comments page of the command so that you can read other users inputs. These are in place to help you make a more educated deci
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by samirahmed 15y ago
not sure what you mean here? -e would execute the command ? or would alter/edit the command?
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by samirahmed 15y ago
Please see https://github.com/samirahmed/fu/issues/1 I have outlined a set of possible problems/fixes!
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Show HN: Commandlinefu.com from the commmandline(samirahmed.github.com)
106 points by samirahmed 15y ago|16 comments
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by samirahmed 15y ago
> I spent about 15 minutes, failed, then searched Google for an example. It is understandable that Java can be verbose, but 15 minutes followed by failure, make the author seem almost clueless about Java.
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by samirahmed 15y ago
This is really neat. One suggestion would be to have a visible and accessible back button or search again button. Since going back doesn't take you to the home screen, I need to refresh to get back to the search option
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by samirahmed 15y ago
YC Alum - www.interviewstreet.com has varying difficulty of problems and supports a variety of languages. Facebook Engineering Puzzle - has puzzles and there are lots of blogs about solutions to the posted puzzles.
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by samirahmed 15y ago
what you say is very true. Asking questions in an environment of peers tends to depend on confidence. Questioning everything and asking questions are often different things in a classroom environment. A key premise of the Khan Academy is t
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Ask HN: Long Term Preparation for the Aspiring Entrepreneur?
4 points by samirahmed 15y ago|1 comments
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by samirahmed 15y ago
is anybody else disappointed with evernote's minimal todo features. I think that if they include an special todo note with some of the remember the milk features, evernote would serve as a superior todo note medium
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by samirahmed 15y ago
I recommend evernote to record all my ideas, as I can record and sync them anywhere and most Ideas tend to be quick and I forget them alot. From what I know about creativity, it can be nutured, and a keep step is recording ideas and exposur
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by samirahmed 15y ago
If I could make two recommendations, One would be to have a mens section of the site, or a filter for mens items. Additionally, I would recommend a little more emphasis on the ui design. At the moment, I would place it at good enough. Cust
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by samirahmed 15y ago
This doesn't take into consideration the 128 GB SSD. The SSD will make up for any disparity in user experience. The 13 Inches and incredibly thin is also very important for portability and depending on your travel needs, this should be an i
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by samirahmed 15y ago
I would assume that there is a lag between when people invest in R&D and when people see results. In 10 years if we see Microsoft and Nokia get there groove back, it will probably be a result of such heavy spending. Additionally, 2% of
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Ask HN: Vim Pro Tips?
11 points by samirahmed 15y ago|3 comments
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by samirahmed 15y ago
As a research who has worked with graphene. I would like to point out that Graphene oxide and graphene are two very different materials in terms of properties and synthesis. The graphene oxide mentioned in this article tends to exhibit weak
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En.mobile.wikipedia.org isn't blocked?(en.mobile.wikipedia.org)
1 points by samirahmed 15y ago|2 comments
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by samirahmed 15y ago
there is an easy solution for pg and noobs. implement the feature request and everybody is happy.
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by samirahmed 15y ago
As the programmer, you wouldn't call getMap if you didn't know the return type As the reader, this situation would be analogous to looking up the what map is, assuming it was declared earlier ... is a datamember etc. something that might as
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by samirahmed 15y ago
I think there should be less focus on 'how to be in interesting' for others, and more focus on 'how to stimulate your interests and make life more interesting for yourself' A similar sentiment echoed in this HN discuss a month ago http://n
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by samirahmed 15y ago
I agree with the argument that more detail is conveyed in its verbosity. But I fail to understand how type inference (like that seen in Scala, C# etc... doesn't clean up the verbose) for example, HashMap<String,ArrayList<Strin
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by samirahmed 15y ago
An interesting point is made by George Colony (of Forrester research) about social media saturation. And the need for more utility per unit time, for success in the social domain, http://youtu.be/BiYNs5uPPEE?t=15m13s
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by samirahmed 15y ago
Getting 100k people to MAKE a new years resolution is not true success, (thought its definitely fantastic) Its more about being resolute. If Code Year can keep people involved and coding for longer than a few months, that is a success. I w
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by samirahmed 15y ago
I don't understand how reading books correlates to reading out of your comfort zone. If you browse online outside your comfort zone, you are even more likely to be exposed to new ideas.
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by samirahmed 15y ago
julien-c vs julienc the latter is harder to read. So I would argue that the hyphen provides clarity.
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by samirahmed 15y ago
I also agree that the transition between each stage is too slow, both vertically and horizontally. A personal opinion. I would not have used a color scheme that sombre colors, I would recommend something that is has a little more excitemen
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by samirahmed 15y ago
The last statement, "you need us more than we need you" is definitely arguable. I believe that there are aspects such as leadership, foresight and intuition that can't be taught or learnt with a college degree or from a book. These things C
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Ask HN: What is Your Internship Choice?
1 points by samirahmed 15y ago|0 comments
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by samirahmed 15y ago
He is an okay writer. Has highly biased opinions which dictate his analysis. I seldom write things that are non critical of Apple.
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by samirahmed 15y ago
I dont quite understand your reasoning here. Please explain how moving any of these companies to Silicon Valley would have made them better than Facebook? I would are that Foursquare in NY and Foursquare in SF would still have the same prem

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