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1. 121.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   No, I'm fairly certain I was in open mode the entire time I was implementing the system. It wasn't a single epiphany followed by many hours of implementing the ideas generated in that epiphany; it was a continuous stream of idea after idea,
2. 122.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   In the context of software development, I think his idea that we should switch from open mode to closed mode when it's time to implement something is dead wrong. I today I gave a demo of something epic at work that I had developed exclusive
3. 123.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   That time is ridiculously tiny compared to the rest of your workday The project I was working on a few months ago took 40 minutes to build on an i7 with 8 GB of RAM.
4. 124.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   Two words: zombie apocalypse
5. 125.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   Or, use Git and make a ton of commits locally, then diff in the morning ;)
6. 126.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   Example: the progress bars Gmail uses when you add several attachments in quick succession.
7. 127.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   That Tchaikovsky recording was like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. I'm okay with the composition itself, but the recording was horribly distorted. I much prefer the electronic music, or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQQGi4gN6gI
8. 128.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   I had no idea lightning occurs so frequently!
9. 129.▲
   by splicer 15y ago

   I think I'm going to go back to Snow Leopard tomorrow. I've been running Lion for many months now, and I still can't stand it. The only reason I'm sticking with OS X (rather than using Linux exclusively) is that I've purchased tons of price
10. 130.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    In the past 2 months, 3 of my friends have left Ontario to go work for large tech companies in Seattle.
11. 131.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    As an engineer, when I hear "spec" I think of specifications. I initially thought "spec work" was referring to specifying requirements for a client. ;)
12. 132.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    GAh! Information overload! Pop "ambient" music, animations, and shit to read; WTF kind of quiet place is this?! If you really want to take a break to reflect, go sit on a park bench outside with a pen and paper.
13. 133.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    I wonder whether Kiln will end up using this.
14. 134.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    Apparently Texas, like Canada, considers software engineering a proper discipline of engineering, subject to the same regulations as other engineering disciplines: http://sce.uhcl.edu/helm/SWEBOK_IEEE/papers/10%20reprint%205...
15. 135.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    There are many bugs I've spotted with alt-tab and alt-backtick; I'll try to compile a list of unit tests for you as soon as I have more spare time. Here's one to start: 1) Open 3 windows of the same application (e.g. Terminal). Make sure ea
16. 136.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    I just tried building libalac.a on Linux using GCC 4.6.1 and it worked! There were quite a few warnings though. To eliminate the warnings, edit /trunk/codec/makefile and add -Wno-multichar to CFLAGS.
17. 137.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    Thanks :D
18. 138.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    No, I can't; and I wasn't claiming that I can. However, as I stated, if I use an MP3 or AAC in a remix, then compress my remix using a lossy codec like AAC or MP3, the result will sound like crap. It's similar to working with JPEGs in Photo
19. 139.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    Anyone know the URL for the repo? It looks like they're using Subversion, but I don't see any svn:// links anywhere.
20. 140.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    I only buy lossless music. I usually end up buying WAV/AIFF/FLAC direct from the artist, from their record label, or from Beatport. Once in a while, if I can't find something, I'll buy it on CD. Earlier today, I actually bought vinyl becaus
21. 141.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    FINALLY!!! But what does this mean for the future of FLAC?
22. 142.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    Come visit Ontario in January.
23. 143.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    That was a very enjoyable read. Thank you!
24. 144.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    I primarily used Gnome for the last 10 years, but now I prefer Unity. Why? Because I love the keyboard shortcuts, especially Alt-tilde. It's still fairly buggy (i.e. behavior is often inconsistent and non-deterministic), but no more so th
25. 145.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    I just sent an email to Joanna, and she responded within a few minutes offering to personally email me the ebooks. Now that's what I call customer service!
26. 146.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    Crap! I didn't bother creating an account when I checked-out :(
27. 147.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    I just bought the bundle using paypal. Will I receive an email with a download link soon? That part of the process wasn't very clear...
28. 148.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    Regarding the new alt-tab behavior: check out alt-tilde. I love the combination of the two! It has a few bugs (e.g. try opening two terminals, then alt-tabbing... it doesn't switch applications), but it's definitely a step in the right di
29. 149.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    For the first problem, he goes to the trouble of defining "graph" and "tree", as though his audience has no math background, but doesn't bother defining "labeled". For those wondering WTF an "unlabeled tree" is: http://mathworld.wolfram.co
30. 150.▲
    by splicer 15y ago

    Read the post that was made on Sept. 22 at 6:30pm. It's a tear-jerker :(