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by veddox 11y ago
Why does that make a flat design a bad idea? IMO, flat design, when skilfully used, can look really good. Of course there is quite a bit of bad flat design out there, just as there is of any other design style. And don't worry, trends
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by veddox 11y ago
I got the impression that Google was using pretty flat designs before the Windows phone came out - think about the GMail UI, etc.
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by veddox 11y ago
Yes - brings to mind computational/systems biology, where you have plenty of networks to analyse (gene expression, protein interaction, etc.)
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by veddox 11y ago
I agree that in many startups their technological prowess plays a very large part in their success. However, most startups (as far as I am aware) do not actually "replace an incumbent". Usually it's more a case of "hey,
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by veddox 11y ago
Regardless of the actual cause of this mass-dying, what steps (if any) are being taken to secure the species? Are any saigas being kept in quarantine anywhere? If one third of the total population can be wiped out within two weeks without p
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by veddox 11y ago
ditto to just about everything you said. And just for the sake of having mentioned it, ed is still the standard text editor!
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by veddox 11y ago
> claims that one has to "adjust muscular memory" don't sound convincing to me when it introduces a drastic inconsistency Sorry, emacs user here... I just wanted to say that adjusting muscular memory can go faster than you
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by veddox 11y ago
Oh, a fellow German :-) By University for Applied Sciences, do you mean the Fachhochschule? Would you know any companies in Würzburg and the surrounding area that I could apply to for a summer job?
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by veddox 11y ago
I stumbled across Fish Shell recently, it seems quite interesting. Why do you use that rather than, say, bash?
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by veddox 11y ago
I really like the "bang" searches they provide. I agree that their actual search results are not quite as good as Google's, but the ability to search the site I want straight from my browser search bar is brilliant.
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by veddox 11y ago
> Working in food service while studying computer science is hard on the spirit. Been there, done that ;-) Thanks for the paid internship hint, I'll have a look around for those. I have some of my slightly older projects up on Launc
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Programming as a side-job?
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by veddox 11y ago
Yes, Google are still a very innovative company with some really clever people working for them. But are they invincible? Most definitely not. (Just look at history.) Like most free web services, Google makes it's money from people&#x2
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by veddox 11y ago
and before Microsoft it was IBM...
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by veddox 11y ago
linux + bash + emacs for most things, Eclipse for Java projects. Gitg and Bazaar Explorer are useful GUIs for their respective VCSs. (Not that I strictly need them, but I like seeing a graphic representation of the project history.)
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by veddox 11y ago
> If someone is a programmer they probably are tired of seeing a screen full of letters. Actually, as a (Linux) programmer I feel right at home with a plain text design... Minimalism suggests efficiency, and is part of the Unix tradition
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by veddox 11y ago
1. Linux gives you pretty much complete control over your operating system - freedom I never even knew existed when still using Windows. Also, it's a brilliant platform for developers, due to an abundance of high-quality, free programm
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by veddox 11y ago
A very good book - a solid, down-to-earth approach to designing and implementing programs.