vorador

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   by vorador 18y ago

   I've got trouble with the notion of singularity : why is it supposed to be an event that happens suddenly instead of gradually ?
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   by vorador 18y ago

   By the way, what framework/language did you use to develop it ?
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   by vorador 18y ago

   Fun is a great motivator for learning.
4. 424.▲
   by vorador 18y ago

   For news feed you should use a planet aggregator like Planet Venus: http://intertwingly.net/code/venus/ It generates a static html page that I read once a day. And why don't you switch to ff ?
5. 425.▲
   by vorador 18y ago

   For that there's leechblock : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4476 It's analogous to noprocrast.
6. 426.▲
   by vorador 18y ago

   When you have to work, disconnect your Ethernet cable.
7. 427.▲
   by vorador 18y ago

   Well, maybe in Germany. But I know that in France the market is booming.
8. 428.▲
   by vorador 18y ago

   Did you consider France ? You're Tunisian, you can probably speak a good french and you'd be able to join a french university to study programming.
9. 429.▲
   by vorador 18y ago

   Please keep religion-bashing out of hn.
10. 430.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    It is simpler to separate the inboxes than to separate the mails.
11. 431.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    And where is FORTH ?
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    The Long Now Blog : “Endangered Languages, Lost Knowledge and the Future”(blog.longnow.org)

    1 points by vorador 18y ago|0 comments
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    by vorador 18y ago

    It's amusing to see that for the author the unix philosophy means that it comes with no convenience features. The problem, imo, is that his browser is still made to be used by humans. I see interesting uses for it though, for instance it co
14. 434.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    What about reading a good old book ? It's probably better suited and distractions are important too...
15. 435.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    It's one I wrote.
16. 436.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    What do you mean by that ?
17. 437.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    And what about creating a language for left-handed people then ?
18. 438.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    As a sidenote, it's amusing to see that working hard == spending much time at work.
19. 439.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    If the site is difficult to use, then only committed users will remain.
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    The Dream Scheme Operating System(stripedgazelle.org)

    4 points by vorador 18y ago|0 comments
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    by vorador 18y ago

    Rigid social norms don't always mean an healthy society. See for instance the indian cast system. There is a balance to find between keeping norms and accepting newcomers. And a quip can also be a valid reflection, btw.
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    by vorador 18y ago

    This is a website, not a religion.
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    by vorador 18y ago

    http://listen.grooveshark.com/
24. 444.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    Actually I use a line-oriented text editor. I prefer using it because it makes me write shorter code, and I can't slack off five minutes because I'd forget the contents of the file.
25. 445.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    Could you be a little more precise, please ?
26. 446.▲
    by vorador 18y ago

    It's the text editor used by Joy, Thompson and Ritchie.
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    Stifflog - Stiff asks, great programmers answer(stifflog.com)

    36 points by vorador 18y ago|3 comments
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    Unix and Beyond: An Interview with Ken Thompson(boole.computer.org)

    20 points by vorador 18y ago|9 comments
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    by vorador 18y ago

    Btw, why all of those startups are web sites ? Ain't there anybody who sells desktop applications ?
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    by vorador 18y ago

    Sure, On my screen the buttons look crenelated. Here is what I see : http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3030/capture3.png