zephyrfalcon

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   by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

   I thought that this kind of smug remarks was reserved for Lisp weenies, but apparently not. ;-)
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   by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

   "Its popularity as a bookmarking tool continued to grow, but the social features of the site were generally ignored in the face of much more exciting progress elsewhere, like Digg, StumbleUpon’s changes and the explosion of Twitter and Face
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   Competing with the iPhone(kuoi.com)

   4 points by zephyrfalcon 17y ago|1 comments
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   by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

   We should write some...
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   by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

   I don't care for the doom and gloom talk, but the story "Star's Reach" from the same author is interesting: http://starsreach.blogspot.com/
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   by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

   "Can you really trust the product opinion of someone who hasn't put out their hard earned cash to acquire it?" Hm, but in this case, I don't think the item he received as a bribe was the same as what was reviewed. (Otherwise it would be obv
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   by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

   "Today Defective by Design will deliver the first 5,000 signatures on a giant iPad tablet, direct to Steve Jobs." Somebody had to make that giant tablet... See? The iPad actually encourages tinkering and creativity! And it's not even out ye
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   by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

   Agreed. Unfortunately it works the other way around too. If you don't appear confident, perceived value goes down...
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   by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

   I'd rather see an app for programmers with no web design skills... <0.5 wink>
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    Oh no! It's the end of tinkering!
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    So I wonder. All these people who claim that the iPad cannot do this, cannot do that. What do they base these claims on, considering they most likely haven't been able to use one yet (other than the very few people who got to use a prototyp
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    Test Your Dinosaur Knowledge (ngm.nationalgeographic.com)

    1 points by zephyrfalcon 17y ago|0 comments
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    Sure, and the iPod is just an MP3 player, and the iPhone is just a phone... who in their right mind would buy that... =)
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    Either one is fine. They are both dynamic and flexible languages, mature, have powerful web frameworks, and fairly large library repositories. The choice is more a matter of preference. Python generally encourages you to do "the right thing
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    So a quick summary would be: "Geeks" are mostly interested in technical details, rather than touchy-feely stuff, and (often incorrectly) assume their conversation partner is as well.
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    Also: Shiira [ http://shiira.jp/en.php ] (Mac OS X only)
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    Yes please! zephyrfalcon at gmail.com... Thanks! ^_^
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    Am I the only one who feels that it shouldn't be called "Emacs" if it doesn't have Lisp inside it? (Not to be a Lisp fanboy, but that seems to be the defining feature...)
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    What kind of Lisp?
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    by zephyrfalcon 17y ago

    What do you mean... "other" things? :-)
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    Developer talks about AI in Magic the Gathering game for Xbox(wizards.com)

    1 points by zephyrfalcon 17y ago|0 comments
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    A dollop of Lisp(4.flowsnake.org)

    32 points by zephyrfalcon 17y ago|1 comments