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Re:Retrospective: Writing an O'Reilly Book on Saturday May 31, 2014 @02:14PM (#7826712)
Also see https://www.igvita.com/2013/09/29/retrospective-high-perform... for a more disciplined approach to amassing data related to writing a book.
Re:Sistine Chapel on Saturday May 31, 2014 @11:37AM (#7826273)
That is a great quote. I used it in the dedication section of a book I wrote recently. Bach is fascinating on many levels - lots of C.S. types quickly appreciate the structure/counterpoint in all of his instrumental music. But because so much of his music was written for a worship context, a whole additional dimension can be seen where he uses musical devices to comment on or support words being sung.
Re:The slow death of purposeless walking on Friday May 02, 2014 @07:06AM (#7685007)
Should be "rare occasions" I think. Great quote.
How about Steam?
Re:How did ancient Greek music sound? on Sunday November 03, 2013 @07:01AM (#6662909)
It is at least heavily weighted towards speech like the previous comment mentioned. This is difficult for modern folk to understand. In Anglican chant, the term "Anglican Thump" is used to describe a common problem where singers race in the initial section of the chant up to the cadence and then stop to pound out the last few notes in metered time.
Re:How did ancient Greek music sound? on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:59PM (#6661626)
The timing in most modern music is metrical rather than driven by speech. Gregorian chant (or other forms of chant) are closer to what much ancient music was like in my understanding . This is also why a lot of poetry of the time is not characterized by huge amounts of metered syllabification and rhymes and the like (though some are cited in the article). I am basing this a bit on the idea that Jewish chant that later impacted the early church a few hundred years later is somewhat reflective of musical practice of the time.
Re:ECMA-404: The JSON Data Interchange Format [pdf] on Friday October 11, 2013 @02:05PM (#6534786)
Would have been nice if a standard format for hyperlinks were added. This lacks the elegance of pure JavaScript but it would make it possible to create strict RESTful APIs that don't violate HATEOAS or includes links as some sort of extension.
John Linquist's videos give a simple direct introduction to AngularJS and showcase the capabilities of WebStorm:

https://www.youtube.com/user/johnlindquist

They were helpful to me as demonstrations of building simple Angular Apps from the ground up and compelling enough that I bothered to shell out a few bucks for the IDE (the first one I purchased in years).

Re:A Capella Science - Bohemian Gravity on Friday September 20, 2013 @08:02PM (#6421295)
Not generally a fan of videos posted to HN, but thought this was worth making an exception...

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