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I kind of like Mathematica’s syntax of ESC-shorthand-ESC for inputting non-ascii characters. Not quick, but definitely readable.
KeyRemap4Macbook

I’ve enabled “Simultaneous Key Presses” which allow me to use F+H/J/K/L instead of arrow keys. It takes a little getting used to, but I find myself hardly ever needing to leave the keyboard.

Re:One year of Amazon Prime free for students on Monday July 12, 2010 @07:07PM (#1509760)
I tried a free two month trial of this a couple years ago. It was right around this time too. Prime is incredibly useful for ordering textbooks.
Re:O'Reilly is selling any eBook for $9.99 today on Friday May 21, 2010 @11:59PM (#1369746)
This is definitely a hacky way to go. I just tried it with Matz’s Ruby book. Reading it with Stanza on OSX is just about the ugliest digital reading experience outside of scanned text.

Oh well, it only set me back 5 bucks.

Ask HN: I need to store lots of citations

Here is my train of thought so far...Storing normalized citations Pros: easy to search through with fine granularity; Cons: Difficult to maintain schema; difficult to enter semantic informationStoring citation “blobs” (ex. MLA formatted strings) Pros: easy to enter (simple copy+paste); easy to store Cons: difficult to search through with granularityDoes anyone have any experience with this...

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Re:Ask HN: Please review my Mac App on Wednesday May 12, 2010 @12:24PM (#1341363)
For those who have just purchased Transmit 4, it has been overhauled with many Applescript additions. Using that on Snow Leopard, it would be very easy to create your own contextual items with Automator.

That being said, if I didn’t already have a nice FTP solution, this would be a great little app.

Re:Iron Man 2's Secret Sauce: 3-D Printing on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @03:23PM (#1338937)
> Maybe the best example are the gloves that Downey wore--which were no thicker than a dime, and could be worn for hours without getting so hot that the dude needed some Colombian Marching Powder to take the edge off

Really?

Re:How Do You Like MobileMe For Free? on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @08:11AM (#1337534)
I would rather it just cost less as opposed to entirely free. If there were a paid alternative to GMail, I would move away from that too.

Paying for something reduces the likelihood that the provider will do unscrupulous things with my data for financial gain. Or at least I feel like they’d be less likely. And ignorance is bliss, right?

Re:Online backup to S3 for the Mac on Monday March 08, 2010 @06:52PM (#1176905)
From the Carbonite Backup Bouncer test:

One of backup-bouncer's tests is called "combo-tests" where it tests several different file metadata types on the same file. Carbonite didn't restore this file at all.

Instead, Carbonite left a file called "Carbonite_Restore_F161_G1.tmp". It's a 1-line text file that reads "gotta boogie".

Interesting ideas / directions for a undergraduate summer-long research project?

It will take place over the course of one summer. I want to take part because undergraduate (paid!) research sounds very rewarding. However, I don’t really have many ideas. My professor had suggested looking at machine learning algorithms to improve TCP congestion control over wireless networks, but frankly I am much more interested in software architecture / engineering than networking. Does...

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Re:The iPhone obsession on Monday February 08, 2010 @12:17PM (#1110130)
Here’s the thing: developing for the iPhone means that you are developing for any browser that supports web standards. Why bend over backwards for browsers on phones with archaic web browsing capabilities. If anything, it will force vendors to get with the HTML5 and CSS3 programs.
Re:Loren Brichter on Tweetie on Sunday January 24, 2010 @06:54PM (#1074027)
Doesn’t that stop a user from using copy and paste?