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Re:Why I've built an alternative to Github on Monday June 20, 2011 @04:17PM (#2675814)
(honestly afraid to comment, but what the hell.)

i know its not git, but bitbucket (mercurial, same type of dvcs as github) has free private and unlimited repository hosting.

Re:Show HN: Briquette, a Mac OS X client for 37signal's Campfire app on Monday May 23, 2011 @01:24PM (#2576704)
Thanks! I got the last code (mentioned first) (MA7LMP9KNLRK).

Promise to provide a review on the Mac App Store for you.

Re:Nokia announces start of Qt 5 development on Monday May 09, 2011 @12:10PM (#2529171)
why?
Re:Groovy 1.8.0 final is released on Thursday April 28, 2011 @12:12AM (#2492091)
i was about to ask the same question...
Re:Red Hat's top secret Java Killer/Successor: The Ceylon Project on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @08:00AM (#2441720)
too little too late gavin/red-hat. which i guess is how the entire java world operates, so i shouldn't be surprised.
Re:WWDC sold out in ten hours. on Monday March 28, 2011 @08:40PM (#2380814)
the only way to know about and get tickets in time is twitter. booo apple.
Re:Mobile web will grow but native apps (still) have an upper hand on Monday February 14, 2011 @01:39PM (#2217953)
i generally agree with the headline, but the article doesn't backup the headline very well.
Re:Our Stack: iOS, Mac OS X and Clojure on Google App Engine on Monday February 07, 2011 @09:32AM (#2188994)
I was expecting a more pragmatic explanation of why Clojure, Mac OSX and Google App Engine. Although at this point, the pragmatic selection of Mac OSX and iOS is understood.

What did Clojure do for you that the hundreds of others don't or didn't? What is unique about your infrastructure? What challenges did you find? Etc..

Why the Google App Engine? Cheaper? Free? Faster? Why not the others?

Re:Git Hacking: A Social Layer for GitHub on Monday January 31, 2011 @01:34PM (#2162602)
i always thought github.com was 'social' enough.
Re:SourceForge attacked, resets 2 million account passwords to protect... on Saturday January 29, 2011 @04:06PM (#2156372)
"whats a sourceforge?"

... thinking the same thing. github is the new sourceforge.

Re:Why a small team chose Mercurial. on Friday January 14, 2011 @06:44PM (#2105880)
yes, please read the linked blog post. they used both hg and git quite a bit but found hg easier to host, use and move over from subversion (convert repos but also command line).

so yes, cheerleader piece you are right on that. not much cheerleading for hg these days.

Re:Ask HN: Uptime on EC2 vs Slicehost on Monday May 17, 2010 @11:15PM (#1356321)
Agreed. Slicehost servers are great and so are EC2.
Re:Ask HN: Which DSLR Lens? on Monday May 17, 2010 @11:12PM (#1356317)
$300-400 is going to buy you plastic crumby lenses. I do a lot of various photography... weddings, family, portraits, kids, landscapes, etc. If you bought your DSLR to take more photos than quick shots at family gatherings, invest in prime lenses.

That being said, the best (cheap) lens I have ever used/bought was 50mm 1.8/f lens. It was for the Nikon, but Cannon has one similar. The price is about $100 depending where you go.

I don't know the cannon world very well, but those guys talking about Nikons 18-200 is truly one of the best lenses there is. In terms of what it can do and cost. I bring it when I travel alot because it's small, great zoom, great wide angle (all considering), great in low light, great for outdoors and decent indoors.

Another thought is to visit your local camera shop and rent some lenses. Try them out for a weekend. Borrow from fellow Cannon owners. Go out on Flickr meetups and see what they are using.

Quite honestly hackernews crowd is the not the best place to find other photographers for advice :)