grendel
Re:JavaScript is the new Perl
on Friday February 01, 2013 @08:13AM (#5150515)
I would argue that before JavaScript Perl is the only one that came close, part of why it was so popular.
Re:Ask HN: Hacking Piano Learning
on Friday July 29, 2011 @08:52PM (#2824471)
I am going to try out the piano fundamentals book. I have 4yr old taking lessons. The preface seems to promise a lot. I am skeptical that you can hack the basic 10,000 hr expert path. Starting 10 yrs older than you.
Re:The 10 commandments of good source control management
on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @08:59AM (#2509755)
I keep all dependencies in ivy (.Net/C++ shop). If I don't need to hack the source it goes in ivy.
William Faulkner Online
Re:Ask HN: Best Philosophical Books?
on Saturday July 10, 2010 @09:39AM (#1503621)
+ Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility James P. Carse
+ Thus Spoke Zarathrusta Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Re:Gotta wonder if Steve knows
on Sunday June 13, 2010 @11:26AM (#1427550)
Had a bad drive on a iMac 2 yrs ago. They asked if I wanted my defective drive. Of course I said yes. This was at a genius bar.
Re:DuckDuckGo featured on Lifehacker
on Monday May 24, 2010 @04:38PM (#1375632)
I think I heard these same arguments against google... DuckDuckGo is in good company.
Re:Ask HN: got any food hacks?
on Saturday April 03, 2010 @08:57AM (#1238562)
Pre-washed baby spinach, baby tomatoes, bacon or leftover meat (like steak, hamburger). Top with two fried eggs and cheese. I tend to eat it for breakfast.
Re:Daring Fireball: The Kids Are All Right
on Saturday April 03, 2010 @08:33AM (#1238539)
The reason things are so good for us now is the free software and free culture that gave us the tools we have. Apple firmly sits on that back.
Re:John Mackey and Whole Foods
on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @05:26PM (#1021463)
Central Market is a gourmet store, it has less focus on all organic. It wins in both variety and quality.
Re:Poll: What is your primary *nix distro on your home machine?
on Saturday October 17, 2009 @10:06PM (#887800)
The main server at home is debian. i have one desktop box and the tiny vaio running ubuntu. recently being hacking obj-c for the iphone so osx has become my main desktop. have been considering switching to opensolaris for my server.
Re:Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.
on Monday October 12, 2009 @01:23AM (#876090)
grendel - john gardner
bluebeard - kurt vonnegut
Re:The Hacker's Diet
on Saturday July 18, 2009 @12:42AM (#711370)
I have found that "Good Calories, Bad Calories" does a great job of pointing towards a better understanding of diets and how the body works.
Re:A guide to GNU Screen
on Friday January 09, 2009 @09:10AM (#426585)
I use ` as my command prefix, works well with emacs and is only one key. the only issue comes if you cut and paste lines with back ticks, which disconnects your screen session, but since its screen its trivial to reattach.
Re:Food for thought - Eat your way to a better brain
on Thursday September 11, 2008 @08:59PM (#301970)
The Omnivore's Dilemma is a must read. http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meal...
Re:The comic book might be Google Chrome's biggest innovation (a new w...
on Wednesday September 03, 2008 @08:48PM (#294389)
what about all of _why the lucky stiff's stuff?
Re:IPhone Tethering Returns To Apple’s App Store
on Saturday August 02, 2008 @01:54PM (#265101)
bought the app because i enjoyed so much of their work on my jailbroken 1.x iphone.