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Re:Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @10:24AM (#3766346)
> I would write my OWN bot, that responded to TWSS with a quotation from a notable woman.

I'd write a bot that would answer with a TWSS-trigger and watch the IRC channel going up in flames :]

Re:Suddenly Microsoft is the Hippest Tech Company Around on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @03:29AM (#3765153)
Yeah! Can't wait to use their hip and cool .NET technology ... and using windows is a delight. cmd32.exe > zsh ;)
Re:10 startups to watch from Y Combinator’s Demo Day on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @03:27AM (#3765147)
See, if you charge every facebook user $1 month this makes ... ah ... nevermind theoretical markets :)
Sad times when Atwood is giving coding advice ...
Re:Create your own programming language in JavaScript on Monday March 26, 2012 @12:35PM (#3757430)
I bet he will be building some RPN language ... which is a rather boring task.
Re:Books Programmers Don't Really Read But Recommend on Monday March 26, 2012 @03:26AM (#3755518)
Huh, seems I'm a strange guy. From the "everybody has read" list I just read 2 books (pragmatic programmer and the 2nd edition) but from the list "everybody recommends but no one actually reads" I only haven't read introduction to algorithms.
> I started out just knowing the basics: HTML/CSS and some Photoshop skills. Hardly any knowledge of JS or any programming language.

What did you do during your high school years? Why didn't you learn to code then?

Re:Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language? on Friday March 23, 2012 @06:30PM (#3747687)
Wow, there are people who actually like JavaScript?!
Re:Ask HN: more sites like HN on Thursday March 22, 2012 @06:29AM (#3739149)
> try to make your site more appealing to a potential customer

No problem with that but spamming google with bought links, etc. isn't what exactly makes a site appealing to customers.

Re:Paul Graham has lost the plot on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @04:33PM (#3736460)
Great. You use the FOSS alternatives and let the greedy guys play business with commercial software.

But then ... tell me ... for what do we need the pirate bay?

Re:Paul Graham has lost the plot on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @04:27PM (#3736428)
> Linux

Only most lines of linux code are written by people who are paid for doing so. If it wasn't for companies that put money into linux development linux would be a lot less useful.

Re:Ask HN: more sites like HN on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @04:17PM (#3736379)
I don't think the comments will get better. It's a SEO site after all and you just need to take a look at sphinn.com to see what happens if you cater to a community of spammers and shadowy salesmen.
Re:What else is new in c# 5 on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @06:42AM (#3728624)
wow, that share thingy is ultra annoying.
meh, only webdev hippsters there ...
Re:The C Conference on Sunday March 18, 2012 @07:30AM (#3719527)
uh, looks like some webdev hippster read the 2nd ed. and now wants to start a C-rockstar/ninja cult.
Re:Why we didn't use a bloom filter on Saturday March 17, 2012 @03:50AM (#3716610)
Talks about nanoseconds and ultra fast code ... doesn't lose a word about cache locality?
Re:Instapaper for Retina iPad on Friday March 16, 2012 @06:08AM (#3712646)
As a one man shop he possibly just can't afford to support Android. First porting your existing Obj-C code to Java is a lot of work and then supporting all the android screen resolutions out there would mean he couldn't provide updates to the existing iOS apps.
Re:Why we need Python in the Browser on Thursday March 15, 2012 @09:15AM (#3708266)
> the most restrictive operating systems only permit us to code in Objective C

uninformed gibberish.

Re:GoFlow: a DIY tDCS brain-boosting kit on Friday March 09, 2012 @01:06PM (#3685200)
he's selling crap worth $10 for $99 and people are willing to buy. so I guess it worked pretty good.
Döner - not Kebap - is a german (berlin) invention.
Re:Adobe Photoshop Touch hits iPad 2 for $9.99 on Sunday February 26, 2012 @05:22AM (#3635289)
> 2. Tablets are the future. If Adobe doesn't make a photoshop for the iPad, someone else will and Adobe will go out of business.

OK, let's assume tablets were the future ... so how does it help Adobe (a software company) if they set such low prices for their products? They are just educating customers that software should be very cheap and there's not much worth to it.

I can understand why Apple who is a hardware company at first is interested in low software prices but for a software company this is just suicidal.

Re:Adobe Photoshop Touch hits iPad 2 for $9.99 on Sunday February 26, 2012 @03:22AM (#3635142)
Wow. Adobe devaluating their product by setting such a low price. I don't think this is a good idea.
Re:MusicForProgramming(); on Saturday February 18, 2012 @09:09AM (#3606602)
if you're not that into emo/hippster music try out http://www.ektoplazm.com/ - great music for coding.
Re:Back on Linux (after one year of Apple and OS X) on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @01:20PM (#3591100)
I've got a MBP and a Thinkpad and though the TP is by far the best PC (win/lx) notebook it's nowhere near the MBP if you compare build quality and ergonomics.
Re:Node.native - Node.js in C++0x on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @10:27AM (#3566857)
familiar interface for whom?
Re:Node.native - Node.js in C++0x on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @10:24AM (#3566845)
none. I'm using libevent for my C++0x webapps and it rocks.
Re:Mac OSX Lion's scroll breaks the web on Saturday February 04, 2012 @07:09AM (#3550864)
make native apps and stop doing that web bullshit then?
Re:MusicForProgramming(); on Saturday February 04, 2012 @04:46AM (#3550710)
yo mon. this is the shit! love ektoplazm.
Re:MusicForProgramming(); on Saturday February 04, 2012 @04:45AM (#3550708)
this music is the suxx0r. goa trance > all
Re:The Rise of the New Groupthink on Saturday January 14, 2012 @04:24AM (#3463883)
That's why I don't like pair programming.

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