meese_
Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature
on Saturday February 08, 2014 @11:26PM (#7204371)
Have you tried Fastmail? I switched to them a while ago and haven't looked back. Their web UI isn't as nice, but they have an honest business model with a much better privacy policy and migrating is pretty straightforward.
Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature
on Saturday February 08, 2014 @10:37PM (#7204230)
Why haven't you already?
Re:Enrollment for Stanford's online DB class now open
on Sunday September 25, 2011 @05:20PM (#3036771)
When do these officially start?
Re:Return of the Mac (2005)
on Monday August 08, 2011 @03:30AM (#2859153)
* Command-V to paste.
* Command-F3/the Exposé function button to reveal the desktop (on Apple keyboards, or you can change it; just search for Exposé in System Preferences).
* Enable right click in System Preferences > Mouse or Trackpad.
It just takes a little getting used to. But in the end all that really matters is what makes you most productive. All this elitism is stupid.
Re:Update your timezone defs: Russia abolishes winter time (DST)
on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @04:32PM (#2195006)
Powers of ten are easy to manage in base 10?
Re:Redesigning OSX Spaces: 45˚ Is All It Takes
on Monday January 31, 2011 @10:33PM (#2164320)
Especially considering how many basic features it is missing...
Re:The Python Paradox
on Sunday January 09, 2011 @01:08AM (#2084981)
I wouldn't say Objective-C is "elegant" in the same way a scripting language can be, but it and its common libraries (i.e., Cocoa/NextSTEP) illustrate some very sound API design, and object-orientation in the Alan Kay-intended/SmallTalk sense.
edit: sorry, missed your edit. I'd probably agree with you and chc now. Obj-C was a clever hack for its time, but compared to modern dynamic/scripting languages, it's not really that special -- outside from being relatively high-performance due to its C compatibility, as you mentioned.
Re:About CoverSutra, the Mac App Store and Sanity
on Saturday January 08, 2011 @03:41PM (#2083903)
Why doesn't she simply offer App Store coupon codes to existing users? Seems like that would solve her "PR" problems, and they expire after their first use so there shouldn't be any worry of piracy or anything like that, as with serial numbers.
Re:Grooveshark's new Javascript/HTML interface
on Saturday December 04, 2010 @09:50AM (#1969300)
The Defacer Safari & Chrome extensions (http://babelstudios.se/defacer/, https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ikfbfahhinbemoji...) seem to break this (just shows up a blank page)... any way to fix this?
Re:Python Black Magic
on Friday November 19, 2010 @12:09PM (#1921926)
This is not exactly "black magic", it's fairly well-known and explained directly in the official documentation: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html#private-variabl....
Re:PG on the cover of Forbes
on Friday November 19, 2010 @11:16AM (#1921763)
Re:Thank PG: For reclaiming the word 'hacker'
on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @08:01PM (#1916394)
I wish there were a setting to toggle this back.
Re:The Two Things about Computer Programming
on Saturday November 13, 2010 @02:08PM (#1901413)
"There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." - Phil Karlton
Re:Rob Pike: Notes on Programming in C
on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @02:26PM (#1887590)
I think that advice is just outdated. It's a different situation now that it's a standard practice and there are optimizations supporting it (http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-2.95.3/cpp%5F1.html#SEC8).
Re:Why Apple saddled the MacBook Air with "gimped" CPUs
on Thursday October 21, 2010 @01:38PM (#1816569)
Sure, but video chatting is getting to be pretty popular as well (which, at least on the previous Air, tended to bring the processor to its knees).
Re:Mac OS X.7 "Lion" preview
on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @07:02PM (#1813498)
I'd bet the likelihood of Apple finally finishing resolution independence is much higher now, considering how fine the resolutions of the new Macbook Airs are (which, as Jobs said, are probably going to become their most popular computer in the near future).
Re:Terminal Tips and Tricks For Mac OS X
on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @03:24PM (#1492066)
What's even better is that these can be customized: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=448218
Re:This is Why I'll Never be an Adult
on Saturday June 19, 2010 @09:56PM (#1445695)
"Life is like highschool with money." — Frank Zappa
Re:Iterators? They still make these?
on Thursday June 17, 2010 @04:26PM (#1440230)
Re:Duck Duck Go = Perfect search engine for programmers
on Saturday May 22, 2010 @11:51PM (#1371741)
> > They already allow you change your preferences to see 100 results per search instead of the default. How does this fit with your logic?
> That nobody except for a few geeks do it. Just like the 'I feel lucky' button.
Why don't they offer this as an option then, by the same logic?
Re:Hacker/Designer Roommates
on Sunday May 16, 2010 @09:43AM (#1351995)
e.g.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qUKv7XVx4, http://www.bobstaake.com/staakenyer.html
("It's the artist, not the tools.")
Re:Rewriting pixels to add new features to closed-source software
on Friday April 02, 2010 @10:42AM (#1236540)
A bit different from this, but OS X has allowed the editing of nib interface files in any application for years (though that ability seems to have unfortunately gone away for the most part in Snow Leopard, where most nibs are compressed to save space).
Re:go to xkcd.com: The webcomic XKCD now has a command prompt
on Thursday April 01, 2010 @12:07PM (#1234904)
$ vi
You should really use emacs.
$ emacs
You should really use vim.
Re:Bye Bye Flash: GitHub's Network Graph is now Canvas
on Thursday March 25, 2010 @04:50PM (#1219464)
I wonder if they'll be converting Clippy next.
That seems to be the only thing left on the site that is still Flash.
Re:Ask HN: Rate my site - delishbits.com
on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @07:09PM (#1182404)
Thanks, these are all really good suggestions, I've already fixed a couple of them. They are pretty general too, so I'll also be considering them when making future sites.
As far as the design goes: I'm not much of a designer, so I used vegetables. It seemed like a good idea at the time, anyway.
Re:Ask HN: Rate my site - delishbits.com
on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @07:03PM (#1182393)
No, you're right, it was a totally valid criticism. Sorry, I just haven't been having a very good week :)
Re:Ask HN: Rate my site - delishbits.com
on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @04:41PM (#1182067)
Thanks, I changed it. (languages/c++ is now also languages/c-plus-plus instead of languages/c%2b%2b). Seems like a no-brainer now that you've pointed it out.
Re:Ask HN: Rate my site - delishbits.com
on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @04:15PM (#1182011)
Ah, didn't realize that. Sorry, it's fixed.
Re:Ask HN: Rate my site - delishbits.com
on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @03:53PM (#1181939)
That's just URL encodings. Try http://www.delishbits.com/languages/c%23
(foo.com/c# is parsed as an anchor)