mrtimuk

Re:Computer codes that transformed science on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:35AM (#25848430)

Exactly. The title sounds like CPU instructions; but the article reads as "pieces of software".

Re:Colibri: A Browser Without Tabs on Monday October 26, 2020 @06:35PM (#24902320)

It does - long tap a link and you can open in a new tab.

Re:Ask HN: A tool for writing English that checks “popularity” of used... on Friday October 21, 2016 @05:45AM (#12759198)

In FAQ: "Why does Google Books only provide feedback on 5 tokens or less?"

You mean "..feedback only for 5 tokens or FEWER?" Use your app! ;) //runs away

Re:The Problem with Mobile Phones on Friday May 01, 2015 @08:53AM (#9470931)

I'm surprised A-GPS didn't get a mention. There must be data leaked when your phone uses MSA to obtain higher resolution for the rough GPS location that it has. (less so with MSB)

Re:Show HN: Treev – Search Bar for Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, and Tre... on Thursday April 23, 2015 @06:37AM (#9425800)

Looks good. Could you make sure all your requests go over TLS please? The javascript console has pages of mixed content warnings.

Why isn't the right pedal on bikes reverse-threaded?

Posted by mrtimuk on Monday March 02, 2015 @05:14AM
from the blog.everydayscientist.com dept.

http://blog.everydayscientist.com/?p=2655

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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @08:15AM (#8693544)

..and please let there be decent keyboard shortcuts (I'm looking at you, Skype)

Re:Show HN: Codementor Office Hours on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @06:32AM (#7936963)

Are the "8 spaces" just for participants in the Q&A? Ie: can I just watch without signing up and 'participating'?

Re:Ask HN: Personal Server Recommendations on Friday June 13, 2014 @11:52AM (#7889426)

I use OVH and Ubiquity for dev'ing; with servers in Europe and the US. Both very cheap and cheerful; my aim is to sync/load balance. Just looked at Cloudatcost - sounds great, I'll have to get one of those too!

I don't know about storage.

Re:PostgreSQL partitioning explained on Monday May 05, 2014 @06:32PM (#7701717)

Could you use a check constraint of FALSE on the parent table to prevent rows from being erroneously inserted there instead of the actual partition tables?

Re:Microsoft Office Online on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:37AM (#7303886)

Someone just skyped me and the office.com tab is now flashing with their name in my browser. I'm not sure how to acknowledge the notification or read the message - any ideas?

Re:Ask HN: What would Excel's formula language look like if you invent... on Monday December 02, 2013 @12:05PM (#6834840)

I think Excel language is great: It's fantastic that so many people in the world are unwittingly gaining experience in using a pure functional language, and its conciseness really lends itself to writing in relatively small cells. There are no side effects, it's hard to shoot yourself in the foot.

I do find myself writing fold-like functions by creating a column to hold the accumulator; whereas it might be nice to have that syntax built-in.

It's an intuitive functional language. Well played.