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Very cool, I was just wishing for a tool like this today. A small feature request I would love to see: Support for custom delimiters. I sometimes work with CSVs that actually use pipe (|) as the delimiter to avoid issues with cells that contain commas as content.
Re:Ask HN: Options for One-Handed Typing on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @09:44PM (#44176501)
I have used a one-handed keyboard for 20 years. My current set up is using

- A 25 key Macropad (really an external numpad) Something like this, for around $50 USD https://www.dhgate.com/product/25keys-macro-keyboard-kit-pro...

- The keyboard supports QMK, the customizable open source keyboard firmware

- I programmed my own layout using the Frogpad style layout others have mentioned. Its central feature is that it is what's known as a "chording keyboard" in which you hit multiple keys at the same time, like a piano chord, to trigger different letters.

- The reduced keys on the keyboard mean I can comfortably produce any character at normal speed with one hand without moving my wrist in a way that would cause RSI.

If you want more info or a copy of my QMK config let me know.

It's not a book, but the Python3 Deep Dive courses by Fred Baptiste on Udemy are very good at helping to understand the internals of python: https://www.udemy.com/user/fredbaptiste/ If the courses are pricey, remember that Udemy seems to have major sales every couple of weeks, so I'm sure they will come down in price again soon.
Re:Pirate Weather: A Free, Open, and Documented Forecast API on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @02:55PM (#34330567)
Can confirm pirateweather.net's forecast API working as a drop-in replacement for DarkSky's. I was able to fix a soon to be broken DarkSky bitbar script by just replacing the URLs/API keys to pirateweather's in under 5 minutes.
As someone who's documented a lot of users flows by hand this would be a really handy service. However, it'd be great if there was more of a demo available without a sign up. At the moment it seems like there's just a couple of tiny screeenshots and a single GIF showing what your product actually looks like. How about a sample screencast or a sample PDF of a finished guide?
Re:Where’s _why? (2012) on Monday February 10, 2020 @04:34PM (#22293643)
Ethical considerations aside, this article had a huge impact on me and played a big part in getting me to finally learn to code. _why's style made the idea of coding very approachable for someone who didn't have a math/science background
can you explain a bit more about "German conservative company structures" for us non-Germans?
Re:Using Vim as a Python IDE on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:31PM (#13537983)
It also allows you to "split" your terminal into multiple tabs, panes and windows, which makes it easy to hop back and forth between sessions in multiple environments. As others have said though the killer feature really is that you can run it on a remote machine and attach and detach at will.
just found this Chrome extension that allows you to export playlists https://twitter.com/frank_chimero/status/666373969394708481
There already is Spotify -> Rdio tools like http://resp.in/ Now we just need the reverse.
Re:Ask HN: Moving to Philadelphia on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @05:44PM (#10155980)
Thanks everyone, appreciate the info!
Re:Ask HN: Moving to Philadelphia on Sunday August 30, 2015 @05:25PM (#10144531)
Yeah, I probably take the Boston scene for granted, but at the same time I'm not looking to join the next future unicorn, I'm just looking for a steady job at a good company that I'll enjoy.

Ask HN: Moving to Philadelphia

I've been living in the Boston area for 10 years, and have really enjoyed working in the tech scene here but I'm strongly considering a move to the Philly area for family reasons. Can anyone give me any tips or info on Philadelphia? What's the tech scene like? What are the big companies? Where do people live? What do people do for fun?

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Re:A Field Guide to the American Sandwich on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @08:08AM (#9380348)
I'm generally not a very patriotic American, but boy did I feel a certain amount of pride looking at all of these sandwiches that have been crafted in America.
Re:How to create a handheld Linux terminal on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @11:39AM (#8880852)
I'm typing this on a Frogpad now. Due to an injury I've used it as my main keyboard for years. Unfortunately the company is all but defunct and the layout is propriety. For years I've been meaning to write script to set the keyboard layout of a full size keyboard to it. That way I can stop paying hundreds whenever an old Frogpad appears on ebay.
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
Re:ChartSQL: Create Charts and Dashboards from SQL on Sunday November 16, 2014 @11:22AM (#8614556)
Looks neat. However it appears to actually only support MySQL, despite it's website's claims
Re:Chrome Experiments: “3d city” on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @10:26PM (#8145990)
If only there was some kind of "save game" feature
That version is a fake according to the creator's twitter feed: https://twitter.com/gabrielecirulli/status/44449813553323212...