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Microsoft is, in it's current state, far from "doomed". The lock-in effect mentioned will account for their survival for some time, look at businesses still using windows 2000 in large deployment. The other thing to consider is how they have been trying to refocus their direction and corporate girth to target the web, i.e. online advertising, Silverlight and such. how successful that will be remains to be seen.

Nice article, I learn something new about git everyday.

misleading headline. plus why is a valleywag article showing up on HN, I can get that elsewhere.

shared graphics on the macbook might be a problem depending on your needs.

they obviously undervalue the writers skill. frontend and backend require different skillsets, but the average person has no knowledge of what either one is really worth.

they need to hire a decent graphics designer. do any other services like this exist already?

when they're this old, they should be auto-downmodded. the article is 7 years old, and I'm pretty sure blinkenlights.nl is older than that.

too bad the application deadline is over

I think the point of the A List Apart article was to get your visitors involved before requiring a full sign up. Show them your app is actual valuable and useful to them before you require any commitment on their part. Once they're engaged a small sign-up form or an activation email is no longer a hassle.

Not sure I agree with that order. I personally know people who have learned SQL before php or other backend language. You make a good point about the other elements in website building. It can be invaluable to have a good designer/user interface expert type on your team. In my experience _most_ hacker types are weaker in those areas, myself included.

i agree. being a hacker is more of an attitude toward the world than any one set of skills. skills can be learned easily, adjusting your entire outlook on life takes alot more work.

it is? the date on the one i read was march 27 2008.

i imagine his work ethic is partly responsible for the sites success.

give it time, this will be the norm everywhere. regular users don't like urls, their just used to them.

hell, they're still around! hehe, http://members.aol.com/sfritz2994/pdxbbs.htm

traditionally the hackers have been the most undervalued in the whole equation.

GlassFish sounds interesting but why muddle Ruby with Java unless you really need Java?

man i'm tired of hearing 2.0 tacked onto stuff. anyone know what the approx. total bandwidth available in the "so-called white spaces" is?

so it's like a pause button for meatspace?

i knew i had read that after one sentence. thanks huhtenberg for linking to the original.

sorry but intelligence testing alone isn't meritocratic. perhaps when combined with other metrics it could be a factor, but far from the only one.

calling it a clone is misleading. exciting since personally i'd like to see some more VC action in the Pacific NW

that is one of the coolest things i've ever seen. i want to put that little guy in my band

cool idea, i sure don't want to wear cheap plastic jewelry just to connect with my real/virtual friends

tabs and compile err's in the margins would be interesting.

slick for sure, i could see a few applications, mostly a curiosity. a 'command line joke' as it says.

I don't enjoy my current job at all. I work part time in a non-tech related job. the rest of my time is spent thinking about what projects to best devote my time to and experimenting.

so remove the karma and there's no more motivation to gain some sort of social ranking cred? interesting idea.