jonsmock

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by jonsmock 13y ago
I believe HN was created with arc[1] to put design pressure on it. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_(programming_language)
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by jonsmock 14y ago
Nice article, Jose! For those interested, Aaron Patterson (tenderlove) talks about this in his RailsConf talk, starting at 26:45. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWOAHIpmLAI
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by jonsmock 15y ago
That's about what I was thinking, too. It might be good to explicitly say that they would have a lot of influence over the product, so it would ideally be well-suited to their needs. And, they would have special privileges/discounts/whate
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by jonsmock 15y ago
Yeah, serving up two versions simultaneously and split testing them would be more scientific, but I appreciate the number anyway. It was an after the fact observation rather than an original goal, so I wouldn't expect him to go back and de
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by jonsmock 15y ago
FWIW, I really appreciated the post, Joel. I'm actually in the process of buying a lot of this stuff for myself due to accepting a new telecommuting job. I need to furnish my home office, and as understanding as my wife is, it's hard to e
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by jonsmock 15y ago
I think this is essentially what FogBugz does, so if it works for you, I think there's a good argument for using it.
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by jonsmock 15y ago
All of these arguments are the same arguments you need to think through when determining whether to make a web app vs. a native app on the desktop. They're identical, because the desktop is just another device. I completely agree with all
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by jonsmock 15y ago
Agreed. The minute you know the feature does have traction and won't go away any time soon is the minute you clean or rewrite that code. This may be semantics at some level, but I think it's important to not imply you just don't care abou
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by jonsmock 15y ago
Oh no, now he has no motivation to do any open source! :-P
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by jonsmock 15y ago
In addition to the argument for keeping your styles together, CSS is declarative while Javascript is imperative. There are just less moving parts in CSS, and the browser keeps track of any "state" that you would be tracking in Javascript.
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by jonsmock 15y ago
My favorite part is at 2:42 when they show the fairly plain dashboard, and you see a lone toggle switch marked "Fly".
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by jonsmock 15y ago
Absolutely agree. I help move some of the poorer families at our church, and I'm always astounded at where their money is spent. One family wore hand me down clothes and had little else in their house, but they had a 60"+ TV in their livin
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by jonsmock 15y ago
The only problem is that he's still stressing about money at that point. If he has even 300 people willing to pledge $8/month, he can bank on $2400/month and adjust his living expenses accordingly, if necessary. I'm sure there are people
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by jonsmock 15y ago
After about a day of thinking on this, I think I've come around. I still don't think I would have pulled the trigger on this, but I respect the people that did. And, again, I absolutely love CoffeeScript and support it 100%. I'm less infatu
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by jonsmock 15y ago
Totally agree - and the HAML/SASS argument is perfect. We talk a lot about web standards and doing things that are "native" to the web, but abstracting things like HTML/CSS/javascript (by default) don't fit with that mindset. I like CoffeeS
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by jonsmock 15y ago
I think it's the layout of your site plus the brevity of the post that confused everyone (including me). I couldn't distinguish what I was supposed to look at, what was image and what was post text, etc. It's cool to celebrate "small" cont
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I forwarded his recent TED Talk to several of my teacher friends, and many immediately thought this was supposed to be their replacement. So, I'm assuming the first (mis)conception is valid at the very least.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
That's the opposite of how I read that. I take it as a comfort that they're doing their best, and they're the best at what they're doing. If they needed food or money, I would gladly send it, but he's saying they don't. Great!
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by jonsmock 16y ago
All I know is that I felt conflicted when I saw the tweet. "Do I retweet? It's for a good cause. But, I don't want to support Bing." I didn't retweet and felt a bit guilty. I didn't want to be used either.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
Touche. I'm thinking way too much like a programmer. Thanks for posting that link, it's a good reminder of how different people are.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I definitely do the "want to share but also 'bookmark'" thing with my Twitter updates. And, yes, hashtags somewhat solve this, but not really - at least not for me. I like the idea of lists on Thingist, but I don't want to have to categor
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I definitely agree, especially with the idea of getting your employees further invested in the company, even if it doesn't mean a job/title change. I don't get compensated the way I might somewhere else, but it's awesome to work somewhere
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by jonsmock 16y ago
Agreed, the math here is way off. No mention of amortization to either side of the argument: the "saved" $104,000 OR the expected $800,000. Perhaps I invested the $800,000 (or what's left after I pay my student loans)? Depending on how t
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I want to hear William Shatner read troll comments!
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I definitely do this. If I'm actually "watching" a repo, such as tenderlove's ARel repo, I'll put the RSS feed into my reader. Might be a little clunky to do it that way, but that's basically how I get all my other news.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
Yes, the relevance should get much better. For instance, I did once click on a StackOverflow ad, because the product sounded interesting. The other annoyance about advertising is the interruption, which I'm not sure will go away.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
So are you confirming that it's a theme? I think most of us were confused from the title "Elementary OS," and the project didn't have an About page to explain what it was.
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by jonsmock 16y ago
Definitely needs an "About" page. Here's the first blog post for those looking for a little more information (not much more): http://elementary-project.com/news/what-is-elementary-and-wh... EDIT: still digging. Here's another interestin
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I recently started working in this sector, and I was shocked at the (poor) quality of its software. I think I've identified a few causes: 1. Design by committee 2. Winners are determined by relationships and lock-in 3. Educators don't care
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by jonsmock 16y ago
I'm 26, and if I were in your shoes, I guarantee I'd feel the same way (primarily, because I do already somewhat). If I read this right, you're struggling to feel needed. I know this isn't exactly the same thing as the need to make a diffe

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