seanl

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by seanl 13y ago
"There is some concern that Apple will have a hard time recruiting a top-notch CEO because of Jobs's presence." reads quite ironically too given how things panned out.
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by seanl 14y ago
I just wish that Logo+<Number> didn't require you to hold the Logo key for a second or so before you press the number. I want quicker switching between apps than that.
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by seanl 14y ago
Something roughly equivalent to: s = set() for e1 in edits1(word): for e2 in edits1(e1): s.add(e2)
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by seanl 14y ago
Having done substantive work in both, the most significant difference that for me favours Python is that every module explicitly imports the names that are accessible within its namespace (barring use of 'from X import *' which is generall
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Django's class-based views were a mistake(lukeplant.me.uk)
30 points by seanl 14y ago|0 comments
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by seanl 15y ago
Some realities can't be distorted. RIP.
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by seanl 15y ago
No, but iOS is a derivation of OS X, so you have to take all the iDevices into account too. Probably Linux still has the numbers.
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Stephen Wolfram: Can he topple Google?(guardian.co.uk)
7 points by seanl 16y ago|1 comments
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by seanl 16y ago
If you read the context, this isn't really a specific criticism of ssh, but rather a general criticism of Unix's network model (or lack of it). Maybe we should all be using Plan 9, but as we're not ssh helps a lot.
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Bruce Schneier - Reconceptualizing Security (video)(youtube.com)
1 points by seanl 16y ago|0 comments
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by seanl 16y ago
I think you're right that the members of a community give it its value, but I think you underestimate the influence of the software. Consider it like the decor of a bar - once the regular clientele are established it becomes less important,
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by seanl 16y ago
So on the balance of comments here I decided to give it a whirl. Posting this from the app, looks pretty good so far.
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by seanl 16y ago
Is anyone using this? Is it any good?
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Hacker News, for iPhone and iPod Touch(michaelgrinich.com)
40 points by seanl 16y ago|40 comments
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Dazzling new 3D buildings for New York City in Google Earth(google-latlong.blogspot.com)
2 points by seanl 16y ago|0 comments
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by seanl 17y ago
"most people need a push in order to perform" Perform for the benefit of whom?
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by seanl 17y ago
OK, so you significantly edited your reply, rather than do the same I'll respond again: "smoothly conflate mercantilism and capitalism." That mercantilism was a phase of capitalism is a common - though not universally accepted - point of
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by seanl 17y ago
Unless you mean to imply that the United States, England, and France started WWII? I mean, you could make a roundabout Treaty of Versailles argument to do that That would be a simple version of the argument I have in mind. Basically I don
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by seanl 17y ago
WW2 requires the re-branding of command economies as "capitalist" Only if you see the rise of Nazism and WW2 as discrete historical events with no causal relationship to the years that immediately preceded them. I've encountered reasonabl
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by seanl 17y ago
Arguably the two world wars of the 20th century were a consequence of the expansionist tendencies of capitalist economies, and between them deaths were nigh on 100 million. Of course you may well reject such an argument, as I might reject t
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by seanl 17y ago
One key reason for the usual 'right now' availability is to avoid cannibalizing sales of existing products. They were happy to pre-announce the iPhone because there were no existing Apple phones. Arguably the tablet can also be pre-announce