spiralhead

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by spiralhead 8y ago
This is a very complicated thing to answer concisely, but I'll take a stab at it from a product development perspective. You know you're a good programmer if the things you build "just work." It should be near impossible
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Show HN: WebOutLoud – Reads Websites Out Loud in Chrome(chrome.google.com)
1 points by spiralhead 11y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Shiny Objects for Babies – Interactivity and Classical Music(itunes.apple.com)
2 points by spiralhead 12y ago|0 comments
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by spiralhead 12y ago
Jedi, Rock Star
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by spiralhead 12y ago
Great article. I've struggled with this for my entire career. I get bored after finishing a major project and am left with miscellaneous tasks. But I've found consulting gigs to be elusive and companies seem reluctant to hire cont
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by spiralhead 12y ago
Unless you're working for yourself on your own product it's hard to find something you're 100% passionate about. But the funny thing about that is working for yourself is one of the hardest things you can ever strive to do. I
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by spiralhead 12y ago
If you want to break into the tech industry, the best thing you can do right now is just start building stuff. Think of a mobile app or a web app that has a simple purpose that you think would be useful, then use the internet to teach yours
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by spiralhead 14y ago
The new podcast app makes certain workflows impossible--like downloading a single podcast before taking a walk. Now it just says "preparing to download" indefinitely. By the time it shows up on my device, that window of free time to listen
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by spiralhead 14y ago
I think they left out a zero
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Ask HN: Org Chart for a Software Startup?
1 points by spiralhead 14y ago|1 comments
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by spiralhead 17y ago
"...while Flash apps won’t run on the iPhone, any Flash app can easily be converted into an iPhone app." The title is misleading...
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by spiralhead 17y ago
Working on a web crawler that tracks the associations between websites online. Currently working on the front-end which will, at first, simply list websites ordered by how many other websites link to them which is not incredibly interesting
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by spiralhead 17y ago
I usually go with programmer/web developer. It doesn't roll off the tongue as easy as hacker but the latter term has negative connotations among the majority of humans.
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by spiralhead 17y ago
I like the minimal UI and the tree view is interesting. I would be interested in learning more about the background of this project but there's no "about" link anywhere.
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by spiralhead 17y ago
Agreed about the need to sync to the web. If I was to undertake a project like this I would probably do it as a web app (to start) using the bleeding edge HTML 5 local storage stuff so you could use it offline. An inability to sync is a dea
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by spiralhead 17y ago
Scala! ... specifically using Actors for concurrency problems has been a bit of a revelation for me ... and the functional parts if you're not already familiar with FP ... and for practical reasons ... Scala is one of the only academic-ish
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by spiralhead 17y ago
Are you expecting Google to defy the US government? He is merely stating a fact: "...we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act..." How many of you are actually concerned you'll receive a subpoena from the feds to reveal you
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by spiralhead 17y ago
Fair enough. I just fail to see the distinction between "semicolon insertion" and optional semicolons. Sounds to me like semicolon insertion is just a stupid way to implement an interpreter where semicolons are optional -- something that ca
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by spiralhead 17y ago
You speak as if your words are law but really it is just your opinion. Modern languages are still being designed this way. For example semicolons are optional in Scala.
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by spiralhead 17y ago
I disagree. I consider an interpreter that can figure things out on your behalf to be a more intelligent interpreter. It requires me to type less. The "hard to find bugs" pointed out in the article are a (acceptable imo) trade-off for a ter
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by spiralhead 17y ago
I would love to hear an argument FOR "semicolon insertion" for a change. I only ever hear arguments against it. Personally I would prefer to avoid unnecessary line noise if the interpreter can figure it out for me given the context.
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by spiralhead 17y ago
My dislike of XML is pretty simple: it forces you to be more verbose. That is bad for the web. For instance <tag att1=val att2> is valid HTML. The XML equivalent is <tag att1="val" att2="att2" />. Why is this a good idea, ag
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by spiralhead 17y ago
My 2 cents. I am not "experienced" in that I haven't yet achieved my millions, but experience has told me "forcing" myself to continue hacking away when I'm clearly experiencing physical fatigue only leads to more lost productivity down th
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by spiralhead 17y ago
Interesting article but I am not convinced outward expressions of elitism have much of a correlation with one's academic background. In my experience, the most talented and creative individuals are modest, hard working and often quiet while
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by spiralhead 17y ago
People should be pissed about this for a number of reasons. PG--I suggest putting their phone numbers up. Emails are too easy to ignore.
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by spiralhead 18y ago
However, Mr. Figs, and this is speaking from personal experience, if you happen to store your files on an external USB drive, and you happen to launch itunes at a moment when the drive is disconnected from your laptop, Itunes will revert to
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by spiralhead 18y ago
I'm sort of confused what the difference is. Care to enlighten us?
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by spiralhead 18y ago
I almost threw up after 20 minutes of talking about the reddit alien.
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by spiralhead 18y ago
still a long way to go however.... mainly SVG, video and audio
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by spiralhead 18y ago
the real question here, I think, is do you really have any legal recourse to stop us (not just being provocative, I actually wonder)?

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