tomwans

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by tomwans 15y ago
Yup, I'm aware and working on it.
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by tomwans 15y ago
My 2008 (Core 2 Duo) MBP died last week and I figured I'd upgrade rather than repair it (I felt the Core 2 Duo was aging fast). I borrowed my mother's low-end MBA for the time being and Fell In Love. It was great for Xcode development/trick
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by tomwans 15y ago
it is surprising because most people probably expect NSArray to just work like a plain array (see the naive C implementation)
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by tomwans 15y ago
The thing is, this team at Engadget has a really tight bond with its core fans ... their podcasts were more like listening in on a conversation between best friends rather than formal tech podcasts. It was just their style -- they/Josh want
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by tomwans 15y ago
Lots of people say iStore.
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by tomwans 16y ago
This actually looked and performed great on the iPad 2. (You just couldn't move the shadow around)
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by tomwans 16y ago
specifically Engadget. So strange ... obviously none of them have declared what the real reason is yet.
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by tomwans 16y ago
I have totally been working on a site that would recommend music based on what your friends have been listening to. Similar to this, except it didn't have the great idea of tracking everything you listen to online through extensions. This i
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by tomwans 16y ago
Normally, my (favorite) CS professor would weigh code clarity more strongly than performance. However, he would sometimes put up assignments that focused almost entirely on the performance, in which he obviously changed the grading weights.
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by tomwans 16y ago
My question is, when will they force other clients to begin to use the Quickbar/#Dickbar? Or do you think this is just testing the waters? P.S. I wouldn't mind them having it there if it wasn't so much darker and more distracting than the r
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by tomwans 16y ago
It makes absolutely no sense that this should be on Hacker News. And yes, I do know Trent is a `hacker` of sorts. But still.
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by tomwans 16y ago
github.
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by tomwans 16y ago
Seems that python devs are practicing the Zen of Python :-)
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by tomwans 16y ago
iStockPhoto?
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by tomwans 16y ago
this is awesome! I really hope this hits the fpage.
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by tomwans 16y ago
I'm building a web app because it doesn't exist yet and I want it to exist.
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by tomwans 16y ago
well ?
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Pico de Gallo: My lightweight Twitter client for Google Chrome. Ya like?(chrome.google.com)
2 points by tomwans 16y ago|0 comments
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Google uses accelerometer API in Jules Verne Google Doodle(googleblog.blogspot.com)
105 points by tomwans 16y ago|32 comments
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by tomwans 16y ago
yeah same. using a 2006 iMac ... I'm assuming its a graphics card problem? The site says all of the graphics are rendered on the GPU...
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What's going on here? Google Search for Tarsnap.(google.com)
2 points by tomwans 16y ago|1 comments
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by tomwans 16y ago
Seriously, I recommend Riak to anyone who wants to experiment with NoSQL. I am using Riak w/ some MySQL and Riak is just SUCH a pleasure to use.
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by tomwans 16y ago
it would be nice, though. You know there would only be two plans: $25 limited and an unlimited plan (for who knows how much, $50? $60?)
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by tomwans 16y ago
yeah, I didn't know HN still cared about Tornado. I thought I was the only one using it for production ...
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by tomwans 16y ago
The Tornado framework is AMAZING for its simplicity. It gives you ONLY the things you'll need and a just a little bit extra. It's really great.
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Gingerbread new hardware constant: MultiTouch JazzHands(developer.android.com)
2 points by tomwans 16y ago|0 comments
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Python Mode in Emacs(emacswiki.org)
27 points by tomwans 16y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: How does web Google Chat get the currently playing song in iTunes?
1 points by tomwans 16y ago|0 comments
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by tomwans 16y ago
does anyone want to go to shake shack right now? I do.
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by tomwans 16y ago
I agree. But also ... just ... something inside me tells me this isn't a good idea. Instead of creating a whole new HTTP request like PATCH to merge all the requests at once, why don't you just send a JSON object to a script with an array o

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