vorbby

7 ms·

1.
Sandboxing Is Pushing Me Away(blog.blairbeckwith.com)
1 points by vorbby 15y ago|0 comments
2.
by vorbby 15y ago
This is excruciatingly difficult. I have no experience with this sort of a test, and the method that I chose (albeit quickly and without a whole lot of thought) was to pick four sides that were touching, and try to find the one pattern that
3.
by vorbby 15y ago
Man, I love The Impossible Game. Have you beat all four levels? I'm stuck on the "let's flip all this shit upside down randomly" level.
4.
by vorbby 15y ago
Thanks a lot for this link. When I was trying to quit smoking, I would always have a full pack and would rationalize "Well, it would be a waste of money to throw this pack out now." I knew there must be a name for this irrational thinking,
5.
by vorbby 15y ago
Hmm, interesting idea. Obviously a parody, but it makes a few valid points, that's for sure.
6.
by vorbby 15y ago
For the problems he's talking about, I would make this point: From my experience, after taking away features and just focusing on user experience, iOS 1.0 beats Android 2.x in nearly every category. Even back then, everything just worked on
7.
by vorbby 15y ago
If I recall correctly, Zerigo's ( http://zerigo.com ) Watchdog service has a free tier. I've used their monitoring and DNS hosting for a while, and have been thrilled with everything; performance, service, control panel.
8.
by vorbby 15y ago
Is it really better to use? HN is incredibly simple, and everything works as expected. There's a few UI quirks with reddit that I don't particularly like. For example: I don't think it's obvious to a new user how to submit a story. Second (
9.
by vorbby 15y ago
I think this is a valid idea. There's many times where there's things I'd like to discuss that is similar to, or related to, topics covered by Hacker News, but that I don't post here because I don't want to dilute the topics here with thing
10.
Ask HN: Non-Technial learning to code - Big tomes or small guides?
7 points by vorbby 15y ago|5 comments
11.
by vorbby 15y ago
If this saves me say, 10 seconds, I'd love to say that it would add up over the course of a year... But in reality, I'm probably saving about ten seconds a year.
12.
by vorbby 15y ago
I couldn't agree more. Really don't see what the big deal is. In a perfect world, they wouldn't be selling my data, and I wouldn't have to pay for all the services I use. In the world we have, though, I'll take what I can get.
13.
by vorbby 15y ago
They cover this in the article: "Wasn’t it a bit hypocritical of Mr. Daisey to condemn Apple when he continued to buy the company’s products? “There are no alternatives in our ecosystem,” Mr. Daisey pointed out, noting that FoxConn makes mo
14.
by vorbby 15y ago
As far as your conclusions at the end, you're right. You definitely need to be better at letting people know what your app does. It took me until the anecdote about the paralyzed man to even have the tiniest idea of what your app did. Of co
15.
by vorbby 15y ago
Mr. Victor's personal site is one of the most impressive I've come across. It's borderline magical. Hate that he broke my back-button, though.
16.
by vorbby 15y ago
This is pretty awesome. Does anyone know if Android devices offer any kind of bluetooth-connected features for iOS devices?
17.
People building companies, not "startups"?
3 points by vorbby 15y ago|2 comments
18.
by vorbby 15y ago
Is that a domain name for your son in the future? I love the idea.
19.
by vorbby 15y ago
Could you elaborate on why you feel this way with some constructive criticism? All I see is a father who made something cool to teach his kid some fun things. Maybe you can't understand because your father never loved you enough to do the s
20.
by vorbby 15y ago
An interesting solution to a problem; fascinating but gross read.
21.
How to Cure Asthma Using Hookworms - A Practical Guide(kuro5hin.org)
4 points by vorbby 15y ago|2 comments
22.
.vimrc For Very New Users(blog.vorbby.com)
2 points by vorbby 15y ago|0 comments
23.
by vorbby 15y ago
Hmm, that's interesting. I guess the environment issue isn't black and white. I guess what bothers me about all the people aiming for their government jobs is the fact that they're content doing menial maintenance of legacy systems in COBOL
24.
by vorbby 15y ago
This program is as entry-level as it gets. No prerequisites, two years, assumes no prior knowledge. It's weak, but it's the best I could afford.
25.
by vorbby 15y ago
This seems like a good insight. It's true that most of the people I'm judging (sounds negative, but I guess that's what I'm doing) are the ones who are quite outspoken. perhaps there are some gems in the rough, just hiding.
26.
by vorbby 15y ago
Ahh, makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
27.
by vorbby 15y ago
This is great advice. I'm generally fairly introverted, so this is something I could put some effort in to and hopefully get some results. One thing I need to make more of an effort in is to meet people outside of school. I should, and will
28.
by vorbby 15y ago
That's my problem (and goal) right now: money. I figured the gap would be quite large, so my goal now is to graduate from the two year program I'm in now, so that I have at least something under my belt, and then move on to bigger and bette
29.
by vorbby 15y ago
Thanks for the comment and for reading; it's good to know I'm not alone. How did you deal with it? Did you actively seek out like-minded people? If so, any tips on how I can do the same? Thanks again.
30.
by vorbby 15y ago
Hmm, anybody have an idea as to why mine's different? http://i.imgur.com/OrqtK.png

More ›