Here's my answer on HOW to contribute to Open Source, if you're not a programmer: http://www.granneman.com/techinfo/linux/contributewithoutcod...
Ooh - if I click that up-arrow icon, do I get to upload a version of the kernel?
Another possible explanation is that interstellar travel is impossible. Perhaps there's too much debris between star systems, and it's not possible to create materials strong enough to make a spaceship that can…
I was listening to a talk on The Singularity, and it occurred to me that that might be a good explanation of the Fermi Paradox. (Which is similar to the author's idea, but a bit different.) Basically, our minds are…
I used to be a lot like that, and I worked on changing it. So that's my number 1 piece of advice -- work on changing what you want to change. Work on the big things as well as the little things. I used to put my head…
I think the point is that negative mass might be an explanation for dark matter and/or dark energy. Scientists don't really have any explanation for what either of those are -- they're really just "fudge factors" to…
+1 for FlySpray. It's PHP-based, and pretty easy to install and set up. It does take a few minutes to set it up to add your desired Task Types (TODO, Bug, Feature Request, etc.) and Categories. But once you've done…
This is the advice I've seen from just about every financial adviser, for anyone not near retirement age. Another nice thing about a Roth IRA is that you can withdraw all the principal (the part you already paid taxes…
Why don't critics of global warming ever present any evidence? That's how scientists do criticism. Any criticism of scientific findings without evidence is useless. Of course, the critics know this, and know that…
Setting the threshold at 2 seems a bit high to me. It basically requires that (on average) at least 1 person upvotes every comment you make. That's unlikely to happen in a nested thread of back-and-forth conversation.…
Sounds like a good idea. I know that there are several non-profit organizations out there that help people apply for free medications. Basically, each pharmaceutical company offers free medications for those in need…
I've been using Komodo Edit a lot lately. The nice thing is that I get the same editor in Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. And the snippets are nice, similar to TextMate.
My pseudo-code looks a lot like a mix of Python and Ruby. One thing I like about Python is the forced indentation, which allows skipping any closing braces or "end"s. But Ruby tends to be closer to the way I think of…
> OneApp’s very minimal on-phone footprint of just 150 KB makes installing it quick and easy. OneApp will launch only the parts of a mobile app that you want to use; that cuts down on additional installation time…
So long, and thanks for all the fish....
Perhaps you missed the part about CodePad compiling/interpreting the input. It's not just another pastie site.
I'd suggest either Ruby or Python. Both have a pretty simple syntax, and are very self-consistent. In other words, there aren't too many rules to remember, and there aren't a lot of exceptions to the rules. I'd say that…
No, not usually.
I'm not seeing how this is a big improvement over an HTTP redirect (via a Location header) to the HTTPS site -- beyond a single connection for each session, to redirect to the HTTPS site. Nor any improvement over…
Note that the front page (which HN links to) does NOT have this feature -- only the article pages.
Good to know that I'm not the only one. And not only do I highlight the text, but I just keep clicking, highlighting and un-highlighting. So I'm probably really overloading their servers with the AJAX callbacks.
I think the biggest change coming to the computing world is iPhone-type devices. These will become our PCs. We'll have hand-held apps, but we'll also be able to plug them into real monitors and keyboards. So one of the…
This is why pair programming works so well. In writing things down, asking a question, or explaining things, you have to think about them in a more organized manner.
Seems like a lot of wishful thinking on the part of the author. Sure there are a lot of similarities. But the article seems to be pushing her all-too-apparent agenda of taking down the porn industry the same way the…
Variable/constant names aren't just used to keep DRY, and to encapsulate functionality. They're also used to express intent. To me, this is one of the most important reasons for using variables, instead of "magic…
Here's my answer on HOW to contribute to Open Source, if you're not a programmer: http://www.granneman.com/techinfo/linux/contributewithoutcod...
Ooh - if I click that up-arrow icon, do I get to upload a version of the kernel?
Another possible explanation is that interstellar travel is impossible. Perhaps there's too much debris between star systems, and it's not possible to create materials strong enough to make a spaceship that can…
I was listening to a talk on The Singularity, and it occurred to me that that might be a good explanation of the Fermi Paradox. (Which is similar to the author's idea, but a bit different.) Basically, our minds are…
I used to be a lot like that, and I worked on changing it. So that's my number 1 piece of advice -- work on changing what you want to change. Work on the big things as well as the little things. I used to put my head…
I think the point is that negative mass might be an explanation for dark matter and/or dark energy. Scientists don't really have any explanation for what either of those are -- they're really just "fudge factors" to…
+1 for FlySpray. It's PHP-based, and pretty easy to install and set up. It does take a few minutes to set it up to add your desired Task Types (TODO, Bug, Feature Request, etc.) and Categories. But once you've done…
This is the advice I've seen from just about every financial adviser, for anyone not near retirement age. Another nice thing about a Roth IRA is that you can withdraw all the principal (the part you already paid taxes…
Why don't critics of global warming ever present any evidence? That's how scientists do criticism. Any criticism of scientific findings without evidence is useless. Of course, the critics know this, and know that…
Setting the threshold at 2 seems a bit high to me. It basically requires that (on average) at least 1 person upvotes every comment you make. That's unlikely to happen in a nested thread of back-and-forth conversation.…
Sounds like a good idea. I know that there are several non-profit organizations out there that help people apply for free medications. Basically, each pharmaceutical company offers free medications for those in need…
I've been using Komodo Edit a lot lately. The nice thing is that I get the same editor in Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. And the snippets are nice, similar to TextMate.
My pseudo-code looks a lot like a mix of Python and Ruby. One thing I like about Python is the forced indentation, which allows skipping any closing braces or "end"s. But Ruby tends to be closer to the way I think of…
> OneApp’s very minimal on-phone footprint of just 150 KB makes installing it quick and easy. OneApp will launch only the parts of a mobile app that you want to use; that cuts down on additional installation time…
So long, and thanks for all the fish....
Perhaps you missed the part about CodePad compiling/interpreting the input. It's not just another pastie site.
I'd suggest either Ruby or Python. Both have a pretty simple syntax, and are very self-consistent. In other words, there aren't too many rules to remember, and there aren't a lot of exceptions to the rules. I'd say that…
No, not usually.
I'm not seeing how this is a big improvement over an HTTP redirect (via a Location header) to the HTTPS site -- beyond a single connection for each session, to redirect to the HTTPS site. Nor any improvement over…
Note that the front page (which HN links to) does NOT have this feature -- only the article pages.
Good to know that I'm not the only one. And not only do I highlight the text, but I just keep clicking, highlighting and un-highlighting. So I'm probably really overloading their servers with the AJAX callbacks.
I think the biggest change coming to the computing world is iPhone-type devices. These will become our PCs. We'll have hand-held apps, but we'll also be able to plug them into real monitors and keyboards. So one of the…
This is why pair programming works so well. In writing things down, asking a question, or explaining things, you have to think about them in a more organized manner.
Seems like a lot of wishful thinking on the part of the author. Sure there are a lot of similarities. But the article seems to be pushing her all-too-apparent agenda of taking down the porn industry the same way the…
Variable/constant names aren't just used to keep DRY, and to encapsulate functionality. They're also used to express intent. To me, this is one of the most important reasons for using variables, instead of "magic…