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"Bolts Framework" is rather different from, and clearly not competing with, "Bolt."

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple someday has a Windows (or whatever) version of Xcode. That is, in a kind of parallel to the OP's essay, Xcode as we know it isn't necessarily "Mac-…

But what if it's an awesome shiny new hammer based on the latest impulse-delivery fads? Plus, screwdrivers are boring.

It's bad enough having a nearly--but not actually--unique name and frequently getting confused for the other one.

Comcast also did this to me. Not one of the several tech support people I talked with seemed to be aware of Comcast's non-hijacking DNS servers at 75.75.75.75 and 75.75.76.76.

Pretty sensible advice for dealing with long hours over an extended period, but I was confused by the use of the term "death march" which in terms of software development is known …

Seconded. I also prefer "I Heard Her Call My Name" to "Sister Ray" from the next album.

"Fact" because I can't tell if it's true. (I'll confess I have great doubt.) "Preposterous" because it doesn't seem possible a web site would cost that much. Relevant to HN because…

This seems preposterous. I'm mainly interested in how this "fact" became a talking point, and how far and fast it spreads.

I bet I'm not the only one who sometimes puts headphones on with no music, solely to broadcast that don't-bother-me signal.

Historical note about the logo illustration at the top of the essay (which predates the well-known red logo): it was internally referred to as "Uncle Stinky".

This also applies to some Critical Mass riders in the Bay Area.

Tag line: "All the Code That’s Fit to printf()"

Objective-C's tendency to long names (variables, selectors, classes) makes it more "self-documenting" than any language I've worked with. Besides, it's not that bad with autocomple…

Small typo: Euler defined the function e^x in analysis as: e^x = lim(1+x/n)^n as x tends to infinity Should be "as n tends to infinity".

It's an interesting intellectual exercise to build THE email validation regex, but it's shortsighted to inflict your experiment on the public. While I definitely enjoyed how Friedl…

Just to clarify why sgpl cited him: he is one of the (if not the absolute) most successful rappers of all time. Definitely top of his field. And married to Beyoncé (who is no slouc…

Note also: they don't have to read you your rights unless you're already under arrest and they want to question you. http://www.lawcollective.org/article.php?id=115

If your app directly accesses the camera with AVFoundation, saving photos is a lot less automatic than you might expect. It's easy to save the raw image data but you have to genera…

This article reminded me of a Flash game I played with several years ago: http://www.redistrictinggame.org/ If you work through the levels, you'll see that voting districts sometim…

I just figured he open-sourced his house so more people could "contribute" to the repair work.

I like that Perl tends to do what you wanted it to do, rather than what you told it to do. Bugs in other languages are often because of vice-versa.

That does seem high, but if you factor in the (non-trivial) installation process, and the fact that you won't be voiding your warranty with a DIY installation, it may be an accepta…