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chadkeck

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About chadkeck

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #42853632

    > Any reason Xcode 2 was chosen? Wouldn't have Xcode 3.2.6 on Snow Leopard but targeting OS X 10.4 and including ppc as an architecture also worked? I forget exactly why I used Xco…

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    Comment #42842600

    Here's the prompt I ended up with after several iterations of Claude trying to spit out Objective-C 2.0 code: "This project must generate code that works with Mac OS X Tiger 10.4, …

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    Comment #42836749

    I never came across Auto-Xbins, but it's good to know it existed. Hopefully it got a lot of use over the years.

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    Comment #42836735

    > Basically, just write the software as if it's the year your target platform was released. It shouldn't be more difficult than writing any software was back then. Heck, it may eve…

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    Comment #42836695

    > One thing I noticed is that the main menu has some items I don't think apply to your app: Yep, I'd forgotten about those default menu items and need to remove them in a future ve…

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    Comment #42836674

    > Very cool. Is Tiger the minimum bound for the app itself, or just for the Intel Mac? I have 10.1 on a Wallstreet and can give it a shot if not. I recall seeing stuff in Xcode abo…

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    Comment #42836667

    Good to know, thanks for testing on PPC.

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    Show HN: A new native app for 20 year old OS X

    A few of us here are probably familiar with the original Xbox modding scene and the iconic xbins FTP server. Recently, I came across an amazing tool called Pandora by Team Resurgen…

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    Comment #39615589

    1995, not 1955.

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    Comment #39435990

    Same here for the OG Xbox. Lots of TSOP flashes for friends over SSH after booting a saved game exploit for 007: Agent Under Fire. Reading lots of the forums on xbox-scene.com. Lea…

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    Comment #3011483

    Yeah, the cache manifest will be the next feature for Browser Hash :)

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    Comment #3011459

    Well I guess I'm not so paranoid if you're worried about the JS being MITM'd :D

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    Comment #3011447

    The code is up on github. I will add the MIT license soon (do what you want with the code). The hash functions came from Paj here: http://pajhome.org.uk/crypt/md5/ IIRC, Firefox's …

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    Comment #3011426

    1. Haha, I agree that files will eventually become less accesible for the majority of computer users. Something like how the iPad handles projects/songs/documents instead of the ge…

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    Comment #3011405

    I dont' really understand what you're saying here. Other services that calculate the digest of a file online require you to upload your file to the service/site where you don't kno…

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    Comment #3011399

    Absolutely agreed. It is due to the immaturity of the browser implementations, which will hopefully be fixed soon. It regularly crashes(!) Chrome on "large" files; thus, the limita…

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    Comment #3011384

    Hey Thomas, The itch I was scratching with this tool is that there isn't a built-in way in Windows to get a digest of a file, so... what better way than doing it in the browser? Al…

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    Comment #2992314

    Very nice! Your sorting by deductible doesn't work correctly.

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    Comment #2123896

    CanvasXpress has got some pretty cool examples. I am currently using a not-free-for-commercial highcharts ( http://highcharts.com ). It is pure javascript, depends on jQuery or Moo…

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    Comment #940492

    Here's an update to my project that I had submitted to HN about a month ago. As always, comments and suggestions are welcome. Thanks

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    Comment #872440

    Thanks for the suggestions. A comment system is on my list of features to work on. I think I have been fleshing out an idea like what you are suggesting from the turtle cursor. I w…

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    Comment #872401

    I just wanted to know if any actual computer scientists had input on the project's goals. I have looked into Alice, scratch, Popfly (discontinued), and couldn't really find one tha…