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imwhimsical

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About imwhimsical

I'm a developer and whatnot.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #7884267

    Good job, Danny :)

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    Comment #7852917

    You're generalizing and blaming the entire Thiel Fellow community because of one person? If you can somehow justify that, it still doesn't make sense to spam the entire thread with…

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    Comment #7851892

    Explicit is better than implicit.

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    Comment #7761988

    I guess OP doesn't want to gain anything, but just wants to help his friend by giving him honest feedback about his work, at the same time doesn't want to put it out in a way that …

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    Comment #7653264

    Bake Making to-do lists better. http://arsln.co/VCsx

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    Comment #7608507

    Nice! Two questions: 1. What stack are you working on? 2. How does the "instant" search thing work?

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    Comment #7596991

    Not an applicant, but would love to chat with somebody who got accepted.

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    Comment #7580298

    Oh congrats.

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    Comment #7545523

    "Talk is cheap, show me the code" — The true gravity of this quote (by Linus Torvalds) struck me at the crux of my first startup.

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    Comment #7540389

    By convention, the syntax for showing the HN community something is — "Show HN : Your Title Here". And this article doesn't qualify for "Show HN". As far as I've observed, Show HN …

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    Comment #7443768

    Sublime Text (or Githubs Atom) works for me.

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    Comment #7400904

    Interesting perspective. Don't you think though, that this research will lead to an increase in efficiency and perhaps subsequently a decrease in operational costs of schools? If y…

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    Comment #7346195

    So it isn't a joke?

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    Ask HN: How do you take time off work?

    Working on large projects can be hectic. Everybody needs a break once in a while! What do you do during your break? This thought emerged while writing the following article on my b…

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    Comment #7303951

    Hi, How does this work? I added a few ebooks to my cart and tried to use the promo code, but it still doesn't show any change. EDIT — Worked like a charm. Thanks much!

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    Comment #7248119

    MacBook Pro, 13", Late 2011. Basic model (no upgrades done), 4 GB, 500 GB HDD, i5 OS X Mountain Lion (Mavericks won't install for some weird reason) Python, HTML, CSS, JS, C Sublim…

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    Comment #7205147

    How does realtime actually work? Can you shed light on that, please?

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    Comment #7190667

    This is a dire contrast to most Asian parents I've encountered, who seem to think that medical and engineering are the only fields that are respectable. Everything else is a waste …

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    Comment #7190159

    This is a whole different perspective. May I ask, why?

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    Comment #7161846

    The project was mostly to give back to the community (not to learn or anything, while it has taught me a lot) Both mine as well as the other one is open source, but I don't know ho…

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    Comment #7161794

    Thank you for the answer! The issue here is that my product is definitely better designed, and can match (perhaps even slightly bypass) the technical capabilities of the rival prod…

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    Ask HN: Cloned side project

    I've been working on something, as a side project. But I ran into somebody else who recently released a similar product. Should I continue to work on mine? Or ditch it because it i…