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jamiewilson

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About jamiewilson

I work at the intersection of design & code. Formerly at Twilio. Currently freelancing, building iOS apps, and tinkering on new personal projects.

jamiewilson.io

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    Show HN: Mono – A reader mode with good syntax highlighting

    I've tried so many Chrome reader mode extensions and couldn't find any that handled code well, or at all. So I ended up making my own. It's got a lot of options for customization b…

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    Like you’ve noticed, it appears to me that the state responds with much more violence to protests explicitly against violence than protests about other issues. I wonder why that is…

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    It’s no wonder that the protests over the last 20 years haven’t worked to garner more support considering that those who do participate are treated with violent retaliation. Maybe …

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    I understand the word "dependency" to be synonymous with what you're calling discontinuation effects. So, I think I agree with you now. Thanks for the following up with your clarif…

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    Comment #15477378

    > They don't cause dependence. You say that with such authority, but in my personal experience they can absolutely cause dependency. I've had long-lasting withdrawal effects from c…

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    Comment #15295749

    Yes, this is my top requested feature for DDG. As a web developer, results are very time sensitive. It's more than a nice-to-have feature when you need to discern the validity of t…

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    Comment #14247909

    Excellent resource. Thanks for sharing.

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    Comment #12337106

    The end of Moore's Law does not mean that processing power will stop improving. It just means that there will likely be a slower rate at which the number of transistors gets double…

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    Comment #7104825

    So, I'd really love some feedback on this project. The premise is that there is a certain amount of value in knowing that an image you are using won't end up all over the place. Bu…

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    Comment #6555747

    Sorry for the lack of those glyphs. I really hope to expand it soon to make it more useful. Thanks for the interest though.

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    Comment #6555730

    Very helpful. Thank you very much. I'll keep tweaking the kerning and consider those optical adjustments moving forward.

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    Comment #6555323

    Thanks for the heads up on those issues. I'll take a look at what's going on there. This is my first font so I'm still new this troubleshooting stuff. Thanks for your feedback!

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    Comment #6555261

    Thanks for sharing my font! you're awesome.

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    Comment #6555250

    cool. thanks for the link.

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    Comment #6553989

    Thanks. I used a combination of Glyphs ( http://www.glyphsapp.com/ ) and Illustrator, and of course some sketching. This was originally just a custom wordmark for a side project an…

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    Comment #6553820

    Hey everybody. I'm the designer of Norwester. Thanks for the interest and feedback. Yea, the font is really limited right now. Please use it judiciously as there are a lot of glyph…