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One thing I really appreciate about good authors is their ability to clearly articulate ideas or impressions that I share, but am unable to express on my own. Or in other words, I …

And, as patio11 suggests, in deploying code. From his Mixergy interview (4/30/10) [1]: `` I have a physical checklist for when I’m doing a deployment. It’s, off the top of my head …

Here's a commented version of my .vimrc, which is modeled after Steve's, albeit nowhere near as comprehensive. (Looks like I lost it's fixed width in the paste? Sorry!) http://past…

Alternatively, I'd encourage you do to "stupid shit." Lots of it. Isn't that what learning is all about?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2266193

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> but isn't there a flaw in the explanation that running usually happened on dirt, grass, and not on the paved streets of New York? This seems intuitive when considering the differ…

Rather than get into the ethics of it, I was simply hoping that people would pause, even if just for a second, to make sure they were comfortable being involved. I'm not trying to …

Regardless of your favored method of distribution, make sure you consider the consequences of sharing classified documents. Those consequences are probably negligible for the overw…

I was really hoping for a widget to be included with this. Are there any third party readers that include that functionality?

Edit: Just noticed that the Wolfram links break because of their syntax. HN then worsens the problem, by shortening the displayed links with '...', meaning copy/paste breaks! So I'…

I really like Steve Yegge's take on this topic: http://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/you-should-write-bl... " So your fear is justified: practically nobody will read your blog.…

Worked fine for me in Chrome on Ubuntu 10.10. It took two tries, however. The first time, it imported 0 contacts. I tried it again less than five minutes later, using the same acco…

I don't think I'm entitled to share the company, but based on a certain comment in this thread, it looks like he's landed in real estate. The positions currently listed on the Jobs…

Or for Firefox - vimperator. http://vimperator.org/vimperator

I can't. Is it in the 'about' field? 'email' is private.

As ridiculous as this sounds - this is the only reason that I keep an XP installation on one of my machines at home. I've tried Banshee, Rhythmbox, and AmaroK, but they all just fe…

I'm definitely not suggesting that Facetime is, or will be, a failure. Thinking about it, however, reminded me of a passage from Infinite Jest about the failure of video chat. (1) …

Thanks a lot Steve, this will definitely come in handy. Quick question - It looks like this requires python support for vim. What would happen if I didn't have python compiled in, …

The tree is built in. There's a really good explanation (with "pictures") of the tree behavior detailed here: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/usr_32.html

I found that article. It was less informative than I thought. I've uploaded a scan of the relevant section here: http://imgur.com/ac2VS.png The text, in case that link dies: "No on…

I read an article supporting this as well. The basic idea was that sitting in a slouched position was closer to standing up. The article was called "Get Off Your Ass" and ran in Bi…