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Awesome idea. https://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/qrh

TJ Holowaychuk made something like this a few years ago: https://github.com/visionmedia/term-canvas

Notes: -uses the web browser for email -uses standing desk with treadmill -old desk is very dirty -doesn't like light in his room

I sincerely believe that programming has gone through a couple of paradigms over the decades. For instance it used to be a good thing to never be scared of architecting a solution …

Remember when the open source movement revolved around Linux? Honestly this brings back memories from about 10 years ago for me.

I really wish there was a kg/lbs toggle

There is a whole other sector of philosophy that is almost completely divorced from science that is often called "Continental Philosophy". It deals with all of the classic problems…

I think this shows that standards bodies could implement less native language functionality and let community-made libraries/tools compete for those areas. ES6 goes so far as to im…

What natural process?

neophilia: love of or enthusiasm for what is new or novel

I wish the "user has left the channel" noise was off by default in IRC clients.

Lisp Machines succeeding and UNIX never leaving the lab are not mutually inclusive.

Bryan Cantril (the writer of the article) is an interesting and ebullient dude. If you haven't seen him talk take a look: here's his talk on corporate anti-patterns (as referenced …

Would you buy an app that allows you to program on your phone (that is sensitive to the limitations of the on-screen keyboard)?

And then I go to shake somebodies hand/ wave to somebody / hold a sandwich and I have this thing stuck to my hand. Edit: Might be different if it wasn't so hard, big (across my who…

There is a difference between research and academia. Academia in an institution, with specific ways of becoming a member (thesis, tenure) and structure to support the sharing of in…

Nope. Edit: Although QA probably gets treated the worst, and many programmers/designers use QA as a way to get their foot in the door.

You can get to 40+ wpm pretty easily on a standard iphone. Kids these days have no trouble typing fast, one-handed, on their phone. As for programming -- a language could be invent…

How does this make my life better/easier? Tv's have been trying to do this and nobody really cares. Take the Nest example ... why don't I just literally turn the Nest device? I'm n…

Make one

> Video is a medium for toddlers Bold ... but ridiculous.

This very thread turned up on ShowHNDaily because of the "Show HN" in the title. ...thinks like that hold back unofficial filters.

Absolutely not Edit: By "PC" I'm assuming you mean the device I usually use for my desktop computing? I want to be able to turn that guy off without taking my hosted app out of ser…