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Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#11

Post by sawyer » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:10 PM UTC

I wonder if someone could learn Node simply by browsing HN in this format for a few weeks.

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#12

Post by joezydeco » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:11 PM UTC

How about one that looks like a spreadsheet?

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#13

Post by DTrejo » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:13 PM UTC

dudurocha wrote: post #3

OMG, this is amazing. Very funny! And you can actually say " there must be a bug here, i just cant find", and read everthing.

"This code is really bad, I need to refactor it because there's so much repetition."

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#14

Post by ericz » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:14 PM UTC

Here's the Github: https://github.com/ericz/CodeHN

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#15

Post by invisiblefunnel » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:14 PM UTC

joezydeco wrote: post #12

How about one that looks like a spreadsheet?

TBS did something like that with a 'panic button' http://hiplipblog.com/2010/11/09/hit-the-tbs-panic-button/

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#16

Post by trotsky » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:18 PM UTC

At work?

Yup, and that means I have a pretty restrictive firewall.

Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to ec2-50-18-7-165.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:8081 <----

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#17

Post by Osiris » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:22 PM UTC

I laughed out loud when I clicked on that link. (Un)fortunately for me, I work from home so I don't have anyone checking over my shoulder.

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#18

Post by lhnz » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:24 PM UTC

sawyer wrote: post #11

I wonder if someone could learn Node simply by browsing HN in this format for a few weeks.

This is exactly the same way I think, too. I mean, you don't learn everything when not putting effort in but familiarising yourself with a new technology is half the battle.

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#19

Post by tripa » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:28 PM UTC

trotsky wrote: post #16

At work? Yup, and that means I have a pretty restrictive firewall. Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to ec2-50-18-7-165.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com: 8081 <----

Same here.

Screenshot, pretty please?

Re: At work? Try this Hacker News homepage inspired by Node [SFW]

#20

Post by bricestacey » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:32 PM UTC

tripa wrote: post #19

trotsky wrote: post #16

At work? Yup, and that means I have a pretty restrictive firewall. Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to ec2-50-18-7-165.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com: 8081 <----

Same here. Screenshot, pretty please?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8607628/hn.PNG