Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

yieldthought.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

331–340 of 354 posts

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

#331

Post by ConstantineXVI »

moconnor wrote: post #304
ConstantineXVI wrote: post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don't really need to come up with one as much as just implement it. Gold standard's always been [Alt|Clover]-Tab; or even F3 (Apple's mapping for Exposé/Mission Control, even marked as such). I understand there's no easy way to dismiss the on-screen keyboard when you're using a hard keyboard either.

The on screen keyboard vanishes when a Bluetooth one is connected; the eject button toggles it in and out again.

I'm guessing this changed in iOS 5 then (AFAIK; it didn't in iOS 4). I stand corrected.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

#332

Post by tripzilch »

raganwald wrote: post #9

One fateful day, VMWare and OS/X conspired to trash my shared filesystem, losing several days of uncommitted code in the process. Several days of uncommitted code? We need to have a heart to heart talk about your process.

As I read the article I knew something like this would be the top comment on HN ... :-/

Apparently lots of people make this mistake.

Is it stupid? Maybe. Probably.

Do we need to have a lengthy discussion about it every time it is a minor part of a story or article? I'd rather not.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

#333

Post by tripzilch »

sliverstorm wrote: post #179
scott_s wrote: post #36

For anyone who spends their day (or most of some days) in a terminal connected to a remote server, I can't recommend using GNU Screen enough (brief tutorial: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935 ). I've worked almost exclusively on remote servers, using the command line and vim, for about eight years now. It's only been in the past year that I started using Screen, and I feel stupid for not using it soo…

If you require a gui, NX is indispensable.

Since I had to look it up, to save others my effort:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_technology

Looks pretty good. Bookmarked for whenever I need a good remote desktop.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

#334

Post by ConstantineXVI »

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #247
RexRollman wrote: post #169

I am still amazed that Apple hasn't come up with a shortcut for app switching when using bluetooth keyboards. By the way, Moconnor, have you given Panic's Prompt a try?

They don't really need to come up with one as much as just implement it. Gold standard's always been [Alt|Clover]-Tab; or even F3 (Apple's mapping for Exposé/Mission Control, even marked as such). I understand there's no easy way to dismiss the on-screen keyboard when you're using a hard keyboard either.

Since I can't edit after this long: I'm wrong, iOS 5 lets you dismiss the soft keyboard if you have a keyboard attached.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

#336

Post by dextorious »

rapind wrote: post #194
dextorious wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

""Perhaps even more than adding an extra display, which is often said to be the cheapest way to improve productivity."" And which can also be a way to decrease productivity, with distractions etc. I am more productive on a smaller screen laptop than I am on a 2 screen set or even one larger (21, 27") screen. Mainly because it helps to focus on the task at hand. We also didn't have 2 large monitors to each workstation…

We used to program with punch cards... so yeah we're spoiled and damn happy about it.

Evoking punch cards?

As a programmer, you must know about diminishing returns, right?

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

#337

Post by sjs »

jarek wrote: post #324
sjs wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have very different definitions of "pretty nice".

Only until Apple releases an $800 laptop

I like the Sony Vaio-Z, it's a good notebook. Sony has $800 notebooks too but they are shit. It has nothing to do with the logo on the machine and I resent your thinly veiled attempt at dismissing me as a fanboy.

Got any links to all of these mythical, amazing $800 notebooks?

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

#338

Post by rapind »

dextorious wrote: post #336
rapind wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We used to program with punch cards... so yeah we're spoiled and damn happy about it.

Evoking punch cards? As a programmer, you must know about diminishing returns , right?

Nevermind diminishing returns, how about full circle? Eventually all of this abstraction will become so hard (and buggy) to maintain that we'll go back to using punch cards.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

#340

Post by mst »

danssig wrote: post #171
raganwald wrote: post #9

One fateful day, VMWare and OS/X conspired to trash my shared filesystem, losing several days of uncommitted code in the process. Several days of uncommitted code? We need to have a heart to heart talk about your process.

Probably using SVN or CVS. Everyone I know used those systems that way but moving to a modern RCS usually gets people checking in a lot.

Even back on svn I tended to use svk (not in offline mode, just for workable merging) and branch for everything - keeping to a rule of "it compiles? commit it" and then only caring about everything working when you merge saves data loss and has the advantage of keeping your thought process, even when that process turned out to be wrong.

CVS? I think I've forgotten how I used that, thankfully.

Post reply on HN