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Alcides on Webkit2png: Python (cmd) tool that creates png screenshots of webpages

Such a tool has existed long time ago: http://softwarelivre.sapo.pt/projects/mac/wiki/WebPageRender...

Alcides on Kaspersky CEO Wants End To Online Anonymity

And I want users to use the latest versions of their browsers. And I don't get my hopes high!

Alcides on Ask HN: how do people solve the 3 Google Code Jam problems in 25 minutes?

I really don't find it insane. Young people have much more powerful brains, they just have to learn programming at a younger age. I did it, and I find myself (and others who learnt programming as kids) better programmers than those who learnt in college.

Alcides on What happens to data when a Web start-up dies?

It goes to web start-ups heaven.

Alcides on Ask HN: Perfect language to use for hopefully widespread Unix prog?

gcc isn't included with default Mac OS X setup. You need the developer extras in the second DVD.
I believe it's the same for some linux/BSD flavors and installation options.

Alcides on Which language will build the cylons

In Stargate you only see C code, even written by aliens!

Alcides on Ask HN: Is Hacker News a Waste of Time?

Be informed. Don't rely on YN only. And use it only if you can't get the same content through easier ways.

Alcides on Python Universal GUI (tkinter, wxwidgets, winforms with shoes-like syntax)

1. The example of the working syntax right now would be:
a = App("test", width=200, height=400) a.insert(Button("close",a.quit)) a.run()
Should give you an idea of what I am thinking of.
I actually have working with wxGlade for a while, and it generates wxPython code, but I am not happy with that.
Another solution is to make windows like Django models.
2. this a python module that you can include with your app, that just calls the specific gui binginds on real time.
3. No relation with Clutter. The idea is to be gui tookit agnostic.

Alcides on Ask HN: What does Ruby have that Python doesn't?

Rails. but you have Django which is better ;)
Seriously, I envy ruby's blocks and being able to redefine a class later in your code (monkeypatching-easy-syntax).
Oh, and Shoes :)