Zecc

As a noscript user myself, seeing a spinner is already quite an achievement. Lots and lots of sites out there - even ones with only static content - appear absolutely blank.

Zeccon Python idioms I wish I'd learned earlier

It's not simply syntax sugar either.

    def sideEffects():
        print "Called."
        return 5

    if 0 < sideEffects() < 10:
        # sideEffects is only called once

Zeccon Show HN: Maim – A simple screenshot utility for Linux

I use it all the time on Linux 17 Cinnamon. It ocasionally has an issue when capturing an area: the rectangle overlay showing the selection gets captured too, altering the colors. I get around this by just taking a new shot.

Zeccon An iconic phone before the iPhone

I miss clamshell phones. I miss the satisfaction of ending a call by folding the phone shut. Where's the dramatism in ending an angry call with a gentle tap on a virtual button on a touchscreen?

Zeccon The SQLite Database File Format

That text needs an update. There's no mention of Android and Symbian is all but dead.

Zeccon Next-Gen Lighting Is Pushing the Limits of Realism

There is a compositing breakdown:

http://vimeo.com/8200251

You'll probably find there is a lot more rendered than you expected.

Zeccon Super Pixel Quest

(I know this in one day old already, but...)

In case anyone else is wondering, frames 112 through 115 are exactly the same. Frames 125 and 127 differ only on focus (the invisible #ici element). Frame 129 is the same as 127.

I saved and ran diffs.

Zeccon Plain text wrapping in Gmail

> midi-file signatures

Seriously?! Is this a thing? Please tell me that was hyperbole.

Zeccon LXQt – The next generation of the Lightweight Desktop Environment

I haven't tried them (just found out about them now), and I know it's not exactly what you're looking for, but there are WMs that allow you to have nesting virtual workspaces. It could be an approximation.

http://common-lisp.net/project/clfswm/

http://treewm.sourceforge.net/

Zeccon Single Address Space Operating System

"40 bits can address a terabyte, two orders of magnitude beyond the primary and secondary storage capacity of all but the largest systems today"

Couldnt' help but smile when I read this.

Zeccon Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue

Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.

Zeccon Visually stunning math concepts which are easy to explain

http://acko.net/blog/animate-your-way-to-glory-pt2/

Check out under "Blowing up the Death Star". You'll need a decent graphic card that works well with WebGL though.

Zeccon Nanobar.js – Lightweight progress bars

PR == pull request?

Zeccon Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format using ‘libgit2’”

It doesn't. But it makes them much easier to fix.

Edit: Igglyboo has a point too.

Zeccon Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

For resize arrows it's pretty much a must.

Zeccon 3D GIFs Created with a Simple Visual Effect

And that links expire before the end of the day.

Zeccon A 30 minute introduction to Rust

> There's no indication that any particular word or sentence contains a link

There is a subtle grey underline, which I'm sure can be nearly invisible depending on your screen.

Zeccon We've Open-Sourced Everything

> Simple clones are competition.

Will they be able to combat them with better code?

Zeccon Javascript patterns

And as a bonus, the latter gets its name set. Of course you could also name it in the function expression, but then you'd just be repeating yourself.

Zeccon KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

Am I the only one getting an invalid SSl certificate from https://keepass.info/ ?

Zeccon YouTube Blocks Game Videos, Industry Offers Help

> Can you name any of the musicians who worked on the games you mentioned, by memory ? Good try.

That's a bit unfair. Movies tend to put the composer's name in big letters right before the movie starts, while in games the name usually comes "buried" in the credits only.

Also I personally find that the best soundtracks come from Japanese games, and I'm not very good at dealing with Japanese games.

Zeccon Two million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen

Ah sure, as long as both the client and the server are in agreement of what the next token should be then everything is fine. I didn't think this through.