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Blarg! I literally just started using this library 12 hours ago for my research work at my university. Now I feel I need to remove it ASAP since its own creator doesn't use it and recommends using something else.

I always found pointers to be hard to understand. This article is a nice and simple breakdown of how to use pointers.

Anyone remember Binky? :D

http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/104/

same

Comex wrote a lot of cool apps for Cydia. Maybe he can help convince apple to integrate some of the more useful ones.

$-18,000/year

^-- I'm a student :(

You know... I'm curious as too how easy it is to paint over this stuff? I got to imagine that the surface would be fairly slick, would even primer stick to it that well?

This is really pathetic by anon. They are exposing normal people's user names and passwords that now anyone can use with bad intentions on other sites. This isn't an "f you" to Bart, it's hurting normal people.

Side note, Bart shouldn't be storing these passwords as plain text...

Here is mine. Not too much in it. The main thing was get rid of all those annoying *~ files

(setq-default truncate-lines t) (setq truncate-partial-width-windows nil) ;; for vertically-split windows (setq inhibit-startup-message t) (setq make-backup-files nil) ; Don't want any backup files (setq auto-save-list-file-name nil) ; Don't want any .saves files (setq-default transient-mark-mode t)

I couldn't live without my Google Reader. It's simple and basic which is what I want. I don't need a complex article viewer. I need to see the summary, bookmark some, and be able to view the full article. That's it.

I gave Jython some love since I'm currently using it for work ;) It's actually pretty cool

I don't use it. I tried once and it was garbage. Hard to figure out the navigation in the app. The main downer is that it got all of this press but because it started off so poorly that no one uses it. Why would I use a social app that no one is on?

Because of a poor initial release, they missed the phase where everyone downloads the app at the same time and tries it out (whether or not they stick to using it).

Too bad, it could've been really cool. But now, I've seen people write about how they are at huge sporting events and sees no one around them using it.

The Tron Legacy Soundtrack. Makes coding feel more intense :D

I'd like to master Python. Mainly just because it is so powerful and useful for the kinds of things I need. I wouldn't mind mastering C simply for the badass-ness of the language, but going that low level isn't what I enjoy. Python allows for quick project turnarounds and is, in my opinion, a beautiful language.

It's really nice considering it's still considered to be in alpha. The shortcuts are a bit odd and I would definitely need a cheat sheet to keep using it. I'm personally an emacs and textmate guy but I could see this definitely being my replacement text editor. Give it a try!

I'm really liking sublime text 2. With TextMate 2 no where to be seen, I could see this taking over. However, the tab completion does not work for me, nor the go to anywhere (this is with a .java file).

I would like to see collapsible code (you know, where you can collapse a method or something to hide it).

I'd also like the console to be a full working python interpreter (for instance, currently for loops dont work)

Looking forward to more updates!

Such an awesome tool! Great for students and an awesome thing to have when prepping for interviews.

Inspired from your model, I decided to make up my own model in Google Sketch Up. For the problem about accessing the cables if the desk is butted up against a wall, what would work is have a portion of the bottom of the cubby be on a hinge that can fall down. That way you can access it from underneath. Here is a pic of what I quickly did in sketchup (just not a stand up desk) http://img233.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110429at102.png/

I'm curious to try out a stand up desk. Do you find it is much better?

Filled it out for you. I know standing desks are getting really popular these days, but I'd prefer to have the option. That is, to have a regular desk with hinges that can be converted to a standing desk.

I think the legs on the table in your video would be too thin after you start adding on monitors, laptops, hard drives, books, etc.

There was a desk that I "think" I saw on here that had a similar back drawer. However, one thing I really liked about it was there was a slit on the top that led down to the drawer where cables could come out. That was useful mainly because then you dont have a bunch of wires going all the way to the back and then under. Lastly, one issue with the drawer (or cubby) in the back is that my desks are always butted up against a wall, which would make it really hard to put in new stuff.

Good luck!

That is a beautiful desk. I also found the link to the underdesk with the peg board to be ingenius. I currently use a glass top corner desk. The glass is pretty awesome because I can use it as a whiteboard :D. However, a smaller corner desk is kind of awful for the 3 monitors I work with.

One problem I see is if you had the desk up against the wall, it would be a huge pain to access everything to say remove drives or add new stuff. Though judging from the picture he doesn't keep it by the wall.

Fantastic design though! Too bad I'm sure it would cost a fortune more to have it done here in Cali :(

Awesome! Wish I had this a while ago during school. This is a good learning tool too since you can see how each addition affects the matching. I like Tycho's idea about have a little cheat sheet. That would add to the "learning tool" idea substantially.

Following what other people said.. Python is a great (and powerful) language to get started with. It is what we teach our CS110 class at my University. Honestly, get a Mac or, like espeed said, install linux. Learning bash is invaluable. Also, learn HTML5/CSS. Every business needs a website, and with as powerful as HTM5 is, you could get up a decent one with just those two things (though javascript would be handy).

There are a ton of good resources online. Hacker News is awesome, Stack Overflow, etc. Python has a nice and free online book to get you started.

Best of luck!

Oh, I agree with the need for a good editor. Emacs is great (of course others will argue for VIM of course ;). Unless things have changed in the last release, you'll have to install it yourself which is one of the reasons people choose the lighter weight editor of VIM.

If you have a mac, I would suggest TextMate. I recently came across SublimeText 2 which is currently in alpha stages but is really cool too! It is cross platform so it will also work on Linux.

Uhhh what? That was awesome! I wonder what the cost of just one of those is.

Nice job! It's fun. The jump is a little too slow for me though. And it's very frictionless. Awesome that this was done in html5.

Well I mean it was just an example. But I'm sure that people are more likely to have credit cards than PayPal accounts. I personally am not a fan of it.

I think this is really smart. Think how insane garage sales can be now when people can accept credit card payments. Or being able to split checks at a restaurant (when the waiter/waitress wont do it) by charging the others at the table while you pay the restaurant. Sure it looks like Square is losing money on this, but I think it was on HN where I read that Square was already processing $1mil a day. I'd also assume that this $10 credit won't be around forever.

Either way, the simplicity of Square is what will make consumers interested.

I agree with Shantanubala.

Once you put school off, it will get much harder to return to it. I know a lot of people who go "Oh i'll take time off and save up some money and go back in a year or two" but they never do. Also be careful going to non-four yr schools from the start. If you have the grades, it would be good to go to a state school (cheaper). Tons of people go to community colleges (or some other pre-college school) to save money, but end up getting stuck there because units wont transfer or they can't get their classes. They end up spending way more money. Might be better off to just be a student worker and take out some loans.

You read about kids dropping out of college to pursue their business ideas, but the majority of them fail. You'd be better off getting a dual degree in say CS and business. School will allow you to develop your ideas further and get the connections you need to get a job or start a business.

best of luck!

I'm surprised the number 1 wasn't higher up because of the slider (since it defaults to 1). I guess people aren't as lazy as I thought they were and actually took the effort to move the slider :P