ivanstojic

I do this as well, for 5 websites based on a custom PHP microframework. Git kicks ass!

+1 because I feel what you are saying... but I'm with the OP on this one. Learning is free, being taught (even by a tutorial+triggers) is not.

Could you specify if you moved, or are you a native over there? Also, is it possible that you write something more on the "pointers with the government?"

When I was about 13, I was given an old PC XT. A neighbor, friend of my grandfather, was very experienced with computers having had a whole bunch of them... he came over to fine-tune the computer for me. He was editing config.sys when he looked at me and told me "you'll be an expert when you understand every single line in this file."

That was some 16 years ago, and I never stopped learning since.

This seems like a very nice idea, but it feels rough around the edges even for a MVP...

Personally I think I heard the phrase "don't be dependent on other companies' platforms" enough times to feel it in my bones. Some people obviously didn't.

On the other hand, that's morally draining - particularly when one works on something that's open source.

The invite-a-friend form is broken on Firefox 3.6.8. I only get a text field with an URL in it by default (http://www.endants.com/?r=42), and no way to submit the form even after I enter an e-mail.

You should (I think) adjust the amount of karma received for reviewing negative thoughts downwards. In my experience people are the type of animal that likes to sniff others' poo and will gladly offer opinions on them even with a smaller reward :-(

And proudly displaying their on-screen keyboard :-(

> I seem to have a great dificulty understanding MVC and therefore OO programming with PHP seems out of my league

Are you sure you are not mixing up the order of learning things here?

For some reason, this title reminds me incredibly of an (approximate) quote of:

Hank Rearden on why his metal is stronger, cheaper, lighter...

I am suspicious of free services/offers which require me to give up my credit card info :-(

It might also not help, but for me, in the last hour at least accessing HN returned an empty response from the server, no errors, just no output at all.

What better way to comment than to quote Rider himself:

Those who do produce similar code, those who don't have a clear accent, and speak with varying degrees of fluency.

That's the phrase I've been looking for! casual computing!

I think neither would qualify because both require a JavaScript component to actually work as a spotlight.

Neither of the submitted solutions are particularly novel, but I'd applaud the CSS2 version more for (if nothing else) the supported browser coverage.

IMHO, there are FAR more interesting things in HTML5/CSS3 than gradients.

I've used C-Repl quite comfortably for smaller hacks and tests.

While it's not a true REPL, it can certainly help along for simple use cases.

Even suggesting that Anonymous by and large takes any interest in what Moot thinks shows just how misinformed you are. There's more to a spear than just it's point.

Just another example of how pathetic the current views on copyright are.

I wonder if you could prosecute a person with photographic memory for the very same thing: "recording" images and audio without the rights to do it.

I'd like to thank everyone who contacted me! I've replied to most of you, and those that didn't get replies, I'm working on them!

I hope something good will come of this! :-)

Thanks for the suggestion. I added it to my about section of the profile!

I'm not sure I understand the relevancy of this. Can anyone explain?

I could never figure out Git until I read this:

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/technical/git/

That's hardly surprising. Actual people make up only 26% of Wikipedia editors, the rest are rabid deletionist AIs.

Of course not.

However, you are equating his choice of ending his online presence with the quality and quantity of his work, or at least implying that they are related.

Can you offer any arguments to prove that point?

It is indubitable that people should be judged by the totality of their actions, yet it is rarely so. I think at least some communities judge _why by the way he exited stage right in the middle of the play.

(Full disclosure: I don't like him)

I think that the name "Hacker News" doesn't really mean anything per se - just like I don't assume that Yahoo users/employees are a race of filthy brutes. Furthermore, I resent the way this poll is set up, particularly in the final two options.

"Hacker, but have a life too" sounds as if "having a life," whatever that means is somewhat a discrediting factor. The few hackers I know all lead rich, social lives and spend far less than all of their time working directly with computers.

"Either on HN or hacking" is even worse. Suggesting that the mythical true hacker type only hacks or reads HN is very misconceived.

There is more to being a hacker than writing code.

Next up, PHP 6 will include ComeFrom.

Zagreb, Croatia/Hrvatska

I'm (technically speaking) working as a PHP and Common Lisp developer for my own startup.

I'd love to do more Lisp, or in another universe, I'd love to work on engines and wish that I knew more about their design, power, efficiency...