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markwong··on Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player
I am using it for listening to the online radio in terminal.
markwong··on Windows 98 icons are great (2015)
Imho, the BeOS icons are better than Win9x icons.
markwong··on A guided intro to the Free Pascal language
It is a beautiful language.
markwong··on Ask HN: What do you listen to/watch/do during coding?
https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en
markwong··on Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
The tldp was especially useful for me when i was in university.
markwong··on [dead]
clinton too
markwong··on Get Visual Studio Community 2013 for Free
not sure if Dephi (Embarcadero) would do the same?
markwong··on Poll: What smartphone do you use?
Nokia Lumia 900(Windows Phone 7.8)

and I am very disappointed.

markwong··on Poll: What is your #1 productivity killer?
this is precisely what i am thinking now.
markwong··on Free 63 lifehacks book
what a shame :(. it is not available in Asia & Pacific region.
markwong··on Poll: Do you meditate?
I'm not a zen master too. I used to be chasing my own tail by expecting something from meditation in order to measure my progress. how foolish I was.

Right now, whatever comes up my mind i just let it be and think nothing of it. Null.

Oh, by the way, I also do self-hypnosis at the end of meditation.

markwong··on First Picture of an Atom's Shadow
reminds me of Dune II
markwong··on Why is BIND 10 written in C++ and Python?
Okay. Maybe Ada is a better choice.
markwong··on Free Pascal 2.6.2 is released
isn't "easy to parse for anyone who has done some code" an advantage?
markwong··on Why is BIND 10 written in C++ and Python?
based on the given criteria, wondering why Java wasn't considered.
markwong··on MIDI.js - Sequencing in Javascript
still loading ... after 10 minutes.
markwong··on Beej's Guide to Network Programming
truely classics. i learned network programming from this guide a decade ago.
markwong··on Lua in the NetBSD Kernel [pdf]
will the backward compatibility of Lua be a matter?
markwong··on Xah's Emacs Lisp Tutorial
I'm reading your tutorial. very helpful and informative!
markwong··on Oberon - The Oberlooked Jewel
i love Ada and i think it is the real jewel.
markwong··on What I Learned From Opening a Bookstore
in my country, the biggest sections in bookstores are self-help and "how you get rich [really really fast]"
markwong··on Mozilla releases version 0.1 of the Rust programming language
i find Ada is a good and consistent programming language.
markwong··on Mozilla releases version 0.1 of the Rust programming language
And we have Ada.
markwong··on Ask HN: Beginning freelance web developer: no clients - portfolio?
i wish i had read this few years ago. great advice.
markwong··on Poll: Do you use your real identity on Hacker News?
Yes, I am.