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Here's a one sentence answer that I think would help non-technology people understand software in general: It's like writing a "Choose Your Own Adventure" story in a foreign language.

I encourage you to check out DRIFT[1]. You can browse the latest images for inspiration (á la Pinterest), and its responsive design scales from large-screen TVs to the smallest handheld devices.

[1] http://drift.io

Very interesting article with ties to Wall St as well as Siri. It should serve as a reminder that in business dealings, only -you- have your best interests in mind.

Thanks for the info... I haven't made the change yet because I'd like the "off-switch" to be as elegant as possible. But rest assured, it will be there soon and it will be awesome :) The images should be clickable now.

Thanks for your comment. I'm happy to hear you've bookmarked the site!

My response to your criticism:

1) Good point. Originally, clicking the images would take you to the source page. I removed that functionality because it messed up the experience for touch devices. I'm going to add it back in for desktops in a few minutes.

2) The map is sort of a "look ahead" feature. That is to say, it's value will rise as more and more location-based images are shared. I'm rather impressed with the quality of content currently available around major metro areas.

3) Curious to know what hardware you're using. I'll add a way to turn off the background in a few minutes.

Thanks again.

Backgrounds are explicitly chosen by CC license. The rest of the photos are already publicly shared and I link back to the original source.

I'm glad you pointed out the width of the image stream not being responsive. This is intentional. A gripe of mine regarding the latest image display paradigms is the over-use of browser width. In my research, the strain on the eyes as a result of two dimensional scanning (up/down + left/right) became annoying very fast. The sweet spot seems to be 3 columns, allowing the eyes to gracefully pan down the page and every now and then look away at the background to prevent excess strain.

In Scott's defense, I think it's totally valid to bring up CoffeeScript (though perhaps in a more elegant way with a bit more info as to why it's relevant). It's possible the article's author was not aware of its existence (I think this is likely as CoffeeScript seems to address his main concerns about JS).

Even if Coffee isn't in use at the moment, if it provides some value it would be worth promoting within the organization. New technologies routinely pop up, and the onus of proving their worth ultimately lies on the developers, even if they aren't the decision makers when it comes to selecting which ones are adopted and which ones aren't.

Regarding item 3, are you sure 10M+ shares is typical, and if so, why? I recall a story of serious trouble as a result of issuing this many shares with regards to tax implications down the line.

I sing and play a variety of instruments including guitar and keys. Additionally, I enjoy producing electronic music.

If anyone is interested, some of my works across a number of genres are available on my SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/magnus-rose

New comments module as well, for example http://instagram.com/p/MbKoiuPdPD/

Alan Watts is a great resource on this subject, particularly in translating eastern philosophy for the western world. That is to say, he "sums it up" and puts into context the concepts of Tao/Zen Buddhism/etc, which would be tricky if analyzed based on English translation of the literature alone.

With regards to meditation, his 'How to Meditate' video is an excellent place to start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Qkgmm5qQM

A good quote from that video: "The essence of the whole art is to feel, to experience what is, what happens, without saying anything to yourself about it."

Really nice!

Always nice to see the bounds of UI scripting being pushed to the browser's limit. I won't be surprised to see some of these position manipulation paradigms integrated into the core browsing experience (in sort of a jQuery-esque fashion) in the near future.

Nice choice with the name as well. Easy to rememeber and has a good typing rhythm.

I believe that's a youtube limitation.

This link isn't working for me as of now

Try refreshing the page... It should be working

This is standard advertising practice across many industries and not unique to McDonald's. Examples include food (both restaurants and specific products like breakfast cereal), cosmetics, health products, even real estate. McDonald's really does push it very far though, in terms of disparity between the imagery and the actual product.

I suppose it falls under the "fake it till you make it" category of business practices.

That was a good question... Should be using the real links now.

Refesh and try again... it should work now.

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you liked it!

Working on mobile, but still not sure about what path to take regarding true/html5-based native or a pure html5 based web version. It depends on what direction I decide to go regarding new, novel features for the app.

On the matter of performance, can you give me a bit of info on the equipment you used to view the site?

Glad you noticed the changing bg! I have a few changes "in the works" which directly affect the search bar area ;)

When zooming in on Firefox it looks great all the way (aside from the reflection being in the wrong place)

Before making my recommendation, I should note that it would be beneficial to know a bit more about what sort of programming you'd like to get into. Even withing the realm of web programming, there are many different paths you can go down before even crossing the client-server line.

Your mention of good causes/nonprofits suggests to me that you anticipate a sort of "generalist" technology role in the future, as these organizations typically need as much breadth of skill in their talent as they can get. This leads me to recommend you spend your initial focus learning a bit about as many diverse topics as you can. At once, you will be exposed to a wide variety of syntax amongst many different programming languages and methodologies allowing you to gravitate towards the areas you find most attracted to.

A great book for C, and programming in general if you ask me, is The C Programming Language, by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language

Definitely cool. As of 2 days ago, they have blackboard paint as well, which would be really nice in combination with neon markers in a dark studio.

Just yesterday the plain link without the query was going to Google as well.

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My comment was sincere and I stand by it. The article was quite long and I've often seen similar summary comments for such articles here on HN. I think for really in depth articles it helps to have a good overview before commiting time and diving in (something more than an obscure title and the valve.com domain). In this case, I was initially under the impression that it was part of an ARG, a topic I am very interested in.

I should also note that I don't see anything in the guidelines about asking for a summary.

Maybe it's getting late, but I think i could really use an upvoted tdlr for this...

Inspired by Jerry Seinfeld's productivity secret? Looks good. http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-se...