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pca2··on Show HN: A terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings
Very cool, I was just wishing for a tool like this today. A small feature request I would love to see: Support for custom delimiters. I sometimes work with CSVs that actually use pipe (|) as the delimiter to avoid issues with cells that contain commas as content.
pca2··on Ask HN: Options for One-Handed Typing
I have used a one-handed keyboard for 20 years. My current set up is using

- A 25 key Macropad (really an external numpad) Something like this, for around $50 USD https://www.dhgate.com/product/25keys-macro-keyboard-kit-pro...

- The keyboard supports QMK, the customizable open source keyboard firmware

- I programmed my own layout using the Frogpad style layout others have mentioned. Its central feature is that it is what's known as a "chording keyboard" in which you hit multiple keys at the same time, like a piano chord, to trigger different letters.

- The reduced keys on the keyboard mean I can comfortably produce any character at normal speed with one hand without moving my wrist in a way that would cause RSI.

If you want more info or a copy of my QMK config let me know.

pca2··on Ask HN: Which book would you recommend for learning Python in detail?
It's not a book, but the Python3 Deep Dive courses by Fred Baptiste on Udemy are very good at helping to understand the internals of python: https://www.udemy.com/user/fredbaptiste/ If the courses are pricey, remember that Udemy seems to have major sales every couple of weeks, so I'm sure they will come down in price again soon.
pca2··on Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
Pull request opened https://github.com/matryer/xbar-plugins/pull/1896
pca2··on Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
Can confirm pirateweather.net's forecast API working as a drop-in replacement for DarkSky's. I was able to fix a soon to be broken DarkSky bitbar script by just replacing the URLs/API keys to pirateweather's in under 5 minutes.
pca2··on Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
As someone who's documented a lot of users flows by hand this would be a really handy service. However, it'd be great if there was more of a demo available without a sign up. At the moment it seems like there's just a couple of tiny screeenshots and a single GIF showing what your product actually looks like. How about a sample screencast or a sample PDF of a finished guide?
pca2··on Where’s _why? (2012)
Ethical considerations aside, this article had a huge impact on me and played a big part in getting me to finally learn to code. _why's style made the idea of coding very approachable for someone who didn't have a math/science background
pca2··on All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people
can you explain a bit more about "German conservative company structures" for us non-Germans?
pca2··on HeidiSQL – GUI client for MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL
third!
pca2··on Using Vim as a Python IDE
It also allows you to "split" your terminal into multiple tabs, panes and windows, which makes it easy to hop back and forth between sessions in multiple environments. As others have said though the killer feature really is that you can run it on a remote machine and attach and detach at will.
pca2··on Pandora to Buy Rdio Assets for $75M, Rdio Files Ch.11, Will Shutter Service
just found this Chrome extension that allows you to export playlists https://twitter.com/frank_chimero/status/666373969394708481
pca2··on Pandora to Buy Rdio Assets for $75M, Rdio Files Ch.11, Will Shutter Service
There already is Spotify -> Rdio tools like http://resp.in/ Now we just need the reverse.
pca2··on Ask HN: Moving to Philadelphia
Thanks everyone, appreciate the info!
pca2··on Ask HN: Moving to Philadelphia
Yeah, I probably take the Boston scene for granted, but at the same time I'm not looking to join the next future unicorn, I'm just looking for a steady job at a good company that I'll enjoy.
pca2··on A Field Guide to the American Sandwich
I'm generally not a very patriotic American, but boy did I feel a certain amount of pride looking at all of these sandwiches that have been crafted in America.
pca2··on How to create a handheld Linux terminal
I'm typing this on a Frogpad now. Due to an injury I've used it as my main keyboard for years. Unfortunately the company is all but defunct and the layout is propriety. For years I've been meaning to write script to set the keyboard layout of a full size keyboard to it. That way I can stop paying hundreds whenever an old Frogpad appears on ebay.
pca2··on Show HN: Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
pca2··on Show HN: Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
pca2··on Show HN: Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
pca2··on Show HN: Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
pca2··on Show HN: Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
This is great Is there support or planned support for expanded display? (\x in psql)
pca2··on ChartSQL: Create Charts and Dashboards from SQL
Looks neat. However it appears to actually only support MySQL, despite it's website's claims
pca2··on Chrome Experiments: “3d city”
If only there was some kind of "save game" feature
pca2··on 2048 with Leaderboard and achievements, with Kivy (Python/OpenGL)
That version is a fake according to the creator's twitter feed: https://twitter.com/gabrielecirulli/status/44449813553323212...