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utx00on The Mac Myth: So Sick Of All This Mac Love. Macs Are A Pain.

i had a lot of issues, but they are fixable. http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13708

at any rate, took me less time than tweaking a powerbook.

utx00on The Mac Myth: So Sick Of All This Mac Love. Macs Are A Pain.

ever tried importing old mail? oy vey!

utx00on The Mac Myth: So Sick Of All This Mac Love. Macs Are A Pain.

yes. unless x=powerbook, and y=thinkpad.

ho ho ho.

utx00on The Mac Myth: So Sick Of All This Mac Love. Macs Are A Pain.

they still get very hot. they still don't have dedicated pgup/pgdn keys, the resolution is too high (1280x800 for me), the antialiasing is very blurry!, so expensive, so cold in the winter (the aluminium you ken)

a kick-ass t400 can go for 50% less for a comparable configuration. wait around in the lenovo site for a 20% off deal. they're running them non-stop now. i have t40/t61/z60t and t400. love them all to pieces. one powerbook (my great blunder) sold on ebay :)

oh, i dropped the z60t on its side from a considerable height. (~ 4m) a bit of the plastic on the side flew off, the monitor became unhinged. i just popped everything back together, kept working. wouldn't try this with a delicate powerbook.

utx00on The Mac Myth: So Sick Of All This Mac Love. Macs Are A Pain.

"If it freezes you are doing something wrong"

wow.

utx00on The night I met Einstein

feels made up.

utx00on The Best Programming Fonts

inconsolata

droid-sans mono

utx00on What you can write in Perl 6 today

different keywords passed to a well understood form: "eval-when". what each opt does can be horrendously complicated if you so chose. however i understand the evaluation rules and can just focus on learning what each option does. require on the other hand can take a string, but it can also take a VERSION expression that will then be compared to $]. but wait, there's more. it can also be a literal v5.6.1 - that works too. otherwise it will look for a library. if the expression is a bare word require will conveniently add the .pm for you, however notice that $lib = 'somelib' require $lib is not a bare word therefore you need to add the '.pm' ...

i'm tired already.

utx00on What you can write in Perl 6 today

it is less to type, yes. it is not conceptually shorter; not to me at any rate. so if it works for you, great.

utx00on What you can write in Perl 6 today

yeah. i don't really get what is being gained. you have to keep some much context in your head in order to write perl - as compared to python ... it's tiring (as i keep saying)

utx00on What you can write in Perl 6 today

ha! ok. fair enough.

utx00on What you can write in Perl 6 today

wow. what a mess ... and they're still not done. seriously, mod me down if you will, but someone has to say it. i will carry this cross :P - compare this, with something that would be titled "what you can do with python 3 today", or ruby, clojure, cl-lisp, javascript ... perl was revolutionary and it changed the world. we were using it at a NY financial institution since v4. we loved it. when 5 came out, we went all in. we had configuration files in perl, when every one else was writing parsers, home made databases when people had to buy sybase licences, home made template languages (yes, more than one. it was that easy) when others were struggling with c++ string libraries. and we killed; (lispers had always had these and more benefits) but alas, the world has moved on.

... and we're getting tired. it is much easier to find ruby and python guys, and i always thought ... "python? that's for sissies." until we tried it. and fellow programmers, i still had energy at the end of the day. that was the most striking. perl tires you out. perl culture and community tires you out. what a difference python makes.

initially i missed some things, but you quickly begin to see the light, and in no way will go back.

my theory is that python/js/lisp are simple because the core ideas are few. ie, because the rest of the language is the logical implication of a relatively few simple ideas. lisp is the best at this. the fewer special forms, the fact that you write in the same data structures the compiler sees (less complication) which translates into less to remember. less to keep in mind (quickly, what is the difference between 'use' and 'require' and system("") or system(@) ... bleh) which leads to less energy needs to get your stuff done. on this energy scale, perl rates pretty high. not as high as c++ but high enough that i never want to use it again.

so go ahead reader, mod me down and throw your tantrum, and try python (or ruby, etc ...)

utx00on Ubuntu 9.04 released

these help:

http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13708

http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm

utx00on 3mindme - Dead Simple Reminders

google cal has reminder emails, but it's a bit more of a hassle to setup.

utx00on Mono 2.4 and MonoDevelop 2.0 released

* yawn

utx00 on Redcar is cool, but I still can’t use Linux

If you are using the GNOME desktop use gconf-editor to set /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme to "Emacs". As far as I can tell, everything works (like I am now typing ctrl-A on firefox to go to the beginning of this line)
There is also Alt, and Meta, and you can set your own keymaps in X.
Actually, one of the reasons I didn't like the mac is the lack of flexibility in this area (like re-mapping ctrl and caps lock). Doable but not as simple as in Linux.

utx00 on GNU Emacs Video Editing

did you look at the source? it's like 200 lines. basically key shortcuts to mplayer operations. you could have done it in a couple of days (less if you know elisp). but my point is that everything starts small. so just start ;)
incidentally for truly impressive emacs packages check out: gnus, erc, slime, org-mode, tramp, magit, ido, paredit, nxhtml, yasnippet.

utx00 on Ask HN: Which are the things you want the most?

at least that which needs stuff.

utx00 on Ask HN: Which are the things you want the most?

something like that

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poor woz

utx00 on Study: Old Age Begins at 27

you guys are so sensitive.

utx00 on Study: Old Age Begins at 27

you still haven't noticed?

utx00 on Ask HN: Which are the things you want the most?

to stay healthy. everything else is minor in comparison.

utx00 on Why HN is slow lately

but it's calling all those ar_funcall2 or whatever ... not that much indirection really.

utx00 on How to rewrite files in Linux

might using a berkdb (as suggested) make more sense for your case? it can be devilish tricky getting these things to work right.

utx00 on Remind YC: It's Valentine's Day. Don't forget the flowers and card for your s.o.

so you do hallmark holidays?

utx00 on Ask HN: What do you want to be able to customize?

my own bookmarking/tagging/searching facility.

utx00 on Ask HN: How do you deal with alienation?

wow very candid of you. thanks for sharing.

utx00 on Upcoming Linux TortoiseSVN equivalent

what about TortoiseHg? or TortoiseGit?

utx00 on Ask HN: New Ubuntu Desktop--what would you install?

emacs