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New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,784 posts.
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Why I Hate Adobe
Ok…hate is such a strong word. I don’t exactly hate them…I don’t hate anyone actually (not that I can think of ). However, the image below …
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Richard Stallman: "I Wished I Had Killed Myself"
I received a review copy of Steven Levy's seminal book Hackers back in the 1980s, but never read it. I did, though, keep it, because it lo...
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An apology...
Until Gizmodo publicly apologizes to Gray Powell, this is going to be in my /etc/hosts and in all of the DNS servers under my control: 127.0.0.1 gizmodo.com 127.0.0.1 www.gizmodo.com 127.0.0.1 m.gizmodo.com 127.0.0.1 gawker.com 127.0.0.1 www.gawker.com 127.0.0.1 m.gawker.com The person at fault is the shithead who…
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Why 960 x 640
The goal isn’t merely to exceed the resolution of competing devices. The goal is to rival the optical quality of print.
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Are you one of the 10% of programmers who can write a binary search?
There are some programming books that I’ve read from cover to cover repeatedly; there are others that I have dipped into many times, reading a chapter or so at a time. Jon Bentley’s 19…
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Android Tries Harder
Google is trying very hard to get developers to build apps for Android app phones.
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How Not To Run An A/B Test
Are you falling victim to the peeking problem? Learn how to design and run an experiment properly.
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Women in tech - Stop talking, start coding
I read Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley in the NYTimes today, which explores how and why women are under-repesented in tech startups. From the number of retweets I saw and the clicks through bit.l…
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Tips for Tech Leads
One of the unending sources of frustrations of being an experienced engineer in a company full of fresh graduates is having to deal with new...
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Mac and the iPad: History Repeats Itself
For those of us around Apple for the launch of the 1984 Mac, things are awfully familiar.
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JWZ on iPhone OS development: "This is why I sell beer"
301 This blog has moved to jwz.org . This post has been archived here . Please update your links. 301
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When to use Excel, when to use R?
Encyclia — acquisition, retention, and advocacy consultancy
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So, you need a typeface...
I never usually feature my students but I’m going to make an exception, we had such a brilliant critique today that I just want to say “Thank god for passionate students like mine!̶…
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Non-Apple's Mistake
I've been patient, I've been gracious And this mountain is covered with wolves Hear them howling, my hungry children Maybe you should stay and have another drink and think about me and you. Jonathan Coulton, "Skullcrusher Mountain"
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