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anotherperson | 15 years ago | on: Programming languages have to break free from the tyranny of ASCII

I kind of like Mathematica’s syntax of ESC-shorthand-ESC for inputting non-ascii characters. Not quick, but definitely readable.

anotherperson | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: tips for working with Mac OS X without using the mouse? (RSI)

KeyRemap4Macbook

I’ve enabled “Simultaneous Key Presses” which allow me to use F+H/J/K/L instead of arrow keys. It takes a little getting used to, but I find myself hardly ever needing to leave the keyboard.

anotherperson | 15 years ago | on: One year of Amazon Prime free for students

I tried a free two month trial of this a couple years ago. It was right around this time too. Prime is incredibly useful for ordering textbooks.

anotherperson | 16 years ago | on: O'Reilly is selling any eBook for $9.99 today

This is definitely a hacky way to go. I just tried it with Matz’s Ruby book. Reading it with Stanza on OSX is just about the ugliest digital reading experience outside of scanned text.

Oh well, it only set me back 5 bucks.

anotherperson | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Please review my Mac App

For those who have just purchased Transmit 4, it has been overhauled with many Applescript additions. Using that on Snow Leopard, it would be very easy to create your own contextual items with Automator.

That being said, if I didn’t already have a nice FTP solution, this would be a great little app.

anotherperson | 16 years ago | on: Iron Man 2's Secret Sauce: 3-D Printing

> Maybe the best example are the gloves that Downey wore--which were no thicker than a dime, and could be worn for hours without getting so hot that the dude needed some Colombian Marching Powder to take the edge off

Really?

anotherperson | 16 years ago | on: How Do You Like MobileMe For Free?

I would rather it just cost less as opposed to entirely free. If there were a paid alternative to GMail, I would move away from that too.

Paying for something reduces the likelihood that the provider will do unscrupulous things with my data for financial gain. Or at least I feel like they’d be less likely. And ignorance is bliss, right?

anotherperson | 16 years ago | on: Online backup to S3 for the Mac

From the Carbonite Backup Bouncer test:

One of backup-bouncer's tests is called "combo-tests" where it tests several different file metadata types on the same file. Carbonite didn't restore this file at all.

Instead, Carbonite left a file called "Carbonite_Restore_F161_G1.tmp". It's a 1-line text file that reads "gotta boogie".

anotherperson | 16 years ago | on: The iPhone obsession

Here’s the thing: developing for the iPhone means that you are developing for any browser that supports web standards. Why bend over backwards for browsers on phones with archaic web browsing capabilities. If anything, it will force vendors to get with the HTML5 and CSS3 programs.

anotherperson | 16 years ago | on: Loren Brichter on Tweetie

Doesn’t that stop a user from using copy and paste?