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bite | 11 years ago | on: Student-Built Apps Teach Colleges a Thing or Two

https://github.com/uWaterloo/api-documentation

bite | 11 years ago | on: Student-Built Apps Teach Colleges a Thing or Two

I actually really enjoyed the article, and can relate: about a month ago, I started building openYorkU, a RESTful API for York University, because their data was not in any accessible format, and was just listed (in a .pdf). I thought student-made apps would work much better, and I should work on something all students can use.

Some examples of why it's useful; when looking for courses - there wasn't any way of searching. I couldn't just look for all first year courses, that are 3 credits, and in courses A, B, and C. I also couldn't find all the restaurants, still open beside me that serve coffee (all the data York provided was on a .pdf). With an API, this stuff is simple.

It's still a work in progress, and I haven't had much time to work on it lately, but if you're interested in checking it out: https://github.com/mlisbit/openYorkU-API . This article definitely encouraged me to continue on with the project. More Universities should have open data like University of Waterloo.

bite | 12 years ago | on: Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public

Regardless of the license, I definitely like the direction Microsoft seems to be going in. First they make Microsoft office online free to the public, there's talk about windows mobile one day being free, and now this. All within a rather short amount of time. I don't see myself switching from GNU/Linux any time soon however, but I hope Microsoft will soon realize the potential of Open Source. One company I really appreciate is Adobe, they put a surprising amount of effort into Open Source, and also released Photoshop v1.0.1 source. On a side note; I wonder when Windows' will post their first project on Github.

bite | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Cloak – Incognito mode for real life

Looks cool. I can't help but think this will definitely shed some light on the risks of sharing so much personal information online, knowing all this is scraped from social media accounts - a user would surely think twice before tweeting their location in the future.

bite | 12 years ago | on: Before you Dual Boot – MS, OEMs and Linux

I've been using GNU/Linux as my only OS for years, and honestly, I have never had any issues with it; of course I may have other use cases than you, I don't play video games or anything - but when working on a project, that for instance relies on gstreamer, it's better to use Linux natively. VM's have always been a pain for me, they're slow, IO issues, and you'd waste more battery having to run a VM anyway, so the trade off doesn't make sense. Also, how could you say the problem is from users? Why should installing another OS be so difficult? You should give GNU/Linux another try, and try fixing your kernel panics rather than giving up and switching to windows.

bite | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: 2048 in 2048 bytes

I beat it http://imgur.com/xa0sXjX . I think this game is significantly easier than original due to the alterations in logic: - When you're unable to move (for instance when the top 2 rows are all filled with 8 blocks), you can still spawn a new block. Just lot less challenging than pressing down than up and dealing with 2/4 surrounded by high numbers. - You only spawn two's no four's this allows for a much easier strategy. I probably used the right and up key about 90% of the game, left 9%, and down <1%.

Great job though! loving all these clones.

bite | 12 years ago | on: Bootflat: Open Source Flat UI Kit based on Twitter Bootstrap 3

I've used bootflat for a previous project, prior to bootstrap 3, but have since switched. It looks great, but it's just a slight modification in colour scheme now, whereas before it was a huge difference. Bootstrap's hosted on a CDN too, which is nice.

bite | 12 years ago | on: Microsoft Office Online

This is great news for GNU+Linux users, I'm always so hesitant when installing libreoffice to my computer and use google drive when veiwing ppt files. In my opinion Microsoft office online loads ppt files a lot faster, which is nice. You also don't have to go full screen to view all the animations. Cool.