WingNews logo WingNews GitHub [2]

colonhyphenp's comments

colonhyphenp | 15 years ago | on: What I use

Regarding the heat issue you are having with your laptop: I was having similar problems with a different laptop, and I got an "XPad Slim" (http://www.xpad4laptop.com/) cooling pad to put under it. It weighs around a pound, has no fans, and does a pretty decent job of dispersing heat from the computer. No more burning legs!

colonhyphenp | 16 years ago | on: Top Ten One-Liners from CommandLineFu Explained

Last year a friend taught me about the bash trick "CTRL-R" <start typing 'ssh' or some other previously run command> on the command line for reverse history searching, and it is an amazing time saver. It acts as a great alternative to #8, "Find the last command that begins with “whatever,” but avoid running it"

$ !whatever:p

colonhyphenp | 16 years ago | on: Try Haskell

I learned the basics of Haskell by doing some problems from http://projecteuler.net. It's probably not as exciting as actually building something using the language, but it's definitely worth checking out.

colonhyphenp | 16 years ago | on: China Embarrasses US in TopCoder Contest

Yeah the title is definitely misleading. The word "hacking" isn't even mentioned in the article besides in the title. Replace "hacking contest" with "programming competitions" and "NSA" with "NSA sponsored" and you have a more accurate title.

colonhyphenp | 17 years ago | on: A Coder's Guide to Coffee

Whole Foods is a good place to go for freshly roasted beans - Most locations I have been to roast their coffee in the store and put roast dates on it.

colonhyphenp | 17 years ago | on: A Coder's Guide to Coffee

I am in the same boat with the french press - I really can't tell that much of a difference between a cup of freshly roasted/ground french press coffee and a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

However, I recently switched to an Aeropress single cup coffee maker, and it is a HUGE difference - it makes a small concentrated cup of coffee with very little bitterness, and brings out the coffee's natural sweetness. Also, I find it easier to use and clean than a french press. See http://www.aerobie.com/Products/aeropress_story.htm

colonhyphenp | 17 years ago | on: Ask YC: Cars?

I'll second the MS3 - it is a very fun car to drive and has amazing handling for the price. Like kcy said, since it's a hatchback you'll have plenty of space.

Comparable cars include the Volkswagen GTI, Subaru WRX, Audi A3 - Lined up against those, the MS3 is slightly quicker and is less aggressive looking (IMHO).

colonhyphenp | 18 years ago | on: Ask YC: What do you use for time and todo tracking?

I am using (and loving) Unfuddle for a 2-person project. It's like trac, but with some nice extras. Creating new tickets is easy. They also have a Mac widget you can install for creating/viewing tickets (I don't use it personally).

The only downside is it's $9/month if you have more than one developer.. You can always sign up for a free account first to see if you like it though.

colonhyphenp | 18 years ago | on: Classic math puzzles for job interviews

I figured it out by thinking what would happen if you only had 1 mouse (500 bottles can make it to the party), then looking at the problem again with 2 mice (there's a way to prove that 750 bottles are poison-free using only 2 mice), etc. all the way up to 10 mice.
page 1