dechols's comments

Yeah, I didn't see anything I'm interested in as a "power-user".

OSX lately has decided to hide a ton of features out of the box that require changing values in Terminal before being useful. A quick list I know of: - Hiding full paths in Finder - Launchpad can't actually delete things. - Library is hidden

Other weird default settings: - Scroll with trackpad is inverted

It also doesn't have Ubuntu's nice window snapping or Windows' snap to sides feature, which is a big time saver.

Finally, I don't feel like "port iOS features to OSX" has been a win for Apple. It just seems to confuse people by adding more crap to the OS.

For you python Sublime users: http://dechols.com/post/40402860395/sublime-text-2-python-de...

So the answer is to paste it into an editor first?

This is evil.

Please don't force users to do something they can already choose to do.

The author invents new words regularly in this article.

Stephen King's "On Writing" talks about this, and I'm paraphrasing:

"Writers who invent words are bad writers."

Which is more Pythonic?

list() or []

dict() or {}

set() or ????

I would argue that the left is more pythonic and expressive.

I wanted to reply, but then it asked me to sign up for Google+.

Then it hit me: That's exactly it. Google+ is Google's way of controlling an entire ecosystem of replies to topics. That's exactly the problem with Google+.

Google Reader was great because it gave you a window into the internet. A window that you could shape however you wanted.

So what does this mean for those of us who have made the jump to Distribute? Do we now jump back to Setuptools in a year or something?

I see this all the time too.

This, despite the fact that my audience knows me by my pseudonym and not my real name.

Actually, The Sims 1 did this too. Obviously, it's a game and it's fluff so it's more acceptable than the bullshit that WellsFargo is doing here.

I was sad when Sims 2 and Sims 3 didn't include this little gem. A cool bit a humor while you're loading the game? awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwFsmQu71BE

"Don't write something informative and realistic, make a call to arms!"

The whole point of an internship (or underpaid, monkey coder job) is to get your foot in the door, to get some residue on your resume, and to work with a real team trying to deliver something for other people.

You're naive if you think that you, by yourself, can imitate the processes, procedures, best practices, tools, standards, guides, and mechanisms that a large company can provide, and learn from it all to boot.

I'm all about "hoisting yourself up from your own bootstraps", but sometimes you need other people. Internships are about immersing yourself with other people, not trying to take the mantle of some superhero and thinking it's going to help you fly better.

Yep. I've seen this too, usually as the "Blocked" state at the end of the process. Items that go in the blocked state need a blocked reason.

Bingo. The whole point of Trello is to mock up some manual end-to-end process. The natural state of this is columns that consist of "Backlog, TODO, Doing, Done". More advanced versions of this look something like, "Vetting, Grooming, Backlog, TODO, Doing, Done".

The circles kind of kill the whole point of a taskboard, IMO.

YouTube has asked me over and over for the past year to use my real name on YouTube.

NOPE NOPE NOPE.

It does not matter the platform you use. The data you use is far, far more important.

I use Windows 8, Linux, and Mac OSX boxes on a daily basis. I play music from all of them. I watch movies, view photos, and browse the web from all of them. I code on all of them.

The reason I'm able to do this is because I've relentlessly managed my data and set up systems to allow that data to be shared effectively between environments.

All of these people who say, "this OS is way better!" are missing the point. Each one does a good job at something. Here's a surface analysis:

Linux: Best for automation. LAMPP. Industrial strength box for administration, security, and development. Great performance. Has problems with applications that require advanced graphics or specific sets of drivers (read: games). Can accomplish almost all basic computing tasks without an issue. All of these things make it a great server OS and great for high performance applications too.

Mac: Best for consumption. Beautiful UI, intuitive software, merging of hardware and software. Has problems with any sort of software that requires performant hardware because hardware is far more expensive. Can accomplish almost all basic computing tasks without an issue. All of these things make it a great laptop OS.

Windows: Best for games. Good performance. Not as good performance as linux, but incredible driver support means that most users will see better performance on Windows. Can accomplish almost all basic computing tasks without an issue. Makes Windows by far the best gaming box, but also very comparable to other OS in other applications (except server role.)

The lesson here is: Use the right tool for the right job, and make your data tool agnostic.

> If Musk could really back up all of his accusations, why would he be "satisfied" with this "joke" of a response?

Frankly, he's probably still not satisfied. But he realizes there's no point in trying to slay the New York Times. That's not his dragon to kill.

He's got other things to do, and the NYTimes writing terrible articles is not his interest or priority. Write a witty blog post and declare victory is the right choice here.

"Never speak to police" isn't explicit enough.

In many states, police can ask you to identify yourself. Some states require you to answer this question.

Most states don't require you to provide identification, but some do. It's also a good way to disarm the situation, so many lawyers recommend providing your ID when an officer asks for it.

Beyond this, however, you should only have two things you say:

When the officer stops you:

"Officer, did I do something wrong?"

When the officer asks you any other question besides basic information (name, ID, etc):

"Officer, my lawyer has recommended that I do not answer questions like this. May I go?"

When your Miranda Rights are read:

Say nothing. Obey instructions.