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edlebert | 10 years ago | on: Ruby 2.3.0 Released

I couldn't find any actual examples on how to use the new frozen string literals. Lots of discussion in the link provided, but that's it.

edlebert | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN : What side project are you working on?

https://signupforms.com - event registration/management

edlebert | 11 years ago | on: Libsqlfs: A POSIX-style file system on top of an SQLite database

Time to put a SQLite database on this new filesystem!

edlebert | 11 years ago | on: F.C.C. Chairman Ponders Net Neutrality

Gee, I wonder how it will all go down. I mean, all those people supported comcast by _not_ sending comments to the FCC, right?

edlebert | 11 years ago | on: Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs (1985)

All these things show that it really is coming down to just Apple and IBM. If for some reason, we make some giant mistakes and IBM wins, my personal feeling is that we are going to enter sort of a computer Dark Ages for about 20 years. Once IBM gains control of a market sector, they almost always stop innovation. They prevent innovation from happening.

edlebert | 12 years ago | on: Drop Dropbox

Keep those torches lit for everyone in the current administration too, right? Torture, war, and mass-surveillance continue to this day, 5 years after she stopped being Secretary of State. In addition, many in the current administration were involved in the Iraq war as well.

edlebert | 12 years ago | on: Dynatable.js: HTML5+JSON interactive table plugin

The first thing I usually look for on projects like these is a "Click here for demo"

edlebert | 12 years ago | on: What 4chan thinks of HN

Wow, it's actually super funny, and accurate. Well done.

edlebert | 12 years ago | on: Use different DNS servers for specific domains

It is not RIGHT. The NFL has the _right_ to sell their content however they like, and they coordinate their blackout rules with the cable channels who pay for them. If you don't like it, the RIGHT action is to pay for cable, buy tickets, or do what I do and go without.

edlebert | 12 years ago | on: Pay No Attention to the Bloody Corpse in the Bathroom

Sounds like a job for Dexter.