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invisiblefunnel | 13 years ago | on: Travis Shrugged

The characters aren't really meant to be believable. http://books.google.com/books?id=TYZaNwrIM8YC&pg=PT664&#...

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: JavaScript: Warts and workarounds

Crockford warns against ever using `with` in a talk he gave last year. Discussion on `with` at 19m58s: http://ontwik.com/javascript/douglas-crockford-javascript-pr...

Edit: He says it's not that `with` isn't useful, but that there is never a case where it isn't confusing.

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Remove Finder from the Application Switcher in Mac OSX

Looks like the OSX menu bar is lost when all applications are closed.

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Emacs for the rest of us: ErgoEmacs

The linked 'DeveloperIntro' page hasn't been updated since 2010, but the code was updated as recently as last month. EDIT: http://code.google.com/p/ergoemacs/source/list

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: The Fine Line Between Understanding and Expertise

This is what I took away:

> Agencies don’t hire writers just because they know the rules of grammar. We hire them because they’re eloquent, lucid, imaginative wordsmiths. We hire them because of their practised ability to lovingly craft words into things that work. Things that make people feel.

EDIT: removed snark

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: CNN Reports Diaspora's Ilya Zhitomirskiy Committed Suicide

Diaspora commit: "Image for Ilya" https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/commit/0c33791069010869...

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans

The behind the scenes video shows details of the process. I found it fascinating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIH4MJAC2Tg

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Google +1 Chrome extension tracks https traffic

Ghostery is available for chrome, among others: http://www.ghostery.com/download

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Hand Signals in NYC fine dining

Agreed, I've noticed this type of signaling often in the hospitality industry. I'd compare it to a DSL with which a leader can communicate unobtrusively with those they lead. In certain cases it takes more time and effort to communicate information or instructions verbally, and it's more noticeable.

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Hacker News Front Page Snapshot from Last Night

Since we're sharing :) https://twitter.com/#!/invisiblefunnel/status/12184339675835...

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: China: Man builds flying contraption powered by eight motorcycle engines

Hard to imagine how deafeningly loud it must be.

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Modern Ruby Development

The bundler docs show the former: http://gembundler.com/gemfile.html

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Modern Ruby Development

It seems to me that Homebrew is much more popular than Macports among rubyists. I would like to see actual data though.

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: How many photos have ever been taken?

It's likely everyone you interview knows nothing about it, so it isolates logic and reasoning skills from previous knowledge. The accuracy isn't important.

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Netflix stock plunges as subscribers quit

Isn't Turner Broadcasting (http://www.turner.com/) the parent of CNN? Or am I missing some information?

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Git Is Simpler Than You Think

I have found that branches are the default for git users working on any project larger than a toy.

invisiblefunnel | 14 years ago | on: Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies

Starz was breaking new ground for cable tv content providers. Now they decide to return to the stone age? Of course their internal numbers might tell a different story, but this still seems shortsighted.