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meese_ | 12 years ago | on: Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature

Have you tried Fastmail? I switched to them a while ago and haven't looked back. Their web UI isn't as nice, but they have an honest business model with a much better privacy policy and migrating is pretty straightforward.

meese_ | 12 years ago | on: Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature

Why haven't you already?

meese_ | 14 years ago | on: Enrollment for Stanford's online DB class now open

When do these officially start?

meese_ | 14 years ago | on: Return of the Mac (2005)

* Command-V to paste.

* Command-F3/the Exposé function button to reveal the desktop (on Apple keyboards, or you can change it; just search for Exposé in System Preferences).

* Enable right click in System Preferences > Mouse or Trackpad.

It just takes a little getting used to. But in the end all that really matters is what makes you most productive. All this elitism is stupid.

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Update your timezone defs: Russia abolishes winter time (DST)

Powers of ten are easy to manage in base 10?

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Redesigning OSX Spaces: 45˚ Is All It Takes

Especially considering how many basic features it is missing...

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: The Python Paradox

I wouldn't say Objective-C is "elegant" in the same way a scripting language can be, but it and its common libraries (i.e., Cocoa/NextSTEP) illustrate some very sound API design, and object-orientation in the Alan Kay-intended/SmallTalk sense.

edit: sorry, missed your edit. I'd probably agree with you and chc now. Obj-C was a clever hack for its time, but compared to modern dynamic/scripting languages, it's not really that special -- outside from being relatively high-performance due to its C compatibility, as you mentioned.

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: About CoverSutra, the Mac App Store and Sanity

Why doesn't she simply offer App Store coupon codes to existing users? Seems like that would solve her "PR" problems, and they expire after their first use so there shouldn't be any worry of piracy or anything like that, as with serial numbers.

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Grooveshark's new Javascript/HTML interface

The Defacer Safari & Chrome extensions (http://babelstudios.se/defacer/, https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ikfbfahhinbemoji...) seem to break this (just shows up a blank page)... any way to fix this?

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Python Black Magic

This is not exactly "black magic", it's fairly well-known and explained directly in the official documentation: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html#private-variabl....

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: PG on the cover of Forbes

http://lambdawesome.com

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Thank PG: For reclaiming the word 'hacker'

I wish there were a setting to toggle this back.

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: The Two Things about Computer Programming

"There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." - Phil Karlton

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Rob Pike: Notes on Programming in C

I think that advice is just outdated. It's a different situation now that it's a standard practice and there are optimizations supporting it (http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-2.95.3/cpp%5F1.html#SEC8).

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Why Apple saddled the MacBook Air with "gimped" CPUs

Sure, but video chatting is getting to be pretty popular as well (which, at least on the previous Air, tended to bring the processor to its knees).

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Mac OS X.7 "Lion" preview

I'd bet the likelihood of Apple finally finishing resolution independence is much higher now, considering how fine the resolutions of the new Macbook Airs are (which, as Jobs said, are probably going to become their most popular computer in the near future).

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Terminal Tips and Tricks For Mac OS X

What's even better is that these can be customized: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=448218

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: This is Why I'll Never be an Adult

"Life is like highschool with money." — Frank Zappa

meese_ | 15 years ago | on: Iterators? They still make these?

Google cache: http://google.com/search?q=cache:beust.com/weblog/2010/06/17...

meese_ | 16 years ago | on: Duck Duck Go = Perfect search engine for programmers

> > They already allow you change your preferences to see 100 results per search instead of the default. How does this fit with your logic?

> That nobody except for a few geeks do it. Just like the 'I feel lucky' button.

Why don't they offer this as an option then, by the same logic?