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300··on [dead]
I use Rex for this (http://rexify.org/).

For example:

rex -H "frontend[01..15]" -e "say run 'uptime'"

300··on Ask HN: What is your Linux distro of choice?
Gentoo with i3 window manager. As a sys admin, I like to build my own setup from ground up, and know exactly what I have installed.
300··on Mkcast – GIF terminal screencasts with key presses overlaid
This is awesome! I'll definitely try to use it and make some Vim tutorials.
300··on Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone
I found this by experience few years ago. It works. At first, I started with naps, and drinking coffee after. Accidentally I had few times coffee before nap, and noticed the difference.

But I don't recommend this kind of nap all the time - because after a while it's not that effective.

So, after years of napping (I'm an expert - I became so good at napping, that I can fall a sleep in 1-2 minutes, and wake up without alarm after 15-20 minutes), my advice would be: take a nap after lunch, between 1 and 3pm, without coffee before nap. Only in special situations, when you are under high pressure and lots of work, take "coffee nap" as they call it in the article.

300··on Ask HN: Replacement for VIM
Vim already can split window both horizontally and vertically. If that's not good enough for you, you could maybe try different approach: keep Vim, and try some of the tilling window managers (if you're using Linux), like i3 or awesome.
300··on Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term relationship at same time
If you're going trough hell, just keep going - someone smart said.

Just try to believe that everything will be OK in the end, and that all this what happened, happened for a good reason - which you will probably understand sooner or later.

300··on Just Use Sublime Text
We're from the same country my friend ;)
300··on Just Use Sublime Text
"Everyone talks about the steep learning curve but no one talks about what happens once you finally get hjkl in your brain for movement. The answer is months of frustration, followed by finally having a usable editor, followed by knowing some cool tricks that you use in 1% of your daily workflow."

I've seen a lot of people saying this. I've met people who actually experienced this. And I can't listen to it anymore - so I've decided to write a book about how I learned Vim quickly, and how everyone can do this as well[0]. People just don't learn Vim the right way.

There's no need for months of frustration!

When I was starting with Vim, my friends were telling me something like "Just give it a few weeks, and you'll never want to switch back.". However, in every previous attempt to become good at Vim, I would give up after couple of days. Not because I'm someone who give up easily, but because I had lots of work to do.

And with every attempt of switching to Vim, I would spend most of my time on fighting with my new editor and not on the actual work.

The thing is, I didn't have to put so much effort when I first tried Sublime, or when I tried to switch to Textmate. They were downright pleasant.

What my friends were telling me (btw, advanced Vim users), was something like:

- "Turn off the arrow keys, it's not the Vim way..." - "Force yourself to use keyboard all the time, don't use mouse at all!" - "You have to learn x commands, and y things, so you could do z stuff..."

Then I realized - that was wrong! So, in my last (and the succesful one) attempt to switch to Vim (and finally learn how to be productive with it), I decided to don't listen to my "Vim masters" friends. I just decided that in the first couple of days, I'll try to use Vim as any other editor. Just like simple Notepad. No commands, no mappings, no plugins, etc. Just editing text. And that's how it all started.

With using some learning techniques, I've managed to get good at Vim really fast.

For example, if you can't get used to, or you're not productive with h j k l keys for movement, just don't use them. I don't use them. I use arrow keys all the time. Vim "masters" will probably judge me because of this - cause it's not the "Vim way". So what? I don't care. Arrow keys work for me the best, and I'm happy with it.

[0] - I'm in the process of writing a book - Mastering Vim Quickly (from WTF to OMG in no time) link: http://www.jovicailic.org/mastering-vim-quickly/

300··on [dead]
Most of them have some "boss" who is collecting all the money, and giving them just a bit of it.

So instead of giving them money, it's much better to buy them food or something else what they really need.

300··on Show HN: A collaborative newsletter for product managers
I understand that this is MVP, but the langing page should have more information.
300··on OS X Yosemite
Again, I came to the same conclusion like many times before. Apple does have the best hardware (talking about notebooks), but that's where the story ends.

I found a combination of MacBook Pro with Linux, as the only good use of Apple hardware.

300··on You’re in the front of a Linux computer, you need a root access. What do you do?
Nice. Or if you use Gentoo, gentoo=nox on the end of the boot line at the boot loader.
300··on Readlang – My Bootstrapped Language Learning Web-App
Really nice story. I find it inspiring. Just keep up with the great job! I think it could grow really big.

P.S. I find it really inspiring, so much that I'll add it to my weekly newsletter which I send on Sundays (shameless plug: http://startupitis.com/).

300··on Show HN: Gumpress – Gumroad, Wordpress, and Email Combined
I don't actually know. I guess I'm not your target audience.

I'm using Gumroad, Mailchimp and Wordpress pretty often, and (for me) it's not really problematic or time consuming. That's why your solution is not worth so much to me. But that's just me... once more, best wishes with the project ;)

300··on Show HN: Gumpress – Gumroad, Wordpress, and Email Combined
In my honest opinion, my fist impression is - overpriced. Good luck with the project!
300··on Ask HN:How do you find an idea worth sticking with?
I guess you just need to validate the idea, with some small amount of money.

For example, buy some neutral domain name, where you could setup landing page for your first idea, put 20-30$ on google adwords, bring 1000-2000 visitors to your page, and see if they are interested (by collection their emails).

If it fails, put a new page on the same domain, for new idea, again put some money into adwords, and test the next one...

300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
OK, totally understand. Once more, thanks for all the input, much appreciated!
300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
Understood, thanks! Could you please tell me, if we would create an archive page of all the newsletters, that would be enough cool for you?
300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
Ok, understood. I guess that I just wasn't aware how many spammers are out there, so people are so much suspicious.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the feedback. As soon as we update the page with some example content, I'll let you know on Twitter (there's a link in your profile).

Cheers!

300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
I guess you're a design pro :) Yes, actually, we suck at design, but we'll try more. I sincerely appreciate the feedback!
300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
We did a quick fix for now, so it's easier to sign up. We'll pt the input form on the site itself soon.
300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
Actually, it's pretty different. Yes, we do have quotes, but mostly from the tech & startup world. But beside quotes, there are much more real world stories about successful startups, side projects, online products, etc.
300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
Okay, thanks for the input, and sorry about that. We'll change that.
300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
Just put 0$ and you're done, you can subscribe for free.
300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
Thanks for your comment. To don't repeat my answer, please take a look at my replay to @highCs below, so you can see what you can expect. We'll update the page with some example content soon.
300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
Ok, thanks for the input. Will be updated. We're following lots of startup-related mailing lists, Hacker News, etc. and from those sources we're selecting real world success stories - from first time authors, to game developers, and people/startups starting different kind of companies and services.

Beside that, we're getting the most interesting parts and points from different books related to the topic, the newest cool & inspirational info from TED talks, quotes from some proven entrepreneurs, etc.

300··on Show HN: Get the best inspirational content to your inbox
This is a free weekly newsletter, which will help you to keep up your motivation, while working on your startups, side projects, etc.
300··on The best todo list app for any developer
I like the idea. I'll try it! For now, I'm big fan on "tree oriented" todo lists, so I'm big fan of workflowy.com
300··on How to cope with “idea overflow”?
I have idea overflow every single day... Doctor told the that I have a "startupitis" - yes, it's a virus :) more on it here: http://startupitis.com/2014/01/starupitis/
300··on Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?
Trying to build soomething which can help to job seekers: http://besthi.re/
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