Andrew-Dufresne

But what makes it more powerful is scripting support. One can not only customize its look and feel using CSS but also modify its behavior with scripts. Its scripting system is very powerful, for example, one user has a build a version control system for the TW notes using the TW scripting language.

NewsBlur, which existed even before the shutdown, had to close free accounts sign up temporarily to cope up with the heavy traffic it started to receive after RSS reader shut down.

To copy a line in Vim you just have to press 'yy' but there is no copy line command in Emacs out of the box. What you can do is C-k, C-y, i.e cut a line into clipboard and paste it back to have copy line effect.

But trying and learning different tools is obviously useful. Emacs introduced me to ido-mode and org-mode. Now that I know of the possibilities, I can search for and use similar plugins in Vim.

You should give a try to http://www.newsblur.com/ It comes with an intelligence trainer that will present the new entries based on your ratings of previous entries.

It also have very simple keyboard shortcuts to view the entry on the original site without leaving the window at all.

Also, there could be several users who do not consume the allocated space completely all the time. Using your argument, this too will have positive effect on their revenue model.

It IS brilliant!

But how can it be viable? Like most files in my account are personal. Only few are such that others too might have them. Isn't it same for everyone? I think most people have mostly unique files in their account.

So how can dropbox rely on the model mentioned in the link?

Other links for unused footage and annotated version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Rush#External_links

Make figures out automatically which files it needs to update, based on which source files have changed. It also automatically determines the proper order for updating files, in case one non-source file depends on another non-source file. As a result, if you change a few source files and then run Make, it does not need to recompile all of your program. It updates only those non-source files that depend directly or indirectly on the source files that you changed.

http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html 7 Nov: Anti-procrastination features Like email, social news sites can be dangerously addictive. So the latest version of Hacker News has a feature to let you limit your use of the site. There are three new fields in your profile, noprocrast, maxvisit, and minaway. (You can edit your profile by clicking on your username.) Noprocrast is turned off by default. If you turn it on by setting it to "yes," you'll only be allowed to visit the site for maxvisit minutes at a time, with gaps of minaway minutes in between. The defaults are 20 and 180, which would let you view the site for 20 minutes at a time, and then not allow you back in for 3 hours. You can override noprocrast if you want, in which case your visit clock starts over at zero.

In any case, I don't think HN addiction is harmful, unless one uses it as an excuse to put off his responsibilities.

True! I am here because I like HN interface and look. There are other sites that provide articles, submissions and discussions on programming and technology. But none do it as well as HN.

One such site is so full of irritating ads, links to other articles and what not that it becomes nearly impossible to focus on the real thing. At another famous site, I am still unable to understand their comment and karma system.

HN is simple, nice and clean. I would say more productive.