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duaneon Ask HN: What does Ruby have that Python doesn't?

A lambda is traditionally a functional programming product--think Lambda Calculus. Functional programming doesn't have statements, and neither should lambdas. Or do you mean anonymous function, in which case you're right.

duaneon Why Python is more fun that Java

What, no decorators mentioned?

duaneon Colorful programs for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows

Really?

duaneon What Comes After the Windows Era?

And just where could you store this music? ;)

And you can't type papers online. Google apps are so crippled.

You can't watch a dvd online last time I checked...

...And I know of no way to do (Turbotax style) taxes online.

duaneon What Comes After the Windows Era?

Hah. Can you...

- Play your music online?

- Play your video game online?

- Type papers online? And no, google apps don't quite cut it :P

- Watch a dvd online?

- Do your taxes (in a Turbotax) fashion online?

Well, none of the above, really. So, whoops! Guess the browser isn't the next operating system!

duaneon Congratulations Apple, you made the iPhone less stable than Windows Mobile

Erm, just don't download/update apps on the phone. Worked for me...

duaneon Submit or vote on questions for PG for the Cambridge/Boston Startup Meetup on Monday

Damnit, I'm in boston on Sunday...

duaneon Hackers' Screenshots

DejaVu Sans Mono is a solid font, but personally I enjoy Consolas, or the (incomplete, IMHO) free version Inconsolata. Also: Monofonto, MPW, ProFont, Proggy, and Anonymous.

duaneon Hackers' Screenshots

A true hacker

duaneon Ask YC: Best way to sell downloadable software?

The best way to do it is to make software that is so good people will want to buy it. It's really the most effective piracy solution.

Also, a smart programmer can provide a better solution that anything digital river can offer.

duaneon "Most creative people are not working in a university doing research anymore."

If I were to guess, he's talking about problems which don't affect his life or aren't "interesting"; That, however, is where the money lies. Just think about the founders of google: their research wasn't exactly thrilling, but it's led them to be one of, if not the, most successful tech companies of all time.

duaneon "Most creative people are not working in a university doing research anymore."

It was never the University's role to innovate in the manner that the article says they do. But just look at google summer of code: All of these projects—really, really cool things—are university research projects. Besides, it was never the university's role to innovate in the manner that the article insinuates: i.e. tangible code. Most of the "innovation", or creative code, you see in today's world are simply the application of already existing theories.

duaneon ProFont: The ultimate programming font.

Inconsolata. Hands down.