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imwhimsical

317 karma · joined January 2, 2013

I'm a developer and whatnot.
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imwhimsical··on Show HN: The Rap Test
Good job, Danny :)
imwhimsical··on 2014 Thiel Fellows
You're generalizing and blaming the entire Thiel Fellow community because of one person? If you can somehow justify that, it still doesn't make sense to spam the entire thread with the same link over and over again. Thanks.
imwhimsical··on Seriously Oracle? Who employs you guys?
Explicit is better than implicit.
imwhimsical··on Ask HN: How to tell your friend his idea sucks
I guess OP doesn't want to gain anything, but just wants to help his friend by giving him honest feedback about his work, at the same time doesn't want to put it out in a way that might sound discouraging or rude.
imwhimsical··on Ask HN: Screenshot Saturday
Bake

Making to-do lists better.

http://arsln.co/VCsx

imwhimsical··on Show HN: My first website, an episode list for over 3000 shows
Nice!

Two questions:

1. What stack are you working on?

2. How does the "instant" search thing work?

imwhimsical··on YC emails are sent
Not an applicant, but would love to chat with somebody who got accepted.
imwhimsical··on [dead]
Oh congrats.
imwhimsical··on Ask HN: What's your greatest epiphany?
"Talk is cheap, show me the code" — The true gravity of this quote (by Linus Torvalds) struck me at the crux of my first startup.
imwhimsical··on [show hn]Youtube prerolls that you'll never skip
By convention, the syntax for showing the HN community something is — "Show HN : Your Title Here".

And this article doesn't qualify for "Show HN". As far as I've observed, Show HN applies for stuff OP has built or a service/tool you've discovered.

That being said, this is an entertaining set of videos, some of which made me smile.

imwhimsical··on Ask HN: Getting back into Python
Sublime Text (or Githubs Atom) works for me.
imwhimsical··on The Problem and Future of Education
Interesting perspective. Don't you think though, that this research will lead to an increase in efficiency and perhaps subsequently a decrease in operational costs of schools? If yes, then why would educators hesitate to implement the results of this research?
imwhimsical··on Codekit 2 is out
So it isn't a joke?
imwhimsical··on Packt Publishing ebooks free today with DOTDEBOOKFREE promo code
Hi, How does this work? I added a few ebooks to my cart and tried to use the promo code, but it still doesn't show any change.

EDIT — Worked like a charm. Thanks much!

imwhimsical··on Ask HN: What is your development setup?
MacBook Pro, 13", Late 2011. Basic model (no upgrades done), 4 GB, 500 GB HDD, i5

OS X Mountain Lion (Mavericks won't install for some weird reason)

Python, HTML, CSS, JS, C

Sublime Text 2

imwhimsical··on Ask HN: How can I improve my note-taking web app?
How does realtime actually work? Can you shed light on that, please?
imwhimsical··on Ask HN: Have your parents done anything to make you interested in Science or IT?
This is a dire contrast to most Asian parents I've encountered, who seem to think that medical and engineering are the only fields that are respectable. Everything else is a waste of time.
imwhimsical··on Ask HN: Have your parents done anything to make you interested in Science or IT?
This is a whole different perspective. May I ask, why?
imwhimsical··on Show HN: Visualize every GitHub push with Awesomebox
<insert 'shut up and take my money' meme here>
imwhimsical··on Ask HN: Cloned side project
The project was mostly to give back to the community (not to learn or anything, while it has taught me a lot)

Both mine as well as the other one is open source, but I don't know how to go about a merger.

imwhimsical··on Ask HN: Cloned side project
Thank you for the answer!

The issue here is that my product is definitely better designed, and can match (perhaps even slightly bypass) the technical capabilities of the rival product!

But It'd be safe to say the following — The "rival" has established a (4-5k people) community around the product, and my better designed version aims to build a larger community of users. I'm not going to be charging, and neither is he.

imwhimsical··on Open for everyone
I got "invited" to svbtle a year and a half ago, and I have ever since used and quit it. I hated (and still do) the fact that somebody else had absolute control over what my blog looked like, and what changes I made.

Nothing so intriguing about it, really.

Edit: Also, the sign up page itself has a confusing user interface.

imwhimsical··on Ask HN: I dropped out of school at 17. Freelance is my only hope. Advice?
This.

Damn, if I had your email, I'd send you a personal letter of appreciation. This is just that good.

imwhimsical··on PirateBrowser - No more censorship
This website is blocked in UAE, from where I'm at.
imwhimsical··on Ask HN: What are some good gift ideas for hacker types?
Why do we treat "hackers" as some sort of mythical beasts who belong to a whole different race altogether? Now, I'm not saying you're doing that, but this is something I've observed quite a lot. Especially with those "X for Hackers" etc..

Answering your question — it differs from person to person. I personally wouldn't be interested in receiving a new router, for example, but I do know people who would. I'd like a typewriter more, to be honest. But that's just me.

Lastly, a good gift is one that comes with sincerity. It doesn't matter what it is, as long as its sender sends along warm wishes and sincere affection.

imwhimsical··on There should be a iphone cover that blocks the power button
I use the power button to lock the phone (turn off the backlight), to mute incoming calls when the phone is in my pocket, and to take screenshots. It would suck for me (and a vast majority, I think, of people who do the same) to have to take off the case with a "special" screwdriver.

A better option would be to prompt the user to enter their passcode before turning the phone off, if at all the user has set a passcode.

imwhimsical··on [dead]
This is so tangential, that I'm going to "risk" getting a few down votes to just put it out there.
imwhimsical··on Is It O.K. to Kill Cyclists?
I stand corrected (and misunderstood).

When I said "No." I meant it's ethically wrong to kill cyclists, and not "O.K". I was merely answering the question posed in the title. I agree my use of "TL;DR" probably made sure everybody took this the wrong way, and was technically out of place, too.

imwhimsical··on Is It O.K. to Kill Cyclists?
TL;DR — No.
imwhimsical··on I see what you did there, coursera py
...your point being?
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