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jpenneyon Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

All my VMs run 10.04. Been thinking that when it gets too old due to the packages supported getting to far out of date, I'll just switch to Debian.

jpenneyon Apple R&D (1989): Mousing is faster than keyboarding, but users don't believe it

If you suggested to a Starcraft 2 pro that they should stop using the keyboard shortcuts because they are slower, you would be laughed out of the building. Erik Naggum was on the ball with that one - it is impossible to acquire muscle memory for mouse movements because there is no base position from which all movement actions are performed.

jpenneyon Zed Shaw: Github's Favorite Joke

Take it back to reddit please. We don't need memes to communicate here.

jpenneyon Microsoft to buy Skype for $7 billion

I hope not. The Skype client on iOS is really handy.

jpenneyon Show HN: Gitalytics.com - Quicker Way to check someone's github profile

Not sure where it is getting PHP in my profile from - pretty sure I haven't done any PHP! Link here: http://www.gitalytics.com/user/detail/jamiepenney

jpenneyon Google Ditches YouTube, Back To Relying On Microsoft For Earnings Calls

I wish there was an MG warning tag on this post. I can't stand that guy's writing style.

jpenneyon Ask PG: Can we see the response to the HN changes?

Not to be rude, but that may be part of the problem.

jpenneyon Seeking beta testers for Rails & Node.js cloud hosting; free during beta

I agree. I'm not looking forward to the inevitable changes Salesforce brings to Heroku. Others will pop up to take their place though.

jpenneyon Berkeley University Course on Starcraft Theory and Strategy

Watch some of the day[9] dailies at http://day9tv.blip.tv and you'll improve at least a little bit. Watch the episode on the Mental Checklist (http://day9tv.blip.tv/file/3732340/) first.

jpenneyon Ask HN: Where do you host your webapp?

Yeah add my recommendation for RH. I've been with them for about 3 years, they've been fantastic.

jpenneyon Dan Gillmor: This Mac devotee is moving to Linux

"Playing with random OSS projects is much easier on Linux"

I couldn't agree more. I am primarily a .NET/Windows programmer, but I have an Ubuntu VM that I have been using to hack on OSS-based work I've been doing recently. Package managers make it super simple to get everything up and running quickly, and mean I can keep each of my machine's VMs up to date with whatever new thing I'm mucking around with.

jpenneyon Things to Say When You're Losing a Technical Argument (2001)

I call #70 the Republican Option.

jpenneyon A guide to the latest Mahalo spam techniques

I submitted a spam report about that site the other day. I've been getting up to scratch on ruby and a lot of searches for gem names return that site. I have gotten so used to trusting the top results in Google that I never think to check the domain - I need to stop that.