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ludwig··on Ask HN: Who is interested in a book about high performance Erlang?
Where is the preorder page? :)
ludwig··on Practical Tmux
I've been using tmux for a while now, and it's a great tool. I hardly open any new terminal windows now.

If anyone is interested in the settings I've accumulated over the months, here is my config file: https://github.com/ludwig/dotfiles/blob/master/tmux.conf

ludwig··on A Universe Full of Planets
Use Chrome's incognito mode.
ludwig··on tmux 1.8 Released
For what it's worth, here is my carefully crafted ~/.tmux.conf file. I was used to screen, so I carried most of the keybindings along when I switched to tmux.

https://github.com/ludwig/dotfiles/blob/master/tmux.conf

ludwig··on Who Can Name the Biggest Number?
Graham's number is big, sure. But in a similar duel[1] between two MIT professors, they settled on this number: “The smallest number bigger than any number that can be named by an expression in the language of first order set-theory with less than a googol (10^100) symbols.” Try and beat that! :)

[1] http://tech.mit.edu/V126/N64/64largenumber.html

ludwig··on The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
The second interpretation of that quote is that beginners can also see/find things that experts would miss. Not surprisingly, that quote is from Suzuki's book "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind"[1]. I view both interpretations as valid.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshin

ludwig··on The Real Reason We'll Miss Steve Jobs
Not long enough! I can't speak for anyone else, but you've eloquently described the main reason why I found Steve Jobs so inspiring. If you've read The Talent Code, I am definitely reminded of the chapters on Ignition, where the author Daniel Coyle writes about the conditions under which people are inspired and motivated.
ludwig··on Ask HN: How do you back up your projects online?
You could try Linus Torvald's method :)

http://groups.google.com/group/linux.dev.kernel/msg/76ae734d...

ludwig··on Top Programming Fonts
Well, there's APL. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AplLanguage
ludwig··on Startup Death Clock
This might explain it for you: http://www.quora.com/Is-37signals-a-lifestyle-company-Why
ludwig··on You’re not entitled to anything. Hustle for everything you’re worth
Wait, I'm confused. They quoted figures of 8000 boxes at $4 each, but on Fred Wilson's blog post the quote indicates it was 500 boxes at $40 each. Which one was it?
ludwig··on Show HN: HackerTable.com, reservations at elusive restaurants (3-day project)
More like you can never get reservations there. They're constantly eluding you, if you will.
ludwig··on Google’s history shows that people did not believe good idea to start with
Reminds me of the old adage which partly reads "...if your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
ludwig··on LaTeX coffee stains
Nice. I'm getting flashbacks of the time I managed to get a big coffee stain on one of the pages of my application to MIT. This was at the post office, minutes before the final deadline >.<

I simply wrote "sorry!" right by the stain, and mailed it off. I've no idea what influence this might've had, but it didn't seem to hurt since I got accepted anyway :)

ludwig··on Generating code from natural language is closer than you think
You're thinking of a disk: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=draw+a+red+disk
ludwig··on Stack Overflow just became a top-500 site.
Nice app! Any plans for an iPad version?
ludwig··on Introduction to tmux (alternative to GNU screen)
Neat. I was wondering when that patch would work itself into the main line. I had been running a locally compiled version for so long that I forgot to check back on it.
ludwig··on Ask/Show HN: HNdex, lists to replace spreadsheets on HN
This reminds me... I need to start making landing pages for my projects :)
ludwig··on Minecraft server built in Node.js
You linked to a fork of the original project http://github.com/nornagon/nodecraft
ludwig··on Introduction to tmux (alternative to GNU screen)
I recently switched to tmux after years of having used screen, and it's great. It didn't take me that long to configure, which I did mostly by working my way through the man page.

For me, the two killer features that made me switch were the vertical splits (vanilla screen only does horizontal splits), and the distinction between windows and panes.

If it helps anyone else, here's my ~/.tmux.conf file[1], with keybindings that match closely to the screen setup I've grown so accustomed to.

[1] http://github.com/ludwig/dotfiles/blob/master/.tmux.conf

ludwig··on Ask HN: Who Plays Go?
> Unfortunately there aren't too many Go players where I am

Put yourself on the map, just in case! http://igolocal.net/

ludwig··on Ask HN: Who Plays Go?
You made the right choice :)

I got to about 7 kyu, and then it suddenly hit me. Balance is key. Therefore you should concentrate on those aspects of your life which have become more urgent. I haven't played very much after that realization.

In my view, Go (or any other hobby, really) would stand in one corner of the board. Your family, personal life, and work would be at the other three corners. As the situation on the board evolves, you would choose your best play. Focusing too much on any one area would leave you over-concentrated. It would be too inefficient. You'd easily secure one corner but lose the other three.

But then, if you spread yourself too thin all over the place, trying to please everyone, including yourself, that would leave you with a vulnerable position that could fall apart at any moment. That's clearly not good either.

However, if you patiently settle your stone formations before moving on the next area, if you gain strength in one corner/side before expanding towards another, if you are fluid in your decision making process when choosing a direction (life does throw you stumbling blocks doesn't it?), THEN you'd be a wise man indeed :)

I do make it a point to participate in a local yearly tournament (five games over two days) whether I feel ready or not. One day, though, I will come back to Go in full-force.

I'm also ludwig on KGS, btw. If anyone fancies a game, you can always reach me via twitter (@ludwig1024).

ludwig··on HRP-4 Humanoid robot unveiled-- will sell for $300k
And then you will run into the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
ludwig··on Ask HN: what is the best way to read HN via Twitter?
There's also http://twitter.com/newsyc20 and http://twitter.com/hackerlinks
ludwig··on A micro-manual for Lisp implemented in C
It worked fine for me:

$ gcc --version

i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664)

...

$ gcc lisp.c -o lisp

$ ./lisp test.lisp

> A

> (A B C)

...

ludwig··on CSS3 lasers
Needs more CSS3 sharks
ludwig··on An easy way to boost a paper's citations: Cite and you shall be cited
Frankly, I expected more citations in her "References" section.
ludwig··on Cellular Automata
Your second link is broken.
ludwig··on The Unix Haters Handbook
Alternatively, if the PDF format is a problem, you could use the Google Docs viewer: http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.simson.net/ref/...
ludwig··on Twitter Unveils Plans to Draw Money From Ads
You mean "cue", but "queue" could work too (in some sense).
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