njn

1,033 karma · joined October 19, 2009

https://niknyby.com

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njn··on The curse of the gifted programmer (ESR's email to Torvalds)

Yes, but perhaps tptacek was being funny :)

njn··on "Twitter" in 1935

writes a brief message on a continuous strip of paper

Sounds like maybe they were handwritten?

njn··on _why the lucky stiff on The Setup

just remove the underscore: http://why.usesthis.com/

njn··on Gordon: An open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript

works for me in Chromium 4.0.266.0

njn··on Quitting cigarettes increases diabetes risk

and drinking coffee and tea decrease the risk of diabetes, possibly? http://www.wiredprnews.com/2009/12/16/coffee-may-decrease-di...

njn··on Programming Wisdom Center

i thought Reocities' header detracted from the experience, but thank you the permalink all the same

njn··on How to Think About Science

direct links to audio interviews here: http://condeve.blogspot.com/2009/01/temp.html

njn··on Mininova Deletes All Infringing Torrents and Goes ‘Legal’

the announcement from Mininova: http://blog.mininova.org/articles/2009/11/26/mininova-limits...

njn··on Ask HN: Help me find the right font

Neep bold might be what you're looking for, but it could be too pixellated. http://www.jmknoble.net/fonts/

Here's an screenshot: http://grace.evergreen.edu/~nybnik10/files/neep_big.gif (I'm not sure if that's exactly 14pt, since it's not my pic).

njn··on Linus Torvalds' Micro-emacs

Jasspa's is pretty different from Petri Kutvonen's/Linus Torvald's microemacs, though. Much more features.

njn··on Coolest software of the decade?

I say popular filesharing in general, be it soulseek, dc++, bittorrent or whatever.

njn··on Ask HN: Compiled and Interepted language?

Yes it is possible. There are countless examples. ghc is one.

njn··on 5 Gmail Labs Features I can't live without - how are you living without them?

Where is the monospace font feature? It can be done with GreaseMonkey: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43538 but I want it always on, from wherever I use gmail.

njn··on The Incompetence of American Airlines and the Fate of Mr. X

There's a common attribute that makes for good designers, good engineers, good employees, and good companies. For a long time, I couldn't figure out what it was. Was it practice? Was it skill? Was it innate ability? Turns out, it's none of those. It's taste.

Steve Jobs also cited 'taste' as the fundamental difference between Apple and Microsoft. His high-and-mighty attitude almost made me want to puke, as Dustin's does here.

njn··on Replacing the Office Chair with an Exercise Ball

Actually i use a desktop PC while horizontal. My monitor is on a short table beside my bed, and I use a couple pillows for my head. Keyboard's on my lap.

njn··on Replacing the Office Chair with an Exercise Ball

It's all about programming in bed, while lying down.

njn··on Ask HN: What is hand-coded assembly language used for these days?

Some weirdos just plain like it more than high-level languages. One of those weirdos is developing the Linoleum language: http://anywherebb.com/bb/index.php?l=D4JeGEdhacS6Srr6QLQgZpW...

njn··on Why Nerds Should Get The Flu Vaccine

don't tell me what i believe in!

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