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restlessmedia

136 karma · joined February 19, 2013

Developer working in the UK. I remember when there was no internet.
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restlessmedia··on Show HN: Web Spreadsheet in 99 lines
I've got 99 problems but the total line count on web spreadsheet ain't one.
restlessmedia··on Simpsons in CSS
It is a re-post but who cares. I'm very impressed with the results, it's very easy to spot when something's not quite right with a character draw (eyes too big/small, mouth slightly too wide etc) but I can imagine getting this close to the 'real' thing wasn't easy.
restlessmedia··on A first-person engine in 265 lines of JS
Me three. It's covered the 're-read in 6 months time' criteria. I must confess I do change from reading to scanning as soon as the heavy math kicks in.
restlessmedia··on WTF, HTML and CSS?
Good insights into voodoo problems. Slightly unsure about the sweary angle though, I love a swear up as much as the next man, but in this it feels unnecessary.
restlessmedia··on Angular JS Kinda Sucks
It is a fairly ridiculous argument. Look at it this way, would you rather be thrown into a large project that had been built entirely using jQuery or one that had been meticulously structured with a framework. Yes, the latter might be harder to pick up initially but the benefits will be felt later on when new features are added or something breaks.
restlessmedia··on Einstein Reads ‘The Common Language of Science’ (1941)
Let me know what it's like over there, I'd like to jump ship please.
restlessmedia··on The Monster Truck Madness 2 website has been taken down
I totally agree. With the rate at which trends change online it's always good to see classic pages to remind us of how far we've come.
restlessmedia··on Daylight Saving Time Is Terrible: Here's a Simple Plan to Fix It
I might have dreamt this but I thought daylight saving in the UK was also a 'safety' aspect for children going to and from school.
restlessmedia··on The Number One Trait of a Great Developer
On this subject. What I find funny, slightly scary and hugely rewarding is visiting old code and removing massive parts of it only to leave it doing pretty much the same thing.

It touches on a coding horror article about wanting to write code. Don't 'want' to write it, want to write as little as possible of it. If you do have to write it, write as little as possible and with the notion you'll be looking at it in 6 months going wtf.

restlessmedia··on Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
Try and stay away from England, they'll tax you right down to the amount of hairs you have on your nuts.
restlessmedia··on Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it?
Do something you enjoy? If you enjoy doing something, you won't try and find ways to avoid doing it.
restlessmedia··on The Pixar Theory
Did I miss something? I feel a bit inadequate as I didn't understand what this was revealing to me, but hey it's related to Pixar so all good.
restlessmedia··on The Forbidden Island
I'm thinking of the 'mind blown' meme when wondering how they would react if they knew I was sitting here, using my fingers to display a language that could be instantly available across the world.

Oh, the power.

restlessmedia··on Home-made robot doing a perfect quadruple backflip [video]
I would have marked him down for his build up but the execution and landing get top marks. Amazing.
restlessmedia··on How to permanently delete a Facebook account
This is very true. I can't bear the deafening sound of trumpets blowing on FB so rarely visit it. On occasions though, it's service as a 'Friends Reunited v2' works well for me.
restlessmedia··on Are Current Web Design Trends Pushing Us Back to 1999? (2011)
Look at fashion, things always seem to come back around again.
restlessmedia··on What a stupid idea
+1

"Tobacco has made a small number of people incomprehensibly rich, to the great detriment of humanity."

incredible isn't it how we still allow manufacturers to sells products (at considerable profit) like this that have been proven to make people ill, or at worse, die.

restlessmedia··on Ask HN: Company not paying salary on time, what to do?
I had this in a previous employment. It's likely they haven't got the funds to pay you so you need to get out.

Check your contract, if you don't have one they don't have anything on you. If you do have one, check conditions. Just because they aren't playing ball with your pay, doesn't mean you can just leave.

In all cases, send them a written letter giving your notice (in sickly nice pen) and count down the days.

restlessmedia··on Status Board
Customer Reviews #1 "Buggy, crashing constantly after the first launch This may be an interesting app, but I can't tell because it cashes as soon as it launches. Not ready for prime time."

QA must be quivering.

restlessmedia··on Why do programming languages use curly braces?
I wonder what percentage of questions with the highest hit rate on SO and SE have "closed as not constructive by x" on them.

My 3 groats here says lots.

restlessmedia··on Why HN was down
I've lost count the amount of times I've done that. Also, I'm probably the top of the pops in answer replies to my own questions.
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