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stephenhalter··on Heretical Confessions of an Emacs Addict – Joy of the Vim Text Editor « /usr
VsVim is a free open source Visual Studio plugin that provides decent Vim bindings: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/59ca71b3-a4a3-...

It's not perfect, but in my opinion it is certainly the best free option available. I have never used ViEmu, so I can't compare it to that.

stephenhalter··on Thorium Reactors
Like the sibling comment by hyper bovine mentions, you can store energy behind a dam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity

stephenhalter··on More information on Google's new web language, Dash
NaCl does not allow direct manipulation of the DOM or provide other JavaScript APIs like canvas. NaCl provides alternative ways of getting things done like pp::Graphics2D, but it is not meant for DHTML. Dash, on the other hand, provides access to JavaScript APIs.

I think that browser "assembly" code, like Dash, would have to support this, particularly if it is meant to be an alternative to compiling to JavaScript.

stephenhalter··on PHP will switch to git
The following link should provide the correct unions of job postings:

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=git%2C+hg+or+mercurial%2C+...

stephenhalter··on PHP will switch to git
Google Code also has this feature.
stephenhalter··on Just fixed a 20-year-old bug…
x = INT_MAX & y = -1 is enough to break your intcmp example. There are a wide range of inputs that would cause a problem.
stephenhalter··on Hacker News Like Button
This is not CSRF. It uses an iframe containing a pre-filled hacker news submission form effectively causing the user to upvote the already existing story.

It could be argued that hacker news should implement frame busting for additional security, but I don't think it is a huge concern for this site.

stephenhalter··on HP To Apple: You Win.
Yet, Ohio is considered part of the midwest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States
stephenhalter··on Facebook To Launch Music Service With Spotify
... which will be automatically integrated with every Facebook account belonging to users in available countries.
stephenhalter··on Facebook To Launch Music Service With Spotify
Youtube, which has been profitable for a while now, is a huge social site for music.
stephenhalter··on Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result
I imagine that doing the same concept with javascript would make you an attractive hosting service for phishers.