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tilltheis··on HTTPie is a command line HTTP client, a user-friendly cURL replacement
Sure, but i dislike installing other tools like pip just for a single tool.
tilltheis··on HTTPie is a command line HTTP client, a user-friendly cURL replacement
Is there any chance get this into Homebrew for an easier installation on Mac?
tilltheis··on Play, Scala, and Iteratees vs. Node.js and Socket.io
Play didn't invent the iteratee concept, Oleg Kiselyov did (http://okmij.org/ftp/Streams.html). I asked myself the same question, as I'm doing the reactive programming course on Coursera, where Rx was the topic of the last couple weeks. I came to the conclusion that Rx focuses on side-effects while iteratees concentrate on iterative calculations. Iteratees calculate a result while Rx-observers just perform side-effects. Maybe someone else can further elaborate on this topic.
tilltheis··on Play, Scala, and Iteratees vs. Node.js and Socket.io
James Roper wrote a comment describing why Play's iteratees are so complex in comparison: http://brikis98.blogspot.de/2013/11/play-scala-and-iteratees...
tilltheis··on Show HN: Updated Hacker News Chrome Extension
I really like the extension but what I'm missing is auto refresh and opening links in new tabs (both comments and articles). That functionality is offered by another extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackemup/abjhkncpe...) but sadly both extensions seem to be incompatible (after browser restart).
tilltheis··on Show HN: Foxbrowser, Firefox Home for iPad done right
Why is the number of tabs limited to eight (in this browser and in Safari; Chrome doesn't have a limit AFAIK)?
tilltheis··on Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain text files
The command line version of it (mdfind) seems to search the entire file system.
tilltheis··on Haskell Platform 2012.2.0.0 released - includes GHC 7.4.1
Maybe you could ask the user if it's okay to open the page after the installation.
tilltheis··on Haskell Platform 2012.2.0.0 released - includes GHC 7.4.1
Why does it open a new Safari window after the installation? That's pretty annoying but besides that I'm happy about every new version.
tilltheis··on Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
I haven't used Xmonad myself but with all the talking why hasn't someone ported it to OS X (Cocoa) yet?
tilltheis··on Computer Programming in 5 Minutes
Ressources about programming which are not primarily meant for programmers are always interesting to read/watch. The recipe metaphor reminds me of this (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0429/122429...) article which distinguishes between cooking recipes and mathematical formulae.
tilltheis··on I loved C. But it always fell short for me. Objective-C fixed that.
I tried MacRuby once a few months ago (https://github.com/tilltheis/fullscreenclock) and I have to tell you the Cocoa parts lacked some essential features (like correct syncing of Ruby and Cocoa setters). But the nice thing about it is that you can intermix Obj-C and Ruby code freely to write the low level parts of your app in C/Obj-C if you want to. There is even a bridge between C/Obj-C and Ruby which enables you to call native functions from your Ruby code.
tilltheis··on Twitters new and blazingly fast interface
I get that all the time but it seems to be a problem with Chrome. Some people say clearing the cache would fix it but that doesn't work for me. I have no such problems in Firefox though.
tilltheis··on Stanford Fall 2011 - Introduction to Databases
It's not only Databases but Machine Learning and AI as well. I'm really looking forward to these Stanford classes and hope to take them successfully while doing my actual studies.

Direct links:

- Databases: http://www.db-class.org/

- Machine Learning: http://www.ml-class.org/

- Artificial Intelligence: http://www.ai-class.com/

tilltheis··on Google Chrome Beta update: Fullscreen support [OSX Lion] and Native Client
Xmarks on the other hand supports tagging which Google still not managed to implement. I'm using Xmarks (for cross-browser syncing) as well as Chrome's native sync but after setting up a new OS install I've got every bookmark twice.
tilltheis··on Poll: How do you use XCode?
I'm on a 2009 MBP and have no such problems. Don't know where they could originate from, though.
tilltheis··on Martin Odersky (Scala creator) launches company to commercialize scala and akka
"Programming in Scala" is a good one, I've been told. The first edition is available online at http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/ .
tilltheis··on CSS3 3D Slideshow Framework [Chromium 12 or Safari]
This works in Chrome 11 as well (some performance issues aside).

Direct link: http://hakim.se/inc/components/slideshow/

tilltheis··on "Move" — a simpler programming language as a subset of JavaScript
Maybe Rasmus wants to make writing Kod.app plugins easier?
tilltheis··on Power user replacements for OS X default apps
I really liked quodlibet (http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/) back in the days I only used linux. Don't know if you like the UI though.