flipstewart's comments

On: Ask HN: How do you keep track of everything?

[flipstewart]

I use Evernote for involved planning and note taking and Things for tasks(including tasks that are already in Jira, PT, Issues...).

I've spent a lot of time trying different tools... there isn't a magical one size fits all 😔

On: Why Our Children Don't Think There Are Moral Facts

[flipstewart]

The ignorance is much easier to process upon learning that the author works at an episcopal church and is on the committee of two "Societies of Christian Philosophers".

http://www.justinmcbrayer.com/#!leadership/c53p

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Despite it being ad-hominem, I'll let it play because it helped stop my eyes from continuing to roll every time I replayed his arguments.

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That was my only goal.

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You'll love the article he linked to:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/372-mor...

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Hey! My eyes had just recovered! Stop that. To paraphrase, "In place of science, I present to you a digitally-leather-bound edition of the founding fathers (minus that Jefferson stuff about not being a Christian nation)! and a warning to not enter into serious argument with modern or post-modern thought and life. Best just to avoid winning that battle we always win (amongst ourselves) than to deal with the cognitive dissonance that we may all be desperately protecting the new version of that old Zeus stuff."

I sense a fear that many people don't know how to deal with the realization that their 5-8 year-olds, who have internalized "the golden rule" in a freedom-chasing culture, seem confused by their loving parents testing their openness to religious and/or social bigotry.

Where they see the loss of their sacred talisman, I see hope that our new generation is about to bring great levels of peace and joy to the world. I see the dawning of a bright future where people fluidly form communities instead of calcifying into tribes.

On: Bash Keyboard Shortcuts Stickers

[flipstewart]

;)

On OS X, these shortcuts work in generic text inputs as well! That's enough of a reason to convince me to keep the default shortcuts.

On: Bash Keyboard Shortcuts Stickers

[flipstewart]

I'm happy to figure out shipping to other countries! Anywhere specific?

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Germany/Europe.

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Non-Apple-Land.

On: Bash Keyboard Shortcuts Stickers

[flipstewart]

You're right, it won't :/

These are made very specifically for MacBooks, but I'm thinking of making a more generic option soon!

[wyclif → flipstewart]

How about a version for zsh? Nothing against bash, that's what I used for over a decade, but many of us have moved on to zsh.

[flipstewart → wyclif]

There are some slight discrepancies, but the majority of the shortcuts work the same in zsh!

[stuaxo → flipstewart]

Yeah, pc version please :)

On: A Question

[flipstewart]

Having a good laugh at how Sam Altman doesn't know what Snapchat is... Would love to see someone use it to send a message "about how Silicon Valley only builds toys for rich people."

On: Dan Ariely’s Timeful App Helps You Better Apply Yo...

[flipstewart]

App syncs very unreliably(schedule entire days just to have everything undone next time you launch the app) and crashes every three actions or so.

It might be a good concept, but there's no way to tell at this point because the app is unusable.

[peregrine → flipstewart]

Its based on the iOS calendar sync which, since ios7 has had many many issues with non-icloud calendars. Its essentially useless with google calendar.

[geekam → flipstewart]

I did not face this issue at all. App has not crashed at all for me and I am syncing 5 calendars.

[jebank → flipstewart]

any chance you're on ios8?

On: Carousel – Gallery from Dropbox for photos and vid...

[flipstewart]

The modal doesn't fit on my screen(MBA) and under the masthead there's just a ton of empty space... gj dropbox.

On: Interviewing a front-end developer

[flipstewart]

Seems strange that the interviewer would be so pedantic while showcasing their own lack of understanding... for example:

"How they choose to center content inside the overlay is also revealing. Some of the candidates might choose to use CSS and absolute positioning, which is possible if the content is a fixed width and height. Otherwise may choose to use JavaScript for positioning."

First of all, JavaScript... just... no. Stop.

Secondly, hey, you don't need a fixed width or height, you just use:

  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);

I would really challenge the writer and anyone else interviewing for any position to consider that maybe they don't know everything.

On: Ask HN: Which language/web framework to learn for ...

[flipstewart]

This is, from my perspective, the only advice that matters when discerning what to learn while seeking employment. Look at businesses and people that you admire and see what tools they're using and see what they're looking for. It's one thing to see that there are a lot of (potentially boring and poorly paid) jobs out there using some technology and another to see that you can do the kind of work you want to and find a job you'll enjoy if you learn something else.