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OMG I want an Android version of this SO BAD. Maybe I'll build it... Don't worry, if I do it'll be for personal use, I obviously wouldn't release it and screw you over.

Thanks for the exposure!

The demo is also available at http://hughrawlinson.github.io/meyda.

I also want to be very clear from the outset that this was a group effort between @nevosegal, @jakubfiala (on github) and myself. We've contributed equally to the source, the research, the testing, and the accompanying paper that has been accepted for presentation at the first Web Audio Conference in Paris.

Not only can you not knight deceased people, but when knights die they lose their title. #QuiteInteresting. #whenwillhnsupporthashtags.

Tim Cook is 53 and gay. Eich is 58 and straight. Very different backgrounds.

Unfortunate name, excellent project :)

How? What PC are you using?

Emailing passwords to users in plain text? round of applause

180/m? That's a database of over 10,000 records in an hour, and that's only if the querying party is stupid enough to not think of using multiple API keys in parallel.

This + twilio = user identification. Looks like I'm gonna have to be more careful with my phone number...

There may or may not be other easter eggs on the site... The app is awesome too!

Can someone who knows how to get around the cert issue please copy and paste to pastebin or similar?

Ok, what I meant by that was that everything that is 'defined' and 'solidified' (I don't think I know the right word to describe it) is a function in that you can't define variables of type, they're all something that a function returns, and have a more etherial quality. Yeah, I really don't have the words for what I think I'm trying to say, and I don't actually know that either, I'm just going by what people have told me and what I have read of haskell. I'm by no means even familiar with haskell at this stage, so whatever I say about haskell is conjecture from the perspective of a novice in an attempt to describe things to the extent that other novices can have a quick entry path to live-coding (which is the aim here rather than into FP/haskell)

I've also done a very little bit of overtone. It's going in the blog when I get back to it after I've done some more Tidal.

No no no, not "shut up" at all. That's not what I said. But, bear in mind that everything you say can affect your future. Which is totally fair enough. Judging a persons character by what they have said and done in the past is standard, and fair, practice. Expecting immunity from everything you've ever said or done is unrealistic.

If Eich no longer believes what he believed, it's on him to make sure he makes that point. However, Eich never said anything to that effect, nor did he apologize, so we have no reason to assume that his opinion has changed.

He had the right to free speech. He exercised his right to free speech. He had to deal with the consequences. There is no right to free speech without consequences. Each and every person who has the right to free speech (because remember, many don't) can say whatever they like, but cannot possibly expect it to never affect them further down the road. Particularly when you're in the position of CEO where you're expected to represent the company's ideals in your every public action.

I've seen some people defending him for various reasons, most prominently because he has a right to free speech. Of course he has a right to free speech, and he exercised it. He also has the responsibility to accept the consequences. His actions/speech made enough people angry enough to exercise their speech to the extent that Eich's position was no longer tenable.

People too often forget that rights don't mean that there will be no consequences to exercising those rights (within the bounds of the law, and other things).

Weird that these are being demoted. Regardless - I've seen some people defending him for various reasons, most prominently because he has a right to free speech. Of course he has a right to free speech, and he exercised it. He also has the responsibility to accept the consequences. His actions/speech made enough people angry enough to exercise their speech to the extent that Eich's position was no longer tenable.

People too often forget that rights don't mean that there will be no consequences to exercising those rights (within the bounds of the law, and other things).

Can we talk about paywall links on HN?

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I've also been programming since I was about 10. I remember doing some Logo stuff, I recently just found a zip drive with my first program - Tic Tac Toe in logo. I certainly don't remember being encouraged to program until I was at the very least 17 when I was in high school being taught some bullshit 'computer ethics' course by a man with a PhD in Computer Science who just wanted to show people how to code. I guess I'm saying, the encouragement factor for any young programmer is very low, and should be much better. It sounds to me from reading this blog post that it was harder for you, possibly (probably?) because you're a woman. That really sucks, it shouldn't be harder, it should be equally hard for women and men, and it should be getting easier for both all the time. That's why things like Code Club and various online ways of learning programming are so important in my opinion. When programming is put on the curriculum at school, parents are more likely to take it seriously rather than act like my parents who tried to stop me using the computer. I really admire the work of people like @BenNunney who through stuff like Rewired State makes hacking more accessible to young, talented people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4CC45E6TAY

Just my two cents.

You can't be posthumously knighted. Furthermore, the title of Knight is revoked upon death - For example, when Sir Paul McCartney dies he will lose his title.

If I could sign in with GitHub, absolutely.

First they come for the porn, etc.

That's kind of nitpicky. My point was that if there is a hackathon with a highly desirable prize, and you know about it in advance, there is a direct incentive for you to spend time between the time you learn of the hack and the time when the hack officially begins working on ideas, designs, business strategy, and even code, and that that effect is the reason that it's not a good idea, or in the spirit of hacking, to offer high stakes prizes in hackathon style situations.

Apologies for the very long sentence, I love commas and am the arch-nemesis of conciseness.

If developers are incentives by the possibility of winning $1m, they would start working months in advance. That's why it's not ok to offer $1m as a hackathon prize, as it's not in the spirit of hacking.

That's awesome! :D

That's awesome. I got to level 35 with 95.8% accuracy and 45 wpm. I need to practice...

Pah! Let's write all our code in hex. We can't have the government getting involved in anything!

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I'm in second year, and I'm getting solid first marks. You probably could spend most of first and second year socialising if you don't have a job, but I do. Living on £1 a day in London including rent? That's not possible, even with very cheap place to live, £400pm for arguments sake, although that's probably not realistic you're already at nearly £13 a day. Even cheap halls at £99pw are more expensive than that. To live on £1 a day just covering rent with no extra costs, your rent would have to be at a maximum £28 p/m. You certainly can't socialise on that kind of money.

If you meant excluding rent and bills, say they cost £15/day (which is still unrealistically cheap), plus your £1 for living expenses, that's a monthly cost of £480. Per academic year, that costs about £3840. While this is well within the threshold of the maximum student maintenance loan, remember you'll still have to pay travel costs (you can't really stay within walking distance of your house for the entire time you're in London), buy books (which can get very expensive), pay for other materials for coursework. At a minimum. University, and living in London generally is very expensive...

Mostly, I'm just thinking, how do you even eat on £1 a day? That's pretty much one tin of baked beans plus a slice or two of bread per day. Or maybe some rice. Luckily nobody has to pay medical costs here...

Also, I'm interested as to whether or not you think a gap year internship is still really important if I'm already working? I've had two jobs so far, that's quite a lot of experience for someone who's only in second year, and a lot more than many graduates I know...