pyrotechnick

Ubiquity: http://github.com/languages

It appears in need of a little maintenance (broken tables) but I like this. Nice work.

fork

http://pages.github.com

TIL some people actually trust this tribe of neanderthals: http://gizmodo.com/about/

Correct. And I'm not condoning uninformed self-medication in any way, shape or form.

But I don't have to feel bad or limit my investigation into the mysteries of the cosmos just because not everyone can handle it.

It's like telling men they cannot eat steak because babies can't chew.

Not only are you not right, you are not even wrong.

You have confused "Total War" [1] for "war" in general.

Furthermore, "Total War" is near impossible in reality and has yet to occur.

Stop trying to desecrate our language with your tapered definitions.

Open a dictionary.

---

war |wɔː|

noun [ mass noun ]

a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country: Japan declared war on Germany | the two countries were at war for the next eight years | [ count noun ] : I fought in two wars.

• a state of competition or hostility between different people or groups: she was at war with her parents | [ count noun ] : a price war among tour operators.

• a sustained campaign against an undesirable situation or activity: the authorities are waging war against smuggling | [ count noun ] : a war on drugs.

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[1] http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war

You're setting yourself up for disappointment ^w^

We can dream though, can't we?

False! Space is a vacuum. Vacuums cannot be smelt.

All matter smells, but, by definition, is not space itself.

I apologise! I didn't realise you're sufficiently qualified to speak about exactly what it is QuorumEx has done and intends to do with its research.

Please formally introduce yourself so we can get a proper conversation started.

I guess you're right though. That pesky cosmos thing is nothing but a serious of compounding mistakes. Why won't it ever learn?

We simply cannot be trusted with science because some of us just might happen to abuse it.

Pack it up folks. Go back home to the caves. Science has been cancelled.

Mandelbrot is sooooo last century. It's all about the Mandelbulb these days ^w^

Seriously though, it's beyond enchanting to realise I'm in the company of such enlightened souls here on HN.

Eyes open. No fear.

Let's do this.

tl;dr - This comment is worth reading in its entirety.

What, exactly, are you going for here?

The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?

Alice checks Hatter's temperature

Alice Kingsley: I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

Bilal, what you have created here is really quite wonderful.

Please don't smother it with complexity in adding the endless myriad of features people will undoubtedly try to convince you are necessary.

Playing with this has really inspired me to write something today.

Thank you.

Copy/Paste

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Or you could fork it (http://github.com/bilalq/Tranquillity-Editor) and add it in for yourself ;)

A keen observation indeed. In a zombie apocalypse, I'd readily let you keep watch whilst I slept.

Wired is notoriously sensationalist. Take anything you get from there with many grains of salt.

Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.

http://quorumex.com/content/about-us

Perhaps he got a little too close to The Truth?

Nothing. You've misinterpreted. Or I've miscommunicated. Perhaps both.

Read what I wrote again without presuming I'm universally referring to all Shareware as being dodgy; just this particular instance.

You seem to have confused a few monkeys tapping on keyboards "collaboratively" for some kind of trustworthy source of definition.

Good thing Kenneth E. Knight introduced the notion bootlegging in 1967; well before the gnomes could ever get their filthy mitts near it.

Try not to let a few control-freaks on Wikipedia desecrate your language more than it already has. You owe them nothing.

From what I can gather it's some kind of dodgy Shareware thing. Although I can only guess since they really have made little effort to make it any more clear.

Neither the "purchase" site [1] nor anything inside the app itself [2] clearly explains the terms of the free download, or why one should even consider purchasing a licence.

I understand this is a fresh product and everything but it's expected one makes an effort to make these terms far clearer before asking for people's money.

Is this a simply a case of neglect or an example of a dark pattern [3] in the wild?

[1] http://wingmanapp.com/purchase

[2] http://i.imgur.com/aD5g8.png

[3] http://wiki.darkpatterns.org

Thank you for linking.

Way to shoot the messenger. It's nature you should be upset with; as it is very much upset with you.

All those houses of sticks built on shifting sands.

All those priceless, irreplaceable material possessions.

What a tragedy!

Didn't the three little pigs teach you anything?

If this is your first occupation, you have to occupy.

Consider your profession. (At least what I can gather from https://github.com/lazerwalker, correct me if I'm wrong)

You develop apps, design tangible UIs (which I love BTW, Reactable FTW) and write libraries.

Did you get good / better at these endeavours merely by pure observation? Sure you may have acquired the jargon and general idea of process by observation alone. But it was by consistant, relentless practical experimentation within a feedback loop of your peers and clients which actually got you to where you are today.

The same goes for Occupy. You more or less are approaching the asymptote of occupational knowledge by mere observation. And, thankfully, you're still interested. You can imagine the practical applications. You just need to see it for yourself first.

So go ahead and type "occupy [your nearest city]" into your favourite search engine and see what they're up to.

Seek and you shall find :)

What part about "occupy" - an occupation - don't you understand?

You will forever struggle to pigeon-hole occupy into something that fits inside our tiny monkey brains because there was never an agenda to begin with.

It is a celebration of life on this planet.

A stance in solidarity with those far less fortunate.

An admission of our insignificance in the grand design of the cosmos.

A message to the rest of creation: "here we are".

If you miss any of this; you miss it.

To the outsider

Only if you let it.

Sometimes God needs an advocate too :)

Natural disasters are a blessing in disguise; at least for those who survive.

Gaia often reminds us here in Australia that no matter how much we plan, how safe we feel, despite how high we build our dams, we're ultimately at her mercy.

The sense of community recent events seemed to extract from what is otherwise a reasonably un-spirited populace was nothing short of phenomenal. Humanity indeed possesses great redeeming qualities.

I wish all the best to anyone effected by the recent events. And my heart goes out to the friends and families of those less fortunate.

Please. Try to see it for what it is. An opportunity to rekindle your relationship with nature. To reflect on what's truly important. To fill the voids with something even greater than before.

So sometimes existing laws need "helping", as imperfect as that may be.

Sounds like you've been indoctrinated good and proper. I'll write this one off as job creation.

If the only people who were allowed to drive cars were the ones able to afford enough insurance to guarantee recompense(2) in any situation, there would be very few cars on the road indeed.

I fear you've severely underestimated the nanny-ness of the state I'm referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_insurance#Australia

Nevertheless, the "helping" you refer to isn't helping in reality. The first layer making it illegal doesn't work. Neither do the others layered over that.

Of course this depends on your definition of "nanny state".

Here my definition is: laws that cover specific behaviour otherwise already covered by law.

I'm no lawyer but can I imagine it has all kinds of fancy things written about it in Latin.

Maybe

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_specialis_derogat_legi_general...

or

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejusdem_generis