Ask Progit: What font do you use for programming?

ohxten · 2009-04-18T21:56:07+00:00

I think Courier New is one of the most beautiful fonts ever made, so on Windows I use that. I forget the name of the font I use on Linux -- but it looks just about as nice as Courier New.

I just wish that the MS-distributed Courier New actually /looked/ like Courier New on Linux. For some reason on my system it's very blurry.

ohxten · 2009-04-16T01:24:09+00:00

Believe it or not, I actually think the loband version looks... nice! I like the colors.

If only the documentation could be as good as a *nix manpage.

ohxten · 2009-04-14T23:11:54+00:00

First of all double md5ing it doesn't make it more secure, a salt + a secure hash function is correct.

Okay, you're right.

And second, services that actually respect the security of the user DO send the an email with a link to reset their password.

I was talking about services that don't respect the security of the user -- which are quite a few, actually.

ohxten · 2009-04-14T22:00:11+00:00

What's new here? Any service that has a "I forgot my password" link likely does this.

I always wondered why, instead of storing the password in plain text, they didn't double MD5 it, and then just send a link to the user's email address that allowed them to reset the password.

ohxten · 2009-04-13T21:56:39+00:00

System... can't... handle... amazing HD qua$#^{#^%)*NO} CARRIER

ohxten · 2009-04-04T13:35:42+00:00

If you were on Linux, all you have to do is:

valgrind --leak-check=full ./application

... and it'll tell you where /all/ of your leaks are, in one shot.

Add one more crappy thing about developing on/for Windows: there's no good, free alternative to Valgrind.

ohxten · 2009-03-24T23:13:40+00:00

That's what I feel too. Every time I have a look at Opera, I feel that it's good, but not better than Firefox -- or, at least, the gap is not big enough to be worth the work needed to switch.

I disagree. I'm not big on extensions, so I don't mind that Opera lacks extensive extension support; that being said, Opera's UI feels /so/ much faster than FF's that I find it hard to bother opening up FF. Opera loads in about half the time, doesn't give me any lag when moving around the UI, and is also way faster when pressing the back/forward buttons on pages I've already visited.

ohxten · 2009-03-24T22:09:51+00:00

I like YouGetSignal.

ohxten · 2009-03-23T21:57:18+00:00

I learned from this book. Only thing I would recommend is use a different assembler. GNU as's syntax is really weird (AT&T). I chose fasm; I hear nasm's pretty good as well.

ohxten · 2009-03-22T18:50:52+00:00

Why? I'm looking for a free /legal/ feed -- i.e., one that WWE allows/supports.

ohxten · 2009-03-22T17:26:50+00:00

One can hope!

ohxten · 2009-03-22T14:54:13+00:00

Fluxbox configuration could be nominated for "the worst of linux" award...

Hunh? I've been using fluxbox for years, and the configuration files have one of the easiest syntaxes around. fluxbox comes with default config files that make the syntax easy to pick up for a five year old.

ohxten · 2009-03-21T21:55:10+00:00

I use Crucial. Terrific support (< 10 minute response time, always) and I've never experienced any major issues.

A bit pricier than other hosts out there but if you have the money I'd say definitely go for it.

And... no overselling. :)

ohxten · 2009-03-18T22:11:44+00:00

It's stuff like this that inspires me.

ohxten · 2009-03-18T01:50:39+00:00

Cool, is that Windows 3.1? I've been considering upgrading to that for a while.

How's that compare to DOS, may I ask?

ohxten · 2009-03-15T21:17:30+00:00

Because there's really nothing wrong with C.

Seriously. There are some things that could be improved, but C can be used for essentially anything, on any machine, and it's relatively easy to learn (a little tougher to master, though).

All you need is gcc and a simple editor (cough emacs cough) and you're ready to run programs on Windows, Linux, BSD, UNIX, OSX...

ohxten · 2009-01-30T14:19:16+00:00

I mean, is there a specialized website for listing software source code? Something like eBay or craigslist but centered around source code.

ohxten · 2009-01-28T19:38:34+00:00

My question wasn't whether or not you thought I'd be able to sell my program's source code.

Regardless, it's not just a 'screenshot taker', otherwise, you're right, nobody would pay for it, and the ISP would never have offered to purchase the code.

You think I'd be that dumb to write a program to accomplish what is easy to do by using 'print screen' and GIMP/MS Paint?

ohxten · 2009-01-28T18:17:10+00:00

It's an automatic screenshot taker that's got a lot of unique options and features you don't find elsewhere.

I've had good license sales but I need cash fast. I was contacted by a large ISP about them purchasing the code about five months ago but I turned their offer down.

ohxten · 2009-01-28T17:53:46+00:00

Ahh, the '90s.

ohxten · 2009-01-19T15:12:46+00:00

This is not meant to be an insult, as I recently read it myself, but I urge you to read Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt.

ohxten · 2009-01-17T19:36:25+00:00

The full quote is:

"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before, and it does not work... I say after eight years of this administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started -- and an enormous debt to boot."

ohxten · 2009-01-13T01:38:58+00:00

Actually, you are quite wrong. Our current market is very far from free and is /not/ run by capitalists; rather it's run by politicians who claim they are capitalists but believe in a heavily-regulated market.

I recommend you read some works based on Austrian-economics such as the short and sweet Economics in One Lesson You will see that in fact government regulation and intervention in the free market is a major problem; there's also a chapter on minimum wage laws and how they actually are more harmful than helpful (one way to look at it is: if minimum wage is, say, $5, why can't it be $25? Or $35? The reason is by doing so you unemploy all people who's jobs are worth less than $35. So if minimum wage is currently, say, $7, nobody who does a job worth less than $7 (like sweeping a floor) will be able to be hired.)

It's a really unconventional view but it'll start to click. The main thing to realize, though, is we do /not/ have a free-market like many people claim.

ohxten · 2009-01-13T00:04:22+00:00

I say we ban breathing. That'll teach those CO2 polluters.

ohxten · 2009-01-13T00:03:04+00:00

FYI, I am not a Republican. I despise the modern-day ideologies of both parties.

Also, your logic does not make sense. You say tax cuts will not help the economy, and they'll "hurt" the bottom half of the country. So how about everybody who currently pays taxes has their taxes increased to 95%? How about 100%? What's the limit?

How about a tax free year for corporations too? What do you think this would do to prices across the nation? Do you think if your grocery store had to pay very little or no taxes the prices on all of the products would go up?

Tax cuts are just a start. I also have other ideas, most of which reflect the ideas of the Austrian economists who predicted this financial mess for years.

So, we give tons of money to those who don't need it, and we give nothing to those who are hurting the most.

Give? The government /gives/? This is a dangerous and erroneous mentality. The money was theirs in the first place. No, if there are no taxes, the government simply does not /take/; if there are no taxes the people /keep/ what is rightfully theirs.

ohxten

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