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> Does this book cover Sublime Text 2 or 3?

> While you should be migrated to version 3 already, this book covers both versions 2 and 3 - when there are differences or new functionality in a later version I make a point of saying so and offer solutions to users still on version 2.

Yeah, I guess I just don't understand why I "should be migrated to version 3 already" when a non-dev build has yet to be released. Seems like a nice book otherwise.


> a few hours of assembly/disassembly time

for replacing the RAM on a unibody aluminum MacBook Pro? it's one screwdriver (Phillips 00), maybe 10 screws to remove from the edges of the back cover, and the RAM modules are easily accessible without any additional tools. One of the easiest RAM upgrades I've ever done... maybe 10 minutes max.

(not that it matters anymore since the retina models aren't user-upgradeable)


The 2006/2007 versions were definitely a chore to take apart and required three or four different screwdrivers. The unibody ones starting in late 2008 are much easier to work on. (At least when replacing the RAM and HDD.)


The hard drive was not user serviceable. The ram was, just behind the battery


I've never upgraded a unibody aluminum MBP. The ones I've worked on were from 2007.

It is nice that there was a temporary respite of upgradability before they decided to go to the furthest extreme possible and make it entirely non-upgradable.


Newer macs have the ram soldered onto the board.


> PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\033]0;remote_host\007"'

thanks for this, didn't know this was possible!


"some worry that Silicon Valley's penchant for technology and marketing might not be compatible with medical research”

I would say that a good portion of medical research IS technology and marketing, for better or worse.


Actually the "might not be compatible with medical research" is the great part about it. Life sciences research often tends to be short-sighted, plagued by the egos of scientists, the politics of scientific publishing and the fight for government funding. I hope YC chooses the "incompatible" route.


NextBus (or NextMuni, specifically) tracks buses and light rail by GPS... so what you're looking at isn't the actual bus schedule, but the estimated arrival time. Bus schedules are published on the Muni website and I doubt that mang of them are followed strictly.


"a mobile money processor" -- like iTunes/App Store?


iStore = wallet (potential intent)

Square = card (actual transaction)


They actually already do this with their retail stores: You can scan products with the Apple Store App and pay for it using your Apple ID and its charged to your credit card on file.


This is brilliant when you're at a mega-busy Apple store on a Saturday afternoon and all you want is a Lightning cable adapter. Pick, scan, pay, show the nice man on the way out, PROFIT.


{ } [ ] are just above the return key...?


Not on a German keyboard (forgot to mention that, sorry). Where are all the keys a programmer needs here?: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Apple-Wir...

In contrast a German PC keyboard: http://www.buypcsupplies.com/images/cat/38568_xlargenss_ndo4...

However, I prefer a Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard, but I can't find an image of the German version right now.


to piggyback off of this... (not sure if this is in the thread already)

⌘ + ` to switch between different windows of current application

⌘ + SHIFT + ` to switch between different windows of current application (reverse order)

same for the general application switcher:

⌘ + TAB to switch between different windows of current application

⌘ + SHIFT + TAB to switch between different windows of current application (reverse order)


Wow, so simple but so useful. Thanks!


Anand mentions it in this article.


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