osbert's comments

On: Why the Dvorak keyboard didn't take over the world (2014) [video]

[osbert]

I built a simulator to allow you to experience what it is like to type in Dvorak before committing to learn the layout. It assumes that you can touch-type in QWERTY. Enter some text into the first text box, and it gives you the equivalent keypresses to make [in QWERTY] that would output the same sentence in Dvorak.

https://dvorak.iterinc.com/

https://github.com/osbert/dv-sim2

A former colleague of mine graciously contributed Colemak as an option as well.

[barroomhero → osbert]

This is great! Also seems like a simple code engine.

Kjg; g; uodak! Ap;s ;ddm; pgvd a ;gmrpd ishd dluglde

[Aachen → barroomhero]

That's called a substitution cipher and can be defeated by hand by using frequency analysis, in case anyone wanted to know that. Please don't call the party pooper police!

On: Ask HN: What's the best way to learn Python/Django enough so I can hire someone?

[osbert]

Email me (osbert@iterinc.com, email also in profile), I'm looking for people just getting started in programming. I think a little guidance goes a long way at the beginning.

For a little more info, here was my Ask HN post looking for people like you: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5057425