README.md: update the instructions for Nix & NixOS

The stackoverflow article the README used to link to is outdated and no
longer applies.
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### Nix & NixOS
The installation is a little more involved in this environment as Nix needs some
ugly hacks to get packages using the GHC API to work, please refer to this
stackoverflow answer:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/24228830
`ghc-mod` works fine for users of Nix who follow a recent version of the
package database such as the `nixos-15.09` or `nixos-unstable` channel. Just
include the package `ghc-mod` into your `ghcWithPackages` environment like any
other library. The [Nixpkgs Haskell User's
Guide](http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/manual/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual#users-guide-to-the-haskell-infrastructure)
covers this subject in gret detail.
## Using the development version