BasDirks

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by BasDirks 14y ago
article claims to be written 1 year from now: "30 DEC 2013 - JOSHUA LEWIS"
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by BasDirks 14y ago
"The war on terror isn't about preventing death, it's about preventing fear." That's a good one.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
Before people go off writing this `foldx foo initial bars` pattern: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/D...
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by BasDirks 14y ago
Want to understand monads? write some.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
It still has no (prominent) search box on the homepage. Do I need to explain how dumb this is?
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by BasDirks 14y ago
This image is lovely, but I could not use it in staging environments for certain clients: http://i.imgur.com/ZAD2Z.png
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by BasDirks 14y ago
then you've hidden it well ^^ I don't see it. edit: cheers.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
Quite unrelated but could I ask you a question or two (via e-mail/irc) about working in Swiss IT?
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by BasDirks 14y ago
What audience do you have in mind calling this advanced? (Not criticising your library, it looks useful).
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by BasDirks 14y ago
+ Is your page accessible to those with disability? + Is your markup/CSS/JS correct? (especially when selling your idea to a tech crowd)
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by BasDirks 14y ago
"PROGRAMMING IS NOT A CRAFT" And then the TLDR basically says: "Non-programmers just want programs to work". As if the two are mutually exclusive... as if craftsmanship forbids pragmatism. No, just no.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
I'd love to get my hands on that Red Star OS. edit: http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5803379/
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by BasDirks 14y ago
You are the weird one doing the calling out. Flagged.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
Italy is in some respects not a "civilised euro country"; corruption is widespread even among lower-tier bureaucracy. Certain jobs in public service are desirable for the lack of work involved. Sources: corruption indices and a three month
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by BasDirks 14y ago
Yes and it's the 50th most common surname in China, the Chinese word for spirit/god, a character in a pletora of other popular games and fiction, etc etc. Got any other random associations to share with us?
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by BasDirks 14y ago
Big boy betting against Valve in a bout of cheap indignation.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
From http://www.indiegogo.com/happyedit "What will you do with the money? The money buys time for me to work on this project. With the $10,000 that I am asking for, I expect to get 1-2 months of development. This should be enough time to
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by BasDirks 14y ago
I came to think of it after reading part of one of the answers in OP link: "So yes, it has the story of your life -- but it also has many false stories, many subtly wrong statements, and lots of gibberish." The "gibberish" is bound to conta
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by BasDirks 14y ago
You could pose the question the other way around: is the infinite hidden within the finite? This philosophical question is probably outside the realm of mathematics, but an interesting thought-exercise.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
how come you're not downvoted all the way to hell yet?
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by BasDirks 14y ago
I get annoyed when people imply that I am trying to make something seem racist when I'm not. Just saying you'd be surprised about the massive interest for (Western) culture and style in certain parts of Asia.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
http://www.redbullstratos.com/science/scientific-values/ It is a pretty nice site, click around a bit.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
"Sorry, but there is no way a ton of people from Indonesia, Saudia Arabia, etc. have suddenly and amazingly become interested in a southern women’s blog (stylish as it may be). Besides, the Likes appear only on promoted posts." Among the A
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by BasDirks 14y ago
No but there's one about commenting on the post in a way to make oneself seem clever. I have hereby attained it.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
You sound like a perfect actor for their next infomercial.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
The design is based on a terribly unergonomic position, it's ugly, and it looks perfectly possibly to suffocate yourself with it.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
not so new; happened a few times on github (hello ruby community).
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by BasDirks 14y ago
If this is true, this is the first nail in a lot of very expensive coffins.
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by BasDirks 14y ago
Sometimes nicer is worse. When using the website of a language I want to focus only on information-I am on a mission. Things need to be in the right places, typography should be spartan and correct. It is a usability problem, not about appe
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by BasDirks 14y ago
Love the disclaimer, love the realism ++ the idealism. F * the danger, let's board.

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