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by adam-a 13y ago
From the README: > # This is a terrible game And the github title: > a pun https://github.com/tef/flappythirds
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by adam-a 13y ago
This reminds me of dithering in computer graphics. Take an imperfect system and add noise to mask the imperfections.
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by adam-a 13y ago
I was a bit confused by the double Function call too. The string input to the first Function is: "return"ale\162t(\"\111\40lo\166e\40\171ou.\"\40)"" which when evaluated becomes: "alert(&quo
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by adam-a 13y ago
It's quite clever, the script gets a reference to the function prototype by making the string "constructor" and calling (0)["constructor"]["constructor"]. Calling Function on a string returns a new functio
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Ovivo Mobile (a free, ad funded, mobile phone service)(ovivomobile.com)
1 points by adam-a 13y ago|0 comments
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by adam-a 13y ago
I definitely found it the reverse. I've been using FB for 8 years and I found it very poignant too but most of the images seemed to be from the last year or two. I don't know if this correlates with the amount I posted those years
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by adam-a 13y ago
We're talking about a British article on an international forum, I think it's fair to not assume an American perspective and vocabulary.
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by adam-a 13y ago
I have just updated the code to remove the Function.caller.arguments part, this means you have to pass through the arguments variable manually. The arguments object is not a real array, this is true, but it has a length and is indexable, so
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by adam-a 13y ago
I have just updated to remove the Function.caller and added a strict mode declaration.
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by adam-a 13y ago
For me it was partly about providing type errors, but also very much about providing easy to write and easy to read type testing and sorting. Type testing in javascript can be a bit tough on the eye and this hopefully makes it easy to see w
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by adam-a 13y ago
The original motivation was providing a single way to deal with a combination of default arguments, optional arguments and the sort of homebrew polymorphism that a lot of libraries use, where a function takes 4 different types of thing and
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by adam-a 13y ago
That's right. The Function.caller bit was only added in quite late and the library works just as well without it, although you have to type a bit more.
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by adam-a 13y ago
I was unaware of the strict mode problem. I never use it myself, probably because I'm not developing for the web, but a browser embedded in a desktop app. I will have a look at providing a version that works in strict mode.
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by adam-a 13y ago
I'm really excited about sweet.js and JS macros in general, but I haven't had a chance to dive into anything yet. The major disadvantage for me though is it adds a pre-processing step.
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Args.js – Optional and Default parameters for JavaScript(autographer.github.io)
53 points by adam-a 13y ago|39 comments
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by adam-a 13y ago
I'm intrigued about the large amount of statistical programming that has apparently gone into this site. Quite a high number of lines in the world's favourite Gaussian distribution generator. No info at the link though :(
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by adam-a 13y ago
Great article, the last part about understanding programming languages and computers as user interfaces and human constructs is great. I love understanding why things are as they are. Too many people seem to see programming languages as the
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by adam-a 13y ago
> They know the day doesn't begin at 1am, they know babies aren't born 1 years old. This isn't a computer-specific concept in any way. This is true, and an interesting point, but also nobody describes a baby as being zero
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by adam-a 13y ago
I think you guys are talking about Enviro-Bear 2000. Which had a lot more work on it before release, it was also an entrant and winner of a TIGSource month long competition. [0] As for time constrained game challenges, the Klik of the Month
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by adam-a 13y ago
A "strawman" is where you set up a flimsy counter point to your own argument and then defeat it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man You might call it "ad hominem" as it is an attempt to discredi
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by adam-a 13y ago
Quite cool! My attempt, 31 lines (although some of them are quite long :) http://jsfiddle.net/8Rqcy/5/ Has score counting, restarts, walls, you can't go back on yourself, and speed increases.
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by adam-a 13y ago
With EMV the banks have introduced what they call "liability shift" which means that if a merchant has a chip and pin terminal and someone manages to use a fraudulent card through it the bank will bear the cost. So there is no cha
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by adam-a 13y ago
https://github.com/jterrace/js.js/
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by adam-a 13y ago
The demo doesn't work on Firefox 27.0a1 on my MacBook Pro. Any effort to reinvent the web needs to keep compatibility in mind. Tried it on my phone and the performance was good but still noticeably stuttering. Could be an interesting a
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by adam-a 13y ago
I went to an event they held in London recently and got to try one out. They seem to have a working product right now and are in the process of firming up their supply and manufacturing, and polishing the software. They acknowledge their ph
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by adam-a 13y ago
From the perspective of a working class person, a middle class person could be considered rich. I was going to make a point that the middle class, being in the middle of the income-population pyramid, are more wealthy than the average. Inte
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by adam-a 13y ago
Curious if this will find support with the media industry. The first thing that jumps out is that it doesn't use the standard TV and film resolutions 1080/720/480. From talking to film makers I know about digital photography
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by adam-a 13y ago
> The mistake this and other articles like it make is it attempts to aggregate this blame upward. Rewards accumulate upwards, so surely blame should too. > Would their example have served to convince others to behave better? Certainly
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by adam-a 13y ago
I'm in London, albeit not in a bank or hedge-fund. Perhaps I should be asking for a raise :)
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by adam-a 13y ago
I think the part people take issue with is the idea that water supplies should be privatised. In the video you linked he says that "declaring water as a public right [...] that's an extreme solution". He doesn't say we s

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