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by b0sk 15y ago
What statements encode serious programming concepts? * Duck Typing - "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck"
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by b0sk 15y ago
Citation?
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by b0sk 15y ago
I gave a skim and didn't find this 11. Never commit revisions which can't be built. (In the exceptional cases, always state in the commit message that the code doesn't build.)
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by b0sk 16y ago
I think you mean 38 minutes. To be fair, Dr.Clark's message was really long. Maybe, he already had your post in his editor before you corrected it. I can't fault either of you.
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by b0sk 16y ago
Reading the exchanges, it seems that Prof.Clark and Jeff Atwood had prior exchanges wherein Jeff was asked not to privately email Clark. It seems to be a classic case of power struggle. But I'll say this -- Mathematicians are strange cats.
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by b0sk 16y ago
It's not just in the Math community. But isn't it common practice that when you use quotes, you absolutely don't paraphrase. Weird move by Jeff.
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by b0sk 16y ago
AdWeek. They want your pageviews.
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by b0sk 16y ago
I don't get this application. Why would I want to use such a thing?
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by b0sk 16y ago
http://www.geekwire.com/2011/microsoft-cites-new-patents-vs-... -- Here are the details about the patents. It's pretty childish stuff. Anyone with half a brain can innovate and come up with inventions. This is just bullying.
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by b0sk 16y ago
Or maybe yet another case of Apple doing it because "they can"? I noticed that people have tweeted this to Gruber but he hasn't mentioned it in his blog yet.
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by b0sk 16y ago
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that Dickbar and the backlash it received contributed to this. For instance, the iOS official app is the best Twitter client so far despite shoving promoted trends down our throats. One could come up wit
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by b0sk 16y ago
That's a good observation. I think of cables as an anti-feature. ( as defined by Benjamin Mako-Hill ). In that, the devices are perfectly capable of syncing and tethering wirelessly, but Apple hasn't enabled that functionality yet. They are
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by b0sk 16y ago
It's an indirect effect. Majority of his readers are Apple fans and need a constant reminder why their platform is better than others. ( Think about it in terms of being a sports fan. You'll rarely subscribe to a beat writer who tries to un
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by b0sk 16y ago
Yes, Gruber's position is hardly surprising, though. He writes that blog specifically to Apple fans who want to be told everday that the company they are rooting for is cooler and better. He's playing to his audience. His sponsors are softw