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by bockris 18y ago
I'm the only one in my immediate circle that reads xkcd. Can you point me towards a reference?
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The History of Python(python-history.blogspot.com)
65 points by bockris 18y ago|11 comments
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by bockris 18y ago
> I also think Joel misses something Just FYI. This was post on the "Joel on Sofware" discussion group but the author is Benji Smith. http://benjismith.net/ I like his blog. He used to post a lot more but he's been busy with a new p
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by bockris 18y ago
It's less than a $1 an issue. I've been a subscriber from the beginning and my interest/satisfaction has ebbed and flowed but I've never thought about dropping my subscription. 1. It is very cheap. 2. I always find something worth reading
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by bockris 18y ago
I applied to a job in the spring of 2006 and when they were showing me around the development area I noticed that everyone had single smallish CRTs and what seemed like older computers. I asked about it and they told me that most people ha
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by bockris 18y ago
You can pick a wide variety of online photo sharing apps or it can upload to a directory on your PC. (I assume an open share.) http://www.eye.fi/overview/ I've looked into this before but it was always a bit too expensive for just a card
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by bockris 18y ago
It sort of reminds me of VIPS which I used 6 or 7 years ago. http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.php?title=VIPS But in the end using Python with the PIL module served my needs better.
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by bockris 18y ago
I feel the same as you but I ended up installing the Stylish Firefox addon and used the recipe to hide the left navigation. (Actually I modified it some so it also hides the search box and other wasted space.) It's sad but I have too much
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by bockris 18y ago
Try it! The empty list in the first one is only created at the time the 'def' is executed. All subsequent calls to 'bad_append' hold the reference to this list instead of a new empty one. The 'good' one uses a sentinel value to indicate th
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Android: Worst. Bug. Ever.(blogs.zdnet.com)
90 points by bockris 18y ago|24 comments
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by bockris 18y ago
octopart.com ?
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by bockris 18y ago
This article does not give an even account of the user discontent. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArti... Gives a more balanced account. I think Google is trying to roll back. I'm actually stuck in between the rel
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by bockris 18y ago
replying to self: They are getting tons of flack on their support group. http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help-Person... I don't care how many focus groups it went through, it seems to be pretty well despised.
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by bockris 18y ago
I hate it. Mine switched when I was out to lunch so it was a shock to come back to a totally different screen. I really dislike the maximize,restore,minimize for the widgets. I have a multi-tabbed browser for a reason. The left navigation
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by bockris 18y ago
Google.
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by bockris 18y ago
I didn't get a chance to attend the OSCON talk by Anthony Baxter but I saved the link to the PDF. http://www.interlink.com.au/anthony/tech/talks/OSCON2008/por...
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by bockris 18y ago
+1 for Aardvark.
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by bockris 18y ago
I've got my son (he just turned 7) hooked on this. The big problem that I have is that you can't skip levels and the levels get too hard too quickly for his brain. I know it's just Logo with a different interface but he really enjoys the fa
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by bockris 18y ago
Django released version 1.0 earlier this month so your concern about it changing out from under you is probably a non-issue. You should try it for a small test site. Either you will like it or you won't. IMO, scaling problems in web apps
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by bockris 18y ago
Wow. That's the longest response I've ever elicited in any formum/email/conversation/etc ever. As I mentioned, I don't have a problem with people who like Macs, if it works for you, great. I was only replying to the "extraordinary quailty"
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by bockris 18y ago
My friend whose MBP has been in the shop 3 times still won't speak ill about it. That causes me to discount his opinion a little when he talks about how much he loves his Mac. Another co-worker, whose wife works for Apple and therefore get
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by bockris 18y ago
the plural of anecdotes is not 'data', etc, etc. but... one person I know bought a MBP last year and it's been in the shop 3 times. A different friend has given up on iPods because everyone he has bought has died within the year. He really
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by bockris 18y ago
Reminiscent of the 'Billion Laughs' XML file.
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by bockris 18y ago
'cleave' is always the one I remember. http://www.fun-with-words.com/nym_autoantonyms.html and http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html
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by bockris 18y ago
I was also going to suggest twiki but I don't have any first hand experience with it. I have also looked at Roundup in the past. http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ WikidBASE is a fairly new but also in the same vein. http://projects.nickbl
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by bockris 18y ago
While I agree with your assessment, IMO you don't seem to be the target audience. I loved PCI because it was math-lite. I'm a business applications programmer by trade and fun stuff like this isn't anywhere on our radar. I also have a fa
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by bockris 18y ago
Agreed. When I was in high school I wrote all the normal programs for the Apple ][ and it was fun. LoRes/HiRes graphics, toy calculations like interest, bubble sorts, etc. Then our math teacher offered extra credit if we solved some puzzl
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by bockris 19y ago
/me to the tune of $765 (a double dip on a two year pre-payment. It was on a credit card not a debit card and the charge was erased within hours.
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by bockris 19y ago
Hmmm. Diamond Age didn't do it for me for some reason. I liked it but not nearly as much as Cryptonomicon. But I have had several people tell me the same thing that you did wrt DA, so it just must be me.
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by bockris 19y ago
All of William Gibson and all of Neal Stephenson (especially Cryptonomicon and Baroque cycle series)

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