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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   I wonder how this affects HP/Palm's Ares online editor for WebOS.
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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   Why was this downvoted?
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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   http://blog.tmorris.net/java-is-pass-by-value/
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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   I'm old and I agree with top posting. Interleaved responses are only good for forum archives when a long email thread is forwarded to someone else.
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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   I think this is a good thing. "App Store" is too generic a term to trademark IMHO.
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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   I think this is a good thing. "App Store" is too generic a term to trademark IMHO.
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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   Isn't Oracle also working on a new JS implementation on the JVM? I saw a job posting a while back. Found it: http://robilad.livejournal.com/71787.html
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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   I was thinking it was a copy of the Dyson vacuum guy.
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   by bokchoi 16y ago

   How does this compare to env.js? http://www.envjs.com/
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    # Lazy list of Fibonacci numbers up to (but excluding) 100: my @fib := 1, 2, *+* ...^ * >= 100;
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    Please link to the original source. http://techblog.netflix.com/2010/12/html5-and-video-streamin...
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    I had a similar experience. There are little code numbers on some of the Dell troubleshooting self-help pages. When you call in, you can mention you've already tried doing XYZ and list of the code numbers. The guy on the other end of the
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    I was pleasantly surprised by Launchpad's bug apport submission tool. When submitting a new bug from a crash, it will list some other bugs that could be related. I can either file a new bug or choose to subscribe to one of the existing bu
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    NYTimes likes to sleep around. They've developed quite a few frontends: a WPF/Silverlight version, an AIR version, and now a "Chrome" HTML5 version. Next will be an Oracle version in JavaFX.
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    James Gosling on Apple, Apache, Google, Oracle and the Future of Java (video)(marakana.com)

    31 points by bokchoi 16y ago|2 comments
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    It looks like it uses the same format. At the end of first video[1], he shells out to an emacs server to format the .org file as html. [1] http://vimeo.com/16543959
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    Ghetto? How about just "old and crufty"?
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    "I believe what we have here is the beginning of the end of complacency. It is now apparent to me that in the haste to ensure compliance with procedures that are inconsistent if not inarticulable, TSA has hastened the likelihood of failur
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    And the Friday squid crap is annoying as well.
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    Henrik Ståhl: reiterating Oracle's JVM Strategy(blogs.oracle.com)

    6 points by bokchoi 16y ago|0 comments
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    This is interesting and I think you're right that language interop will be important. I think .NET has a CLS (common language specification) profile that defines a minimal subset you can design your API against and be confidant the other l
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    Lucene crapped out? Can you elaborate? We're using it in a project since it seems like a very popular library for indexing.
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    But the really exciting things that could be done with X never saw daylight outside a small community of display manufacturers for defense, air-traffic control, etc What sort of exciting things?
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    Brendan Eich: Deep Dive on ES5 Modules (audio)(aminutewithbrendan.com)

    1 points by bokchoi 16y ago|0 comments
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    I'm saying that perhaps his level of understanding is not to blame. Most responses to complaints about git are "you just don't understand." It is tiring.
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    Calling it "poorly thought through" when you haven't taken the time to understand it is not a compelling argument. Neither is saying the OP hasn't taken the time to understand it.
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    Fortress strikes a mostly practical middle ground. It uses an ASCII representation that can be translated into glyphs: http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/wiki/MathS... http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/wik
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    It's been dead for a long time now.
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    by bokchoi 16y ago

    It's written in Haskell which some may find interesting.
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    Joey Hess: git-annex for managing large files with git(git-annex.branchable.com)

    7 points by bokchoi 16y ago|1 comments