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by cduan 19y ago
While I see the value in optimizing a language for these "language-enhancements" such as adding new iterators, I would be concerned about a language architect who sacrificed efficiency in other areas as a result. I'd much rather have blazin
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by cduan 19y ago
Prototype (the Javascript library) does this automatically for AJAX responses, and Ruby on Rails makes extensive use of this facility through its RJS mechanism. http://www.prototypejs.org/api/ajax/request describes Prototype's functionali
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by cduan 19y ago
> But that won't tell me why your code is doing what it's doing Indeed, that's what the rest of the comment is for. > Good comments should make you think about your code, not be some pain point you are compelled to endure. Fair poin
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by cduan 19y ago
This is really true. Whenever I'm designing a system, I have to remind myself not to think just, "wouldn't it be cool if I knew X about everyone else," but also, "would I really want everyone else to know X about me." You can't have the fir
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by cduan 19y ago
IANAL (yet), but here's what I think the answer is. 1. Yes, it's copyrightable, just like anything else that is written. 2. But if they took any of that JS from something else that was GPL'd, then technically their JS is GPL'd too. (Assumin
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by cduan 19y ago
Great post, so true. One point I'd add, though: when you're writing code, make it readable by commenting well! Sure it's obvious to you why you used a ternary operator expression that uses a postfix-decrement operator and raises an exceptio
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by cduan 19y ago
Not that I know anything about this, but at least for the bigger industries you could look at their financials. Add up the market capitalization for the companies in an industry (Google says Expedia is $9B now), and that should give you the
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by cduan 19y ago
This reminds me much of Fred Brooks's The Mythical Man Month. Good to see that things haven't changed too much over the years...
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The sad thing is, if they seriously tried, Google could easily solve lost luggage problems. All they need are a few RFID tags...
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Web hosting recommendations?
2 points by cduan 19y ago|3 comments
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They may not be exactly helpful, but they're relevant: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/the-dr-seuss-jumbl... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11...
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Y combinator (the function) in Ruby(eecs.harvard.edu)
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Cass Sunstein argues here, as he has since he first published his book Republic.com, that technology will allow us to filter information to bolster our own beliefs, causing people to form less informed, more polarized opinions. My issue wit