codemonkey-zeta

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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
As a younger hacker, who has never been into the Apple ecosystem and doesn't know much about Steve Jobs, the video presentation of the funeral for MacOS 9 sort of blew me away. It was so funny and theatrical, but got the message of App
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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
What XSS vulnerability? Any user can set the innerHTML of any element at any time.
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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
I did not read your last paragraph that way. With this explanation I totally understand your advice now. I had friends who seemed dead set on finding a girlfriend as priority number one. I even had multiple friends express their jealousy to
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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
Whoa, harsh take on love, but I understand it. I met the love of my life during my freshman year, and though there have been times I feel my focus and productivity suffered as a result, I would not have it another way. Love, and even heartb
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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
The use of the phrase "bells and whistles" seems pretty ironic here.
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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
Ding ding ding, we have a winner! This is exactly the process I landed on this week when I decided to start a blog. There's literally nothing cheaper or more convenient (or resume-appropriate, since I already share my github) than gith
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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
I totally agree with you, but I think you're understating the value of the pattern language. Of course any good practitioner will have internalized these "patterns" to the point that they're second nature, in the same wa
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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
I think most people do learn scientific notation, but the correspondence with floating point representation is probably not learned. It is not necessarily an obvious connection for a person who uses floats as "decimal numbers", wh
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by codemonkey-zeta 6y ago
I'd recommend giving Emacs a deep dive. That alone should be impressive enough, but if it doesn't satisfy you I'm not sure there are other projects that would.