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by eelco 18y ago
Not really. Caching is (in my understanding) mainly about reducing (disk) I/O, which is very slow. This is a database/persistence problem more than a programming languague problem. Partial/lazy evaluation prevents looking up things you d
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by eelco 18y ago
Yes, but not enough to get this post voted up enough to be visible, probably ;) What would the meeting entail?
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by eelco 18y ago
It sounds a bit strange and it feels a bit strange too, but you can practice getting up when the alarm goes off. Before you go to sleep, set an alarm like a minute in the future. Lay down, close your eyes, relax. Then, when the alarm goes
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by eelco 18y ago
I couldn't agree more. I call this ORYO: Only Repeat Yourself Once. Actually, I often put comments in my code marking places I've already repeated myself (saying 'ORYO' plus a reference, if needed).
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by eelco 18y ago
Working fine here.
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by eelco 18y ago
Very cool. Now it only needs an API, IM backend and SMS'ing ;) Twitter should hire Yariv :p
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by eelco 18y ago
No, wait, that's not entirely right :) The traditional media of course don't enable the 'sharing' through them. Still, I think there is a lot of (social) value in watching TV in the sense it 'gives you something to talk about' (to say wit
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by eelco 18y ago
I like your last remark. Especially because it doesn't contradict your comment as much as you think. Shirky said: "People like to consume, but they also like to produce, and they like to share". He probably means to say that people like t
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by eelco 18y ago
"Yet I think that a few programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, will always be superior to competitors like the Gimp—for some reason, I really don’t know why!" See, that's what a name like The Gimp does. Even smart people will believe your prod