jaylynch

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   by jaylynch 9y ago

   Same here. Since hearing about it we have a port of a large project in progress and whilst the typing is nice, the improvement in build time alone looks like making it a worthwhile exercise. Big things to come I suspect, particularly with i
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   by jaylynch 9y ago

   I find the data from the "I've used this but wouldn't again" almost as interesting as anything else here. Also really looking forward to seeing how Reason shifts between this year and next... :)
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   by jaylynch 9y ago

   It was a long while ago now, if you had learnt anything before you got there it was pretty much guaranteed that you'd seen either BASIC or C. :) The internet wasn't what it is now either so most people who had done some coding bef
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   by jaylynch 9y ago

   When I went to university for CS, Haskell was used in the introductory programming courses and this was one of the main reasons we were told about. Another goal was to take the people who had been learning to code in their spare time and pu
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   by jaylynch 9y ago

   Learning new things is great but don't be afraid to reach for familiar tools. Using one or two new things on a project rather than 10 you'll be both more likely to get somewhere, and more likely to pick up the newer elements well.
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   by jaylynch 10y ago

   Here in Australia, Vodafone (a mobile carrier) have been bundling Spotify Premium with their contracts, for example: https://www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones/News/Vodafone-rev... Interestingly Apple did a simila
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   by jaylynch 10y ago

   Sex is not 'fun', it's technically and ethically complex. This has to be the worst false dichotomy I've heard in years.
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   by jaylynch 14y ago

   Just in case the OP reads this and is interested, this exaggerates somewhat for Melbourne. Particularly if you're a kid coming over on a working holiday, which actually sounded like a really good suggestion for the situation. Yes you'd be l
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   by jaylynch 14y ago

   We use them at my day job, their support can be a bit clunky in terms of turnaround times once you've escalated something tricky but they're generally quite helpful and certainly legit - we have a mix of EV and regular with I think 1 wildc
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    by jaylynch 14y ago

    I've always found it helpful to explain a pointer as exactly that - a pointer, ie. a person standing there pointing at something. If you need to keep track of something and know that no matter where you put him he's always going to be point