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by jdnier 13y ago
> Most “scripting” languages don't support annotations for checking parameters and return values PEP 3107 introduced function annotations to Python 3. The following syntax is valid: >>> def square(n: int) -> int:
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by jdnier 13y ago
A comment to the article paraphrases Verhoeven's DVD commentary track as "yes, this was a satire, and I'm baffled that people don't get that".
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by jdnier 13y ago
The simplicity of "switch to a whole foods, plant-based diet and you simply won't die from heart disease" has eased my similar anxieties. http://www.heartattackproof.com/ See also the related documentary, ht
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by jdnier 13y ago
For a practical application of abandoning your copyrights, see http://unlicense.org/ .
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by jdnier 13y ago
I remember reading Lawrence Rosen's article and had always assumed he was correct that there was no way to "place" a work in the public domain. Here's Rosen's recent admission: "I admit that I have argued for y
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Isn't it impossible to place work into the public domain? Nope(cr.yp.to)
1 points by jdnier 13y ago|2 comments
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by jdnier 13y ago
A great quote from the appendix: "In philosophy, one is taught to not try to prove too much (inviting people to modus tollens your modus ponens), to not do more philosophy than one has to; in programming, you learn to not become an arc
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by jdnier 13y ago
It would also be more idiomatic to write for i, line in enumerate(sys.stdin): print '{:>6} {}'.format(i, line[:-1])
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Unix 'find' date example for the occasional user(fladriss.wordpress.com)
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by jdnier 13y ago
Any concerns about living surrounded by all that polystyrene blueboard? Either indoor air quality or flammability? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene#Fire_hazards
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by jdnier 13y ago
I wonder if BSA has a similar problem with the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, which has been around for 75 years? http://www.madisonscouts.org/
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A needless militarization of a domestic force(businessinsider.com)
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by jdnier 13y ago
Both are really good articles. Thanks.
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This was a conspiracy theory I always heard growing up in Michigan -- that the auto companies had bought up the trolleys in Detroit so people would have to buy cars. It's good to finally see the historical basis.
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by jdnier 13y ago
"Starting in the 1920s, a company called National City Lines started buying up street car lines, then mostly privately owned. In 1936, the company became a holding company owned equally by General Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of Cal
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1936: GM, Firestone, Standard Oil. "Perhaps you can guess where this is going."(theatlanticcities.com)
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by jdnier 14y ago
I fed it a favorite regex... Bravo. Unfortunately, the permalinking fails with this particular regex, or I'd include it here. The visualization is so large, it more than fills my large screen. Still, pretty cool to see it render instantaneo
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by jdnier 14y ago
Another recent comparison: http://tech.cueup.com/blog/2013/03/08/running-daemons/
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Coming Fall 2013: Perhaps the next several generations' Halley's Comet.(independent.co.uk)
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I like his advice: """You probably know this feeling when you think that code is not ready for public release yet and you need to implement at least 50% of your huge todo.txt to make it good enough. Today in the morning news on TV was said
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by jdnier 14y ago
Plumbum is the latin name for lead, periodic table symbol "Pb", perhaps memorable enough considering Plumbum was inspired by an earlier project called PBS.
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Ouya game console funded to the tune of $8,579,772(ouya.tv)
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10 minutes left in Ouya Kickstarter ($8.56 million)(ouya.tv)
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by jdnier 15y ago
Maybe it's not so surprising that an Earth-evolved land mammal wouldn't thrive in microgravity. From the article: "33 percent of [Shuttle/ISS] astronauts had expansion of the cerebral spinal fluid space surrounding the optic nerve, 22 perce
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Microgravity-induced intracranial hypertension may prevent human space travel.(doctorslounge.com)
3 points by jdnier 15y ago|1 comments
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by jdnier 15y ago
Make sure to scroll the page (wheel or arrow keys) rather than page up/down.
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White House Iraq page: Fascinating scrolling layer effects(1.usa.gov)
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by jdnier 15y ago
I thought the same thing just this Saturday afternoon when the Twitter home page (i.e., http://twitter.com/ ) showed nothing but a plain black and white Cherokee 405 error page for at least a couple minutes: http://oi41.tinypic.com/1085yp
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by jdnier 15y ago
So check this out: Google "http error code 410" and the second hit is from diveintomark.org circa 2003. """ Let’s all talk about HTTP error code 410. ... Error 410 means Resource gone, as in, a resource used to exist at this location, but n
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by jdnier 15y ago
Intuitively cool as soon as you see the video.

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