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by jhawk28 18y ago
Formatting is so complicated because it is very subjective. People see Python and complain that they can't format it to their "specific" tastes, but it would save so much time if they just were consistent across the project. Things like ver
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I am not a fan of Facebook, I have never used Twitter, I am sure there are lots of others like me. There has been a lot of talk about semantic search over recent years, but just that TALK.
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The flip side is that if a company is to create a good QA site for an another company...Wouldn't they want it to be so official looking that the user would not be able to see the difference?
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Creating a simple framework to build on is probably the best way to create a compelling complex product. One can see this pattern in other things such as RoR - Basecamp, XUL - Mozilla, etc. Over time they seem to become more complicated and
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Good news for Mercurial. It happens to be my favorite DVCS. Bruce Eckel seemed to come to the same conclusion (HG over BZR). It just seems to have the right feel after coming from Subversion. All in all, it is good competition. Git needs to
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Changing timezones have caused some of the most complicated things in the coding I've done. It seems so simple, but its never right. Look at how many different libraries are in the standard Java library to handle time.
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7 seats? Where are the other 2?
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Yes, but he was writing about using Linux on a mac with Redcar. It makes a lot of sense if you are not running OSX.
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That would be awesome. I prefer using Mercurial to Bazaar, but I really need the subversion client interface.
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I don't understand why anyone would use a "textmate lookalike" on linux if they already had the real thing on OSX.
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And such start the trend of measuring metrics. The next logical step is to measure when hnstatus.net is up/down.
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I wonder if the CTypes Python bindings will help out the DVCS clients such as Bazaar or Mercurial. Bazaar already has good client support for SVN. It would be nice if Mercurial would get first class support.
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Not quite 100mil, but fairly close: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2007/10/the-future-i...
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Yes, they created a "JEdit server": http://www.jedit.org/users-guide/starting.html It keeps an instance running so startup time is smaller.
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I always need to look at the size of the scrollbar before I start on a Yegge blog.
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Professionally, I am a Software Engineer. Otherwise, I am a nerd.
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The HN Erlang fiasco was the highlight of my day.
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I think ORMs don't infer everything because they want the "hard break" to know when the data model changes. (influenced by statically typed languages)
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Most college pizza parties did not have plates, we just ripped apart the boxes if we cared about not making a mess. Noone cared because they were stuffing their faces.
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Be right back, I'm going to patent using a yogurt container to store food other than yogurt...
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I like his estimate that each sun like star has on "AVERAGE" one Earth like planet. Nothing like stating the obvious. (Everyone knows that we have one planet like earth for our sun like star :))
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Wait till he complains that StackOverFlow has the monopoly on question/answer sites. Based on the numbers that they are seeing, they are well on their way.
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Get a "bed" computer and play world of warcraft.
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It is not a fad, it is an addiction. My wife checks it more than email now.
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I guess you don't need to worry about all that complicated fragmentation with the current GC. :)
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Sometimes, writing your own is the best way to understand the problem. Side note: I think people said the same thing about Google developing v8. After a few months, people will accept the new engine (if it works) and it will go on to the ne
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Anarchy != chaos in Utopia.
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Not sure how one would shard the data based on a RoR app.
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Go to the music store. There is an iTunes Plus link under quick links.
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Based on reading the article, I think the point was that the Tesla was lots of fun, not "I'm saving the environment".

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