jhrobert

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by jhrobert 14y ago
Change "black" into "non jew" and see how it works. This is definitely racist stuff, no question about it, disgusting (intelligence is also a matter of "taste").
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by jhrobert 14y ago
Performance matters. An efficient JavaScript dialect is very much needed indeed. Another solution would be to include a C compiler in every browser, with some DOM thing binding and a convenient JavaScript bridge. It will be interesting to s
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by jhrobert 14y ago
When everybody becomes a forced liar, it becomes easy for authentic liars to hide in the crowd.
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by jhrobert 14y ago
"Fix bugs first" is a principle that saved me once when a project was getting into trouble due to everybody (developer & sale people alike) willing to add features instead of fixing poorly working ones, leading to an increasing lack of
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by jhrobert 15y ago
Is this the definite proof that Lisp in unreadable, no matter what?
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by jhrobert 15y ago
Great. Based on that, what would be even more useful still is a way to browse my code from a within the editor itself. Something with say line numbers on some left pane synchronized with the corresponding file section on the right pane. Som
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by jhrobert 15y ago
I just spent a couple of hours reading the Dart site. Dart is a web friendly optimized SmallTalk with a Javascript like syntax. It looks like Javascript but feels like SmallTalk. If that marketing trick works, it will be ironic because Sche
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by jhrobert 15y ago
I'm getting bored with Javascript. I had a look at Julia and as a result I think that there is some solid value in designing a language whose performance can match C if needed yet use dynamic typing when convenient. I just don't know what t
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by jhrobert 15y ago
"All indexing in Julia is 1-based" I once designed/implemented a language where the biggest mistake I made was using 1-based indexing. At first it looked like it was going to be easier to understand/use but 0-based indexing is actually much
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by jhrobert 15y ago
This is just another brick in the wall to make Internet look like it is a source of danger for all of us. But we know who it is an actual danger for.
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by jhrobert 15y ago
Nice point. Yet... What about "references"? int& a, b; or int &a, &b; ? So, I think that I'll stick to int* pa; int* pb; i.e. one variable per line. Additionnaly it makes it easier too lookup for a variable's type when r
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by jhrobert 15y ago
It's a bold statement, sure, but I have to admit that I am not able to refute it. So, is there, according to you, at least one paper that EVERY programmer should read? Please avoid papers about the difference between "every" and "most" ;) I
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by jhrobert 15y ago
It is either pure mad defamation or something is beyond rotten in the state of Wall Street. It will be interesting to observe the reactions of the involved individuals. I'm french and I cannot imagine such a post beeing possible here, eithe
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by jhrobert 15y ago
On a different perspective, if you may, ... We don't walk enough, that's a known fact. Elevators are bad for your health. Take a walk. However Delevators are good because most accidents happen when you go downward. Hence, Elevators going up
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by jhrobert 15y ago
name: value instead of :name => value makes as much sense as p->q instead of (*p).x in C As an historical note, here are the message (and matz’s response) where I made a proposal for the new syntax, back in 2002. It includes rationa
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by jhrobert 15y ago
out = [ ["FizzBuzz", "Fizz", "Fizz", "Fizz", "Fizz"], ["Buzz"], ["Buzz"] ] (1..100).each do | ii | puts out[ii % 3][ii % 5] || ii end Thanks! PS: i am assuming this is the fastest you can do in ruby (but I susp
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by jhrobert 15y ago
The problem with both waterfall and agile is that we are missing the definition of "the Humble process" to develop software. Unfortunately humility does not sell so well.
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by jhrobert 15y ago
Javascript's closest equivalent is XXXX_de&&bug( xxxx) where XXXX is the "tracepoint" and XXXX_de is a global variable set to "true" when trace is required. When trace is not required, thanks to the && "progressive and" oper
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by jhrobert 15y ago
With their infrastucture, Amazon could as well run browsers in the cloud and then update remote screens, VNC style. Other guys do that for games, latency is not an issue for them apparently.
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by jhrobert 15y ago
I've read studies that say that talking to a passenger is distracting, hence dangerous. Well... I haven't read such studies actually, yet. But I feel like it's safer to stay at home, and shut up, and let the villains rule the world. Kidding
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by jhrobert 15y ago
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Note: as a progressive optimization, the very same solution can also be extended to full pages, ie not just "body" parts. In that case, the main benefit over a "regular" load is that javascript files that you use don't get to be evaluated o
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by jhrobert 16y ago
I'm experiencing "node anxiety", let me explain: There really are two kinds of functions in a node program. Synchronous functions and asynchronous functions. This has major consequences during refactoring when what used to be a synchronous
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by jhrobert 16y ago
They should make the "order" irrelevant. ie silently retest using password/username reversed. What are the chances that both (password,username) and (username,password) succeed? Very low I guess. If it ever happens, reset password and send
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by jhrobert 16y ago
"Timing is everything" It's related to "critical mass" People do things differently now then they did 3 years ago. What didn't work then may work now. You felt you had a great idea? It didn't work? Try again, things have changed.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
I could not agree more. I started a company when I was 21, sold it 10 years later. Worked in a startup, got bought 18 months later ($13m), restored my family house, raised two kids and now... I start a new venture, solo. Why? I'm not sure,
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by jhrobert 16y ago
1/ How are wikis doing today? 2/ What is the future of wikis? 3/ How are you involved?
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Addition, subtraction and order relationships (ie > & <) are the only math that really matters. Not convinced? Count the number of * and / in any source file and compare that to the number of + and - Not to say that math is not
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by jhrobert 16y ago
"Takedown Policy Please include the full URLs to the infringing material; no categories or search queries. We follow the same takedown policy that Google uses." etc, etc OK. So basically: want to take down something? try go faster than ligt
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by jhrobert 16y ago
OK. Is that Iran? (kidding)

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