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by jhrobert 16y ago
This explains why 80 lines of code to make a "todo list manager" in your favorite language can turn into 80K lines of code to make it a commercial success. Don't confuse the sketch with the masterpiece.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Duck typing If it looks like crap, then it probably is crap
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by jhrobert 16y ago
To if (cond) { or not to if( cond ){ That is the question. I agree that spacing matters a lot. Another interesting idea is that long lines are less readable and that whatever is at the end of a line is less readable than what
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by jhrobert 16y ago
"Timing is everything" I was just looking for such a service. I registered. Thanks.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
If you're prone to social conditioning, you're not a genius in the first place. genius you are, genius you stay, the dash doesn't wash up.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
There is no such thing as a free lunch
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Just for fun I integrated this morning Angular in my "work in progress" wiki. http://simpliwiki.com/sandbox/AngularHello Impressive!
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by jhrobert 16y ago
"single-page", that reminds me of appjet, a cool hosted SSJS by the authors of etherpad.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Looks like building a wiki is becoming the modern "hello world!"
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by jhrobert 16y ago
So, basically, promoting WebM is actually promoting Flash. Sure. Well put. And then: so... what? Am I the only one unsurprised that Google would fight Apple? (in convoluted ways sometimes)
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by jhrobert 16y ago
I had no clue such things were even "possible" using CSS, thanks!
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by jhrobert 16y ago
OTOH: seach result: directory: NN, file: NN. as in "search result: directory: 1, file: 0." or "search result: directory: 4, file: 23." ie: nouns only, singular form, no verbs, no plural, etc.... Sure, it does not look "good" but its probabl
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Question is, who is ready to pay the price?
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by jhrobert 16y ago
:) Matz eventually implemented my 2002 proposal. See http://virteal.com/RubyLanguage
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Editing one big file is easier than editing many small files. Hence, have a tool to break your "one big file" into small "section" files if needed but stick with one big file as long as your editor can stand the size. This is so "controvers
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by jhrobert 16y ago
So, coroutine are as fast as callbacks and easier to program with... so, why aren't available is all language? I understand that it is difficult to change JavaScript, yet, when you create a whole new framework, say, nodejs, why not providin
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by jhrobert 16y ago
I am french. At the time reading Byte was basically like having the Internet today, suddenly amazing things were "available". The magazine was not easy to find in France in the early 80's. I read all the back issues I could find. Nothing is
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Mine is not there, but how can assert that there are reasonable chances that it did not get cracked. I don't want to get paranoïd and I see no point in changing my password to minor services unless there is a really good chance that it got
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Docco is cool. Is there an online version of it, to give it a try?
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by jhrobert 16y ago
I know which side I stand.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
I use Node.js -- but I don't use any framework. I don't need one. When I need something, I dig, find something similar, read the code, and I re implement the thing, my style.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
Since 2005 JavaScript has become the underground Lingua Franca of Internet. And now the underground is reaching the surface, JavaScript isn't that slow anymore. At this point, I see no solution to escape it. I agree, unfortunately, you mus
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by jhrobert 16y ago
I guess there are use cases where this is a useful service. Some such use cases should be described to make thing easier to understand. I think that is it actually the URL that expires, not the password. Once you know the password, nothing
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by jhrobert 16y ago
I believe the current limit for slow-start are not adapted to the current Internet anymore. According to my own observations, the first 30Ko of my pages seem to be transfered faster then the next 30ko. It is not until much more is sent that
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by jhrobert 16y ago
The AppJets people were definitely on something. So it is nice to see that the idea survives. I personally go the nodejs way, the asynchronous way, but that's because I need raw metal level performance. The event based programming model of
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by jhrobert 16y ago
They basically extended the free account from 10 000 to 500 000 points a month. Enough to handle something like 20 points/events per minute
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by jhrobert 16y ago
in our increasingly technological society, jobs require better logic skills, that's a big change for humanity, social skills used to matter more.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
well... aren't they exercising their "free will"?
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by jhrobert 16y ago
OTOH, what is the "sense" of so called "working poors"? "slavery" comes to mind.
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by jhrobert 16y ago
give them a fish... and they can start thinking. One cannot think with an empty stomach

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