jmcomets

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by jmcomets 10y ago
> The fact that this article went viral TWICE (while none of my other articles even got to 5000 views) illustrates how many people experience the same frustrations. I disagree. Many people simply view an article to understand the author&
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by jmcomets 10y ago
As another comment points out, C++ is already full of non-OO components (take a look at the STL's <algorithm> interface for example). Moreover, the current path of the standards committee is clearly moving away from the gool-ol&#
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by jmcomets 10y ago
Probably for simplicity of use, as always. Although it isn't that simpler than building your own blog, at least for a tech aficionado. Wordpress if you don't know web development, one of the hundreds of blog engines otherwise. I
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by jmcomets 10y ago
I don't see why it should, symbiosis is a widely spread phenomenon. We've already done it with domestic animals for example (cats against mice/rats).
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by jmcomets 10y ago
I don't really agree on Go, however it is true that some programming languages scare away beginners. I wouldn't say that it filters out incompetence completely though. I remember when I was writing Prolog for a school project and
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by jmcomets 10y ago
Similarly, I'd love a more generic version of this (kind of like Vim's quickfix and `errorformat`). Typing `make` or `cargo build` and jumping directly to any errors would be extremely fast. :)
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by jmcomets 10y ago
Could you elaborate on the Sync feature? I was under the impression that Sync now uses Firefox accounts and can't see how it would affect privacy.
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by jmcomets 10y ago
I'm not surprised, JavaScript is compression-friendly. Usually minification brings the file size down by about a x3 ratio, and gzipping does the same. What always impresses me with jQuery is the amount of features they're able to
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by jmcomets 10y ago
As usual on HN: "Hacker News law of Betteridge's law of headlines: If the headline is applicable Betteridge's Law will always be mentioned. " [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4842803
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by jmcomets 11y ago
I don't see how that's different from Grunt, which is also driven by code.
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by jmcomets 11y ago
When the event driven programming / promise hype started, I was like `Maybe $ exists thisConcept`
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by jmcomets 11y ago
A small shortcut in this article that I can't help to point out: > The Volkswagen scandal over emissions-rigging has increased pressure on the French government to act on car pollution. The current mayor of Paris has been taking act
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by jmcomets 11y ago
A bit unrelated, but I really don't get the idea of "distraction free" editing for documentation. When I write documentation, it's always side-by-side with existing specs, a codebase or a demo. I never really feel the ne
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by jmcomets 11y ago
A lot of companies have code names for their products, the obvious reason being easy/fast day-to-day communication. IMO this loses its effectiveness when you have a large panel of products, and each one is provided by at least one othe
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by jmcomets 11y ago
First thing I tried was a fork-bomb. Funny how the browser didn't crash but the simulator isn't responding. I feel evil. :D
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by jmcomets 11y ago
Yes it can with the built-in omni completion (Ctrl-X Ctrl-O keybinding), I invite you to read the 'compl-omni' section in the Vim help.
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by jmcomets 11y ago
Use \v after the first slash to turn on extended regexes. ;)
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by jmcomets 11y ago
Vim has basic word completion in insert mode with Ctrl-N/Ctrl-P. Extended completion is available with the Ctrl-X commands, including completion by syntax, line, filepath and a few others I don't frequently use. I agree with the s
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by jmcomets 12y ago
I agree. There is too much hype going on with JavaScript. There are a few great features in JavaScript (seamless closures, asynchronism, etc). However, JavaScript has a few flaws as of today, and even though it's one of the most widely
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by jmcomets 12y ago
Not expressing your freedom of speech in fear of being murdered is definitely what these terrorists want (note the term "terror"-ists).