johnmw

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by johnmw 14y ago
I'm not sure if this is what you want, but you can turn live evaluation off with Ctrl/Cmd-l and then evaluate the individual line you are interested in with Shift-Enter.
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by johnmw 14y ago
They said the old Digg has very high operating costs. That may have been a factor in the rush to release the new site.
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by johnmw 14y ago
Don't you think 'utterly unacceptable' is a just little harsh, remembering that technology, fashion, and language are not fixed things and are always changing. I think it is quite acceptable that mobile phones have replaced wrist watches.
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by johnmw 15y ago
Does anyone know of a tool that can take a API type schema and can actually generate the API for you? I'm talking about a simple CRUD type APIs for quick development. Ideally it would have user sign up and simple field validation baked in.
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by johnmw 16y ago
So what is it to 'protect ones brand'? I would suggest that one of the most important ways to protect your brand is not to be evil. I believe Microsoft failed at this (it is why I switched away from using their products). Apple is now curre
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by johnmw 16y ago
>And LISP, as it turns out, isn’t a programming language. LISP is a way of mind. I wish could find a good post that doesn't just say this, it really makes me get it . Any suggestions? Edit: Thanks unoti - http://news.ycombinator.com/i
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by johnmw 16y ago
My uncle lived to 106 and until he was about 102 he had more energy than me. Apart from his good genes (alas, he was an uncle in law), I think his two main secrets were: 1. He loved life. Really loved it. He kept active, doing the things he
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by johnmw 17y ago
Snow Leopard works like a charm on my netbook with similar specs. Maybe I'll buy one when I can duel boot ;)
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by johnmw 17y ago
Have you considered working in a pet store?
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by johnmw 17y ago
I am curious if someone could explain how a project in Go would compare to a project in Python or Ruby + a fancy array of custom C modules? This implies that it is possible to implement the nicer features of Go (for example concurrency supp
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Lively Kernel - an IDE and execution environment on a web page.(research.sun.com)
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by johnmw 17y ago
This is probably getting a tad too complicated but having a number of different 'upvote' icons (ala Slashdot) would be interesting. You could upvote someone for being funny, informative, insightful, and so on. If someone has a high karma fo