jpr

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   by jpr 16y ago

   Is it just me or are 99% of tech "news" and "innovation" just reinvention of stuff already found in UNIX, Lisp etc. decades ago?
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   by jpr 16y ago

   Or if we had a proper browser that still had that possibility... Oh wait, we do have those, but I don't if they are allowed on the iDevices.
3. 153.▲
   by jpr 16y ago

   It didn't.
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   by jpr 16y ago

   Or perhaps it's people who mistake obfuscation for elegance and brevity.
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   by jpr 16y ago

   Probably the way youtube videos are interactive, you click to close the ads.
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   by jpr 16y ago

   > http://pastebin.com/s2usuqDq I'm going to save this for the next time someone asks why there aren't more females in CS/programming. I just tell them that this kind of code is held in high esteem, instead of being ridiculed for the s
7. 157.▲
   by jpr 16y ago

   Fuck everything, we're doing a Wordpress theme!
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   by jpr 16y ago

   1. Annoying things are harmful in the long run when you can't fix them. 2. There is really no need for constructive criticism when someone does something that is very clearly wrong. 3. Titles aren't content, duh.
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   by jpr 16y ago

   Relevant: Non-Apple’s Mistake http://www.loper-os.org/?p=132
10. 160.▲
    by jpr 16y ago

    I had to double check to make sure it wasn't me who made that comment.
11. 161.▲
    by jpr 16y ago

    How many languages have a REPL that gracefully handles class/type redefinition at runtime? Even some dynamic languages (Python, I'm looking at you) fail at this.
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    Finland – Freezing Cold, But So Hot Right Now(techcrunch.com)

    2 points by jpr 16y ago|0 comments
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    by jpr 16y ago

    If it's not accessible via browser, it doesn't exist to most people.
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    by jpr 16y ago

    Yay for business models based on artificial scarcity!
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    by jpr 16y ago

    What horrible website those W3Fools have.
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    by jpr 16y ago

    I pretty much decided from the title alone that I will begin to use double space just to piss the author off. After reading the article I'm sure that I made the right decision.
17. 167.▲
    by jpr 16y ago

    For which architechture?
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    by jpr 16y ago

    You forgot the class foo { ... } And that it has to be in a name called foo.java. And that you have to compile it and run it with java foo instead of simply ./foo And that startup time of JVM is orders of magnitu
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    A Case Study in Enterprise Soul Smashing(blog.havenisms.com)

    3 points by jpr 16y ago|0 comments
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    by jpr 16y ago

    There's no implicit conversion, truthiness in Python is just defined to make sense: http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#truth-value-tes... Contrast this to something like Java where all code is littered with shit like foo != null
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    by jpr 16y ago

    I liked you better when you were still underground.
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    by jpr 16y ago

    This was never the way I planned Not my intention I got so brave, pedal on the floor Lost my discretion It's not what, I'm used to Just wanna try this bimmer I'm curious how you Caught me speedin'
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    by jpr 16y ago

    1) Build and publish my first real app 2) Cut the beer consumption 3) Lose weight (already lost about 10 pounds in about a month due to beginning #2 early) 4) Begin regular exercise (I already started semi-regular walking but then weather s
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    by jpr 16y ago

    By waiting, do you mean wait for the release, or wait because the software is busy doing something?
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    by jpr 16y ago

    One would assume that most people of working age would speak at least English, which should be enough to get started in many countries.
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    by jpr 16y ago

    I can just hope that the people in the front seats realize that you are effectively risking their lives by your stupidity before it's too late.
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    by jpr 16y ago

    I have often wondered about the difference in accident rates between professional and other drivers, anyone know if there are any studies done on this?
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    by jpr 16y ago

    In cities with good public transport, many otherwise-would-be-cars are buses. Here in Helsinki many school children use public transportation, and none of the buses, trams, trains or subway cars have seatbelts, and as far as I know, nobody
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    by jpr 16y ago

    There is no reason to believe that the work done per time unit remains the same when the length of work day varies.
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    by jpr 16y ago

    While you may not begin to like something disgusting just by cutting back the time spent on doing it, you may begin to like something you already liked more if you reduce your workload.