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by jrgnsd 14y ago
The same problem exists in PHP, where "", "0" and 0 are all treated as false if you don't check the type. Welcome to the trap of loose typing.
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
Your edit comment deserves an upvote...
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The Mythryl Programming Language: an implementation of SML with a C-like syntax(mythryl.org)
1 points by jrgnsd 15y ago|0 comments
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
Would you care to elaborate?
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
I think your point has merit, but as his sexual behaviour formed part of the plot, it was necessary.
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
No insider detail, but I also experienced downtime. Posted about it here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3674560
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
I'm looking for PHP/JavaScript/Any thing web related in Jo'burg, South Africa. Will work remote :-) I have a masters in Comp Sci and 5+ years experience. Contact me on jrgns.net
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
Didn't work on my Android phone either. I find it very interesting that a blog post written by a User Experience Designer on the new interface for a major web app doesn't work on mobile devices. Especially since Google also just launched Go
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Why Johnny Died (or, How I Finally realised why Global Variables are Bad)(jrgns.net)
1 points by jrgnsd 15y ago|0 comments
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
So at the end of the day, it's not a Groupon promotion that will draw you back, but the great service...
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
I'm on Ubuntu and Android, and it would be a definite plus if I can drop my photos into a folder from where ever, and they're shared on the net.
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
I can't comment on the $25k price tag, or if SmugMug is as open as you describe it to be, but I DO want a service where I can share photos online without losing my sense of control over them. I have a DropBox, and if there's a service that
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
Does this mean the world is about to be blown up by the Vogon's?
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by jrgnsd 15y ago
A fix for this can be to use a randomly generated pin or hash to act as a one time password. It will still be going over unencrypted email, but it will only be valid until the user confirms the account and chooses his own password.
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Service calling made easy: REST vs SOAP(geekandpoke.typepad.com)
2 points by jrgnsd 16y ago|0 comments
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by jrgnsd 16y ago
Has this been monetized online in some way, or are most leagues run using a spreadsheet with the money tucked under a mattress somewhere? In SA we have sites like superbru, but thats mostly free. What I'm thinking about is a site that manag
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by jrgnsd 16y ago
I like being part of the HN community, but I'd also like to be able to discuss HN-like topics with a South African flavour with South Africans. There's a few factors that makes coding and running startups in SA different: * Relatively low b
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by jrgnsd 16y ago
Looks aren't everything :) I don't use HN for it looks, but for the articles and discussions. Yes, the aesthetics contribute towards that, but at the end of the day, it's about the content. But yes, maybe it's overdone. UI was never one of
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Show HN: Hacker News like site for South Africa: ZA-Coders(zacoders.net)
12 points by jrgnsd 16y ago|11 comments
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
This might be true for some areas in Africa, but there are areas such as Gauteng which are quite densely populated, and already have extensive copper and in some places fibre networks. The only problem is that access to these networks are s
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Huge implications for Internet startups in South Africa(blog.compl33t.com)
26 points by jrgnsd 17y ago|12 comments
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
As some commentars said, choose the language/framework that suits the problem. That said, I have experienced and heard that the time made up by using Rails/Ruby, is much less than the time it takes to customize a Rails app to get it to do w
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
The South African Revenue Services implemented e-filing two years ago, with great success. Most income tax payers can file online in minutes, using information gathered from employers. IIRC, the number of tax Rands gathered rised significan
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
In South Africa we have 11, yes, eleven, official languages, with English being one of them. It's easy for most people who's mother tongue is not English to learn it, as it's everywhere - government, media, advertisements, entertainment, yo
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
Dude, no. It's exactly this type of humor that makes my wife laugh at me, and not with me. I LOVE it!
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
It sometimes happen, not often, that my brain needs spurts of speed from my hands, and it's then that I notice that particularly my left hand holds me back. I've taken DVORAK under consideration as it's partly designed to detangle the left
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Ask HN: How viable is it for a programmer to switch to a DVORAK keyboard layout?
19 points by jrgnsd 17y ago|51 comments
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
I can only add that yes, it's a good idea to get the .com as well. If you look at Slashdot, they didn't even bother with the .net (or they're struggling to get it), but they did register .org and .com
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
I'm definitely on the PHP guys with this. A big criticism against PHP is that it's inconsistent in numerous ways. This bugfix is obviously part of an effort to standardize function behaviour. Go PHP!
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by jrgnsd 17y ago
I can't stop trying to dev my own PHP framework. I must say that this one is the best by far: http://backend-php.net I love the community of Hacker News, and I'd like to create something similar but for a South African community: http:/

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