lclarkmichalek

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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Pretty sure forking a process every line is not the most efficient way to do this :) But nether the less, very cool
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
I've taken to using LGPL for libraries, and GPL for applications. LGPL takes the stuff I like about BSD (everyone can use, including non GPL compatible stuff), and adds some more stuff I want (viral nature). For instance, I've been working
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Take a look at dwarf fortress and the map generator it contains.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
The last point is definitely the most important, and applies to any language
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Well the main difference between used physical goods and used games is that there is loss of quality between buying a used game and buying a new game, meaning that a game could be sold and traded in many times before being undesirable, whic
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
While delta is technically wrong, it is correct in that dx represents delta x, where delta x tends to 0.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Pick a random article about a data centre, and see what it is about. Presuming nothing awful has happened at that data centre, it's almost certainly about some way the company has found to save money, and that usually means doing something
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
If no one in the context of the discussion finds it offensive, I would say it is fine to say it. If the original meaning of a word has become archaic, then I cannot see a rational reason why one cannot say it. If someone becomes offended by
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Well IIRC, he's employed by Microsoft Research, which is not really the same as Microsoft proper. And they have used some concepts that are core to Haskell, such as LINQ being a monad, and F# is definitely related (though I don't know if th
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Please, ignore people's age, it makes people in high school much happier. From someone in highschool (or the UK equivalent), the age anonymity of the internet is one of it's greatest strengths. I think he'll still have to learn a fair few t
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Well @ is taken by decorator syntax. I like the python way however (probably due to using python a lot). Special methods are special so it does make sense that they look different, and python all ready the convention that underscores in fro
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Funny, none of those reasons are why I now avoid go. For me what killed it was: - Forcing one brace style - Forcing naming conventions to a certain extent - To use the Go tool you are required to have your directories set up in a specific
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
It is hackerish to the extent it demonstrates a knowledge of python's internals, however maybe it would better be described as being written by a former assembly programmer. Also, you might be interested in the fact that Paul Graham argues
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
A true hackerish version perhaps: bc = [124, 0, 0, 114, 37, 0, 116, 0, 0, 124, 0, 0, 106, 2, 0, 100, 1, 0, 131, 1, 0, 124, 1, 0, 106, 1, 0, 124, 0, 0, 131, 1, 0, 131, 2, 0, 83, 124, 1, 0, 83] fact = type(lambda
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
#Python hacker <function omitted> sys.stdout.write(str(fact(6)) + '\n') The call to str is unneeded. For consistency, it should be sys.stdout.write(fact(6).__str__() + "\n") And if that example want's to b
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Tell that to STM. Sure most new programming languages are amalgamations of existing concepts, but new stuff does turn up from time to time.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
"A pretty tiny fraction of them are any good"? I really don't agree. Most every idea is pretty good, at least in a couple of circumstances. Most every idea also has very serious flaws. But that does not mean the idea is worthless. I guess t
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
I imagine he had some help with that. And a lot of what he's been talking about recently is about tools for keeping code quality high; he obviously places a premium on good code over working code.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
I don't know how many people know of this registrar, but nearlyfreespeech.net is one I really do trust. Stuff like monthly donations to the EFF and detailed technical explanations of patched security flaws give them credability in my eyes.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Well the aim of this project seems to be to avoid the start up time of the JVM so clojure can be used for scripting.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
I've never had a good experience with #archlinux, and the forums are generally quite slow. I do recommend the arch-general mailing list however.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Personally I use the zsh completion for pacman over pacman -S as it is much faster
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Which is precisely why I chose saasy for my web app, being based in the uk. Same goes for tropo vs twillio, until twillio lainched uk sms yesterday.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
A lot of languages have constructs that allow changing an attribute into a method call transparently (@property in python and D)
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Did Mocality contact Google about the issue before going public about it? I can't find any mention of dialog in the CEO's statement.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Eugh, I'll rise to the bait. I can switch between games and editor on linux via keyboard shortcut; Ctrl-Alt-7, Ctrl-Alt-8. Run games in a seperate X session and everything becomes much easier.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Pylint is also worth a mention, though its output is rather verbose.
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
PyPy?
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
A Mathematician's Apology is a good read on why the most abstract of subjects is worthy of study. It is a justification of pure mathematics, without resorting to applied mathematics. Though not directly related to computing, it has some lov
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by lclarkmichalek 15y ago
Does this mean Werkzeug (and thus flask) will be ported in the foreseeable future?

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