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by limmeau 18y ago
And while we're at confusion and beginners: at least them = things[:] looks different from them = (list) things; which in C-like languages usually does not make a copy of things. Using slices may avoid fallacies like "I know that int(x) is
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by limmeau 18y ago
This looks like it would make a nice front-end for CouchDB shareable apps. http://jchris.mfdz.com/posts/129
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by limmeau 18y ago
TCP checksums are fairly simple; a TCP stack basically just sums up the 16-bit words in a packet and stores the result in the checksum field; this will not detect 16-bit words being swapped around. My guess is that the load balancer tried t
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by limmeau 18y ago
Arduino has a nice simplified C language and a friendly and simple IDE. I recommend skipping the Basic Stamp. Other than that, bare-metal programming on microcontrollers has the advantage that the boy can get a mental picture of the entire
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by limmeau 18y ago
Haskell as a first language... I've seen it work, but the learner was a physicist working on his PhD. "Finally a language that makes sense", he said. For a 13-year-old who has probably not been exposed to much mathematical rigor at school,
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by limmeau 18y ago
When I was at your brother's age (roughly), I started with dBase III+ and QuickBasic because that's what was installed on the discarded IBM PC/XT my father took home from work. What kept me motivated was that interactive programs were just
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by limmeau 18y ago
In that case, the device could output not an advertisement but a 45-second uninterruptible lecture about what too much car traffic does to the city. (but who would voluntarily install that...)
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by limmeau 18y ago
Of course, the phone should also dial 911 (or 112 if you're in most parts of Europe). I like the idea of a decision tree. Big readable decision screens: "Does the person answer when spoken to? [YES NO]" etc.
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by limmeau 18y ago
A database of MAC addresses of stolen equipment. Participants install a client which listens for the MAC addresses of all computers in the local network, alerting the participant that the new possessor of a stolen MacBook Pro 15", 2006 edit
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by limmeau 18y ago
A first-aid application for e.g. iPhone which shouts at me what to do when finding an unconscious person. With clear voice and pictures that I can even understand if my head's in "omg omg he's dying what to do what to do" mode. (Perhaps suc