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541.
by mef 15y ago
Yup. This is also the case with Ruby, and is one of the challenges when trying to dive in to a large unfamiliar project. For example, when something in Rails doesn't behave correctly and you flip deep into a source file, it's not always eas
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by mef 15y ago
Supposing one law or another was passed giving the US govt the power to block offending domains, if push came to shove couldn't the US government ultimately block any domain anywhere via control over the .NET TLD of ROOT-SERVERS.NET and GTL
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Why Portland's Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed(theatlanticcities.com)
3 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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by mef 15y ago
Very cool demo. Add this to full screen mode and you've got the makings of a crazy OSX fake-out scam.
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Are you a "cognitive miser"?(scientificamerican.com)
1 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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WTF Wikipedia Visualized(neoformix.com)
2 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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by mef 15y ago
Yes, a typed language has a speed advantage over an untyped language, and if the argument is "which language executes faster", ActionScript will win. But this post declares that JavaScript is not a "worthy competitor" to ActionScript, compl
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Imgur.com blacked out from 8am to 8pm(imgur.com)
2 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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Functional Placeholder Images(cambelt.co)
2 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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Static Typing in Ruby [2009](cs.umd.edu)
1 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
551.
by mef 15y ago
Great demo of a new MacRuby API, not so great demo of cracking a wireless network.
552.
by mef 15y ago
I agree with this analysis that she was joking, but being at a disadvantage having recently become a convict, she's the one who would most benefit from exercising common sense.
553.
by mef 15y ago
Great post, and extra points for visualizations that work on the iPhone.
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by mef 15y ago
While the motion for reconsideration is probably motivated by her calls to engage the media about her conviction, her posting that she may "shank" her fellow inmates was a great way for her to ensure she get detained as soon as possible. h
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by mef 15y ago
So you're effectively reproducing the caret by appending text to the label. Why wouldn't Android just use a caret or some other indicator by default? It's small UI details like this that can mean the difference between a sexy interface and
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The Genesis Block(james.lab6.com)
1 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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by mef 15y ago
The author claims to have bootstrapped WatchMojo.com, but CrunchBase says they took Seed and Series A.
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China Becomes World's Top Patent Filer(reuters.com)
1 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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RIM Rejects Takeover Offer From Amazon(thestar.com)
2 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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Google Wallet Stores Cardholder Data in Plain Text(darkreading.com)
1 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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Apple Store Grand Central Station Opening(highsnobiety.com)
1 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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Verizon Blocks Google Wallet(online.wsj.com)
2 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
563.
by mef 15y ago
Description of the actual hardware laser scanner used http://marcansoft.com/blog/openlase/hardware-mark-1/
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Internet Era IPOs: Go or No-Go?(graphicsweb.wsj.com)
1 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
565.
by mef 15y ago
So HAML is bad because it is "purely an abstraction of syntax", but CoffeeScript is good because it adds things that are "extremely cumbersome to code by hand". I'd say the closing tags, quotes, attribute names, doctype declarations, etc th
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MD5 Collisions, Visualized(links.org)
2 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
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Three Dying Platforms: Flash, Silverlight, Win32(itjoblog.co.uk)
5 points by mef 15y ago|0 comments
568.
by mef 15y ago
what processes does the ASF use cross-project or cross-organizational which could not be replicated in a git environment?
569.
by mef 15y ago
An easier comparison for anyone who reacts negatively to this story: for years the mall closed circuit video system has recorded you walking around malls, going into stores, emerging with shopping bags. Mall management has always been able
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by mef 15y ago
what about Subversion goes "straight to the core" of the ASF that is not also true about git?

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