rjblackman

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by rjblackman 9y ago
unfortunately, it's not really the same as with proper message passing/late binding like in smalltalk.
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by rjblackman 9y ago
I'd extend that by saying it teaches you what OO was meant to be.. It also shows you a lot of what is missing in modern environments. Imagine being able to run code and create any objects via a kind of command line and while any progra
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by rjblackman 9y ago
for sure it could be done, however it is more complex and resource intensive. probably not good for laptops etc.
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by rjblackman 9y ago
you can certainly redirect api calls into native windows dlls. there are also debugging utilities to see where your applications are failing. how low level are the utilities you are using?
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by rjblackman 9y ago
I am like your wife, a chronic procrastinator. It is almost like my mind gets stuck in a local minima that is hard to get out of. Tasks just seem harder than they are (before I start). Some things that help me: exercise, meditation, minimal
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by rjblackman 9y ago
how hard would it be to translate the movements to midi? I'm guessing there would be some way to capture the signals the prosthesis and characterise the mapping from movement to midi.
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by rjblackman 9y ago
compilers can be used to make machine instructions for a none host CPU. he just missed out the runtime part for a jit.
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by rjblackman 9y ago
this is largely my experience, usually I leave because I hear of others at my "level" that are earning more and I start to believe that the company I am at has fallen behind, then I ask for a raise, they don't give it to me a
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by rjblackman 9y ago
I am quite surprised no one has used an exploit for rompager yet and used to it take down most of the internet.
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by rjblackman 9y ago
If anything newer android versions seem to get faster and use less battery on my nexus 4. I'm trying to avoid resource hungry apps like spotify, google play and Facebook though so ymmv.
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by rjblackman 9y ago
it is also likely at the end of the training the employee is more valuable to the company than to the competitors (since they know the culture and technology), so in order to keep them from moving to a competitor they should pay more than a
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by rjblackman 10y ago
Unfortunately you have to download a nuget package to get the tuple syntax to work..
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by rjblackman 10y ago
It works very well, it's partly about microsoft ditching a lot of dependency on windows and giving open source developers what they have had for a while with ruby/python/java (think gem packages, ability to run build tasks et
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by rjblackman 10y ago
there is already a project for replacing the pebble store
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by rjblackman 10y ago
read clean code https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsma... and clean coder https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0137081073/metafilte... If you follow the (admitte
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by rjblackman 10y ago
if you still have it. If you can crack it open, you can fix it by removing the zebra connector and spraying with a little contact cleaner on the contacts that connect to the zebra. had no problems since.
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by rjblackman 10y ago
I'm surprised we haven't seen anything exploiting rompager yet. This is a very widely used web server in home routers https://www.shodan.io/search?query=rompager http://www.pcworld.com/article&#x2F
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by rjblackman 10y ago
the season gets better, I think the first one was the worst I have seen so far.
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by rjblackman 10y ago
I have found the same as you. Also try cutting caffiene for a month and see how deeply you sleep. I might try this again soon, but I am and addict! Edit: I will add that I have found vitamin B6, zinc and melatonin to have significant effect
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by rjblackman 10y ago
what did you end up going with and why?
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by rjblackman 10y ago
yes it's smalltalk, i believe it was a fork of squeak??
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by rjblackman 11y ago
well the USSR under Gorbachev were considering moving to it (the nordic model) so I guess that gives some creedence to it's "left-ness"
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by rjblackman 11y ago
you are mixing up communism and socialism. socialism and capitalism are not mutually exclusive. the scandinavian systems are called "nordic socialism" for a reason.
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by rjblackman 12y ago
incorrect, the visual studio solution file has build configuration details that msbuild will not honour (e.g. you can specify certain build order parameters), as I found out recently with a project I took over. (I was wondering why building
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by rjblackman 12y ago
performance? https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/ I am wondering how asp.net on linux will stack up! should be interesting.
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by rjblackman 12y ago
perhaps these two projects would interest you? https://linqjs.codeplex.com/ http://underscorejs.org/
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by rjblackman 12y ago
further to this "bitemyapp" has a very good starting point for haskell newcomers https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell
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by rjblackman 12y ago
people working on computers in the 80s were not hipsters.
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by rjblackman 12y ago
someone here recommended spacemacs https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs . I get far less friction setting up emacs extensions than vim ones.
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by rjblackman 12y ago
i did. they never taught it at the computing history unit I took in University though.... hmmm

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