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by steamboiler 16y ago
I think it is an usage specific to the UK. Use of a plural verb after a singular noun denoting a group of persons (known as a noun of multitude) is commoner in the U.K. than in the U.S. Fowler wrote: "The Cabinet is divided is
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by steamboiler 16y ago
I find candid postmortems indicative of a dependable service. Good work Github.
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Fallout’s Forgotten Revolution(hellmode.com)
68 points by steamboiler 16y ago|45 comments
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Finding the Missing Memristor - R. Stanley Williams (youtube.com)
2 points by steamboiler 16y ago|0 comments
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by steamboiler 16y ago
[off topic, but related to the broader Python world] I know some of the Django core developers hang out here. I wish one of them would undertake a similar exercise for Django. I tried to help out Django in some teeny tiny ways but soon gave
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by steamboiler 17y ago
"On top of that, it’s actually not that hard to understand, and once you do, a whole new world will open up." While I agree with the author I must point out that it will take some effort for average users to understand what goes on behind t
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by steamboiler 17y ago
"While it clearly isn't considered offensive in the US, it's still a pretty rude gesture" There are a bunch of other gestures that meet the same criterion. I am Indian, so I'll list some I'm familiar with: 1. Not addressing your teacher/pro
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by steamboiler 17y ago
Why would a great interpreter translate something pedestrian to something prosaic ? (factual; dull; unimaginative http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prosaic )
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by steamboiler 17y ago
This article (linked to from good.is) is better: http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2002/05/06/inn_enter/...
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by steamboiler 17y ago
Is there an equivalent of the Firefox 'Permit Cookies' plugin for Chrome?
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by steamboiler 17y ago
Thanks. Checking it out presently.
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by steamboiler 17y ago
I recently got introduced to Erlang and have a question. How do you unit test your code? I recall reading that the CouchDB author was obliged to use JavaScript for automating his unit tests. What was your experience?
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by steamboiler 17y ago
+1 on the musical instrument/practice part. Music practice/recital also serves to prepare you for a long day ahead or de-stress you at the end of one.
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Uncle Bob defends his "No TDD == Stone Age Programmer" comment(blog.objectmentor.com)
2 points by steamboiler 17y ago|0 comments
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by steamboiler 17y ago
Cache is not working for me :(
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by steamboiler 17y ago
I was amused to see this comment on HN, a site run by Paul Graham.
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by steamboiler 17y ago
Unfair comparison. I never said it was easy to clone Mint or tried to trivialize Mint's achievements. On the contrary I emphasized the word "relatively". My argument was that Yodlee is the senior partner in the Mint-Yodlee collaboration. I
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by steamboiler 17y ago
From a comment posted on the blog: "You may not realize how fragile Mint was. All the hard part was being done by Yodlee.com; Mint simply built a thin layer over Yodlee, and collected affiliate fees. Mint was not built for the long haul, it
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by steamboiler 17y ago
I like to add automated tests for any application I write. These are mostly to prevent regression and to maintain sanity. Python makes this easy (as do the popular Python web frameworks such as Django). Do correct me if I am wrong, but I do
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by steamboiler 17y ago
That is an apt way to describe corporate programming. A friend suggested that it is more like "a slave talking about his new shovel" but let us be diplomatic here ;)
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Fast data transfer using homing pigeons(dailymail.co.uk)
2 points by steamboiler 17y ago|2 comments
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by steamboiler 17y ago
Summary of interesting bits: transmitting power is (relatively) easy; so is mooring the turbine (prior experience with oil drilling). Access to the turbine for maintenance is not straightforward even in fair weather. Traditional tall turbin
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Overview of interesting problems facing offshore wind turbines(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by steamboiler 17y ago|1 comments
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by steamboiler 17y ago
"We are now using SqlAlchemy via schema reflection; no declarative layer ." (emphasis mine) What next? Will web development come full circle to using raw SQL queries like Phil Greenspun suggested years ago? (Not that there is anything wron
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by steamboiler 17y ago
Does choice of hosting provider figure in selection of startups? Will one startup get preference over another otherwise equal startup if the former is (not) using a particular hosting provider/mail/registrar?
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by steamboiler 17y ago
And the world takes the first step towards a working Tricorder.
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SlideShare: Lessons learned from an April Fool’s prank(blog.slideshare.net)
1 points by steamboiler 18y ago|0 comments
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37signals' follow up on "Get Satisfaction, Or Else..."(37signals.com)
112 points by steamboiler 18y ago|140 comments
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by steamboiler 18y ago
Is it just me or has this bug been addressed after the parent comment was posted? The page (as I see it) does not require horizontal scrolling any longer.
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by steamboiler 18y ago
I wonder if this has any connection to the huge popularity of the "grass-mud horse" online, particularly on youtube? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/world/asia/12beast.html?em

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