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by timclark 16y ago
I prefer that the content rendering system should be completely seperate from the content editing system - very few systems do that though. In my experience the rendering system and editing system probably have very different performance an
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by timclark 16y ago
Nobody gives a damn but then he provides us with 4 debatable reasons why he personally chose a technology. Sure looks like he gives a damn to me.
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by timclark 16y ago
One of my friends used to work for Nokia in Espoo and he has always stated that quite a lot of the managers he had worked with would have been quite happy to still be working for a paper company.
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by timclark 16y ago
Hooray! If all the advertising / marketing types can move to Facebook I can successfully ignore them just like I used to successfully ignore AOL keywords.
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by timclark 16y ago
Lift templates may predate Clojure and Enlive but the designer friendly variation are a recent development. The designer friendly templates from still appear to need some markup added to the HTML - the lift:surround and other tags. Enlive w
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by timclark 16y ago
You can make things better if you are prepared to make the effort, the politics can sometimes be harder than the technical work. It might be worth seeking out a copy of Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C Feathers.
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by timclark 16y ago
It isn't Zed complaining, the 1.0 instructions used pip and suggested using virtualenv etc. It would seem he is just reacting to what his customers are telling him - namely that it is difficult getting python to work on their systems and th
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by timclark 16y ago
It is harder to fire someone in Europe than in the US. However, in the UK severance pay is tax free but the legal minimum that is required by your employer is quite low, some employment contracts may specify better redundancy terms but empl
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by timclark 16y ago
Some people, like me for example, find it easier to edit the text files than to muck about with a mouse in a graphical editor, selecting or failing to select the note, selecting the note duration from a pallet or menu, seems to take forever
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by timclark 16y ago
If you are looking at mocking in .Net, make sure that the framework you select can easily mock properties and delegates as well as simple method calls. I don't believe they all do!
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by timclark 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(data_language_specification) Chris Date is worth reading for his ideas on what a good language for relational algebra should be like and why SQL isn't that language.
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by timclark 16y ago
When Ruby was the same age as Clojure I don't think it was as easy as using RubyGems - the first time I became aware of RubyGems was when this new fangled Rails thing started!
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Celebrating 70 years of Alan Kay(vpri.org)
53 points by timclark 16y ago|9 comments
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by timclark 16y ago
Sorry we aren't in Berlin - but LShift are looking for developers in London. http://www.lshift.net/recruitment.html Interesting work done by interesting people.
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by timclark 16y ago
Lilypond has a working syntax but it could sure do with some simplification and consistency. I use Lilypond, I use Latex, I know Lisp, but I find the Lilypond syntax can be mighty confusing.
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Springsource acquires rabbitmq(springsource.com)
24 points by timclark 17y ago|2 comments
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by timclark 17y ago
The true scandal was the championing of the original story by the UK and worldwide media. If it had been reported responsibly and not sensationalised hardly anyone would have heard about the supposed link between vaccines and autism - read
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by timclark 18y ago
This is my standard source: http://www.lorem-ipsum.info/generator3 I use this usually with English, Greek, Russian, Arabic and Chinese text. This makes me fix up most character encoding issues at the earliest possible opportunity in a pro
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by timclark 18y ago
My wife buys 90% of her clothing online from shops in Europe and the USA. The key to making the experience work for her is that she only uses shops with sensible returns policies.
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by timclark 18y ago
Coke is almost 100% a branding company. The sugary water distribution and manufacture is franchised in most territories.