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weavie
11y ago
Isn't this actually " Vim scripting in Python "?
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An Online Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training Course Starting 17th May
(modernstoicism.com)
40 points
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weavie
11y ago
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21 comments
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11y ago
It depends on the book. I just bought Peter Norvigs Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence and although it is available for Kindle I chose the print version. The book is a monster! Too big to fit in my bag so I can't take it on my commut
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weavie
11y ago
I guess the appeal here is that they pick up the no longer used stuff. You accumulate a lot of that as your kid grows up.
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weavie
11y ago
> You have reached the limit of 5 free articles a month No Apple Watch needed..
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weavie
11y ago
Reading good code is easier than writing good code. Reading bad code is harder than writing bad code.
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weavie
11y ago
Out of interest what measures are there in OSM to prevent people 'pranking' the system and entering duff data?
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weavie
11y ago
Couldn't you switch off your phone? Problem solved.
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11y ago
Interesting. I tried it and didn't notice any improvement over any other music. How much do you think is caused by the actual music and how much do you think is because you have invested some money into improving your focus and so your
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weavie
11y ago
As an enthusiastic wearer of Crocs I have to interject to point out that there are many different aspects to quality - being robust is just one of them. Being able to easily recruit experts, ease of use, availability and quality of tools in
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weavie
11y ago
Most REPLs will only accept connections from localhost by default (a sensible idea). In this case you just need to setup an ssh tunnel to the machine and connect through that.
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weavie
11y ago
Clojure has a threading macro built in ( http://clojuredocs.org/clojure.core/-%3E ) which lets you write code like : user=> (-> "a b c d" .toUpperCase (.replace "
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11y ago
Even better you can attach the repl to a remote instance. I had a problem a little while ago that could only be reproduced on the server. I could connect to the repl over ssh and evaluate and modify code directly. Compare that to a similar
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weavie
11y ago
I'm 41. Started learning Lisp at 40. Never been more excited about programming!
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11y ago
I imagine any career path you specialize in can be considered a trap. The more time you invest in, the more it feels like you have to stick with that path so that time doesn't get wasted. My friend who was a plumber recognized this. He
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weavie
11y ago
Inspirational, but he is also obviously exceptional. Not everyone has 16 books under their belt.
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weavie
12y ago
Perhaps not everyone uses JQuery.
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weavie
12y ago
It is still linked to from their home page.
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Spacemacs – Emacs advanced kit focused on Evil
(github.com)
227 points
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weavie
12y ago
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102 comments
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12y ago
This is why I never shut down my laptop just before going home.
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weavie
12y ago
https://github.com/TelescopeJS/Telescope
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weavie
12y ago
https://growthhackers.com/ http://www.bootstrappers.io/ Are a couple of more business oriented ones that seem to be doing fairly well.
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12y ago
I think it is running on Telescope ( http://www.telescopeapp.org/ ) which is a Meteor app. As far as I know this makes it pretty much impossible to run without JS.
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Lisp Space – A Space for Parentheses
(lisp.space)
82 points
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weavie
12y ago
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52 comments
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12y ago
Its interesting how now I am investing in my childs future by NOT buying her a computer so that she learns to develop other skills before being sucked in to the vortex.
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weavie
12y ago
How so? You can still click the Get My Server button when the error message shows up at the top.
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12y ago
Batteries may appear quite humble, but they are at the core of just about every technological advancement we have at the minute. Cars, laptops, phones, wearable devices.. they all depend on batteries. At the minute battery life is a real bo
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12y ago
You aren't limited to Javascript, any compile to JS language can surely be used.
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Should parents ever worry about minecraft?
(bbc.co.uk)
1 points
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12y ago
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2 comments
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12y ago
Agree. Am currently going through the Khan academy linear algebra course. I find it excellent. I am finding the best approach is to watch the video at 2x speed, take notes at the same time and then catch up with a book a little later on.
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