wernsey

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   by wernsey 9y ago

   I created a regular expression many years ago. I did it mostly for my own enrichment, but I've made some time recently to write an essay on how it works.
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   Show HN: Wregex – How Regular Expression Engines Work(wstoop.co.za)

   19 points by wernsey 9y ago|9 comments
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   by wernsey 9y ago

   We already have a tool for translating the specifications into computer language: a compiler.
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   by wernsey 9y ago

   Not to mention that it is the Swedes that want to talk to him. The US hasn't called for his extradition.
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   by wernsey 9y ago

   Me too. I interpreted it as a smile, but just assumed it was some meme I didn't know about (and couldn't be bothered to look up). At least I never replied to anyone with an explicit J, as in "Thank you J"
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   by wernsey 9y ago

   I recently realised that my articles in Pocket and the number of tabs in my browser was piling up. This was a big cause of anxiety for me. In the end I worked around the issue by just saving the links in Evernote, arranged by topic. I now h
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   by wernsey 9y ago

   Thanks. Interesting point. I found that I started a lot of hobby project, but haven't been finishing any of them lately. The one thing they have in common was that I told people about them. The ones I did finish were the ones that I di
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   by wernsey 9y ago

   If it is about the money for Google, can't they at least put a warning over the ad that says "Are you really sure you want to download [Some Malware]?" if you hover/click on the ad. Nevermind, the right thing to do would
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   by wernsey 9y ago

   Thanks for the link. I wondered what happened to that policy
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    by wernsey 9y ago

    Yes, I'm also very fond of Paint.Net, so it irks me to see this kind of article
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    by wernsey 9y ago

    I wouldn't be surprised if there is already an investigation underway.
12. 162.▲
    by wernsey 9y ago

    Probably more lawsuits. Redistribution of stolen goods and so on. I won't speculate on what the outcome of such a lawsuit might be, though.
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    by wernsey 9y ago

    I don't keep a journal per se, but I use Evernote to write down ideas and save links to interesting articles and websites. I do this for two reasons: - These notes may come in useful in my hobby projects, or at work. I have also been a
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    by wernsey 9y ago

    Wonderful read. These types of articles always puts the amount of computing power I spend to watch videos of a cat jumping into a box and falling over into perspective.
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    by wernsey 10y ago

    I'm on Windows 7. The company I work for uses Win7, and I don't see it changing anytime soon. Several of my colleagues uses some flavours of Linux, and have been encouraging me to switch too. There are a couple of reasons why I ha
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    by wernsey 10y ago

    I would recommend seeking out professional help for this kind of depression. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a keyword you can search for. If you make mistakes or aren't good at something, there are three things to bear in mind: 1. Oth
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    by wernsey 10y ago

    - http://thedailywtf.com/ - HN - Feedly for news feeds
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    by wernsey 10y ago

    Thanks EFF. I hope this case exposes Ayyadurai for the fraud he is.
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    by wernsey 10y ago

    Scrum seems perfect if you approximate your developers as frictionless balls in a vacuum, but in the teams I've been in there are several problems I think that Scrum actually decreased productivity. The developers build in lots of &quo
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    by wernsey 10y ago

    I think Awk is really underappreciated these days. It is available everywhere so no need to install or configure it, and the language is so compact you can keep most in your head and not need to . Even though it is marketed as a language fo