I've tweaked my Emacs configuration default to github-flavoured markdown syntax for .md files. GFM is remarkably common these days.
miniblog.
Lies, damned lies, and floating point arithmetic.
I'm amused/delighted/intrigued by 'the Zen of Pharo'. Very Pythonesque. http://t.co/tza6P50lXi
OH: If premature optimisation is bad, and we should measure first, why not use bubble sort?
It's very rare for HTML/CSS rendering to not be break old sites, but it's interesting that JS changes more aggressively. Eg parseInt("010")
Working with Large ML Code Bases https://ahamsandwich.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/working-with-large-ml-code-bases/ Interesting discussion of the relationship of IDEs and community maturity.
Pharo's online API docs are pretty darn good, though still no substitute for the live environment: http://t.co/zM70FUhL8u
Awesome Emacs package of the day: togetherly https://github.com/zk-phi/togetherly -- lets multiple users edit a buffer together!
Today's I-wish-I'd-known-earlier of Emacs: map-query-replace-regexp. http://t.co/6smi9e8uln
Why the blub paradox makes it impossible to measure programming language usability: http://t.co/TI6fp1O2SE
$9 Linux PC with 512MiB RAM! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer It's amazing how close we are to ubiquitous computing and smart dust.
Today's ingenious Emacs package: syntax highlighting JS using tern! https://github.com/katspaugh/tj-mode
Brushing up my Rust in preparation for the v1.0 release. The compiler errors are generally excellent.
OH: Releasing software is like going to the dentist: the more rarely you do it, the more painful it is.
I'm delighted to announce that I've assigned copyright to the FSF! I can now send patches to #Emacs itself!
Refactoring is the practice of bringing code closer to a problem's ideal solution.
Tabnabbing: A New Type of Phishing Attack http://t.co/DG1nyiFZJT Extremely devious!
The best editor for working with Agda, a rigorous dependently typed language, is apparently the dynamic typed Emacs!
http://t.co/yphJPv1MbC
I learn something new every time I read the gdb docs. It's remarkably versatile.
Too many debuggers assume you haven't changed the source code since you started the debugging session. Leads to nasty misunderstandings.
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