Fun fact: Solving sudoku puzzles is NP-Complete, as an instance of the exact cover problem. Hmm.
miniblog.
"The results are undefined. That means the compiler is free to do anything, like emailing your boss about this transgression."
A typical DRM system simply refuses to work if validation fails. A smart DRM system slowly introduces bugs. Much harder to test cracks.
Think Portal is a mental strain? Try non-Euclidean game levels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4ySkR48cI
Achievements for GitHub -- I was concerned it would be tacky, but it's actually pretty nifty: http://coderwall.com/wilfred
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
You probably won't pick the perfect abstraction the first time. However it's the process of picking and trying that helps you find it.
I paid $4.89 for hosting with NearlyFreeSpeech (@nfsn on Twitter) in 2010. It's awesome for experimental throwaway projects.
Another polished Chrome experiment: http://www.ro.me/ — I still can't look at a lot of WebGL stuff without being reminded of the demo scene.
Intriguing advice: "if you don't want your Internet connection monitored, VPN to China". The reason? "China will not give logs to anyone."
I'm finding that writing a interpreter (I chose Scheme) is deeply satisfying, and a great way to learn a language. http://bit.ly/mAtNae
Good grief. Hello world in java2k: http://p-nand-q.com/humor/programming_languages/java2k/13.txt
Turns out, there is no right answer: the right answer is that you have an answer. Same idea here. If you think (cont) http://tl.gd/a5f649
Question is incorrectly formulated. Any "can I xxx in Emacs?" should be written "how do I do xxx in Emacs?" -- Commenter on Stack Overflow
It's a shame that "kibioctet" is such an awful word. It was a great chance to help non-techies distinguish between KB, KiB, Kb and Kib.
Why don't more libraries have documentation that links directly to the source? Sometimes it's good to peek behind the curtain.
The first bit of the #eiffel PL Wikipedia page reads like an advert, but then check out the 'implementations' section! http://bit.ly/eHLtFl
An antidote for bigheadedness: read old code you wrote.
"If you're going to teach people to program, learn J first, so you can remember what it's like as an utterly confused beginner."
“Attempting to prove any nontrivial theorem about your program will expose lots of bugs: The particular choice makes little difference!”
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