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Wilfred Hughes

@nicferrier I'm unable to merge marmalade accounts: https://github.com/nicferrier/marmalade/issues/39 -- I found a workaround but it seems accounts are silently deleted

Can't merge marmalade accounts · Issue #39 · nicferrier/marmalade

I received an email looking like this: You're receiving this email because you have multiple Marmalade accounts registered to this email address that need to be merged together. Please choose your ...

Feb 5, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

Written my first patch for a production compiler! http://t.co/K7kJAwEa #clojure

Feb 1, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

I wouldn't want to live without Python's Pip, but it's a shame it will sometimes install broken packages: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/775

Pip doesn't spot conflicting versions · Issue #775 · pypa/pip

If I create a dummy package -- here's /tmp/example_package/setup.py (note the requirements): from distutils.core import setup setup(name='my_project', description="Just a test project", version="1....

Jan 29, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

The difference between a good tool and a bad tool is that the critics of a good tool are its users.

Jan 28, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

programmer :: Thinkable t => t -> Code -- may be a partial function

Jan 27, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

Censor resistant microblogging using bluetooth between Android phones http://t.co/bJAHqdCq -- the most potent idea I've seen in a while.

Jan 26, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

For profilng IO-bound Python code, I'm finding that cProfile produces no measurable slowdown. Impressive.

Jan 23, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

Pip is worryingly tolerant of conflicting version numbers: http://t.co/J3VNfeKW

Jan 22, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

We (@editd) have been nominated for best web app by The Next Web! http://t.co/FIpi1u9h

Jan 22, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

Fay is a lot of fun. A lovely FFI, and strong compile-time guarantees of what your code does :) http://t.co/GTBpnPZC

Jan 20, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

The 9-digit problem http://t.co/aimpZhUT (warning: may cause nerd-sniping)

Jan 20, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

"Emacs [..] works extremely well despite having no static checks, no test suites, dynamic scope, no module system, ..." http://t.co/AdIG1tjS

Jan 19, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

"other factors [..] are more significant for legibility than the presence or absence of serifs" http://t.co/vvgdAHJW

Jan 19, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

Taking Opera for a spin today.

Jan 18, 2013

Wilfred Hughes

Liked zen-coding in Emacs? It's now even more powerful: http://t.co/JZNXDqxI

Jan 17, 2013