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Jan 8, 2013
Dr Seuss on parser monads: http://t.co/IVyA8wYy
Jan 7, 2013
@valueof reproduced a bug on http://t.co/R9EYzw1m https://github.com/jshint/jshint/issues/797#issuecomment-11885403 -- do you take bribes to reopen tickets? :)
Incorrect warning for 'defined but never used' for forward-declared functions · Issue #797 · jshint/jshint
Incorrect warning for 'defined but never used' for forward-declared functions · Issue #797 · jshint/jshint
/*jshint unused:true */ function caller() { callee(); } function callee() {} Calling JSHint on this gives: $ jshint example.js example.js: line 2, col 16, 'caller' is defined but never used. exampl...
Jan 5, 2013
GMail is giving me adverts for supercomputers and foie gras. Never mind accurate advertising, I feel somewhat complimented.
Jan 4, 2013
It's also interesting to see 'Quick Answers' on gov.uk (e.g https://www.gov.uk/maternity-paternity-pay-leave/y/2015-03-02/yes/yes/yes/600.0-week) -- reminiscent of Reactive Documents http://t.co/xzeOFx2W
Error - Will the mother care for the child with a partner? - Check if you can get Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance - GOV.UK
Error - Will the mother care for the child with a partner? - Check if you can get Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance - GOV.UK
Jan 4, 2013
I'm amazed that the Directgov website used to cover bee-keeping: http://t.co/fB2LzosX -- not a big or important group of voters I'd think!
Jan 2, 2013
VideoLAN's stance on patents http://t.co/EjTMvKhy (blunt!)
Jan 1, 2013
Taking a Linode instance for a spin.
Jan 1, 2013
Interesting discussion on the motivations behind Go: http://t.co/JMCcWdro
Dec 31, 2012
Using a Stack Overflow style Q&A site for @webfaction (web host) works really well. It saves so many duplicate queries.
Dec 31, 2012
Generally, you can trust GC to do the right thing. PHP has had some nasty garbage-collection bugs though (e.g. https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50027 )
PHP :: Bug #50027 :: $this becomes a non-object
Dec 31, 2012
Hiccup, the Clojure HTML rendering library, doesn't escape by default. Yikes.
Dec 31, 2012
Delighted to see a new version of #Jekyll released this December. https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jekyll-rb/EavLPfiLX7k/discussion shows how quiet the project became.
Dec 31, 2012
I'm surprised proprietary password storage apps gain traction -- you really want to see what the app is doing with your sensitive data.
Dec 27, 2012
$ python2 compiler.py lython_compiler.ly > compiler.py # toy self-hosting compiler!
GitHub - Wilfred/Lython: Toy Lisp to Python compiler
GitHub - Wilfred/Lython: Toy Lisp to Python compiler
Toy Lisp to Python compiler. Contribute to Wilfred/Lython development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dec 24, 2012
Emacsattaci -- finally, a home for abandoned packages http://t.co/8vwDqU83 . I often end up grabbing useful things from http://t.co/Oln5lPop
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