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"please do not include attachments of any kind; your message should be readable on brand-X operating systems for all values of X." --Knuth

I've just used a for-else loop in anger in #python . Still have my reservations about its readability though.

Blown away by js2-mode.el. Lots of fantastic things to make life writing JS easier. #emacs

1. Add unit tests to code that works just fine, thank you. 2. Find bugs :-/

Learning a new language: 1 Tutorial. 2 Practise. 3 Read about best practices. 4 Practise. 5 Review others code and be reviewed. 6 Goto 4.

Anonymity in #bitcoin (research paper July 2011): http://t.co/vTAzKOjy -- utterly fascinating.

#Python trivia: absolute imports became the default in 2.7, so careless imports will break. Use "from __future__ import absolute_import".

#python surprise of the day: bool((False,)) => True

Just released my first #Emacs package, a flymake mode for #jshint . Grab it at http://t.co/CoCocF8W

Aahz's law: The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong information.

"It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code."

Another reason to switch to #python 3: "True = False; assert(True)"

There are news stories on Reddit that just link to Norwegian articles with Google translate. How far we've come!

A wonderful (meta-)proof that P != NP: http://t.co/rNxmRq4

"I put in what I hoped would be power enough for real programmers to finish the job. That's why I made everything malleable." Eich on JS