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#Emacs tip of the day: https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el allows you to expand the region in a syntax-aware way. Saves a few keystrokes.
Today I learnt that ;: is a more portable # for shells like #zsh which use # for pattern matching. Works with #Bash too. Handy.
Ask Hacker News archive: http://t.co/tSDhv4XY -- a real treasure trove.
#Git magic of the day: $ git log --graph --all --decorate
Latest blog post: Playing Blackjack With #Haskell: http://t.co/dJGv10PY
Discovered ibuffer for #emacs today. Already can't live without it.
You think you've seen it all in sorting algorithms, then this comes along: http://t.co/8ww2Zr8c
Hat tip to @codebase, they offer the best support I've ever seen for a web company.
Decided to give #emacs 24 a try, and *everything* worked out of the box. Every emacs lisp script I've ever written or downloaded. #impressed
When in doubt with #python packaging, you just want Pip, virtualenv and distribute. http://t.co/6eehYDva has more info, but it's less clear.
Discovered that oh-my-zsh has history-substring-search and now nothing is holding me back from using #zsh as my default shell. Marvellous.
I am really rather relieveved that `$ git add .git` doesn't work. Recursive #git repos would have rather entertaining behaviour.
Ruby haiku: http://t.co/b1Dfk00M -- really makes me want to dabble with the language.
@codebase do you fine folks document the rate limits of your API? I can't see it on http://t.co/PauWZIh8
#Ubuntu for #Android -- yet another reminder that ubiquitous computing isn't coming. It's here.
`git checkout -b branch_name; git push -u origin branch_name` -- obvious(!) really. I like #git, I'm not sure it likes me.
Had my first genuine (i.e. no faulty hardware) #Linux kernel panic in years of Linux usage. Sooner or later it had to happen, I suppose.
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