Metaprogramming for Madmen: http://t.co/EUNbGIvZia Well worth a read, discusses the fun of writing a C++ parser.
miniblog.
Emacs macro tip: `C-u <f3>' runs your macro, but allows you to add more commands until you press <f4>.
Linux tip of the day: You can use p7zip to decompress archives regardless of the compression scheme used: http://t.co/UlR9tIldhD
Dilbert on quantified self technology in the wrong hands: http://t.co/5ArrqmhSrP Scary, but for personal use I'd like such a monitor.
"One of the best ways to really understand a new or novel language feature is to think of ways to twist and abuse it" http://t.co/PiWL6Ec0SF
A fascinating implementation of a condition system in Clojure: http://t.co/C2M7bwYWvE
"DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me." -- RMS https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-October/007647.html I wonder if this has actually happened?
Whilst SAT is NP-complete, I'm surprised to learn that 2-satisfiability can be solved with a linear algorithm: http://t.co/6oSPONVeoY
Disappointing to learn that Python 3 tries to guess encoding used in argv in shell scripts: http://t.co/38GwZU6ZEr
Linux fact of the day: "Exit codes greater than 128 are used by the shell to indicate that a program died due to a fatal signal."
It's good to see commentators promote watermarking for future DRM needs, but there's no reason why we couldn't use watermarking today.
"Because of [..] Ruby syntax, parentheses are required around a [rake] rule when the first argument is a regular expression." DSLs are hard.
"messages may signal danger, the presence of food or the other necessities of life" -- profound words from RFC 3164: http://t.co/vNIg1femfw
Interesting discussion of `if x in [y, z]` vs `if x in {y, z}` in Python: http://t.co/Z4oRp94kB2
Interesting to see authors responding to reviews on Amazon, and updating their books accordingly: http://t.co/ortWnSK3vc
That awkward feeling when you receive status emails from a server provider, but you thought you had stopped using them.
Updating a large set of packages on Emacs is great. New features, fewer bugs and it feels like you're running a new major Emacs version!
I am disappointed that motion sensitive light switches are not more common in residential buildings. Surely it's the future.
Sadly, I think it's possible to claim something false on Twitter, when the claim itself requires >140 chars to show that it's untrue.
Writing regular expressions is an excellent way to discover if you can touch-type the various symbols on the number kyes.
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