miniblog.

Python oneliner of the day: `x[:] = y` mutates x so it's the same as another list.

OH: "supporting multiple users is just a workaround for not having good virtualization technology"

The niftiest elisp hack I've seen in some time! https://github.com/wasamasa/svg-2048 http://t.co/ut3NCQjcQ1

Overall I think the emacswiki benefits from allowing editing without logging in. It reduces friction (provided you can deal with vandalism).

Pharo 3.0 is out: http://t.co/4hXSrtG5Dr It's improving at an increasing rate! I'm often impressed with how slick their user experience is.

Firefox 29 is out! Nice to see box-sizing finally available without a prefix. number and color inputs are nice too.

Fixing old-style classes with multiple inheritance in Python: http://t.co/wCgq7l3d1J neat!

"allow an Avail programmer to provide transformation rules[..], as long as she provides the corresponding proof to be checked." Impressive!

Automatic sphinx docstrings in Emacs: https://github.com/naiquevin/sphinx-doc.el Nifty, though they can be a little verbose.

The unknown character symbol, e.g. 􏿿, is sometimes referred to as a tofu symbol. Cute. Reliable display isn't easy: http://t.co/ozXRBCDViz

Fantastic article contrasting Haskell's laziness and macros: http://t.co/lP2IBPsUMc

"thanks to Windows support most of our [KDE] applications just work on Wayland" http://t.co/UBWs6uSQvD

numericalunits: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numericalunits works with an arbitrary number implementation! Impressive.

It seems that a major security bug is a great way to get code review on your project.

A FFI for Emacs that is safe and does not require patching core!: http://t.co/xjrpy9Kxsd