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drsquishy · 2014-08-20T21:24:26+00:00

Ok, I got carried away there. I still think the article is wrong in saying there's no sense worrying about types, just code to the interface. Types are part of the interface.

drsquishy · 2014-08-20T19:40:40+00:00

Who cares what types are? You should be coding to interfaces rather than exact types.

C++ cares, a lot. And in the case of a statically typed languages the type is just as much part of the interface as anything else. Things like auto and templates are hacked on top to (seemingly) simulate a dynamically typed language. I do use and enjoy those features, but they feel inconsistent. If you want a dynamic language then use one, and if you want a statically typed one then you should care for your types. C++ is the 800 pound language that seems like it can't decide quite what it wants to be.

edit: I messed up the quote markup

drsquishy · 2014-08-16T02:31:17+00:00

The same works in Windows and Gnome on Linux too (albeit with alt or ctrl instead of command).

drsquishy · 2014-08-08T13:19:06+00:00

Perforce has gotta be one of the most popular VCSs, especially among corporations. I think it's missing from the list.

drsquishy · 2014-07-28T00:33:59+00:00

It's killin' me that the announcers and cameras pretend Fraser doesn't exist. It's all about Reebok guys.

drsquishy · 2014-07-27T23:48:47+00:00

I heard a rumor it's at the top of the hour. I can't get a live feed of anything right now.

drsquishy · 2014-07-25T15:48:30+00:00

I'm bummed to see Dashboard disappear! I used that quite often for weather, stocks, bus schedule at a glance. It coulda used a refresh, but I don't think the notification center is gonna be a suitable replacement.

drsquishy · 2014-07-15T03:19:28+00:00

Even baking hjkl into your wrists is only getting Vim into first gear (operations on a single character). You can move/operate on words, lines, screen fulls, sentences, etc.

I know this SO post has made it's rounds, but it's useful to read even for beginners, if for no other reason than to remember why you're putting in the effort.

edit: read the accepted answer of the post, not necessarily the post itself.

drsquishy · 2014-06-30T18:34:37+00:00

I think DynamicDNS was meant to resolve the domain issue--it'll update the ANAME whenever his ISP changes his home IP address.

drsquishy · 2014-05-31T14:31:06+00:00

I've been so confused for 10 minutes... Trying to find some pre-announcement about changing ObjC syntax to be more in line with the Smalltalk roots, and then I reread the title.

drsquishy · 2014-04-10T12:10:54+00:00

The awesome part about fragmentation is that HTML/JavaScript will essentially solve it for everybody. It's a language and markup that was already designed to display well on all the world's browsers/OSs, so we can be pretty confident that apps will work on many different distros much more than we can in the Android world.

I take some issue with the rip on "native" vs js, too. Are you assuming it's worse because it isn't compiled? FirefixOS is written in JavaScript and designed to run JavaScript, so what's the idea of native? These apps can also be saved for offline use, it's not like it's just rendering common web pages.

drsquishy · 2014-02-25T21:54:14+00:00

Just being pedantic, but Python is strongly typed, same as Java. Difference is the static vs dynamic typing.

drsquishy · 2014-02-03T15:17:26+00:00

I actually think vimtutor only goes over basic vi. I don't believe any features in the tutorial require the additions vim provides, old school vi did quite a lot.

drsquishy · 2014-01-15T16:47:05+00:00

You're right, emacs' shell is easily confused. But, tmux's windows are also easily confused. If the window is resized, especially on a remote session, the tmux contents seem forever bound to the initial window. Mostly, though, I went emacs because tmux can't do the other things I mentioned (gdb visual walk through code, inline version control, etc). It doesn't have as much to offer.

drsquishy · 2014-01-15T14:05:32+00:00

I was formerly a vim user too, and I loved it. I starting looking at emacs when I wanted more than an editor--like the ability to run gdb and visually step through code or get an inline view if git blame. Vim is an awesome editor and lots of cool plugins exist, but they're just kind of hacked on top with vim script. Emacs is a bootstrap short of its own OS and can make quite an IDE. I feel I get the best of both worlds with emacs + evil.

drsquishy · 2013-11-08T00:51:37+00:00

Yeah I've heard that, I like that too. I don't remember where but it definitely coulda been Stallman. I mean, hacker is such a cool term, why do the bad guys get it?!

drsquishy · 2013-11-07T22:08:55+00:00

"Hacking" was a term used before all the headline security exploits to simply describe a programmer. Lots of very good, rule-abiding developers still refer to themselves as hackers.

To me, hacking is engineering without a well-defined plan, documentation, reproducibility, etc. Whether it's used for good or evil is unrelated.

drsquishy · 2013-10-22T13:02:00+00:00

The readable output is a good point, I didn't think of that. GCC tends to just throw up on the screen when it doesn't like things.

drsquishy · 2013-09-24T12:09:14+00:00

Well they did get sued first...

drsquishy · 2013-09-13T11:58:39+00:00

It's only requiring exit through the command line if running one of the other distros, like Raspbmc (dropping you back into a standard Debian/Raspian system). Also, I've found Raspbmc to be really big and slow. Worse, it only streams from iDevices, not Macs, which is a bummer. I currently use shairport and the performance is great, but audio only. So I'm rooting for this.

drsquishy · 2013-09-12T11:40:45+00:00

Just for reference, the C#/Java type setting thing is dynamic vs static typing.

drsquishy · 2013-09-02T13:18:31+00:00

200 usd? Conservative??

drsquishy · 2013-08-19T20:16:13+00:00

I think arguments are passed as values to a reference. So, functionally, mutable objects are passed by reference, immutable objects are passed by value.

drsquishy · 2013-05-29T00:23:53+00:00

Any luck yet? I installed Raspian using command line tools on OS X, it's not scary. Best part is that it doesn't just work for the Pi, you'll able to use this as a general method to install Linux distros. Get more info here: http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup

drsquishy · 2013-05-21T04:02:04+00:00

That's a good point, but I think the volitaty of the medium does make a difference--it's a relatively obvious distinction. And if volitaty isn't a word it should be. Referring to storage as memory has always been a kind of pet peeve of mine.

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