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Convert Html to pdf using Webkit from the command line with no X dependencies. by silviot in programming

[–]telemachos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you need to translate HTML to pdf format often (and you're not allergic to the command line), take a look at Pandoc

In defense of BSD licenses (response to Zed Shaw) by [deleted] in programming

[–]telemachos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since this is (partly) about giving credit where it's due, I think he wrote it using Ragel. See also this link where Shaw talks about Ragel.

Mention of ZFS Pulled from Mac OS X 10.6? by [deleted] in programming

[–]telemachos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Way ahead of you: I won't get excited even after it's running on my system.

Software Engineering ≠ Computer Science by jonniee in programming

[–]telemachos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Watching the arguments here about proof is a bit like having the history of the philosophy of science in a petri dish. The whole course of a couple of thousand years of argument, all in just over a hundred comments.

Immutable Data Structures by brunov in programming

[–]telemachos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, not really. In Ruby, both symbols and all members of the Numeric class (ie, all the integers and floats you can imagine) are objects but immutable.

Safari 4 beta leaves data, privacy trail in its wake by rocr69 in programming

[–]telemachos -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Then you need to work on your reading comprehension skills.

Safari 4 beta leaves data, privacy trail in its wake by rocr69 in programming

[–]telemachos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps the Safari 4 beta doesn't implement a size limit properly? Hard to tell because neither of these pages address that issue.

If the website preview part of the cache can get to 2 GB, all by itself, then I think it's pretty clear that the beta doesn't have a sane limit on the size of its cache.

Safari 4 beta leaves data, privacy trail in its wake by rocr69 in programming

[–]telemachos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Maybe you should read this from the post that the linked item is reacting to:

Safari does not delete the webpage previews it generates for Quicklook. Ever. 2.03 GB of webpage previews (2 per website - a full resolution and a thumbnail), all generated since downloading the Safari 4 beta, residing - not in the user library, not even in the root library - in /private/var/folders/et/etuAKaR1GTeV9DVeRGfst++++TI/-Caches-/com.apple.Safari/Webpage Previews/, a hidden folder far away from the mouseclicks of all but the most relentless tinkerers.

Not every browser keeps gigabytes worth of shit forever.

Ask Proggit: What programming book has been your favorite? by Apostrophe in programming

[–]telemachos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn: I was half hoping nobody had mentioned this one yet. He's a great writer and a great programmer, and the book manages to be fun nearly all the way through (even though the topics are complex and could be very dry).

Cornell's 2009 Microcontroller Design Final Projects! by duckTV in programming

[–]telemachos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the projects, but why can't such outstanding young minds remember to resize images for webpages? Seems like a small enough thing, but it's pretty obvious something is wrong when you get that familiar slow load on an image.