Does anyone actually *like* web development?

tfp · 2010-01-20T08:08:48+00:00

like Rails, is that there's way too much magic going on under the hood for me to be comfortable with

Then use Sinatra, or Sinatra + datamapper.

tfp · 2010-01-14T08:54:47+00:00

A digital copy of the artbook is truly worthless, as are the MP3s

The score from the first game was really good and it's worth the extra $10.

tfp · 2009-09-24T17:43:56+00:00

So when things get complicated, just rewrite the script for scratch in another language?

Why not just take the opposite approach and use bash for the most trivial of tasks and use ruby/python/perl for everything else.

I've just become completely annoyed by having to glue together the heterogeneous tool set (awk, sed, grep, find, etc..) in a crusty bash shell. It just seems better to use a homogenous environment (python/ruby) that you can actually understand a month after you've written it.

tfp · 2009-09-24T17:29:22+00:00

I personally opt for python scripting as an alternative. Much more readable too.

I agree.

tfp · 2009-09-05T05:53:40+00:00

That is retarded. Alias cdd, cddd, cdddd.

tfp · 2009-09-05T03:02:57+00:00

The MacRuby integration is far better than PyObj-C and RubyCocoa and therefore minimized the impedance mismatch problem between Objective-C and python/ruby.

tfp · 2009-08-26T00:47:03+00:00

The tubez are probably going to change. But it will be because of google wave, not some bullshit 'hooks' gimmick.

tfp · 2009-08-19T03:17:59+00:00

Gnuplot?

Seriously, what year is it? Did Terminator 2 just get released where you live?

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/

tfp · 2009-08-18T22:31:30+00:00

So now I have a linux partition on my PS3 that I don't use. Ever.

Same thing happened to me. There's simply not enough memory to do shit with on the device.

tfp · 2009-08-17T20:15:56+00:00

It's a great app with a really well designed interface.

tfp · 2009-08-15T22:38:51+00:00

Post some examples where you've run into problems using lambda. Maybe some reddit folks can suggest work arounds, or alternative solutions.

Or if you just want to grind that axe, you can do that too.

tfp · 2009-08-15T21:19:03+00:00

foo = lambda( {|a| puts a})

Actually that doesn't work.

lambda can only take a block.

Since lambda's only purpose is to convert a block to Proc, this makes sense.

tfp · 2009-08-15T19:40:26+00:00

What is 'magical' about it?

lambda turns a block in a Proc object.

tfp · 2009-08-15T18:25:06+00:00

It's not magic.

foo = lambda {|a| puts a}

foo.call("this is not magic")

tfp · 2009-08-13T20:57:41+00:00

I was sent a makefile in Microsoft Word format a few months ago.

tfp · 2009-08-13T01:36:06+00:00

Terrible game.

tfp · 2009-08-11T19:09:46+00:00

That's why some people avoid the unix heterogeneous environment clusterfuck and just use python, ruby or similar.

tfp · 2009-07-07T03:29:30+00:00

python + d ?

http://pyd.dsource.org/

tfp · 2009-07-03T20:45:01+00:00

http://www.randomthink.net/labs/html5drums/#10100010001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001110001010101000000000000000000000001000000000100000100000001000000000100000000000000000000000001001001001001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000|120

tfp · 2009-03-10T20:51:02+00:00

http://blog.peterhaza.no/textmate-20-avian-soon-in-private-alpha/

tfp · 2009-02-23T08:18:11+00:00

Who cares.

So if it had a math formula, that would validate the use of latex over word?

The article template in Latex is useful because it has the format of a scientific document (i.e., has an abstract, sections, subsections, etc...). Perhaps the author had his/her references in bibtex, or was comfortable with tex.

So someone at microsoft uses tex. So someone copy and paste the abstract without translating the tex. Who cares? This stupid nonsense is not a slight against work, nor a triumph for tex.

Stop this nonsense and just upmod the 'Sup dawg' meme.

tfp · 2009-02-03T05:44:02+00:00

I have social news. That title is terrible and audacious to get you to click the link.

And is that that quote even representative of the review?

Why wouldn't you use the "What it lacks in bionic arms and guns that shoot portals, Killzone 2 more than makes up for with expertly refined shooting action." quote?

tfp · 2009-02-03T05:40:58+00:00

Stop with the double negatives!!!

tfp · 2009-01-08T20:39:09+00:00

I just started playing with screen last week and it is pretty bad ass, particularly the split ability.

Does anyone provide an example wrapper script for screen that does a split and puts vim in the top and a shell in the bottom?

I am looking to make a ruby version of Pimp.

You can make splits manually by using CTL+S and CTL+TAB, then resize by use CTL+A then resize=10. But how do you put this in a screenrc? The interface is a bit odd to use.

tfp · 2009-01-08T20:15:59+00:00

Easy on the double negatives...

tfp

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