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by broofa 8y ago
Ignore that. Apparently I don't know my own code. It just looks at `dependencies`. :-p That said, it looks like the latest (not yet npm-published?) version of zero has moved all the dependencies to `devDependencies`.
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by broofa 8y ago
It's worth noting that (for now) npm.broofa.com includes `devDependencies` in it's graph. Zero doesn't have any production `dependencies`.
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Regex Tuesday - Test Your Regular Expression Fu(callumacrae.github.com)
2 points by broofa 14y ago|0 comments
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by broofa 14y ago
I.e. Learning math is not a pre-requisite, it's a byproduct. You don't need to know math to program, but as you become a better programmer, you _want_ to tackle more challenging problems - some of which inevitably involve math (and knowledg
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SOPA Author (Still) Violating Copyrights?(broofa.com)
2 points by broofa 15y ago|0 comments
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by broofa 15y ago
Are there examples of large(ish) projects or production websites using primarily CoffeeScript? It seems like CS has a fanbase among purists who enjoy the syntactic elegance. But in more pragmatic environments the extra pain in the develop-
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by broofa 15y ago
You read the article wrong. The comedian represents the entrepreneur. "Watching the joke, you can see Norm adjust based on what is resonating with the audience (you know, like moth names). You can't figure out what matters and course-corre
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by broofa 15y ago
Citation needed, especially since the node-msgpack library docs say it's anywhere from 1.2-3X faster. https://github.com/pgriess/node-msgpack
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by broofa 15y ago
Why is this making the front page of hacker news? This article is 2.5 years old.
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by broofa 16y ago
One problem with telling someone why you didn't hire them is that most (yes, most) people will disagree with you. "No, you're wrong I really do know [skill X], and have experience with [technology Y]". (Uhm, no you don't, otherwise I'd ha
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by broofa 16y ago
That is exactly what's being claimed. The queries were not made on bing.com, they were made on google.com. The only way Bing can become aware of the results of these google.com queries is if they're "spying" on the user's activity via t
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by broofa 16y ago
And the counter part to that, "Work? Already sold my company, suckers!"
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by broofa 16y ago
Value ^_____________________●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● |____________●●●●●●●●● |_________●●● <---- Apple |_______●● |______● |_____● |____● |____● |___● |___● |___● <---------- Facebook |__● +----------------------------> Time
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by broofa 16y ago
Testing DOM performance is a very different beast from testing JS engine performance. For example, DOM-based tests are useless when trying to compare Node.js performance against other JS engines.
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by broofa 16y ago
'Have had "." in my $PATH for 20 years. It's never been a problem... and probably saved me several hundred thousand keystrokes. Having to worry about there being an "ls" in the current dir is about the same as worrying whether or not there
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by broofa 16y ago
@blantoni: You can find Facebook data center cost data here: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/09/16/faceb... You'd have to 10X those costs (to $500M/yr), plus assume a 250% overhead (another $500M) on top of your $200M sal
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by broofa 16y ago
Your reaction says lot more about your attitude than it does about the OP's. I found the article interesting and informative, with none of the passive/aggressive overtunes you mention. Your lip service about finding diamonds in the rough a