d1rge

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   by d1rge 17y ago

   Putting practical considerations aside, what might the effect on society be if we could be at any other place on earth in less than an hour? Would tourism explode? What would that mean for the environment? What about international business
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   by d1rge 18y ago

   It's polling reddit - every 30 seconds by the looks of the code. Fairly standard AJAX approach to grab reddit's JDON data via their API.
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   by d1rge 18y ago

   Me too - I've been making that variation since I was a kid and now my kids love playing with them too. I'm going to try this tail version now to see how they compare.
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   by d1rge 18y ago

   Why depressing? One of the hidden pleasures I've discovered about learning new things is that it instils a much finer appreciation of the thing that you are learning. For me that alone is usually more than worth the effort of learning. Also
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   by d1rge 18y ago

   It's true. Unless you carry a camera around constantly you're going to miss almost all those unpredictable moments. I completely agree about not needing to document everything - plus documenting things misses the spontaneity of it all - and