jmlane

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by jmlane 12y ago
This looks really promising but I have some concerns about Surge being able to support the current unlimited free usage for any amount of time.
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by jmlane 14y ago
I'd really enjoy reading about how to setup a PyPI mirror like the one you use in your development/deployment workflow. It seems like a really good idea, considering I've had problems with PyPI at really inconvenient times in the past.
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EFF's activism team is doing an AMA on Reddit(reddit.com)
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by jmlane 14y ago
Out of curiosity, in a situation where you are doing negligible condition testing, is try–except still considered "more performant" than if–else flow control? For some reason (and I'm going to do so reading to get clarity on this point), I
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by jmlane 15y ago
I agree with your short list of goals for students new to programming. Language should not matter for learning the basics of programming and Computer Science concepts. That being said, certain languages do make exploratory programming much
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by jmlane 15y ago
Indeed. As someone taking a data structures course in post-secondary school where the facilitation language is Java, I've struggled more with the Java development environment than I have with actually understanding the data structures and t
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by jmlane 15y ago
Why is having a Falun Gong affiliated site on HN frontpage a bad thing? I don't condone jjp9999's behaviour, just curious what Falun Gong has to do with anything?
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by jmlane 15y ago
I may eventually investigate a way to get it printed and bound in a classy hardcover with a dust jacket, similar to the photo of the book from _Why's guide site. This is one of few programming/tech books that I feel deserve such treatment.
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by jmlane 15y ago
Exactly. The existence of most computer viruses are proof enough of this statement.
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by jmlane 15y ago
Not really a great analogy: unless you are employees or shareholders, it's not really your "house". If you are a dedicated customer, you may be more invested in the welfare of the company than most customers, who mostly just care about thei
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by jmlane 15y ago
Did they leak any private end-user information? As much as I can tolerate mischievous crackers violating corporate security and releasing intellectual property, I am loathe to give any praise to groups that victimize consumers/users by viol