scoppini

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   by scoppini 10y ago

   I think it could be ambiguous in certain situations. Let's say I wanted to conditionally set a variable to one of two negative constants. In the current syntax, that would look like: x = -1 if y else -2 However, with your syntax
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   by scoppini 10y ago

   It's been a while since I've read it, but I believe it's partially a reference to a lute song called "Flow my tears" [1], but it's also a reference to a moment near the end of the book when one of the policemen
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   by scoppini 10y ago

   Of the books I've read by Dick, I would say "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" is probably the most dystopic.
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   by scoppini 10y ago

   https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
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   by scoppini 10y ago

   Not everyone knows the difference between their timezone and UTC. I always end up looking up the difference, and it really doesn't matter to me what timezone people use, so long as they state it.