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1995 - Brendan Eich reads up on every mistake ever...
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April 06, 2015. 1995 - Brendan Eich reads up on every mistake ever made in designing a programming language, invents a few more, and creates LiveScript. Later, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of Java the language is renamed JavaScript. Later still, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of skin diseases the language is renamed ECMAScript.". Mdash; One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages. Things i found, sometimes things i say. Designed by Artur Kim.
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“Torture has never been a reliable means of...
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January 28, 2015. Ldquo;Torture has never been a reliable means of extracting information.” - Jean-Luc Picard". Mdash; Gawker Liveblog: An Episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation”. Things i found, sometimes things i say. Designed by Artur Kim.
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Why is the trivial task of centering an element...
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May 14, 2015. Why is the trivial task of centering an element with CSS so obtusely complex? For more than a decade, web developers have been asking for this, but the W3C refuses to tackle the engineering problems associated with the “cyclic dependencies” that naturally arise in relative layout logic. Sounds like a classic constraint satisfaction problem - JavaScript to the rescue! Mdash; CSS polyfills from the future GSS. Things i found, sometimes things i say. Designed by Artur Kim.
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June 17, 2015. Mdash; Inside Obama’s Stealth Startup Fast Company Business Innovation. June 16, 2015. Adopting centrist positions in an attempt to attract swing voters is a mug’s game, because such voters don’t exist. Most supposed independents are in fact strongly aligned with one party or the other, and the handful who aren’t are mainly just confused. So you might as well take a stand for what you believe in.". Mdash; P-Krug, Democrats Being Democrats - The New York Times. May 29, 2015. May 28, 2015.
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Miles per gallon is wrong… we should use gallons...
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January 11, 2015. Miles per gallon is wrong… we should use gallons per mile. Really.". Mdash; The Illusion of Miles Per Gallon - NYTimes.com. Things i found, sometimes things i say. Designed by Artur Kim.
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“Any application with an app/concerns directory is...
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February 27, 2015. Any application with an app/concerns directory is concerning.". Mdash; 7 Patterns to Refactor Fat ActiveRecord Models - Code Climate Blog. Things i found, sometimes things i say. Designed by Artur Kim.
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When people are confronted with evidence that is...
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February 20, 2015. When people are confronted with evidence that is inconsistent with their beliefs, they first respond by refuting the information, then band together with like-minded dissenters and champion their own hard-set opinion.". Mdash; The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman. Things i found, sometimes things i say. Designed by Artur Kim.
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