Thu Feb 28
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“ I consider this method (Proc#curry) to be trivial and should be treated like an Easter egg for functional programming kids. ”
Yukihiro Matsumoto
Wed Feb 27
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sca•lar•i•form
[skuh-lar-uh-fawrm]
— adjective
Biology Resembling the rungs of a ladder; ladderlike. Used of certain vessels and tissues.
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“ I don’t answer those humiliating questions. But whichever one it is, I look good in ’em! ”
Barack Obama in response to ‘boxers or briefs?’
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Noam Chomsky vs. William F. Buckley Debate
Tue Feb 26
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“ Most people don’t know what they want unless they see it in context. ”
Dan Ariely
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mon•de•green
[mon-di-green]
— noun
A series of words that result from the mishearing or misinterpretation of a statement or song lyric. For example, I led the pigeons to the flag for I pledge allegiance to the flag.
Sun Feb 24
Sat Feb 23
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Matz at Google
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IM
Patrick - ooh, guido asks a question at 40:10
Patrick - it's a question about String indexing in 1.9
Patrick - "i would sort of conjecture that reversing a string using that proces would be n-squared... that would probably be very inefficient"
Patrick - LOOK WHO'S TRYING TO START SOME SHIT
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Building an Orrery
Fri Feb 22
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Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein write the perfect song
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“ I hope he has the opportunity to meet Karl Marx soon. ”
John McCain on Fidel Castro
Wed Feb 20
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gam•brel
[gam-bruhl]
— noun
1.The hock of a horse or other animal.
2. A frame used by butchers for hanging carcasses by the legs.
2. A frame used by butchers for hanging carcasses by the legs.
Tue Feb 19
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The Octopus Project – Truck
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“ I don’t mind if people don’t like me as long as it’s for things I am. ”
Steve Wozniak
Tue Feb 12
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Swimming on the edge of Victoria Falls in the Devil’s Pool
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a•nal-ex•pul•sive
[anal-expulsive]
— adjective
Psychology Indicating personality traits, such as conceit, ambition, and generosity, originating in habits, attitudes, or values associated with infantile pleasure in expulsion of feces.
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IM
Patrick - check out my awesome voodoo workspace
Marcel - VOOODOOO CHILD BAAAAABBY
Marcel - you should start every morning with some really loud Jimi Hendrix
Patrick - who says i don't
Patrick - then i set fire to my keyboard and raise spirits out of it
Mon Feb 11
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“ There must not be a plethora of configurations. It is better to offer a variety of case colors than to have variable amounts of memory. It is better to manufacture versions in Early American, Contemporary, and Louis XIV than to have any external wires beyond a power cord. ”
Jef Raskin in Design Considerations for an Anthropophilic Computer, 1979
Sat Feb 9
Fri Feb 8
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Vampire Weekend – Mansard Roof
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“ When we start excessively pontificating and trying to add value, we are often not really focused on the quality of the idea at all. We are just trying to prove to the world how smart we really are. ”
Marshall Goldsmith
Thu Feb 7
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“ You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts. ”
Patrick Moynihan
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17 foot shark, 3000 feet down
Wed Feb 6
Tue Feb 5
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“ We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. ”
Barack Obama
Mon Feb 4
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Video of Hillary Clinton’s campaign song
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“ That ends a 7hr nap. Pertussis vs. narcotic cough syrup? Too soon to tell. Dreams of bulimic care bears and carpets made of ape faces? Nice. ”
Michael Buffington
Sat Feb 2
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Private Investigator Jay J. Armes
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prox•e•mics
[prok-see-miks]
— noun
The study of the cultural, behavioral, and sociological aspects of spatial distances between individuals.
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Find all subdirectories of a given path at a particular depth
def subdirectories_of(path, options = {}) depth = options[:at_depth_of] || 1 Dir[File.join(path, * ["*"] * depth + [""])] end >> subdirectories_of("/var") => ["/var/agentx/", "/var/amavis/", "/var/at/", "/var/audit/", "/var/backups/", "/var/db/", "/var/empty/", "/var/folders/", ...] >> subdirectories_of("/var", :at_depth_of => 2) => ["/var/amavis/db/", "/var/amavis/tmp/", "/var/at/jobs/", "/var/at/spool/", "/var/at/tabs/", "/var/at/tmp/", ...]