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Specificity
Life: English, humor
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I’ve always loved English’s hyper-specific words like defenstrate (to throw something out of a window) and borborygm (a rumbling noise caused by shifting air in the bowels). Something about them is deeply and indelibly funny.
Think Outside the Euclidean Universe
Life: graphics, humor, math, work
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You’ve probably all seen the brain-teaser that’s a perennial favorite with uncreative managers the world over. (Why an exercise in creative thinking is really only loved by incredibly boring people is a discussion beyond the scope of this blog post.) The brain-teaser goes like this:
Python Flyweights
Code: Python
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When I wrote Equality for Python, my example didn’t mention how the Card objects could actually be a terrific waste of memory. A commenter named versimilidude (great handle!) beat me to this post, briefly describing the Flyweight Pattern. Luckily he didn’t provide example code, so I still get to publish this post.
XmlHttpThrottleRequest
Code: humor, web, work
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Today in #luni we ranted a bit about developers. (I’m “Malaprop” in the exchange.)
The Best Filler Ever Written
Biz: humor, work
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If you’re building a website and don’t have filler text for “About” pages or product descriptions, don’t use lorem ipsum.
Equality for Python
Code: Python
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A few days ago in #chipy, the chat room for the Chicago Python Users Group, we had a chat about how Python determines equality. It’s a pretty neat and extensible technique, so I’m going to walk through how I recently used it for playing cards.
Django Gets Transactions
Code: databases, Django, web
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Jacob Kaplan-Moss added transaction support to the magic-removal branch of Django just a few minutes ago. It’s one of the many changes to come out of the sprint. Usage will look something like this (based on Jacob’s docs and chatting with him in #django-sprint):
Versioning: The Next Big Thing
Code: databases, Django, math, web
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In the web development world, anyways. So, in the grand scheme of things, maybe not a huge deal to anyone else. Versioning is going to be one of the biggest problems and opportunities there is in web development, and it’s going to take us at least five years to get it right.