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aeflash··on Regex Golf Part 2: Infinite Problems
Looks like a quirk with display: -moz-box (an outdated property). Changing div.input to display: flex makes it work properly.
aeflash··on Sriracha founder reveals the 'secret' wholesale price of his sauce
A lot of hot sauces have vinegar as a core ingredient, which acts as a preservative.
aeflash··on George Orwell: Politics and the English Language (1946)
Readability handles it well: http://www.readability.com/articles/mmpx1oek
aeflash··on Winter is coming
FYI, every single Vitamin D supplement I've seen is just olive oil in gel capsules. You can even see it in the imaged on the amazon product page he linked. I just cook with olive oil all the time -- stir frys, eggs, meats, etc....
aeflash··on Finding Out You’re a Sexist, Misogynistic, Homophobic, Classist, Racist Asshole
Such hubris. Either that, or trolling....
aeflash··on A Study on Solving Callbacks with JavaScript Generators
Are generators allowed in RPython/PyPy yet? Last I checked, they were disallowed due to the difficulties of making them performant.
aeflash··on Portal Released For Steam On Linux
O_O. You just obviated my last reason for having windows on my home desktop.
aeflash··on Collection of the best fonts for programming
The slashes are to distinguish them from 1's and 2's (only a problem in hand writing, IMO), not from each other.
aeflash··on Math Puzzle: Integer Points
The line segment described by (0,0) (2,2) goes through the integer point (1,1).
aeflash··on Why Asm.js Bothers Me
> It can’t allocate normal JavaScript objects or access normal JavaScript properties. No strings. Only arithmetic and typed arrays (a single one actually with multiple views).

I think he is missing a core concept here. You can create and modify strings, just at a lower level. An array of ints can be used as a char array, which in turn can be used as a string. You just have to interface with it at a lower level, probably implementing your own C-style strlen/strtok functions. It will be more complicated, especially if you need to accommodate unicode, but it is doable. Granted, there is no advantage to abandoning the built-in string manipulation functions except speed, but you would only use asm.js when speed absolutely matters.

At a more fundamental level, when you have access to memory through a stack and/or heap, and can create arrays of ints with which you can do normal arithmetic and load/store operations, you really can do anything. After all, that is the entirety of what actual assembler code has to work with. You just have to make your own abstractions.

aeflash··on When a No means Yes
I suppose I was just not in the mood to read an article filled with such an overt tone of condescension.
aeflash··on When a No means Yes
> First, the 10gen spokesperson seems to have read only the H2 elements on my original writeup -- he seems to not have read or understood the actual text that goes along with them. Do they have some local CSS applied that makes regular text invisible?

Couldn't read past that.

aeflash··on Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling
Unless the NSA/FBI/whatever is decades ahead in mathematical research from what is common in academia, or has computers that are many orders of magnitude faster than what we have today, well encrypted data is basically random data to anyone who lacks the keys. That's a pretty tough locked box.
aeflash··on Your Credentials Are Worthless Here
Exactly. Reminds me of that classic C&H strip. "You know how Einstein got bad grades as a kid? Well mine are even worse!"

Being a college dropout doesn't necessarily mean they'll be a good hire, just like having a degree doesn't necessarily mean they'll be a good hire.

aeflash··on Graphing Air Pollution in China
Here's some good data for the Los Angeles area:

http://www.aqmd.gov/smog/Forecast.htm

http://www3.aqmd.gov/webappl/aqdetail/AirQualityParameterDat...

Click on "Historical Data" to create a graph.

Bottom line, LA seems to hover around 25 µg/m³.

aeflash··on A New Look for Facebook
I'm waiting for someone to re-do the comps with crappy quality photos, ugly non-smiling people, meme pics, and instagram photos of garbage.
aeflash··on How do we tell truths that might hurt? (E. Dijkstra, 1975)
I wonder what the uncomfortable truths that everyone is ignoring are in today's programming world?
aeflash··on Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed
My favorite bash aliases:

alias canhaz='sudo apt-get install'

alias donotwant='sudo apt-get remove'

aeflash··on Tomorrow Theme
Solarized is perhaps the most well known.

http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized

Monokai also has wide support in a lot of editors.

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