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farrel

170 karma · joined January 22, 2010

Ruby developer based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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farrel··on New Ruby 1.9 Features, Tips & Tricks
Proc#=== allows you to do this:

  def multiple_of( n )
    lambda{ |x| x.modulo( n ).zero? }
  end

  case 10
  when multiple_of( 3 ):
    puts "3!"
  when multiple_of( 4 ):
    puts "4!"
  when multiple_of( 2 ):
    puts "2!"
  end
Basically you can now run code when checking case equality (===).
farrel··on AOL dumps $850M Bebo acquisition - Why big M&A rarely works
All those AOL'ers who were laid off during 2008-2010 must be so glad the money saved on the reduced headcount payroll went to investments such as this.
farrel··on Nathan Myhrvold- Brilliant inventor or patent troll?
Patent troll.
farrel··on Aviary's entire suite of editing tools is now free
Sounds to me that the VC funders think that they're not going to get an exit via IPO so the only exit where they can possibly get a 10 fold ROI is to sell it. And the only way to demand a higher price at sale is users. Lots of locked in users.
farrel··on Wordpress Hosted Blogs are Down
That... or maybe he'll just move it over to tumblr.
farrel··on Alleged Assassins Caught on Dubai Surveillance Tape
The Mossad Kidon (it's assassination branch) is rumoured to only have about 50 or so operatives. Which means they potentially compromised almost 20% of their resources to take out this one target.
farrel··on PDFs in Pure Ruby
So... am I old fashioned for using ERb and LaTex?
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