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This is true! It also helps the work(/school?)day go by much quicker, since the first half isn't dragging due to grogginess and the second half isn't suffering from the poor mood the dragging first half generated.

At work I'm known for having a weird sleep schedule (usually 18:00-02:00, though circumstance can push that out occasionally). I've similarly found that my days tend to be more relaxing and more productive since adopting this schedule. I suspect that the value of this schedule is inversely proportionate to the number of those who adopt it.

> list of gotchas that omits discussion of falsiness

This was something I picked up pretty easily (blame perl, I guess? I blame perl for lots of things.) The weird way in which coersion would interplay with {truth,fals}iness, however, took much longer and involved much weeping and gnashing of teeth.

> And the throwaway comment about JavaScript being poorly designed is facile and annoying Every language anyone uses has warts.

Agreed. The post was helpful (and the link to Crockford's book is arguably the single most helpful thing in the list) but the off-hand comment about ES being poorly designed didn't add anything to the discussion.

I see a lot of the person who got me into programming in this original copy. The SNR of this document is favorable when compared to that of the currently maintained version, to my sensitibilities.

Certified mail lends an air of legitimacy. Unfortunately for the scammers, that's because senders of illegitimate mail are punished.

That's an interesting theory. Doesn't it stand to reason that if that were the case, then in a situation where low-content comments were acceptable, the same people would post low-content comments which disagreed (e.g. a simple "No.")?

> Now I want to try walking around imagining that my dream girl is watching me :-)

I have done (something similar to) this for the better part of my life. Such a mindset leads you to really go out of your way to push yourself.

I'd chip in.

Yup; crackles abound. I pulled it up in Chromium 24.0.1312.70 to see if the sound was any better, and (most of) the crackles are gone. When > 4 notes play you still get a bit of crackle, but it's far, far better.

It's sad that everything HAS to be re-invented, but I am frequently excited to see what can be done with ES5. I'm eager to see what ES6 brings us.

Sony being willing to install rootkits on people's PCs and being quite sue-happy over copyright infringement, then turning around and violating copyright and licensing terms matters in a social context. Sony needs to live up to their own standards (which I would prefer means they need to change their standards, but realistically means that they need to at least obey what they enforce).

Violating the GPL terms matters legally.

It's only strange at first sight. If your site depends upon browser-specific features as the sole source of a security mechanism, it stands to reason that it will turn into pain for you.

This is another solid example of the lesson: if the user controls it, the input is malicious. Always.

I actually rather like the design. I'd love to see it be able to be integrated with proper lenses (perhaps via a slick interchangeable lens system?)

When I first heard of Glass, I was worried people who jumped on board would look like Geordi. This feels, to me, like a good starting point. It's a little sci-fi, but that's okay. That aspect can be toned down by adding glass in front of the projector, making the glasses look more like, well, glasses.

I think it could either enhance or diminish road safety. It all comes down to the person using the technology, though.

The sort of person who would use something like Glass to use GPS or a HUD (speedo, tach, clock?) without taking their eyes off of the road will likely be a more safe driver. HUDs have been credited with enhancing aviator safety; this could bring such innovations to the road.

The sort of person who looks for distractions anyway will now be distracted by Glass. I'm not sure if this will constitute new distractions or a new way to consume old ones, though.

Most "hacker advice" articles are old. Ruby hasn't been popular for all that long (I started hacking in it circa 2004, and I was a very early adopter, on the broader scale).

> Out of? Or into?

I'd argue into. He appears to think he's digging his way out.

> I'm not sure what Musk is trying to accomplish at this point, his "spin" is transparent and it feels condescending.

Musk has apparently decided after Top Gear that negative press is going to be an issue which he will fight to the death. It certainly feels like he's digging his way out of this particular PR hole.

> 3. Nokia backing up this project?

I would love for this to happen (heck, my N900 and N9 show that Nokia + Linux = fantastic device) but I fear that as long as Elop is at the reins, this is an impossible dream. This is the same CEO who even went so far as to ditch Qt less than a year ago, remember.

This is one of those priceless documents that served me well, and which I have recommended to many others as a great starting place.

This was the exact point I was getting ready to post. Computers : security :: cars : safety

> A tautology if I ever heard one. In fairness, that statement was clarified: "In five years' time, most [future] programmers will still be average [by today's standards]."

If you have control over a block of IPs, you can set the PTR records to whatever you feel like. Having invalid PTR records will cause headaches for you in a limited set of cases (e.g. sane mail servers won't accept mail from a host which has a PTR record that doesn't have A and PTR records which refer to each other) but outside of that, the owner of the IP block can do essentially whatever they want with the records.

Someone clever decided to have a very long route to a box, and very clever PTR records.

I couldn't have said it better. C provides a wonderful set of glasses through which other languages make excellent sense.