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What can we learn about a code base or a language based on its compressibility? My pet theory is that less compressible code will be, on average, better code, because less compressible code implies more factoring, more reuse, and fewer repetitions. Smaller is better?
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"more reuse, and fewer repetitions"
orly?
how do you reuse code without repeating the parts where you call that code?
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The company's social scientists are hunting for insights about human behavior. What they find could give Facebook new ways to cash in on our data—and remake our view of society. The answer is out there, Neo, and it's liking you, and it will share you if you want it to.
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Facebook is going to ask your permission to tell businesses your preferences?
I don't think so!
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Tired of losing ground to the iPad, Microsoft is poised to serve up its own entry in the suddenly booming tablet market. After signaling for months that it would attack the market only through its traditional hardware partners, Microsoft has decided to enter the tablet business more directly. Say hello to Microsoft Windows RT Slate 2012 Tablet Edition CTP beta...
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From the oogachaka baby to Nyan Cat, the graphics interchange format, better known as the GIF, has come a long way since the days of floppy discs. The modern-day GIF was introduced to the world 25 years ago today by Steve Wilhite as a more versatile alternative to the JPEG, according to Alexander “Sandy” Trevor, the former chief technical officer of CompuServe. Happy birthday GIF!
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The Retina MacBook is the least repairable laptop we’ve ever taken apart. The design pattern has serious consequences not only for consumers and the environment, but also for the tech industry as a whole. Think different... about repair, reuse and recycling.
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You may feel like technology is amazing and it's moving so very fast and it surely is. But as a diabetic who relies on technology to stay alive as along as I possibly can, it feels like nothing has changed in 20 years. Maybe something will happen in just 5 more. Twenty years and no significant moves. This is innovation?
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Your link is broken (I'm getting a 404).
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Pssst: the document linked to is
14145094.cm
the correct document is:
14145094.cms
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That fixes it. Is ".cms" common, or is it just something you happened to know? I don't think I've seen it in URLs before (though, if it's related to a content management system I guess it makes sense...)
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Not sure, to be honest. Though as you point out, it would appear to be sensible.
While the temptation is there, I won't lie - it never occurred to me. I did try to hack the url for a couple of minutes but gave up in disgust.
I merely searched Google for "economic times Microsoft's Hotmail revamped as 'Newmail' to take on rival Gmail"
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Ah. I'm not that motivated (because MS changing Hotmail again isn't that exciting...and I though it was Windows Live Mail or something now...too hard to keep up with MS changing the names of things ).
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Personally I am very much looking forward to it. Hopefully can run all my windows apps on it (eventually). Current tablets are pretty much useless to me because they do not run windows apps.
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The new Windows 8 ARM tablets won't run Windows applications, but you can buy one of this Windows 7 tablets while they are still being produced.
Dell Latitude ST tablet
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Well that is a good thing to know. I don't see much point to going to windows tablet without being able to use my windows applications
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I can't wait for this!
My Favorite Quote is:
"Failure is the beginning of Success"
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Top 5 lists are super-good link bait, so I’ll make my own sad one. In no particular order, and not stopping at 5, here are a few of the ways MySQL makes my life miserable. What’s your favourite - eh, least favourite - feature of MySQL?
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Well I just learned a few things.
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