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Since your friend redacted the emails with the same font/color as the email itself, it wasn't clear to the parent commenter what had happened, and they (likely) assumed you were pointing out the existence of the placeholders.

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12 年前discuss

I really like this snippet from the justification for the symbol chosen: "APL apparently used +.×, which by combining a multi-character token, confusing attribute-access-like . syntax, and a unicode character, ranks somewhere below U+2603 SNOWMAN on our candidate list".

One of the reasons I have been such a fan of Python for so long is the relatively no-nonsense approach to design decisions that many others would have rushed through.

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13 年前discuss

A meta-comment to your unrelated comment - there is a Chrome extension called "WhatFont"[1] that gives you a button you can click, which adds a tooltip to your cursor telling you what font it is hovering over! It's useful to be able to painlessly determine what beautiful font you're looking at :)

[1]: http://chengyinliu.com/whatfont.html

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13 年前discuss

Nothing an Amazon-Prime-Air-follower-and-grabber drone couldn't handle!

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13 年前discuss

The parent wasn't claiming this; they were merely adding a single data point about a relevant topic! I for one had not thought about pre-filling the coupon code box before, and I'm glad the parent brought it to my attention.

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13 年前discuss

To expand on your comment "rare diseases are actually quite common", I was struck by this in the article:

    More than 7,000 such diseases exist, afflicting a total of 25 million to 30 million Americans

That's almost 10% of Americans! I suppose this shouldn't have been surprising given the Birthday Paradox [1], but the ~1/10 statistic puts things into perspective for me.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

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13 年前discuss

> A sense of wonder (sometimes jocularly or cynically > abbreviated to 'sensawunda') is an emotional reaction > to the reader suddenly confronting, understanding, or > seeing a concept anew in the context of new > information. [1]

I was unfamiliar with this concept! I can surely relate to the feeling though, especially in the context of seeing the beauty of a solution to a problem, maths or otherwise.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_wonder

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13 年前discuss

Since I had to look it up: FTFF = Fix The &$%#ing Finder[1], a blanket term for OS X Finder woes!

[1]: http://www.applematters.com/article/ftff/

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13 年前discuss

In TextMate (OS X), a Cmd+/ does the same thing as well! To the author's credit, he does mention his hack has "no tool dependencies".

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13 年前discuss

Shameless plug: I wrote a short post on this exact subject two days ago[1]!

I also describe how to display the '{{' and '}}' strings in Jinja2, which is comically non-trivial :D

[1]: http://www.verdantrefuge.com/writing/2013/angularjs-custom-s...

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13 年前discuss

My absolute favorite is Białowieża Forest [1] - I died laughing many many times, and I even learned a thing or two along the way. For me, nothing beats enlightening educational entertainment such as this.

[1]: http://idlewords.com/2012/02/bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa_forest.htm

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13 年前discuss

The navigation was so poorly executed that I didn't even realize there was more than one page! I admire people experimenting, but this feels like taking the idea 80% of the way there, and just kind of leaving things unrefined/unusable.

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13 年前discuss

I love these kind of interactions; both listening and explaining equally! I find I can elicit these kinds of explanations from others by being actively interested, reading how they react and what they emphasize, and asking the right questions to really get at their passion.

I exhort everyone to strike up these kinds of conversions especially with strangers as often as possible - I guarantee you will learn something interesting :) Ever since I got the hang of it, it has really enriched my life.

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14 年前discuss

I understand your point, but just because we all love Miyazaki films (the objective truth :D) doesn't mean we each don't have our own unique traits/interests/hobbies/etc. that provide a well-rounded cultural outlook.

I agree with your notion that in hiring one should maintain a good balance of breadth and culture fit!

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14 年前discuss

What percentage of 20-30 year old males do you believe have played Portal (2), saw this posting, had the inclination to download the mod, and the inquisitiveness and persistance to actually complete the puzzle/test?

Rarely is a filter perfect, but this is likely a lot better than taking a random sample from the population :)

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14 年前discuss

My main takeaway was the following:

    Z-index only works on positioned elements. If you
    try to set a z-index on an element with no position
    specified, it will do nothing.

I know I have scratched my head in the past trying to get z-index do what I want, and this knowledge probably would have helped!

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14 年前discuss

I love seeing how other people express and communicate the things they are passionate about. I fully support people geeking out about whatever they please, as long as it makes them happy :)

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14 年前discuss

The first time I have seen the word "fellatious" in the wild - thank you for bringing this gem to my attention :)

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14 年前discuss

You begin your sentence with "Except" -- however you and the parent are saying the same thing :)

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14 年前discuss

I would guess a lot of the initial customers for the iPad Mini won't be too sensitive to the price difference between the iPad Mini and a comparable Android device. They may base their purchase decision on other factors such as aesthetics, or specific features, or app availability.

Also, it looks like "tablet market" outstripped "ipad market" in late 2010[1]!

[1]: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=ipad%20market,%20tabl...

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