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Re:Designing state machines on Monday June 26, 2017 @11:36AM (#14637595)
Anyone got tips for working with FSMs in REST and/or MVC? Very rarely do you find HTTP verbs match FSM events leading to a fudge somewhere
Re:SSL considered bloated on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:55AM (#12436427)
Missed the biggest point which is cognitive overhead. HTTP is simple to understand and it has thrived because of this. What a pain it is to get Wireshark to decode TLS traffic, which is not just cognitive overhead but debugging overhead too.
Re:Intel acquires Movidius on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @09:08AM (#12435687)
Thanks, good to learn the difference. Graves are a pain on UK keyboards though, I propose they switch!
Re:Intel acquires Movidius on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @05:38AM (#12434655)
Very strange to see it signed off with Sláinte. I never thought it used much outside of Scotland
Re:Unreal: The Backstory on Monday August 22, 2016 @05:11AM (#12335004)
Firefox reader mode did a stellar job on it
Re:PHP the Wrong Way on Friday August 19, 2016 @10:13AM (#12320126)
Well I certainly agree with the right tool for the right job. And PHP has some roles. My point was more about the article, which would, imo, put programmers off PHP with its contrariness and smugness.
Re:PHP the Wrong Way on Friday August 19, 2016 @06:52AM (#12319150)
What I take from is not to use PHP, which I do as it pays the bills, but why would anyone choose it for a new project baffles me. This article doesn't help it.
Re:PHP the Wrong Way on Friday August 19, 2016 @06:41AM (#12319109)
Wait, is this satire or not? Does it advocate people don't use frameworks?

Loved the opening paragraph though

Re:This JPEG is also a webpage on Thursday August 11, 2016 @04:15AM (#12266838)
aaisp - your life just became simpler.
Re:New Features in Ruby 2.4 on Thursday July 21, 2016 @04:46AM (#12135575)
So there is choice of course.

match returns match data, and sets the $~ variable

=== returns true or false, setting the $~ variable

=~ returns integer (position) or nil, setting $~

The newest one match? returns a boolean, not setting $~

Re:New Features in Ruby 2.4 on Thursday July 21, 2016 @04:43AM (#12135564)
Will this be the last release before 3? Is there a defined schedule for 3 yet? Or just "When it's done"?
Re:The rational exuberance of 5G on Thursday June 30, 2016 @08:01AM (#12007897)
Firefox reader mode. It fixes the web, and it makes me slightly sad.
Source required for this one.
Re:The Science Behind Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life (2013) on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @05:21AM (#11952485)
Simples, market it as 1946 honey, no carbon dating after that! 70 year old honey coming at you
Re:A Lament for the LAN Party on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:30AM (#11875029)
What size? Make sure you've enough room is my first generic piece of advice. Then I'd suggest a list of games people want to play so that everyone is patched and ready to rock.

And Saturday night is pizza night. No exceptions. Rock band/console multiplayer highly encouraged.

Braw, check oot taps aff tae

http://www.taps-aff.co.uk/

Scotland's latest bridge coming in under budget and on time even:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensferry_Crossing

Re:My time with Rails is up on Monday May 23, 2016 @05:14AM (#11752703)
So given your rant, does any ORM cater for this condition better?

Does any web framework manage these? Given two almost identical requests that cause a race condition most frameworks fall down in my experience.

Re:The creation of stainless steel on Thursday May 19, 2016 @09:49AM (#11730120)
I can get a whole book for $12, perhaps two on offer. The price/hour doesn't quite compute. New Scientist is £44/12 issues in the UK making it objectively about twice the value for comparison.
Re:The creation of stainless steel on Thursday May 19, 2016 @07:36AM (#11729399)
It's a shame they want $30 for shipping to Europe, I've seen a few articles from these guys and would pay for a physical copy, but not $70/6 issues.
Re:Apple Stole My Music on Thursday May 05, 2016 @07:09AM (#11635106)
Reasons to pirate number 567839234
The obvious solution is to deprecate User-Agent and have a new header. Browser-Version or something like that.
But when you can request a copy of a cctv video, does that not become publishing? Seems very wooly to me.
Re:Firefox OS Pivot to Connected Devices on Friday December 11, 2015 @05:42AM (#10716348)
A consistent platform is the most obvious benefit.

Could it also be a fairly static non vendor customized and hence upgradable OS also? Most Smart TVs are never updated after all

Re:How cash is carried across Congo on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @05:11AM (#10702849)
I'm surprised M-Pesa hasn't entered Congo, seems a real opportunity there for a recognised and trusted mobile banking service.
Re:An open source 3D printable acoustic violin on Friday November 06, 2015 @04:18AM (#10518493)
A kazoo comes pretty close
Re:Do not let your CDN betray you: Use Subresource Integrity on Thursday October 01, 2015 @09:24AM (#10310924)
Chrome already have this for your information: https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6183089948590080
Re:Introducing U-SQL, a language for big data processing on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @04:48AM (#10302588)
Interesting to see ETL extensions to (T-)SQL. I wonder if we will see anybody else offer some? (Come on Postgres!)
Re:Synthesizing Hi-Hats with Web Audio on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @07:45AM (#10264427)
Even in chrome I hear what sounds more like a rim shot

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