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It looks like it currently doesn’t ship to Japan. Any plans to include Japan in the future? I would have pre-ordered already if it did.

Maybe they haven't finished localizing the content for those countries yet?

I tried "Penrose tiles"

Sorry, could I ask which talk you are referring to?

I think the movie you are referring to is District 9.

You might also want to look at Pony. https://www.ponylang.org

Thanks for the link! One nice thing about the original post is that it runs inside of a Swift playground, which, for those with Xcode (or an iPad) can be a fast way of learning and experimenting. I could see someone starting with this project and then easily expanding their knowledge by modifying it using resources like the one you linked to.

"practical program development" implies that it is intended to make things and is not just proof of concept, no?

I know that my Japanese friend has been using CotEditor for a long time exactly because of its Japanese text handling.

Really cool. Those who are interested in a similar project should also check out Super Debugger.

https://github.com/Shopify/superdb

It uses F-Script but, as I understand it, uses its own debugging environment rather than tying into lldb.

Cool! Looking forward to seeing you there.

Tokyo iOS Meetup organizer here. The place where we meet is a company called Voyage Group, which is actually a proper company rather than a co-working space. It is unique in that, as I understand it, it is made up mostly of small, wholly-owned subsidiary companies, which is why there are all of those different-sized rooms. You are right that it would be good for co-working, too.

Co-working spaces have definitely expanded in the past couple years though. Co-ba in Shibuya and Hub Tokyo in Meguro are two that I have visited that seemed like they had good communities.

I actually a similar thought, the other day. (I have worked a lot on international programming teams). What if there were programming languages in which the language had keywords which could change depending on locale? Maybe variable names could be localized? And comments could be translatable so that the programmers would be able to see their native language inline?

In international teams, I wonder if this could aid developer productivity throughout the team?

I think he is talking about the localization of code itself (in the case of Android, the Java that the app is written in), not the localization of the user interface element, etc. that the user sees.

Imagine a programming language in which the keywords, for example, could change based on the user's language settings.

I agree. I've been working in the startup scene in Japan for the past couple years (and at GREE, one of the companies which is mentioned in the article). I have met a lot of very enthusiastic young entrepreneurs, but I am not yet sure that there is a big enough crowd of people with that mentality to call it "New Japan." He makes it sound as though there has been an entire generational shift.

I have been running the Tokyo iOS Meetup for the past two years or so. People often stop in looking for iOS developers, so I can get a lot of projects through that.

I have been there the past several times (and will be attending this one as well). I have been able to do some like-minded people and I have done some networking. Mostly, though, it was just a fun social time talking about all sorts of various technical stuff. I would definitely recommend coming out if you have the time.

That is a good point, and I agree with your argument that this boycott is a significant turning point for Wikipedia and other websites. If we think about the reason that the boycott exists, however, which is the danger that this legislation will allow Wikipedia to be taken offline without adequate recourse, then suggesting that "it is possible that someone somewhere" will die because of the blackout could similarly lead to an argument like, "if SOPA is passed, it is possible that someone somewhere will die" due to the Wikipedia (or some other website) being taken offline.

I am glad I will finally be able to attend this time! For several consecutive months now, this meetup was always scheduled sometime when I had another engagement.

How many people usually come to one of these meetups, and how many are regulars?

Out of curiosity, do you know what happened if the pin number was a palindrome? Did they restrict your selection to prevent that?

Great Britain was once the world's greatest superpower and yet managed to transition without becoming fascist. I think that history actually shows a diversity of scenarios.

But there is also the lower price to consider. Even if the rarity of the event brought more purchases, with $5 vs the $15 or $20 it would have cost in a more tradition method of sales, the price alone would certainly bring in some customers who would not have paid the higher price.

Actually, interoperability between apps is possible through things like URL handling and UIPasteboard. I am dreaming of the day that something like the UNIX toolchain can be assembled by sending data from one app to another like this. Enough app developers just need to get together and decide to make it. I suppose that you could not script it though, so it would still be more limited. But you could send data step by step through a series of apps in a chain, which could allow for creative interoperability.

I don't know of anything in particular, but this is a topic I have been interested in as well. I've recently been thinking that the training new developers around the world might be the best approach. Don't try to make the apps or programs yourself; train the locals in developing software and then let them apply those skills to solve their own problems. I would really be interested in something like this.