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Re:Python: The Dictionary Playbook on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @09:45PM (#5000804)
In most circumstances for (key, val) in data won't work, as the default dictionary iterable only contains the keys. You want for key, val in data.items():
Re:Commit Logs From Last Night on Sunday October 14, 2012 @02:40PM (#4652151)
Some of the stuff in there is pretty spectacular, like this qt-brainfuck: https://github.com/sea-kg/seakgChrysocyonParser/compare/0988...
Re:Installing Meteor on Arch Linux on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @05:51AM (#4068055)
Nine times out of ten I'd say you could probably just install from the AUR. If not I doubt you could do so programatically, because the names might not be the same.
Re:Eve Online spaceship viewer uses WebGL on Saturday May 26, 2012 @10:05PM (#4028983)
I can see the ship for a second, then it explodes and disappears. Firefox 12, Linux, Intel Mesa drivers
Re:Caller ID Made Simple on Monday April 09, 2012 @02:58AM (#3816080)
It seems odd that it only returns a province/state when just the area code provides more information than that. Example: any (647) or (416) area code will always be from Toronto, but numbers for both just return ONTARIO.
Re:Why Resumes and Code Screenings Are Obsolete with GitHire on Thursday January 12, 2012 @04:33PM (#3458041)
I have 5+ years experience with Erlang, a language I know literally not a single line of. It's from a repo (that I forked) that is half/half Erlang, Python.
Re:SingleHop Are Cheats on Friday September 16, 2011 @09:40AM (#3004390)
/dev/random will block while waiting to collect entropy from the system. /dev/urandom will be satisfied with pseudorandom numbers. That's fine for many applications (e.g. a file filled with garbage) but not acceptable for things like cryptography.
Re:Happy 20th birthday, Linux on Thursday August 25, 2011 @12:19PM (#2925379)
The kernel is literally a day older than I am, and I use it every day. I wish I'd accomplished nearly as much as it had.
Re:Poll: Why are you building a web app? (Research for my book) on Saturday February 12, 2011 @03:41PM (#2211075)
Programming is fun! Why else would I be here?