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A well-written tutorial, but mildly annoying that it starts off with a basic off-by-one error; 9am to 9pm is 13 trips, not 12, so the total trip number is 52 (which indeed is the n…

They're describing the space in between the notes... so 4 equally spaced notes would have 3 gaps of 1:1:1 . It is indeed a bit confusing, as it says nothing about the duration of t…

> Are you really referring to a tenant of Marxism Marxism's taking in lodgers now?

I don't think there's the same feeling of "community" with Go as with other languages, in the same way that there's not really a C community - more a bunch of authors, evangelists …

...and, co-incidentally, there's also available at the moment a documentary about Julian and Sandy - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jwhr

Lovely. Reminds me of these all-wooden clocks - http://bruceaitken-clockmaker.co.uk/

Haha - beat me to it!

Known as Trap Streets ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street ) in the map-making trade.

>makes it seem like parents who formula-feed are harming their children Well, if the studies are to be believed, then that's exactly what is happening. I completely understand the …

It interests me that the conclusion of these studies is almost always presented as breastfeeding increasing IQ (or conveying health benefits or whatever). Surely, breastfeeding is …

I messed up - I meant 2001-02-03 04 :05:06 , in which case 2:05PM would be format "4:05PM", (or 16:05) . All that'd happen would be the year and seconds swap order in the "123456" …

Personally, when I first read the spec. for time.Format, I thought "well how bleedin' sensible is that?!" The only thing that annoys me is that it isn't in ISO order (I'd have pref…

> Facts remain facts even if we don't like them. It depends not only on your definition of "facts", but on the interpretation of the same, and how that affects policy and decision …

Perl :)

Reading this comment made me very very sad. I've been programming computers for over 3 decades, and this is how we started off in my day. The "MyComputerification" of IT education …

Indeed - maybe a corollary should be "in the same colour".

I heartily approve - other than the fact it means another 12 hours of my life down the drain... :)

That's the problem with reported conversation - I suspect there was a smile on his face as he was saying that, and I for one was expecting an "(audience laughter)" at the end of th…

I have very much the same pre/history, along with years of Perl. Then I discovered Go, and can't recommend it highly enough for exactly the reasons and specific case you state.

If you know perl, I highly recommend Mastering Algorithms With Perl - all code and barely any symbols :)