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We have a lightweight extensible markup language. It's called XML. When HTML web components are fully supported in all browsers, it'll be possible to create custom markup elements …

The question that should be asked in that case is what purpose does excessive paperwork cover? In my experience, it's usually poor management looking to cover their own ass when de…

Look at hiring practices and policies. By law, minorities, and women most certainly are given special treatment when it comes to government positions. As well as veterans, whom som…

From what I understand, much of the dogma and propaganda used to recruit religious extremists is sourced from SA universities, and academia. The people behind it hold a priviliged …

Actors are free game because they're public personas aren't 'real' people to begin with. Reduced to childhood terms, they're the kids on a playground playing doctor. Yet, as adults…

Comedians dance a fine line. The best can waltz back and fourth across the line with practiced precision. Rape is about power. Power conceded by the victims and forcefully taken by…

Fake moral superiority for the purpose of subjugating others. Some people value being 'right' more than they value being happy. Some have an agenda or hidden motivation to talk dow…

It never stops being funny. Many famous comedians suffer from depression and/or mental health issues because that is one of the primary sources of their inspiration. Laughter, and …

Chrome on IOS uses Webkit, it's basically a skin over Apple's outdated browser engine that crashes frequently. This is due to Apple Store restrictions, not technical reasons.

So, what's the solution here? Other than some 'hand wavey' call to action for devs to work together? I am the author of a handful of OSS libs, one of which is very popular. Of the …

So you suggest that we should put even more emphasis on Computer Science fundamentals? Ad of most jobs don't already put too mich emphasis on mindlessly coding reference implementa…

Producing higher yields is not analogous to producing healthier food. The interests of farmers (ie produce more yield/mass that is impacted less by weeds/pests) do not match the in…

It's more difficult to track poor product quality based on consumer reviews if the products are 'refreshed' with new models every year. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the…

Many thousand pages later my Brother B&W laser printer is still going strong. Inkjet is only reliable if the printer is used and calibrated regularly. Even large scale plotters are…

Sounds like 'business as usual' to me. Small company is granted preferential treatment on the contract reward because the company fits under a 'special class'. For example SDVOSB. …

Unfortunately. I made the mistake of hosting it on Google Code rather than GitHub. Everything has since been moved and it's gradually gaining traction again. The HTML5 part was ver…

Somehow missed the 'java/scala part'. Either way, why do 2 data format transforms as one lib? It makes more sense to parse JSON into memory in one step then format it as CSV in a s…

I pretty much quit playing any/all Blkzzard games after a month of WOW. It quickly became clear to me that they intended and succeesed at effectively creating a profit-making skinn…

ES6 modules, combined with a tree shaking build tool solve this issue. You can install a hige library and the output source will only include the parts you use. Unfortunately, libs…

Wait til we see the first generation of kids forced to code in school. As much as politicians want tomtreat programming as the 'new literacy' i can think of no better strategy to d…

Honestly, I see JSON-to-CSV and the opposite tools as an anti-pattern. You're essentially applying 2 pure function transforms to data so it should be done in 2 steps. The built-in …

Yes. Use the built-in JSON.parse() to get the data into memory, then use my jquery-csv library's $.csv.fromArrays() to format the data as CSV. Guess I found a good candidate for a …

The funny thing is, very capable libraries already exist to handle CSV parsing. I know because I authored jquery-csv, te first RFC complete CSV parser implementation in vanilla JS.…

See HTML5 canvas. That's what Google Docs switched to so they could guarantee a consistent UI across different browser platforms. For the full OS implementation see NodeOS and Runt…

Sustaining human life, especially in 'developed' nations requires a lot more than energy. People focus on energy, technology, and conservation as the solution. It's like trying to …