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maxtilford

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About maxtilford

maxtilford@gmail.com

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    Comment #26497650

    Sounds like the Eudaimonia Machine concept: https://blog.fentress.com/blog/the-eudaimonia-machine-a-spac...

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    Comment #21623208

    What you quoted doesn't mention an IDE at all. "extract interface" is just the name of series of steps that you can accomplish with or without an IDE. Martin Fowler's book 'Refacto…

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    Comment #3367355

    The demos are broken due to git merge tokens. (line 87 "<<<<<<< HEAD")

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    Comment #2571628

    That S-expressions can/often contain code doesn't make them more complicated when used for data only. Anything can contain code.

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    Comment #2546258

    No technical limits were hit. They have nearly the same feature set. Geocoder's api feels a little bit more modern Geokit (rails3 vs 2). Having read the code for both, Geocoder was…

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    Comment #2545542

    I just switched from geokit to geocoder in the app I'm building. I found geocoder to be significantly better for my purposes.

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    Comment #1875496

    You're welcome to contact me anytime with questions. (emails in profile)

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    Comment #1866885

    I think this blog post will be relevant: http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/12/evaluating-cellular-automata-...

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    Comment #1856059

    CommonPlace -- Cambridge, MA ( http://commonplaceusa.com ) We're a nearly-funded startup creating a social platform for local communities and neighborhoods. * Web Dev Intern: Will …

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    Comment #1856050

    CommonPlace -- Cambridge, MA ( http://commonplaceusa.com ) We're a nearly-funded startup creating a social platform for local communities and neighborhoods. * Web Developer: Will b…

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    Comment #1768436

    Very nice. That's a tool I was just about to need. My circles and rectangles are a bit sloppy... Scratch that, I found the toolbox. Awesome.

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    Comment #1765884

    It didn't. I'm pretty sure.

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    Comment #1661911

    I use linux: gentoo, arch, and ubuntu. But if you're using ruby, you should just use rvm. Then the distro doesn't matter that much.

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    Comment #1605379

    Mainly, I'm tired of using $.getJson, and I liked your on-server macro. Also, how is the server going to watch references on the server and vice-versa?

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    Comment #1605354

    Awesome. I've got it up and running. I've been looking for a solution for the client/server distinction for a while. How much have you thought about the implementation of that?

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    Comment #1492355

    Cambridge, MA We're building a social network for communities and neighborhoods and ooking for Rails developers. Contact maxtilford@gmail.com if you're interested.

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    Comment #1291956

    I spent some time the last couple days learning two songs on a penny whistle. Great fun.

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    Comment #1230791

    I bought a nice hat from http://www.kleinbottle.com/ and he sent me pictures of it being packaged up, so this sort of thing has been done before. I've no idea about patentability t…

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    Comment #1155826

    I used it a lot before and I use it a lot now. It took a bit of getting used to, but I rather like the new design. I've found that I'm listening to a lot more new music, where befo…

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    Comment #1134434

    I think tail call elimination is handled in the Apply method for closures - http://github.com/bobappleyard/golisp/blob/master/lisp/lisp.... . Looks like a trampoline to me.

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    Comment #1045884

    I play several, but not necessarily what I'd call proficiently.

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    Comment #1000490

    I have 42 tabs open. I use Firefox's tree tabs add-on. After pruning, I now have 22 tabs open.