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Are you one of the guys that implemented a Twitter clone during the weekend?

Now, does anyone know of a similar guide, but for Seattle area?

If you're crazy like me and constantly refresh the page to see if your favourite talk will make it to the next round, here is a simple Python script to do it for you: https://gist.…

Implementing a Letterpress cheater in Python took me around 10 minutes. Computers are very fast nowadays: https://gist.github.com/3968275 There is no need for a whole game engine i…

Dont't know whether it's good or bad but these questions closely resemble the ones I've been asked during my final exam (Faculty of Mathemathics, Informatics and Mechanics at Unive…

Upvoted for a great satire.

"We're still wondering why Google would reject Carrier IQ from its flagship devices but allow phones with the software to pass the various Android compatibility tests required to l…

It looks like they are still crawling the GitHub pages.

Use jslint, Luke.

I've worked on a very similar project for WolneLektury.pl, but were fortunately allowed to use Python instead of Java. XSLT and XPath proved to be tremendously useful, cutting deve…

You're right. Google (in David Drummond words) called these patents "dubious", not "bogus": http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-patents-attack-a... """ This anti-competitiv…

Just a quick note here: using != abusing. I agree that the patent system is broken as is, but there needs to be a mechanism protecting the intellectual property that allows compani…

I trust Google when they say that patents they wanted to buy from Novell and Nortel were "bogus".

Patents are not used for crushing other companies. They are used for getting a fair recompensation for the IP you have created. That usually means licensing fees. Apple has acquire…

This time Microsoft was on your side, as they've banded with several other companies in order to buy Novell (and Nortel) patents cheaply, making sure that patent trolls won't acqui…