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Regarding expiration, from the article: you can always extend your expiration date, even after it has expired! This “expiration” is actually more of a safety valve or “dead-man swi…

Slight typo - the sample replacement should read: def wat(*args) a, b, *args = args ..But I don't see how moving required arguments from the signature to the body (or turning a Typ…

You may be interested in TAL/ZPT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_Attribute_Language

Of the free GUI tools, BOUML (the old, open v4.21 in Fedora 18) had the best combination of available UML components and editing flow. BOUML was restricted/automated enough to give…

I don't use fish for shell scripting, but I'm enjoying it as my primary environment after making these adjustments.. Status codes and argument lists: $status # replaces $? $argv # …

Agreed, with a minor refinement: Robin Hood taxed the tax men ("Robin Hood," Disney, 1973). It was less a matter of rich vs. poor than of beneficiaries vs. victims of oppressive ta…

The easier it is to find "stolen" credit card numbers, the easier it is for legitimate services to protect against their misuse (analgous to vulnerability disclosure).