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> This basically was at its root a "theory" vs. "getting it done" argument. Because worse is better. https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html

>> my house is no longer filled with endless cardboard boxes. > You can throw in in the trash, you know :) I prefer to build forts for my cats out of my leftover boxes.

You're the one deciding what you need out of the material so that's up to you ;-)

I was trying to be punny by implying indecision... edit: also thanks for the link :)

Maybe.

That should probably be based on access patterns, not on mutability flags. If it's "archived", but has 1K downloads a day it should be in cache.

Do people really click on ads on purpose?

Found the emacs user! ;-)

> If you attempt to read the script in your browser first, and everything's great, then go pipe to bash, the server can send alternate content based on your user agent. curl | less…

How did you handle shared writable storage and databases?

They could be a shelf full of $2 novels. Owning a few hundred books doesn't cost very much (thanks printing press), and only implies an interest in reading not in being of a high s…

That strikes me as being less about controlling the message and more about making sure that the people entering the library know how to handle manuscripts that old (especially the …

It depends on what you mean by "supports". If you use myisam or need DDL statement rollback MySQL is still not a great option. http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Transactional_DDL_in_…

> f.ex. where did the fixed width files come from? Encrypted and signed files sent over the wire from a company we do business with. Additionally I was just pairing the values up w…

You're right, let is a macro so you can't pass binding forms from a variable, my mistake. But surely Scheme has some function for binding variables to the local scope... My point i…

> "Let's make a function that has the side effect of introducing variables into scope. That's a great idea." And ``let'' is? ;-) Doing a (let [request] (check-auth ...)) would be e…

I've found exactly two: Ghetto templating (using a PHP file as a template). Extract an object from the database into local vars to echo in the "template". Parsing fixed width files…

For two options, almost certainly not ;-) For N ports, or for a port list defined from a config file however it could be. It's even nicer in python: ports = [80, 443, ...] if port …

And so far everyone has missed telling the poor OP how to avoid writing two equality checks... if( [80, 443].indexOf(port) !== -1 && http === false )

The problems can be solved in other languages, the tools are just clunkier. Lisp lets you solve the hard problems simply, and the solutions (not their expression) are what matters.…

I agree with the sentiment that the framework "disease" has gotten a little out of hand (it seems like we have a new one every few weeks now...). However, these same people would c…

My first thought was CDATA, but he could also mean using multiple namespaces or something else I suppose. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CDATASectio...

Definitely a management perspective.

That is a name I have not heard in a long time. A long, long time...

> Allow me this one; are your belongings really yours if you forget to lock the door? Practically, it depends on where you live. In major urban areas: no they're gone and they prob…