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In this entry I introduce a new series on NoFlo, a visual programming framework for JavaScript based on the concept of flow-based programming. In it you will learn what it is, why it's important, and how to use it. Because "visual programming" will solve all problems - I think I read that in the 70s. And the 80s
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[ego moment]
The idea is great, and I already implemented something like that 25 years ago (in WinG of all things) for testing different data compression techniques. However, the idea is also obsolete -- the idea of data flowing in pre-programmed ways is so boring, so deterministic, so inflexible. Now, if you have semantic data the components connect themselves[^].
[/ego moment]
Marc
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“He has, like, 15,000 edits, and he’s done almost nothing except fix the incorrect use of ‘comprised of’ in articles.” Everyone needs a hobby, I guess
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I guess. FTFY
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: Kent Sharkey wrote: I guess theorize.
FTFY!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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This one tugs at my grammatical heartstrings.
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He has, like, 15,000 edits, and he’s done almost nothing except fix the incorrect use of ‘comprised of’ in articles
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Saves me the trouble anyway.
I just took some corporate online training and it contains that particular error. So in the survey at the end I told them to do a grammar check.
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Couldn't have just done a Find/Replace?
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What with? We're not talking spelling error.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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So that's where Dave went.
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Microsoft has finally launched the official preview for the touch-first version of Office 2016. Word, PowerPoint and Excel are available to download right now from the Windows Store on Windows 10, and include a touch-first UI great for editing documents and presentations on the go. Word: Fingerpaint Edition
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Word: Fingerpaint Edition great sarcasm (as usual) Kent!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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As is customary, this ReSharper 9.1 EAP release includes new features, improvements to existing features, bug fixes and also continues improving our impending release of ReSharper C++. Not that C++ folk like pretty code, but there you go
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After years of using C# + ReSharper, then recently getting back into C++, I can tell you I've missed a lot it's features mightily.
svm[tab] is a lot less to type than
static void main()
{
}
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There are few examples of software about which I can say I can't "live without them."
ReSharper is one
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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In an editorial published earlier today, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler laid out the broad strokes of the agency's upcoming proposal for new Open Internet rules. "The NET is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it."
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While I'm all in favor of "net neutrality or an open internet", I'm also not in favor of gov't regulation. I think a morally voluntary approach would be best and most flexible.
However, that said, the Internet Providers brought it upon themselves by being a bunch of greedy arses.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I'd agree with you if there were more than 1 reasonable choice in many locations (I think I have three myself), but it seems much of the US is run by an oligopoly.
TTFN - Kent
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It's not the FCC's jurisdiction.
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In a new job description, that was posted on February 3rd, it starts off by saying, "Do you want to be the game changer in bringing more apps to Windows platform?" Using words like 'game changer' signifies that this is big shift for Microsoft and that they are taking on an ambitious strategy when it comes to apps on Windows. "1.2 Any player may declare a new rule at any point in the game. The player may do this audibly or silently depending on what zone (Refer to Rule 1.5) the player is in."
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That's as long as your "game" would usually be rated 12 by ESRB or equivalent.
So game's that are invalid as Store Apps include Skyrim, Grand Theft Auto, ...
Until they eliminate censorship from the Store, I'm really not interested.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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The realities of mobile app development today mean every developer must weigh multiple tradeoffs: Enjoy full app life-cycle support and commercial IDEs, or piece together open-source solutions; Choose native, hybrid, Platform-as-a-Service or HTML5-based platforms and widgets; Access an ever wider array of device-specific functionality; and create delightful user experiences while managing customer expectations.
It's a mad, mad mobile development world.
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As functional idioms have become more mainstream, and C# has added functional capabilities such as lambdas and LINQ, it seems like C# is "catching up" with F# more and more.
"Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men."
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Christopher Shields wrote: "Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men."
That is a great quote!
Marc
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