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Olap84··on Designing state machines
Anyone got tips for working with FSMs in REST and/or MVC? Very rarely do you find HTTP verbs match FSM events leading to a fudge somewhere
Olap84··on SSL considered bloated
Missed the biggest point which is cognitive overhead. HTTP is simple to understand and it has thrived because of this. What a pain it is to get Wireshark to decode TLS traffic, which is not just cognitive overhead but debugging overhead too.
Olap84··on Intel acquires Movidius
Thanks, good to learn the difference. Graves are a pain on UK keyboards though, I propose they switch!
Olap84··on Intel acquires Movidius
Very strange to see it signed off with Sláinte. I never thought it used much outside of Scotland
Olap84··on Bootstrap 4 Alpha 4 Released
https://github.com/medialize/sass.js
Olap84··on Unreal: The Backstory
Firefox reader mode did a stellar job on it
Olap84··on PHP the Wrong Way
Well I certainly agree with the right tool for the right job. And PHP has some roles. My point was more about the article, which would, imo, put programmers off PHP with its contrariness and smugness.
Olap84··on PHP the Wrong Way
What I take from is not to use PHP, which I do as it pays the bills, but why would anyone choose it for a new project baffles me. This article doesn't help it.
Olap84··on PHP the Wrong Way
Wait, is this satire or not? Does it advocate people don't use frameworks?

Loved the opening paragraph though

Olap84··on This JPEG is also a webpage
aaisp - your life just became simpler.
Olap84··on New Features in Ruby 2.4
So there is choice of course.

match returns match data, and sets the $~ variable

=== returns true or false, setting the $~ variable

=~ returns integer (position) or nil, setting $~

The newest one match? returns a boolean, not setting $~

Olap84··on New Features in Ruby 2.4
Will this be the last release before 3? Is there a defined schedule for 3 yet? Or just "When it's done"?
Olap84··on The rational exuberance of 5G
Firefox reader mode. It fixes the web, and it makes me slightly sad.
Olap84··on Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving the EU?
Source required for this one.
Olap84··on The Science Behind Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life (2013)
Simples, market it as 1946 honey, no carbon dating after that! 70 year old honey coming at you
Olap84··on A Lament for the LAN Party
What size? Make sure you've enough room is my first generic piece of advice. Then I'd suggest a list of games people want to play so that everyone is patched and ready to rock.

And Saturday night is pizza night. No exceptions. Rock band/console multiplayer highly encouraged.

Olap84··on Ootside – Weather from a brutally honest Scottish perspective
Braw, check oot taps aff tae

http://www.taps-aff.co.uk/

Olap84··on World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switzerland
Scotland's latest bridge coming in under budget and on time even:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensferry_Crossing

Olap84··on My time with Rails is up
So given your rant, does any ORM cater for this condition better?

Does any web framework manage these? Given two almost identical requests that cause a race condition most frameworks fall down in my experience.

Olap84··on The creation of stainless steel
I can get a whole book for $12, perhaps two on offer. The price/hour doesn't quite compute. New Scientist is £44/12 issues in the UK making it objectively about twice the value for comparison.
Olap84··on The creation of stainless steel
It's a shame they want $30 for shipping to Europe, I've seen a few articles from these guys and would pay for a physical copy, but not $70/6 issues.
Olap84··on Apple Stole My Music
Reasons to pirate number 567839234
Olap84··on YouTube change served lower-quality video to Firefox 43 for 2 weeks
The obvious solution is to deprecate User-Agent and have a new header. Browser-Version or something like that.
Olap84··on UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stuff they already own
But when you can request a copy of a cctv video, does that not become publishing? Seems very wooly to me.
Olap84··on Firefox OS Pivot to Connected Devices
A consistent platform is the most obvious benefit.

Could it also be a fairly static non vendor customized and hence upgradable OS also? Most Smart TVs are never updated after all

Olap84··on How cash is carried across Congo
I'm surprised M-Pesa hasn't entered Congo, seems a real opportunity there for a recognised and trusted mobile banking service.
Olap84··on An open source 3D printable acoustic violin
A kazoo comes pretty close
Olap84··on Do not let your CDN betray you: Use Subresource Integrity
Chrome already have this for your information: https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6183089948590080
Olap84··on Introducing U-SQL, a language for big data processing
Interesting to see ETL extensions to (T-)SQL. I wonder if we will see anybody else offer some? (Come on Postgres!)
Olap84··on Synthesizing Hi-Hats with Web Audio
Even in chrome I hear what sounds more like a rim shot
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