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vdm··on TXR: A Programming Language for Convenient Data Munging
https://github.com/spullara/mustache.java/search?p=1&q=inver...
vdm··on TXT Record XSS
Van Jacobsen's NDN (née CCNX) does this by replacing the entire HTTP to IP stack with a hierarchical key-value protocol using only two packet types: Interest (GET) and Data (PUT). It can overlay UDP or any layer 2 directly, and tunnel IP. http://named-data.net/
vdm··on Curl.io – Share files from your terminal or ssh
Some terminal emulators support in-band file transfers using zmodem. SecureCRT does this.

iTerm: http://grack.com/blog/2011/10/26/automatic-file-transfer-in-...

vdm··on Useful Unix commands for exploring data
Nice find. You might also like http://matt.might.net/articles/sql-in-the-shell/
vdm··on Useful Unix commands for exploring data
Get words starting with "and"

    $ cat /usr/share/dict/words | py -fx 're.match(r"and", x)' | head -5
    and
    andante
    andante's
    andantes
    andiron
https://github.com/Russell91/pythonpy
vdm··on Liquibase – Source control for your database
http://flywaydb.org/
vdm··on Gooey: Turn command line programs into GUI applications
> parsing out the man pages

https://github.com/idank/explainshell

vdm··on The S in Rest
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/dozba/status/501782989257187329
vdm··on The S in Rest
The Content-Location response header can carry the value URL without a redirect. http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14...

With canonical representations (standardised whitespace and key sort order etc) a hash can be used as a content-addressable key in place of a UUID.

vdm··on Edward Snowden: The Untold Story
Just the copy: https://www.readability.com/articles/42wfcyub
vdm··on Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
Nice read, thank you. See also Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061994952/
vdm··on Chesscademy – Learn How to Play Chess
Not lessons, but open source: http://lichess.org/
vdm··on A Software Architect's View of the Design of Double Entry Accounting (2012)
http://nothing.tmtm.com/2006/09/using-a-wiki-as-an-accountin... http://nothing.tmtm.com/2006/09/more-on-accounting-wikis/
vdm··on A Software Architect's View of the Design of Double Entry Accounting (2012)
That is a great way of thinking about testing, and possibly even type systems. It really clicked with me, thank you for sharing.
vdm··on YouCompleteMe as a Server
This is comparable in scope to Microsoft's Project Roslyn (compiler as a service).
vdm··on A chrome extension to copy stylelessly
I've often wondered why one would want such a thing and appreciate you taking the time to explain it.
vdm··on How to tack a command onto the end of a long-running Unix task, halfway through
Any way to add a pipe?

    $ touch asdf
    $ tail -f asdf
    ^Z
    $ fg; | grep foo
    -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `|'
vdm··on Germany arrests suspected US spy
plus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_(2012_film)
vdm··on Show HN: Vim Awesome – Vim plugins
Very nice. Suggestion: in the search box, pushState only onBlur (so it doesn't spam history, forcing you to hit. the. back. button. through. Every. Character.)
vdm··on The Unix spirit set free: Plan 9 from Bell Labs (2006) [pdf]
nice work. it would also be cool to use acme window management heuristics for splits, maybe even for tmux.
vdm··on Making Everyone Go Away
Nice find, thanks for dropping the link.
vdm··on Defensive Bash programming
I agree, and refer to it as a 'call trace'. Not to be confused with stack traces, which are the same thing inside out.
vdm··on 4K for $649: Asus' PB287Q monitor reviewed
vs Samsung U28D590D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0YzTJheuFs (4:48)
vdm··on Redesigning Mary Meeker's Internet Slideshow
The biggest improvements are to typography, color palette and using a single background across headline and body.

The changed plots, not so much.

vdm··on Octotree: the missing GitHub tree view (Chrome extension)
@creationix's Tedit mounts git repos directly; it will melt your brain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4eJTBXJ54I https://github.com/creationix/tedit-app
vdm··on Octotree: the missing GitHub tree view (Chrome extension)
That's a good idea, those 'fake' Java directories can be displayed collapsed inline as a single node of the hierarchy, thus saving all their indent space.
vdm··on Anki – Powerful, intelligent flashcards
i.e. remembering the names of faces to build rapport.
vdm··on Keepod: Can a $7 stick provide billions computer access?
2005 http://philip.greenspun.com/business/mobile-phone-as-home-co...
vdm··on Flux Application Architecture
I think you could do this in a Store component which uses a ServiceWorker.
vdm··on YouTube Founders to Sell Delicious, a Social Bookmarking Site
With diigo you can highlight the bits of the page that are actually interesting, as well as tagging.
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