June 2013

lmorchard starred louischatriot/nedb

lmorchard starred robnyman/Firefox-OS-Boilerplate-App

PRAW, an acronym for “Python Reddit API Wrapper”, is a python package that allows for simple access to reddit’s API. PRAW aims to be as easy to use as possible and is designed to follow all of reddit’s API rules. You have to give a useragent that follows the rules, everything else is handled by PRAW so you needn’t worry about violating them.

PRAW, an acronym for “Python Reddit API Wrapper”, is a python package that allows for simple access to reddit’s API. PRAW aims to be as easy to use as possible and is designed to follow all of reddit’s API rules. You have to give a useragent that follows the rules, everything else is handled by PRAW so you needn’t worry about violating them.

lmorchard starred lmorchard/django-teamwork

lmorchard starred nzakas/nui

After consulting with several companies on performance related issues, it became clear that one of the biggest performance issues facing websites today is the sheer amount of JavaScript needed to ...

What programming terms have you coined that have taken off in your own circles (i.e. have heard others repeat it)? It might be within your own team, workplace or garnered greater popularity on the Internet.

lmorchard starred marbindrakon/django-eveigb

lmorchard starred marbindrakon/eve-wspace

Here's a way to multiply numbers visually!

I’ve been interested in standing desks for a while. I keep reading things like: he who sits the most dies the soonest. All the options online are expensive. Until now. Ryan of Opani, our deskmate who does amazing big data analytics and I combined our brains to see if we could come up with a better solution:

lmorchard starred serkanyersen/kwargsjs

lmorchard starred NetEase/pomelo

One of the most popular third-party coverage tools is coverage.py which provides very nice HTML output along with advanced features such as branch coverage. If you prefer to stay with tools only provided by the stdlib then you can by using test.regrtest.

It bothers me when I realize that I'm relying on CSS class names in my JS

Men's Wearhouse has fired George Zimmer, its bearded executive chairman famous for his TV ad line: "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."

Music from the immensely massively multiplayer online Sci Fi game, EVE Online. More information and a free trial can be found at www.eveonline.com

Music from the immensely massively multiplayer online Sci Fi game, EVE Online. More information and a free trial can be found at www.eveonline.com

Music from the immensely massively multiplayer online Sci Fi game, EVE Online. More information and a free trial can be found at www.eveonline.com

Music from the immensely massively multiplayer online Sci Fi game, EVE Online. More information and a free trial can be found at www.eveonline.com

Music from the immensely massively multiplayer online Sci Fi game, EVE Online. More information and a free trial can be found at www.eveonline.com

Music from the immensely massively multiplayer online Sci Fi game, EVE Online. More information and a free trial can be found at www.eveonline.com

Music from the immensely massively multiplayer online Sci Fi game, EVE Online. More information and a free trial can be found at www.eveonline.com

Music from the immensely massively multiplayer online Sci Fi game, EVE Online. More information and a free trial can be found at www.eveonline.com

After creating my character in 2009 and getting into mining I found eve dull and boring so I quit playing then picking it back up again then I'd get bored again...2 months ago I decided I'd get back into it once again but this time I would leave mining behind (except to make isk because my skills are fairly decent) I decided to pick up pvp...I found a nice, small corp in Pizza who are extremely helpful and friendly and now I'm hooked! I can't believe I kept coming back to mining instead of trying something...well, fun! For all the new players here, dont lose interest after a couple of months, if you find the game boring try a different career path, I guarantee there will be something you enjoy about the game! submitted by Anonymoose9311 to Eve[link] [19 comments]

After creating my character in 2009 and getting into mining I found eve dull and boring so I quit playing then picking it back up again then I'd get bored again...2 months ago I decided I'd get back into it once again but this time I would leave mining behind (except to make isk because my skills are fairly decent) I decided to pick up pvp...I found a nice, small corp in Pizza who are extremely helpful and friendly and now I'm hooked! I can't believe I kept coming back to mining instead of trying something...well, fun! For all the new players here, dont lose interest after a couple of months, if you find the game boring try a different career path, I guarantee there will be something you enjoy about the game! submitted by Anonymoose9311 to Eve[link] [19 comments]

Hi friends I regularly put the minimum bounty amount (100k) on random people that I find in all parts of space. When they die I get a notification of them dying, and then I can go on eve-kill or whatever and see what they died in and who killed them and where. I see my duties similar to those of a wild life ranger - tagging animals in the wild to monitor their movements and social behaviors. I plan to keep my findings neatly organized in an excel document to be published in Nature. Anyone else do this because it's pretty neat submitted by Ohh_Yeah to Eve[link] [17 comments]

Hi friends I regularly put the minimum bounty amount (100k) on random people that I find in all parts of space. When they die I get a notification of them dying, and then I can go on eve-kill or whatever and see what they died in and who killed them and where. I see my duties similar to those of a wild life ranger - tagging animals in the wild to monitor their movements and social behaviors. I plan to keep my findings neatly organized in an excel document to be published in Nature. Anyone else do this because it's pretty neat submitted by Ohh_Yeah to Eve[link] [17 comments]

Some days...some days it's frustrating to be on the web. We're compiling C++ into JavaScript and running Unreal in the browser but at the same time, here in 2013, we're still making the same mistakes. And by we, I mean, the set of web developers who aren't us, right Dear Reader? Because surely you're not doing any of these things. ;)

lmorchard starred alinz/Classy.js

A UI concept which merges loading indicators into the action that invoked them. Primarily intended for use with forms where it gives users immediate feedback upon submit rather than leaving them wondering while the browser does its thing. For a real-world example, check out any of the forms on slid.es.

A UI concept which merges loading indicators into the action that invoked them. Primarily intended for use with forms where it gives users immediate feedback upon submit rather than leaving them wondering while the browser does its thing. For a real-world example, check out any of the forms on slid.es.

It’s also worth pointing out that we do take certain technical measures to limit the data we collect. We’ve designed Persona so that the identity provider – including the fallback Identity Provider that we run – does not learn your browsing history. We consider that a good security practice, not specifically because of surveillance, but generally because collecting data without a user benefit just creates risk.

Every so often, when my laptop runs out of battery during a backup, I receive the following: “Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.”

Every so often, when my laptop runs out of battery during a backup, I receive the following: “Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.”

Writemonkey is a Windows zenware* writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words. It is light, fast and free. With an array of innovative tools under the hood and full Markdown* support, it helps you write better.

On Monday, a federal appeals court dismissed organic farmers’ lawsuit against the biotech firm Monsanto Company — but extracted a binding promise from Monsanto that they would not sue farmers whose crops were inadvertently contaminated with their product. Monsanto, which owns the patents to the vast majority of genetically modified staple crops in the U.S., devotes $10 million a year and a staff of 75 specifically to investigate and sue farmers who use their GM technology without paying royalties. To date, they have pursued more than 800 patent infringement cases.

On Monday, a federal appeals court dismissed organic farmers’ lawsuit against the biotech firm Monsanto Company — but extracted a binding promise from Monsanto that they would not sue farmers whose crops were inadvertently contaminated with their product. Monsanto, which owns the patents to the vast majority of genetically modified staple crops in the U.S., devotes $10 million a year and a staff of 75 specifically to investigate and sue farmers who use their GM technology without paying royalties. To date, they have pursued more than 800 patent infringement cases.

You may never get to drink at the Cantina — but you can still visit some real-life watering holes that celebrate your favorite stories. We've already shown you science-fictional bars we'd like to visit and people whose homes are based on spaceships, but here are real joints that boast a TARDIS, AT-ATs or the Martian landscape.

The story of the Sparkle Donkey — or El Burro Esparkalo as he is better known — began as little more than a local anecdote about a humble-yet-noble creature that, in dire times, delivered liquid salvation to many who were in need. But as time passed and word of his strange, lustrous aura and invigorating, ambrosial drink spread, the Sparkle Donkey became a powerful symbol of hope — an iconic and inscrutable totem that resonates to this very day.

The story of the Sparkle Donkey — or El Burro Esparkalo as he is better known — began as little more than a local anecdote about a humble-yet-noble creature that, in dire times, delivered liquid salvation to many who were in need. But as time passed and word of his strange, lustrous aura and invigorating, ambrosial drink spread, the Sparkle Donkey became a powerful symbol of hope — an iconic and inscrutable totem that resonates to this very day.

If you've never read any of his books, read one of his books. Then read another. Even the bad ones were good, and the good ones were astonishing.

Dave asks some great questions about why the people who had power over these networks didn't blow the whistle instead of some anonymous insider having to do it. Here's one possible answer.

In a study published in The Lancet, about twenty-nine percent of patients who recovered from Russell's Viper venom had signs of hypopituitarism or Sheehan's Syndrome. Both conditions have unremarkable symptoms, like a constant feeling of cold and an unusual amount of fatigue. What distinguishes them is a sort of reverse-puberty in adults. They lose their sex drive. They lose fertility. They lose their body hair, especially pubic hair. Men lose facial hair and muscles. Women lose curves as the condition causes them to lose weight. Some doctors even report loss of mental faculties as the condition progresses.

A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly: “Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?” He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?”

A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly: “Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?” He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?”

submitted by Pyrolytic to politics[link] [1102 comments]

submitted by Pyrolytic to politics[link] [1102 comments]

A new study focusing on low-income women in St. Louis, MO concludes that expanding access to free contraception — just as the health care reform law does through its provision to provide birth control without a co-pay — leads to significantly lower rates of unintended teen pregnancy and abortion. Researchers found that when women weren’t prohibited by cost, they chose more effective, long-lasting forms of birth control and experienced many fewer unintended pregnancies as a result.

A new study focusing on low-income women in St. Louis, MO concludes that expanding access to free contraception — just as the health care reform law does through its provision to provide birth control without a co-pay — leads to significantly lower rates of unintended teen pregnancy and abortion. Researchers found that when women weren’t prohibited by cost, they chose more effective, long-lasting forms of birth control and experienced many fewer unintended pregnancies as a result.

My bet is that the joke is on us, that there is no great reveal. Bob Benson is a way for the writers to show us how, in the world of Mad Men, the very qualities that define a real go-getting American businessman, here, in this office, with these people, look like vile perversion. To propose that Bob Benson is a spy is, frankly, to dance on Dutch Reagan’s grave. If you suspect Bob, you suspect the backbone of American commerce. If you suspect Bob, you suspect opportunity itself.

Starting in 2003 I committed to the idea of creating a luxury apartment in the mall. Over the course of the years to come I systematically coordinated the movement of the core elements that start to define a home. The space in the mall achieved a base-level of comfort, with enough amenities to qualify itself as a livable domestic space. Life from within the mall was committed to the pursuit of normalcy and the purchase of objects and clothing that would help define me an active participant in the great things the mall has to offer. The apartment was a superb space for hosting guests and I only regret that we didn’t have a working toilet. I will do my best to share thoughts about its creation and the aftermath with regular writing here.

For 75 years, Finland's expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It's like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped Finland achieve one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates.

An old blog post about an “unknown” Monopoly rule has been making its way around the Web the past few days, starting with a piece on BuzzFeed, then spreading to MSN, Yahoo, HuffPo, and a slew of other places. The gist is simple: When landing on a property, you’re allowed to auction it off, with the highest bidder paying the bank, rather than just purchasing it yourself.

Favorite: Plant your code in my butt. Watch it grow., by stevenf The handiwork of the world's most childish browser extension, Cloud To Butt. github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt

Favorite: You're almost in my butt, by stevenf The handiwork of the world's most childish browser extension, Cloud To Butt. github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt

Unfortunately, sometimes web developers try to get a bit too clever in creating their interfaces. What if I want something to look like a link but act like a button?

Unfortunately, sometimes web developers try to get a bit too clever in creating their interfaces. What if I want something to look like a link but act like a button?

submitted by x_Rose_x to funny[link] [1110 comments]

submitted by x_Rose_x to funny[link] [1110 comments]

Favorite: Game Over Man: Video games in movies, by Slacktory A twenty-minute montage of video games and arcades in film. Edited by Travis Greenwood and Brett Roberts http://www.buzzfeed.com/travisrandg http://www.youtube.com/user/brettramone Source movies, in order: WarGames (Audio snippet) Nightmares ("The Bishop Of Battle") Shaun Of The Dead The Beach Tron Joysticks Nightmares ("The Bishop Of Battle") Joysticks Night Of The Comet Joysticks Hollywood Hot Tubs The Avengers WarGames Rancho Deluxe The King Of Kong Boyz N The Hood Grosse Pointe Blank Parenthood Brainscan Terminator 2: Judgement Day Fast Times At Ridgemont High Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare The Wizard Wreck-It Ralph Tron The Last Starfighter The Thing The Hurt Locker Adventureland The Last Starfighter WarGames Cloak & Dagger Airplane! Snakes On A Plane Toy Story The Wrestler Bloodsport Jackie Chan's Street Fighter (City Hunter) Surf Ninjas Ferris Bueller's Day Off High School U.S.A. Midnight Madness Back To The Future 2 Ghostbusters 2 Joysticks 40 Year Old Virgin Mallrats Paul Blart: Mall Cop Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Lost In Translation The Karate Kid (2010) The FP Superbad Reign Over Me The Wackness Swingers Robocop 2 Wasabi Juice Inside Man Crank 2 Dawn Of The Dead (1978) Superman III D.A.R.Y.L. Encino Man Jaws Monster House The Princess Bride Rookie Of The Year Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Stay Alive Soylent Green Eddie Macon's Run Jekyll & Hyde... Together Again Scanners 2 Nightmares ("The Bishop Of Battle") Aliens (Audio snippet) Visit http://www.slacktory.com Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/slacktory Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/slacktory For more, go to http://www.mydamnchannel.com

This page describes a small demo that leverages Readium.js to embed EPUB 3 content in a web application. This should help you get familiar with all that Readium.js has to offer.

Favorite: Six Flags Over Texas New Ride - Skyscreamer, by cityofarlington Read the story at http://myarlingtontx.com/2013/05/23/texas-skyscreamer-unveiled-at-six-flags-over-texas/

Hexagonal grids are used in some games but aren’t quite as straightforward or common as square grids. I’ve been collecting hex grid resources for nearly 20 years, and wrote this guide to the most elegant approaches that lead to the simplest code, largely based on the guides by Charles Fu and Clark Verbrugge. I’ll describe the various ways to make hex grids (I’ve counted 74 so far!), the relationships between them, as well as some common algorithms. Many parts of this page are interactive; choosing a type of grid will update diagrams, code, and text to match.

Hexagonal grids are used in some games but aren’t quite as straightforward or common as square grids. I’ve been collecting hex grid resources for nearly 20 years, and wrote this guide to the most elegant approaches that lead to the simplest code, largely based on the guides by Charles Fu and Clark Verbrugge. I’ll describe the various ways to make hex grids (I’ve counted 74 so far!), the relationships between them, as well as some common algorithms. Many parts of this page are interactive; choosing a type of grid will update diagrams, code, and text to match.

This is a game that provokes only existential angst in me through its reflection of endless maintenance within a system. I feel like if Franz Kafka had created a game, this would be exactly his kind of game.

This is a game that provokes only existential angst in me through its reflection of endless maintenance within a system. I feel like if Franz Kafka had created a game, this would be exactly his kind of game.

submitted by chakalakasp to entertainment[link] [53 comments]

submitted by chakalakasp to entertainment[link] [53 comments]