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Ah, flash, in which an entire generation of programmers learns that GC pauses during jumping puzzles aren't such a big deal really, honest.10:53 AM Jul 4th from web
@tieTYT Hey, you still want a stumbleupon-delicious bridge? I wrote one: https://github.com/DRMacIve...9:03 AM Jul 4th from web in reply to tieTYT
Ha! Success.7:09 AM Jul 4th from web
Having yet another try at scraping SU automatically. My previous belief as to why it's hard was wrong, but it's still not trivial. :-(6:51 AM Jul 4th from web
I'm fairly sure my phone alarm doesn't go off on weekends, but I can't find any setting to suggest that this might be the case.1:45 AM Jul 4th from web
OH: "I might just open a window" "The windows don't open in here" "I have a tennis racket"4:39 AM Jul 3rd from web
OH: "What's all this absolute twattery about finding people and engaging with them?" "I say rape the twitterers!"10:33 AM Jul 2nd from web
@RyanKohn Except that the people in question are definitely in the group who should really know better...9:25 AM Jul 2nd from web in reply to RyanKohn
We've had email since 1965. That's 44 years ago. How have people still not learned proper email etiquette after all this time?8:57 AM Jul 2nd from web
@TotallyToRA All the world seems in tune on a spring afternoon when we're programming with pigeons in the park?5:37 AM Jul 2nd from web in reply to TotallyToRA
@jberkel The correct form is to kcuf3:51 AM Jul 2nd from web in reply to jberkel
@mccraigmccraig "When shown the mung beans by the Guardian, he said they were a strain of "super poppy"". That's amazing...3:31 AM Jul 2nd from web in reply to mccraigmccraig
@communicating Yay. Thanks again. :-)1:42 AM Jul 2nd from web in reply to communicating
@communicating Cool. Thanks.2:20 PM Jul 1st from web in reply to communicating
@communicating So, what happened to open sourcing bursty? :-)10:45 AM Jul 1st from web
@lifo Also the problem is apparently ActiveRecord getting confused at something being both a primary and foreign key.10:28 AM Jul 1st from web
@lifo And "it's a bad idea to add useless and misleading data in order to satisfy an arbitrary constraint" is a bit more than an opinion10:24 AM Jul 1st from web
@lifo Because there are actually N tables, each of which joins onto items with a different set of data.10:24 AM Jul 1st from web in reply to lifo
@lifo We have a table items and a table with a unique item_id. But that table then has to have its own id as well to placate ActiveRecord10:04 AM Jul 1st from web
@lifo Current example is to do with keeping primary keys in sync between two tables.10:02 AM Jul 1st from web in reply to lifo