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benjoffe

  1. @insaindesign Woops I'm thinking of factorial, never mind that. For fib there's a closed form expression suitable for big numbers. 2:21 AM Apr 16th via Twitter for iPhone
  2. @insaindesign you could build the whole cache on first run, it caps out at infinity really fast, like 170 or so. 2:19 AM Apr 16th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to insaindesign
  3. @isnav yeah it's been like that for about a year, some hacker got access. I really ought to get around to fixing it :/ 3:51 AM Feb 28th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to isnav
  4. Decided to start learning objective c. Seems like a pretty nice language once you get used to the unusual syntax. 8:26 PM Feb 5th via Twitter for iPhone
  5. @blakkat @insaindesign @cathyblabla ditto, was a fun frontend clan, shame it didn't last longer! 12:33 AM Feb 3rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to blakkat
  6. @cathyblabla hey I tried DM'ing you a few weeks back but couldn't due to some permissions you've got set... or something 12:30 AM Feb 3rd via Twitter for iPhone
  7. @annevk sounds like github.com/facebook/xhp of which I believe there are JS equivalents, to answer the question though, yes, awesome. 12:11 AM Oct 20th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to annevk
  8. Perfect Poker Coin Tosses: benjoffe.com/Perfect_Poker_… 6:50 PM Oct 11th, 2011 via web
  9. Strange, even though iPhone4 has a single core, it seems running two WebWorkers on iOS5 crunches numbers ~25% faster than running just one. 8:20 PM Oct 10th, 2011 via web
  10. @AlexPriceDev too long ago for me to remember :s (maybe a couple of afternoons) - been like 5 years 8:23 PM Aug 18th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to AlexPriceDev
  11. @twalve I was thinking of giving a talk next month at @sydjs 3:44 PM Aug 17th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to twalve
  12. @Mar_Antoinette thanks! Glad you like it 4:33 PM Jul 25th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to AntonietaVlz
  13. Somehow I grabbed a 6 month out-of-date beer from the fridge at work, how does that happen? 12:25 AM Jul 22nd, 2011 via web
  14. @cocolero apparently you can reset the skin to the usual aluminium look: goo.gl/Qr4VE (I haven' tried it though) 1:24 AM Jul 21st, 2011 via web in reply to cocolero
  15. @yaoquan Sydney 1:37 AM Jul 17th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to yaoquan