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Py3k I18n
Improving on Sam Ruby's example, to show that, in Python 3.0, code (names) can use unicode characters (also, the default encoding of the interpreter now is utf-8):
$ python3.0
Python 3.0a3+ (py3k:61959, Mar 26 2008, 21:02:26)
[GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu6)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>> Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn = 'Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn'
>>> print(len(Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn))
20
>>>
Use with care :)
WebRant 2.0
Its a bit strange that all that some "technologists" have to say about Silverlight and Flex is "w00t! bling!".
The Web is about openness - human-readable data. MSFT should stop trying to pervert it and help the WHATWG.
Interesting emergent software
Long time no blog. So, to break the silence for a second, here is a list of cool new software that I have played with recently:
EdCrypt's shared items in Google Reader
Shared by EdCrypt If you don't want to be up-to-date, you are in the wrong profession. You should go... hm... sleep or something...
Yes, it'd be nice if contractors kept up to date on the progress of the various building codes. They don't. There are a lot of people who asked about the building codes in the 1970s and were told (right or wrong) what they were. So they went ahead and learned their trade, build their homes, and chose watching a DVD or spending time with their kids over watching city council do battle over asbestos insulation. Now all of a sudden they're told that their work isn't up to code any more. Some waiting and gnashing of teeth is to be expected. What's needed is less "boy, aren't I smarter than them" snideness and more "Hey, here's what's up."
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Shared by EdCrypt LOL perv ;)
Chibi style AnthroPCs have an internal reservoir full of a viscous, opaque liquid they can exude through their hair follicles in order to simulate the Nervous Anime Sweatdrop. It's kind of gross, actually.
Happy 4th of July, Americans!