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Re: Writing Your NodeJS Apps Using ES6

jonathaneunice — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:15:22 -0000

If you're using a reasonably late-model node.js, you'll already have access to the most important ES2015 features—the arrow functions, template strings, deconstructing assignment, etc. Where this recipe **really** helps is for client JS, where those features are much less uniformly supported, even in this day of "evergreen" (auto-updated) browsers on the desktop, This Babel setup will polyfill the rest. Big Win.

Re: IBM Systems Magazine - The Completely Different World of Python With IBM i | IBM i | IBM Systems Magazine

jonathaneunice — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:21:18 -0000

Python is an incredibly productive language. It comes "with batteries included," and its package repository (Google "PyPI") is chock-to-the-brim with amazing modules. It is everything REXX wanted to be, and more. Much more.

Re: Interactive Charts in D3.js (Pending Approval)

jonathaneunice — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:01:48 -0000

The Google Hangout: http://goo.gl/BKVUtW

Re: IBM

jonathaneunice — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:26:23 -0000

I don't know about Taleo's technology, but given that Oracle paid $$$ for it, I doubt it's too dependent on IBM software. IBM has some great stuff (DB2 and friends), and some not-so-great. Lotus Notes is definitely in the not-so-great (read: many people outright HATE it), but FWIW, it's not something they designed. Like Cognos, Tivoli, Informix, and much of the rest of the portfolio, their R&D was M&A.

Re: The post-Tumblr options

jonathaneunice — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:45:48 -0000

Concur. But it's a longshot even so. A social feedback loop is a complex beast, and not one really transportable from one site to another. Sure, you can feature-match. Mostly. But most Tumblr blogs can't get the Tumblr readers to move over. So a move from Tumblr is, for many, an move from a popular, happening neighborhood into a dusty, barren desert.

Re: http://sugar-hips-ramblings.tumblr.com/post/3124646673

jonathaneunice — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:30:37 -0000

Concur. Everything about this ranges from meh! to bleh!

Re: upon which i stumbled - Much of classical Chinese cosmology is organized...

jonathaneunice — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:44:54 -0000

I've heard the Five and the Two turned into 1 (the unity), 2 (yin/yang), 3 (san chi), 5 (five elements), 8 (bagua), 9 (the mystical goes-to-11 of the 8), 10, 12 (xing yi), 18 (shi ba), 64, and 108. At this point, I'm willing to believe that any number can be rationalized as some sort of combination of those.

So you want to tell me 5 * 2 = 12? Fine! Sounds as cogent as metaphysics and numerology ever really gets.

Re: http://yowhatsthehaps.tumblr.com/post/2532417573

jonathaneunice — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:19:38 -0000

My friend Gordon Haff has a nice writeup on the end of Kodachrome here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1...

Re: http://strippertweets.tumblr.com/post/2400508612

jonathaneunice — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:34:05 -0000

"not at all sincere" -- ouch

Re: http://jonathaneunice.tumblr.com/post/1016376786

jonathaneunice — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:56:45 -0000

10 bombers of any religion, whether suicidal or not, are certainly enough to create havoc.

But when we hear of a Baptist committing a rape of a teenager, say, we do not generally start talking about the "Baptist child rapists," nor considering Baptists to be especially likely to rape.

Given that the proportion of suicide bombers (or Al Qaeda, or dangerous militants) amongst Muslims is vanishingly small, it makes no sense to treat every Muslim person as though they are a likely suicide bomber.

Therefore, this presentation is exactly right, ALL CAPS COMMENTER.

Re: http://jonathaneunice.tumblr.com/post/790712917

jonathaneunice — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:15:40 -0000

ONE of?! OMG! You mean there are more!? I've lost followerS? Plural?! Oh, no! How will I live?!?

I don't mind if people don't follow me. In the grand scheme of things, MOST people in fact don't follow me, and never will. Un-follows also happen all the time, for a variety of reasons. As long as folks aren't pudknockers about it, it's all good.

But rapid-fire follow-unfollow sequences--ESPECIALLY when done repeatedly--are annoying. They bring me to "Kids, make up your damn minds! Get in, or get out! And stop banging the damn screen door!"

Re: http://noiseforairports.com/post/749779505

jonathaneunice — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:09:13 -0000

"play"

Re: http://jonathaneunice.tumblr.com/post/721919802

jonathaneunice — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:01:58 -0000

I'd pick you over Liz any day.

Re: http://jonathaneunice.tumblr.com/post/721919802

jonathaneunice — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:51:36 -0000

No clue, really.

Noticed a "mention" of my Twitter username. No message, other than my name. And the user turns out to have no followers, follow no one, and this is their only tweet.

It's either a random snafu of of malfunctioning Twitter spam bot--or perhaps it's an angel descended to inform me that I'm the Chosen One.

Yeah, probably the spam bot thing.

Re: http://sokeri.tumblr.com/post/708556627

jonathaneunice — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:03:17 -0000

And what a lovely 40 you make!

Happy birthday. Delivering your requested present in September.

Re: http://sokeri.tumblr.com/post/708556627

jonathaneunice — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:22:57 -0000

40?!

Oh, ha ha! I see you count in base-8 too!

Re: http://chatblanc.tumblr.com/post/711815838

jonathaneunice — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:16:09 -0000

Very sorry to hear about Maxx. *hugs*

Re: http://monkeyfrog.tumblr.com/post/690443865

jonathaneunice — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:51:21 -0000

This is wonderful, but there's insufficient detail.

Please post a supplemental update, including pants/pantsless status, level of coffee intake, and local bacon availability.

Re: http://globetrottgirl.tumblr.com/post/677003364

jonathaneunice — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:26:58 -0000

I am completely in awe of the big yellow traffic-cone thingie.

Re: http://tiow.tumblr.com/post/632255169

jonathaneunice — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:20:08 -0000

It's fine until they get to Mingo. That's where it really gets embarrassing.

Re: Limited time offer

jonathaneunice — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:30:50 -0000

I just wish The Wife would talk things over with me, rather than asking an advice columnist. This is really embarrassing.

Re: http://marywachsmann.tumblr.com/post/608022575

jonathaneunice — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:46:50 -0000

If other people enjoy your writing, fine. If not, you should. You come first.

Re: http://vmarinelli.tumblr.com/post/571491333

jonathaneunice — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:25:07 -0000

It's probably more by way of donation. Rich though they may be in experience, I doubt that itinerant literacy advocates and Jilly Appleseed book distributors are terribly well-heeled.

And yes, you can shower here any time. We'll even thrown in a meal or two and a couch to crash on.

Re: http://vmarinelli.tumblr.com/post/571491333

jonathaneunice — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:43:33 -0000

Really. My father has it at an industrial garage complex he owns in Florida. He's wanted to turn it into a camper, but never got around to it. He was enthusiastic, but that petered out, and he's moved on to other things. The engine and body are in good shape. It "just" needs to be outfitted inside (which is basically hollow at this point). If I wanted to inherit that, I'm sure I could. I could even probably acquire it earlier, if there was a place for it to go and a reason for it to go there.

Re: http://vmarinelli.tumblr.com/post/571491333

jonathaneunice — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:52:41 -0000

I don't know your time frame for realizing this fantasy, but within a few years, I'm likely to inherit a old diesel school bus that make a great traveling bookmobile. Should I just earmark that for you now?