The short-form week of 4–10 Jan 2016
11 Jan 2016; last modified 02 Feb 2016
The week in review, 140 characters at a time.
This document was created automatically from my archive of my Twitter stream. Due to limitations in the Twitter API and occasional glitches in my archiving system, it may not be 100% complete.
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 12:55pm
Been hacking #Emacs again the past few days. Serious fun. Also: finally became a helm convert. Seriously
productive.—@ndw
@ndw Curious: what language do you write most of your code in? Are you doing that coding
in Emacs as well?—@avernet
@avernet Day job is mostly XQuery. I also do XML, XSLT, JavaScript, Java, Scala, and others.
#Emacs for everything but Java and Scala.—@ndw
@ndw BTW, if you're interested in digging into ENSIME, I'd recommend this talk by @fommil and @a_dev_musing. https://t.co/3AlYltY0BS—@avernet
Monday at 06:10am
RT @jameswjacobs: I haven't been able demonstrate against the #RailRipOff but am with @ActionForRail in spirit. Share if you are! https://t…—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Monday at 06:43am
Every. Single. One. Of. These. https://t.co/niu6a7QHHx—@ndw
Tuesday at 07:12am
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 07:34am
@codinghorror you lost me at "Taco Bell window".—@ndw
Tuesday at 07:40am
RT @wilkieii: when an enemy ship tells you to power down your shields so you can truly enjoy the
photon torpedo experience https://t.co/dgr…—@ndw
Tuesday at 01:55pm
Things that do not scare me appreciably: refugees, muslim or otherwise. Things that
terrify me: Antonin Scalia and Y'all Queda—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:51pm
Networks and cable must be the leading cause of torrents. I'd like to see Sherlock:
The Abominable Bride. I'd happily pay. It's nowhere.—@ndw
@ndw Dunno if you've seen this, but I think it will be freely available online for a while
after the 11th https://t.co/40Ya0ksB9Y—@iTod
@ndw when are you next across the pond? it will probably be free on BBC for weeks: longer
if one of us downloads it for you (legally)—@tom_yamahito
@tom_yamahito Unknown. But thanks. It'll turn up.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 09:52pm
It took less than 10 seconds to find as a torrent. I won't. Because I don't. But still.
Come on, I'm begging you, take my money.—@ndw
Tuesday at 11:51pm
RT @doctorow: The difference between resisting oppression and being a flake https://t.co/JnpryvZuuE—@ndw
Wednesday at 05:47pm
building gcc //
4 point 8 point 3 not 5 //
leaves time for haiku
/cc @alexmilowski @xquery @ndw—@grechaw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:44pm
Favourite #android #twitter client? @timbray recommended twicca last time I asked, but it's started to seem a bit flaky.—@ndw
Thursday at 07:48pm
RT @brianleroux: yes promises are easy. callbacks are also easy. you know what else is easy? cutting
my fingers off with a bandsaw.
easy …—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:29am
Sorely tempted to add ".*@.*forcongress\\.*" to my email spam filter.—@ndw
Friday at 11:51am
Unicode has all the double-six dominoes, both horizontally and vertically. I believe
we should petition for all of the Carcassonne tiles!—@ndw
Friday at 01:42pm
In a conversation that started on Friday at 03:56pm
I'm quite pleased with my helmification of XML Unicode, https://t.co/GILavigZL5 #Emacs #Helm #Unicode #XMLhttps://t.co/fjNRplzKk4—@ndw
öh göd my ëÿës [@ndw] https://t.co/4LWDSefsK2—@FakeUnicode
@ndw Tks Norm. didn't James have something similar? Missing the 'insert ncr if no glyph'
bit though?—@dpawson
@dpawson XML Unicode will insert NCRs. There's no easy way to tell what characters have glyphs,
of course, so there's a list in the package.—@ndw
@dpawson Integration with the Helm "incremental completion and selection narrowing framework"
https://t.co/yDHDzO2aGr—@ndw
Friday at 04:23pm
Friday at 08:45pm
@mikeloukides Why? They're clearly betting on a glued shut, take what we give you, get SW only
from us future.—@ndw
Friday at 08:52pm
RT @GonzoHacker: Silicon Valley isn't solving the "big problems" anymore, but, to be fair, there
is only so much you can do with JavaScript…—@ndw
Saturday at 02:35am
The ᐸinnovimax/ᐳ Daily is out! https://t.co/fF4kG8ppGy Stories via @shelleypowers @ndw @ppeccatte—@innovimax
Saturday at 03:01am
Saturday at 03:04am
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 11:10pm
@ndw Last year i nagged him yet again to write it up properly. He did. Finally sent link
over weekend. cc: you as our FAQ editor emeritus:)—@n1vux
@ndw @hoover_dam the beginning was on Comp.Fonts 20+ years ago.
Pete Zelchenko and Kibo got the clue on Hobo's origin ~ 1992.—@n1vux
@n1vux @ndw @hoover_dam Interestingly, I only noticed the irrefutable egg-shaped "O" coincidence last week,
which is why I am reposting.—@pzelchenko
@pzelchenko @ndw @hoover_dam probably the first thing Kibo noticed but didn't itemize. (Driving with him was weird.)—@n1vux
Monday at 01:21am
RT @gimsieke: Dreaming of an alternate universe in which XQuery, XSLT, and XProc do away with
all these makeshift JS approaches. https://t.…—@ndw