my python-based javascript compiler:

def compile_js(st)
return "".join( [ x.strip() for x in st.split("\n") if x.strip()[0:2]!="//" ] )

Which is more cost-effective, a car or a horse? If it's not cost effective yet, when will it be? I was just a complete jerk and made some poor soul walk around Cash&Carry to satisfy my curiosity. I did get answers, though:

Energy Density, Gasoline
34.6 megajoules / L (via wikipedia ( Read more... )

iMetro prediction site is live at iMetro


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I wrote a website application thingy that automates parts of a workflow I've been doing in a text file for the last few weeks. I really like it, but I might understand if its appeal is extremely limited. It's here:

http://bmander.com/workstack/The basic idea is simple: it's like Twitter for work. You twitter what you're doing to keep your boss off ( Read more... )

Cross-posted from the Transit-Developers Google Group ( Read more... )

Yet another side project:

The Public Transit Agency Openness Index

It won't mean much to you unless you're a transit developer. But there it is.

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a couple fun tricks in python I've discovered recently:

Change the arguments a function accepts with a decorator:

>>> def fillin(func):
...   def ret():
...     func("hi")
...   return ret
...
>>> @fillin
... def a(arg):
...   print arg
...
>>> a()
hi
>>>
If you want to be a real jerk about it, you can define a function which defines and ( Read more... )

From here, via boingboing:

And this is the other thing about the size of the cognitive surplus we're talking about. It's so large that even a small change could have huge ramifications. Let's say that everything stays 99 percent the same, that people watch 99 percent as much television as they used to, but 1 percent of that is carved out for ( Read more... )

nunmber of mutual friends with me on Facebook:


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