Comments for stephenwoods.net

Comment on Less bullshit, more hacking by morgan craft

morgan craft — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:09:43 +0000

amen brother! Exactly my thoughts, less bullshit more productivity.

Comment on Flash? We don’t need no flash! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ flash! by Peter

Peter — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:10:02 +0000

Very nice

Comment on New Job by vijay

vijay — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:19:12 +0000

Ah, crap. Who’s going to tell me what they’re saying on devel-random?

Comment on Learning Python by kellan

kellan — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:54:54 +0000

object Coin {
	val rand = new scala.util.Random()

	def toss() = {
		rand.nextBoolean()
	}
}

var heads = 0
var tails = 0
val range = 0.until(1000000)
for (i <- range) {
	if (Coin.toss()) {
		heads += 1
	} else {
		tails += 1
	}
}

println("Heads: " + heads + " Tails: " + tails)

Comment on New Job by stacy

stacy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:32:22 +0000

Oh, wait. Flickr. Nevermind. All is right with the world.

Comment on New Job by stacy

stacy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:31:47 +0000

Ah, crap. Who’s going to tell me what they’re saying on devel-random?

Comment on Learning Python by Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:40:31 +0000

You and I think alike without sleep. ;P

Comment on Learning Python by Luke Smith

Luke Smith — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:48:10 +0000

Well, technically, done once after the loop shouldn’t change the results much. For some reason (read: lack of sleep) I thought it was in the loop

Comment on Learning Python by Luke Smith

Luke Smith — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:45:32 +0000

Did you try the js/node version without JSON.stringify? It’s a far more complicated operation than just printing output.

Comment on Back to the Future, Explained by Isaac Z. Schlueter

Isaac Z. Schlueter — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:04:21 +0000

You can do it with less code:

var dadWriter = false;

var marty = { isDadWriter : (function () { var dad = dadWriter; return function () { return dadWriter; }; })() };

print(marty.isDadWriter()); //false dadWriter = true; print(marty.isDadWriter()); //false