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Nobody Wants to Learn How to Program (source: The "Invent with Python" Blog)
5 pieces of advice to people who want to teach programming.
"Many programming tutorials begin with basic programming principles: variables, loops, data types. This is both an obvious way to teach programming and almost certainly a wrong way to teach programming."
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Sounds very intelligent. But isn't it the same as saying: Nobody want to learn how to drive. People just want to learn how to get somewhere?
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Research in Programming Languages (source: Tagide)
Is the high bar of scientific evidence killing innovation in programming languages?
"Back in the 50s, 60s and 70s, programming languages were a BigDeal, with large investments, upfront planning, and big drama on standardization committees. Things have changed dramatically."
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Open Source Hardware and why you should care (source: Pete Brown)
It's good for developers and makers everywhere, and your product will almost certainly be better for it.
"As software developers, we hear a lot about Open Source Software. One thing software developers are often not aware of, however, is Open Source Hardware. Here's what you need to know."
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In a Flood Tide of Digital Data, an Ark Full of Books (source: NYTimes.com)
All your data are belong to Internet Archive.
"As society embraces all forms of digital entertainment, Brewster Kahle is adding physical books to his well-established Internet Archive of web sites and digital media. Here's why."
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Error Code (source: xkcd)
Abort? Retry? ROTFLMAO!
"I don't know where you got that book, but I like it."
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Is Antivirus Software a Waste of Money? (source: Wired)
The best defense is a good offense. Or is it the other way around?
"Many sophisticated, security-conscious techies are paranoid about being hacked, but don't use anti-virus software. This might seem counterintuitive, but the have a point."
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This is a very interesting topic. Something that I have been thinking about lately such as "What's the point of having an AV when it will not eliminate the threat?" I guess it sometimes provides comfort to help those sleep better at night even though it may or may not be successful in eliminating the viruses.
I enjoyed the article. But one thing the article did not address is removing viruses that have been around for quite some time. Some AVs out there can eliminate those threats which helps obviously.
But never the less it still is an interesting read. Thanks for sharing.
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Mozilla’s Boot 2 Gecko and why it could change the world (source: Know Your Mobile)
Forget Apple and Google, and embrace the freedom of pure HTML5.
"We sit down with Mozilla’s Brendan Eich and Andreas Gal to get the inside scoop on the company’s HTML5-based mobile phone operating system, Boot to Gecko."
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How new Mac security measures will impact AppleScript (source: Macworld)
Mountain Lion might make a feast of your tasty scripts.
"Sandboxing and Gatekeeper in OS X 10.8 should be virtually invisible to most users. But they could be all too visible to more advanced users, particularly those who use AppleScript and Automator."
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CoffeePhysics: A Fast New Physics Engine Written in CoffeeScript (source: Badass JavaScript)
"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."
"Justin Windle has just released a new physics engine called CoffeePhysics, which as it’s name states, is written in CoffeeScript. It is quite lightweight at just 8KB, but also very powerful."
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Most excellent article find, Terrence. The demos link is where the fun is at.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
modified 2-Mar-12 6:51am.
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Except if you use IE...
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Except if you use IE
I see that...what a shame.
So many people use Visual Studio at some level in there jobs, but Microsoft still insists on being different. 
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Nice. 
Kevin
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The Golem: One bit to rule them all (source: foulab.org)
A Turing-complete 1-bit processor emulation.
"Although its possible to go old school and implement a 1-bit processor with marks on paper, its a bit easier to play with in an interactive implementation and we implemented a version in Processing for your amusement."
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Visual Studio 11 Beta in Context (source: Scott Hanselman)
From ASP.NET to Web API and beyond, here's what you'll find in the beta.
"I wanted to not only point you to a bunch of Visual Studio 11 resources, but more generally answer the obvious questions: What's changed, and why should I care?"
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One slight problem. It has refused to install on three diffent machines now, so could not judge it if I wanted too. Typical Microsoft rubbish. I am a long term .net dev, and frankly I am just completely fed up with MS and and their whole strategy. Windows 8 - pants, Visual Studio 11 - jeez, what is that UI all about, and isn't time you fixed those memory leak issues instead of giving us yet another UI change to learn. Developing metro in Javascript. Complete and utter nonsense. I think I am gonna chuck it in all in and clean toilets for a living!
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Pimp my Visual Studio 2010 (source: Ariel's Remote Data Center)
Bring on the bling.
"People often asks me which customizations do I use in my Visual Studio. I think it’s fitting that on the day Visual Studio 11 Beta is out I will be sharing my experience with VS2010."
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To GMT or not to GMT (source: Derick Rethans)
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of DateTimeZone();
"When you're dealing with time zones in PHP, it turns out that all the options default to UTC. Here's how it works."
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You Have a Hive Mind (source: Scientific American)
There is a deep connection between the way your brain and a swarm of bees arrives at a decision.
"Every decision you make is essentially a committee act. The committee, of course, is the densely knit society of neurons in your head."
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How Not To Sell Software in 2012 (source: Alex Payne)
If it isn’t easy to get started with your product, I’m going to find another vendor.
"If a given software package or service isn’t free/open, it should be as easy as humanly possible to try it, pay for it, and start using it in production."
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Impatient Web Users Flee Slow-Loading Sites (source: NYTimes.com)
Four out of five online users will click away if a site stalls while loading.
"Google and other tech companies are on a new quest for speed because data-hungry smartphones and tablets are creating frustrating digital traffic jams."
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Windows 8 for keyboard users (source: Tim Heuer)
Reach out and touch-type the beta.
"As an avid keyboard user (and one without a touch device currently) I rely on the ‘desktop’ use of my Windows 8 installation. Here’s a list of some helpful keyboard shortcuts if you're testing the beta."
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