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@ko_bx I don't understand what a "spec= for methods" would be? Isn't that basically what spec is anyway? 3 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to ko_bx

@brandon_rhodes I think you're just special :-) about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to brandon_rhodes

@tartley @brandon_rhodes @dabeaz dvlprs have code parsers in their heads that ignore comments. Keeping them up to date therefore impossible. about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to tartley

@tartley @brandon_rhodes @dabeaz I did a code review today where a colleague copied a test, changed what it did but left all comments! about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to tartley

@watsonjemma what's me? I mean I know I'm me, I'd be very surprised if I wasn't. But uhm, hi :-) about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to watsonjemma

@tartley @dabeaz @brandon_rhodes yep, storing important non-obvious information about code is the best (only?) valid use of comments. about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to tartley

@gabrielwoodger we use a PS3 as our media centre, so I don't think I need it. I should probably prefer Ubuntu TV anyway. :-) about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to gabrielwoodger

@VirusDuba you're welcome of course. Thank you. about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to VirusDuba

@VirusDuba for programming I use Python and the Wing IDE along with tools like virtualenv, fabric, pip etc about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to VirusDuba

@VirusDuba you mean between different Linux distributions? For development they're all very similar. I like Ubuntu of course. :-) about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to VirusDuba

@VirusDuba Linux is a far superior development environment. Particularly package management and command line system / tools. about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to VirusDuba

@bloodearnest yep, full money back guarantee. about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to bloodearnest

@bloodearnest @ntoll and voiding your warranty... about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to bloodearnest

On the plus side, moving the Evoluent mouse wireless dongle onto the desk solves the "pauses". On the minus side my 7 port usb hub is full. about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck

@JohnDCook I still wouldn't use C# as a scripted language, it isn't *just* about not having to compile... about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to JohnDCook

@JohnDCook that reminds me of an IronPython library I wrote that would compile and use C# on the fly. about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to JohnDCook

@bkjones hehe, cool. Took a long time to get there. #pycon about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to bkjones

AirPlay mirroring from a desktop (or headless) machine to Apple TV makes much more sense than from a phone... #mountinlion #apple about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck

And hey, if removing the deprecated patch_object breaks your tests - that's only because you didn't try out *any* of the mock betas. :-) about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck

@hynek cool :-) about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to hynek

Name Michael Foord Location Northampton, UK Web http://www.voidsp... Bio Python programmer, writer and blogger. Working for Canonical, living in Northampton UK. For my non-geek updates only, follow @mfoord instead.

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