wkjagt

#How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather

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Last year, when visiting my family back home in Holland, I also stopped by my grand-parents. My grand-father, now 93 years old, had always been a very active man. However, during the presceding couple of months, he'd gone almost completely blind and now spent his days sitting in a chair. Trying to think of something for him to do, I suggested he try out audio books. After finally convincing him -- he said audio books were for sad old people -- that listening to a well performed recording is actually a wonderful experience, I realized the problem of this idea.

####The problem with audio devices and the newly blind. After my first impulse to jump up and go buy him an

totty90

 - Game: http://54.77.31.219/
 - Last version video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H3Pu4WFZD4
 - Community: https://plus.google.com/u/1/communities/105437932515232469714

prakhar1989

Rich Hickey on becoming a better developer

Rich Hickey • 3 years ago

Sorry, I have to disagree with the entire premise here.

A wide variety of experiences might lead to well-roundedness, but not to greatness, nor even goodness. By constantly switching from one thing to another you are always reaching above your comfort zone, yes, but doing so by resetting your skill and knowledge level to zero.

Mastery comes from a combination of at least several of the following:

ericelliott

Essential JavaScript Links

I no longer mantain this list. There are lots of other very comprehensive JavaScript link lists out there. Please see those, instead (Google "awesome JavaScript" for a start).

mdo

// Original
//
// Markup:
//
// <button class="button">Button</button>
// <button class="button button-primary">Button</button>
// <button class="button button-danger">Button</button>
//
// Total selectors:    6
// Total declarations: 19

imjasonh

* {
    font-size: 12pt;
    font-family: monospace;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: black;
    cursor: default;
}

paulirish

/* bling.js */
window.$ = document.querySelector.bind(document);
window.$$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);
Node.prototype.on = window.on = function(name, fn) { this.addEventListener(name, fn); };
NodeList.prototype.__proto__ = Array.prototype;
NodeList.prototype.on = function(name, fn) { this.forEach((elem) => elem.on(name, fn)); };

Star-Lord-XIII

##Adding Swift Build System

• Open Sublime Text 3
• Go To Preferences > Browse Packages...
• Add a file named Swift.sublime-build inside Packages directory.
• Copy the following script in Swift.sublime-build file.

{
 	"shell_cmd": "xcrun swift $file",

paulirish

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics

• elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent

juancarlospaco

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-


"""Stealth Strings, hidden and dangerous."""


import base64
import binascii
import codecs  # importing codecs is optional, it will work ok if no codecs.