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2014-05-23 (Friday)

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  1. Hysteria (1/2) - YouTube

    It’s not seen at its best in this video, but this is one of my favourite ever pieces of theatre.

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    @holgate And we shall chant, “Hail, hail and thrice hail, new master of capital and lord of our destinies. Also, please fix the potholes.”

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    @holgate They say the gentlemen of the City may be able to anoint a new Aldermage before another full moon has passed.

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    We didn’t have local elections in the City of London because when the Remembrancer sacrificed the goat, entrails indicated grave portents.

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    @pkqk It is an odd mixture of “use this one method to make an entirely different graph” and really fiddly detail.

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    Almost felt like I knew what I was doing with (a very limited subset of) d3.js the last couple of days. Just another line chart, but still.

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    @dotcode Coward.

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    @phillmv @aanand Yeah, I prefer underscores… just trying to work out what is most “standard” and use that despite my preference.

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    @philgyford PArTyCAsE!

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    @aanand So you can tell them apart! Look, I’m new to this. I’ll get the hang of it in another couple of decades.

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    @phl Triangulating then, I can tell the true and correct answer is “not camelcase”.

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    @aanand Ta. And variable names? (Sexist.)

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    (Coming up next: tabs vs spaces; wearing bike helmets vs not; Spectrum vs Commodore 64; etc.)

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    I hesitate to ask but in JavaScript, naming_with_underscores or camelCase? Different for different things? I’m always changing my mind.

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    @mattsheret @schulze @antimega @genmon The Baynard’s Castle.

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    Poring over my old A-Z, I stumble upon the mythical Haggerston Ski Slope - brilliant! planningresource.co.uk/article/415631…

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    @tomcoates Thailand's had twelve coups since 1932.

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    @philgyford i.imgur.com/niVjphi.png