hasOwnProperty as a property [proj js]
In JavaScript: Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call({hasOwnProperty:1},'hasOwnProperty')===true
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hygienic inlining in JS [prog js inlining]
Implemented hygienic inlining in JS: Usage and example .
metaret for production [prog js metacomposition]
metafun/metaret now have an environment for development and production.
flatorize-C beats FFTW3.3.3 on 1-D DFT16 [prog math C FFTW]
flatorize-c 's speed is similar to the speed of FFTW3.3.3 on the micro benchmark 1-D DFT16 .
flatorize (C) [prog math scheme C]
First success at generating fast C code for mathematical expressions.
flatorize (Scheme and C) [prog math scheme C]
Flatorizing mathematical expressions brings huge speedups in Scheme and C .
js.metaret [js mutual tail optimization]
Lightweight mutual tail recursion optimization without trampoline: js.metaret
Getting Real [web book]
An excellent book about and around web development: «Getting Real» .
Position the ramp of a construction site by solving a quartic equation [math 3D js]
A real life geometrical problem, with an an interactive 3D solution and its source files.
Island: Report of the Special Investigation Commission [island banks]
Island has a very interesting report about its 2008 banking crash ( summary , website ).
A delphin requests help from a human [video life]
In Hawaii, a delphin requests helps from a diver to remove a fishing line stuck in its flesh.
User's video about outdooractive (french) [alp oa video]
One of our users spontaneously did a video in french describing our currently main website .
Cheap Runtime Asserts: Soft Type Checking [prog js]
A soft way to check runtime argument types of a function, with a JavaScript example.
Gib den Stress-Hormonen, was sie brauchen [science stress]
Amazing book on stress hormones . They're not that bad, one must just understand them.
D3: Data-Driven Documents in the browser [js frmwrk]
Data representation framework staying close to the W3C standards.
Advices on programming and deployment infrastructure [prog]
Here is some distilled experience on programming . And do not forget, boring things first !
Faster Alpstein map API - full functionality (3 times smaller) [js alp]
The *full* Alpstein map API is now 3 times smaller, and has a short demo .
About JavaScript and WebGL [js webgl]
Blog entry from Irrlicht3d: «Why I prefer JavaScript to C++ and ActionScript when developing 3D code». Nice to see something beyond language religions.
Counting in base 20 using underlined digits [math base20]
The multiplication table in base 20 has a few interesting patterns, especially when using underlined digits.
Attention control is critical for changing/increasing/altering motivation [science neuroscience]
A very interesting article about attention control, motivation, cortex maps and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Another JSCheck [js devtool]
Douglas Crockford just started an interesting SEO experiment , probably unwillingly. I am curious to see how this develops in the future.
WebKit: Open function declaration from script popover [js devtool]
The WebKit developers added a direct link to the declaration of any function at runtime (also impacts Chromium devtools). It was a request of mine, which they implemented . Here is a how it looks . It can be useful to track back an anonymous callback function while debugging.
Faster Alpstein map API (8 times smaller) [js alp]
The Alpstein map API is now 8 times smaller. The base functionalities have a demo .
Gambit-C & Blackhole package management [scheme]
Gambit-C turned out to be simple to install, however, adding to Gambit-C the Blackhole package management and getting it running for production was not as easy as I expected. Here is how I achieved it , in case it helps someone.
Gefährdete Menschheit: Ursache und Verhütung der Degeneration [science nutrition]
A great nutrition classic, based on the worldwide travels & studies of the American dentist W. Price: «Gefährdete Menschheit: Ursache und Verhütung der Degeneration»
ufraw & exiftool [photo]
ufraw & exiftool : The best & fastest way I found so far to fix & sort photos without wasting time.
Five boxes: CSS demo of a device-agnostic layout [css]
Pure CSS demo that reflows a layout depending on the viewport size. Try to change the window size. For explanations see the article .
derive.js: Minimalistic inheritance for ECMAScript 5 [js]
A single function to derive from objects or constructor functions.