I wanted to say "thanks" to the Jython team. I've been using Jython for a few years for a project (called STempo) that uses Java and Python. Jython has been a great bridge between them, we have run into a number of issues in the project but Jython has always been solid. The senior faculty on our project knows Python but not Java and she can happily develop in CPython and it always works fine when I bring it into Java-land (assuming no dependencies written in C have crept in). Bravo and thanks!
I have the same problem and the same irritation as the author of the article: I can't turn off birthdays in Google Calendar using the GUI. The checkbox that should allow me to do so is greyed out. Perhaps Google are doing a staged rollout of this "feature", or perhaps you have escaped the clammy grip of Google+?
The check box in the Calendar Settings page is grayed out for me too as it seems. But I just toggle it off in my actual calendar view so none of the dates show up. Sure it still is in the list of calendars but it is not like it really effects anything just being in the list.
0. Software is supposed to be designed to serve me; it's not my job to find workarounds for shitty design. This is a shitty design, and therefore people are criticizing it.
1. It's annoying because I already have all the birthdays I want on my iCloud calendar; it's creating a pile of duplicate events.
2. It's annoying in 3rd party apps when you hit a show/hide all calendars button, but you never want to see the Birthdays calendar.
3. Some 3rd party apps don't let you show/hide calendars in general, and this isn't a writable calendar, so it's doubly annoying. (Yes, this is shitty design too.)
The toggles aren't "work arounds." They are the UI of Calendar.
But interesting that two of your bullet points in a comment about Google's shitty design are actually about the shitty design of some 3rd party apps, not Google. None of the 3rd party apps I use for Calendar have those issues.
I don't think it is a big deal. You do. Both are opinions. We disagree.
GitHub has been targeted by the Chinese government hackers before, with a man-in-the-middle attack, and blocking GitHub with the Great Firewall. Maybe they are at it again?
Agreed. And, I think it would be helpful (and increase credibility) for the Snap creators to include a comparison with D3.js at http://snapsvg.io/about/.
I'm not sure about that. Maybe Linus appreciated the encouragement. Depends on the person, but knowing that people like what you are doing can help motivate a hobby project.
