Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On 12/6/2013 3:59 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote: On 2013-12-05 17:18, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Design patterns derived from std.datetime would be interesting (all that discussion on exceptions, data validation etc). Discussing that over a couple of beers could get interesting :) Only a couple?
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On 2013-12-06 09:35, Mike Parker wrote: Only a couple? I never said how big they are :) -- /Jacob Carlborg
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On Friday, 6 December 2013 at 10:09:47 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote: On 2013-12-06 09:35, Mike Parker wrote: I never said how big they are :) http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/09/12/1225919/806894-largest-glass-of-beer.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XZwz2Zhbprk/TiGeoXHygxI/Hb8/GWyQhp0Stzc/s640/World%25E2%2580%2599s+Largest+Beer+Can.jpg
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On 2013-12-06 12:54, eles wrote: http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/09/12/1225919/806894-largest-glass-of-beer.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XZwz2Zhbprk/TiGeoXHygxI/Hb8/GWyQhp0Stzc/s640/World%25E2%2580%2599s+Largest+Beer+Can.jpg Now we're talking :D -- /Jacob Carlborg
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On 11/27/2013 06:44 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: And now I have to wrack my brain for ideas.:) I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... Give a talk about std.datetime. I think that could produce really good teaching material on how to use the module. Also you could explain in more detail when to use the different types and what else can be done with the module (or package ;)).
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On 12/5/13 6:34 AM, Martin Nowak wrote: On 11/27/2013 06:44 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: And now I have to wrack my brain for ideas.:) I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... Give a talk about std.datetime. I think that could produce really good teaching material on how to use the module. Also you could explain in more detail when to use the different types and what else can be done with the module (or package ;)). Design patterns derived from std.datetime would be interesting (all that discussion on exceptions, data validation etc). Andrei
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On 2013-12-05 17:18, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Design patterns derived from std.datetime would be interesting (all that discussion on exceptions, data validation etc). Discussing that over a couple of beers could get interesting :) -- /Jacob Carlborg
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On 11/27/2013 09:25 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 05:44:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... Me too. I was asked to write a D book recently, and to make the list of topics, I just looked over the forums and stack overflow questions to see what people were asking about... Congratulations! Looking forward to that book.
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On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 14:37:11 UTC, Dicebot wrote: On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 05:44:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: And now I have to wrack my brain for ideas. :) I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... I had some until I have started to think about Credentials: What qualifies you to talk on the topic of choice?. Have honestly answered Nothing and closed the page. :) Will try my best to get there as a visitor this time though. Wrong way of thinking, IMHO - most people who do talks on conferences are not the superexperts on some field... Furthermore, sometimes people are less qualified do better talks as they focus more on presenting something to the audience. So you do not have to be superqualified, but you have to: 1) like the thing you are presenting 2) be good at presenting Cheers!
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 05:44:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: And now I have to wrack my brain for ideas. :) I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... Well, you have 'til the end of January ... :-) Why not talk about exactly that -- about providing effective on-list guidance, the kind of things that are simple or tricky to deal with, the kind of supporting infrastructure that might be helpful for minimizing the number of repeat questions I'm sure you can extend this list.
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 05:44:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... Me too. I was asked to write a D book recently, and to make the list of topics, I just looked over the forums and stack overflow questions to see what people were asking about...
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 05:44:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: And now I have to wrack my brain for ideas. :) I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... I had some until I have started to think about Credentials: What qualifies you to talk on the topic of choice?. Have honestly answered Nothing and closed the page. :) Will try my best to get there as a visitor this time though.
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On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 14:37:11 UTC, Dicebot wrote: I had some until I have started to think about Credentials: What qualifies you to talk on the topic of choice?. The fact that you are curious about the topic in question, have given it some thought and come up with something interesting to say? :-) It's not all about degrees and job titles.
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On 11/27/13 6:37 AM, Dicebot wrote: On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 05:44:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: And now I have to wrack my brain for ideas. :) I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... I had some until I have started to think about Credentials: What qualifies you to talk on the topic of choice?. Have honestly answered Nothing and closed the page. :) Will try my best to get there as a visitor this time though. You didn't read through the end: Although this criterion favors experienced and well-known submitters, we also very strongly encourage submissions from up-and-coming contributors who have accumulated street cred through their open source and forum contributions. Andrei
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Andrei Alexandrescu, el 27 de November a las 09:46 me escribiste: On 11/27/13 6:37 AM, Dicebot wrote: On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 05:44:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: And now I have to wrack my brain for ideas. :) I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... I had some until I have started to think about Credentials: What qualifies you to talk on the topic of choice?. Have honestly answered Nothing and closed the page. :) Will try my best to get there as a visitor this time though. You didn't read through the end: Although this criterion favors experienced and well-known submitters, we also very strongly encourage submissions from up-and-coming contributors who have accumulated street cred through their open source and forum contributions. Some really great talks in the previous conference were given by people than never gave a talk before ;) -- Leandro Lucarella (AKA luca) http://llucax.com.ar/ -- GPG Key: 5F5A8D05 (F8CD F9A7 BF00 5431 4145 104C 949E BFB6 5F5A 8D05) -- they wrap me up in the back of the trunk packed with foam and blind drunk they won't ever take me alive cause they all drive killer cars
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On Monday, 25 November 2013 at 19:31:45 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Share away and get ideas rolling. Looking forward to your submissions! I wonder if some kind of podium discussion on memory management would be a nice idea? Manu ARC Evans vs Walter never-free Bright vs Andrei allocator Alexandrescu vs Rainer Precise Schütze. On the other hand, I do not know what kind of conclusion could be expected of this discussion.
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On Tuesday, 26 November 2013 at 08:16:05 UTC, qznc wrote: On Monday, 25 November 2013 at 19:31:45 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Share away and get ideas rolling. Looking forward to your submissions! I wonder if some kind of podium discussion on memory management would be a nice idea? Manu ARC Evans vs Walter never-free Bright vs Andrei allocator Alexandrescu vs Rainer Precise Schütze. On the other hand, I do not know what kind of conclusion could be expected of this discussion. We have this podium discussion pretty often here in NG :P
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On Monday, November 25, 2013 11:25:44 Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Hello, We are happy to announce the DConf 2014 conference to be held on May 21-23, 2014 in Menlo Park, CA. Yay! The call for submissions is now open at http://dconf.org. Share away and get ideas rolling. Looking forward to your submissions! And now I have to wrack my brain for ideas. :) I could probably answer questions about D all day, but coming up with something useful to talk about on my own never seems to be as easy as it should be... - Jonathan M Davis
DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
Hello, We are happy to announce the DConf 2014 conference to be held on May 21-23, 2014 in Menlo Park, CA. The call for submissions is now open at http://dconf.org. Share away and get ideas rolling. Looking forward to your submissions! Hope to see you soon, Andrei
Re: DConf 2014 Call for Submissions is now open
On 11/25/13 11:25 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Hello, We are happy to announce the DConf 2014 conference to be held on May 21-23, 2014 in Menlo Park, CA. The call for submissions is now open at http://dconf.org. Share away and get ideas rolling. Looking forward to your submissions! Hope to see you soon, Andrei reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1rfqoo/call_for_submissions_the_d_programming_language/ hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6796291 facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/750289298318087 twitter: https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/405056126594457600 Andrei
