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The post to read if you want to understand the Javascript prototype chain

Ridiculous PHP bug, or most ridiculous PHP bug: https://t.co/zoKGt5hiZw

I think this sums up nicely why I (as a software guy) am interested in the scientific publishing system:

This is cool (although they seem to be suffering under the load):

Like this article on event sourcing: One of the clearest I’ve read

This is *way* cool:

Github Archive - queryable Github “events” going back to 2011 Looks super useful. Perhaps interesting to #altmetrics

Playing catch-up:

Does what it says on the tin - screenshots of various websites/apps and their onboarding/initial start up procress

One of my fave #CSS snippets: a { color: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor; } —about currentColor:

“If we ever build a Moon base, I think we should absolutely build a big swimming pool there”

TIL iOS Safari in Private Browsing mode throws an exception when you try to put something in localStorage: https://t.co/rYv9rbsBip

Really interesting concept: Markdown meets diagrams

Nice free serif font

Small pieces, loosely joined: http://t.co/WRcK3a81bq Interesting, practical stuff from @CameronNeylon

The long tail of science: Citations to 10-year old or older articles have grown 28% since 1990 #altmetrics

This is neat: Open documentation of scientific protocols

Possibly one of my favourite What Ifs ever: https://t.co/9Kh1Wg5p6O

How the JavaScript event loop works

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