Figs

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391.
by Figs 16y ago
> What happens when people become trained to think of information and entertainment as something they receive and not something they create? Well, how was it during all those decades when TVs were ubiquitous but PCs were not?
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by Figs 16y ago
I wonder how long it will be before all the data centers move to places like the Bahamas...
393.
by Figs 16y ago
How big is a case?
394.
by Figs 16y ago
"underwater portable breathing device." We've had SCUBA for a while, actually. :) But I assume you mean something that pulls oxygen directly from the water, like gills?
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by Figs 16y ago
Why do we even have all these stupid country specific domain extensions? Countries are not permanent entries; they come and go. What happens when a country ceases to exist, gets invaded, has a civil war...? What on earth is the benefit of h
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by Figs 16y ago
This is a public forum, not a closed community. Posting about a problem you are having publicly can put you at a disadvantage if your regular account is linkable to your real life name. For example, if a prospective employer googles his nam
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by Figs 16y ago
My bet is on 3D printing, personally. Can you imagine how the world will change when that hits the mainstream?
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by Figs 16y ago
"How could you not type fast if you've been writing your school papers in a word processor since sixth grade or earlier?" Carpal tunnel?
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by Figs 16y ago
Why this sudden interest in me? :)
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by Figs 16y ago
I think you're looking for a different thread...
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by Figs 16y ago
Well, you could give it to me, and I promise I will speak highly of you for doing so! :D However, I don't think that would help you much in actually marketing your product successfully. I think first you should figure out who you're selling
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by Figs 16y ago
You should learn C and Java. These languages seem to be the most commonly used in college classes right now, and if you are already fluent in them, you can focus on the actual lessons much more easily, rather than wasting time with the nuan
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by Figs 16y ago
You write 900 page programming books?
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by Figs 16y ago
In the future, could you please remove the #more-... anchor from the links? They jump you into the middle of the article, which is somewhat annoying.
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by Figs 16y ago
I have plenty of problems for you to solve. For a low, low fee of $12.99/mo. (plus sales tax as appropriate) you too can be the proud recipient of a collection of problems to solve!
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by Figs 16y ago
This was also posted in Reddit, and there are some other comments over there, apparently: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/cgckf/the_four_...
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by Figs 16y ago
Reported attack page...
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by Figs 16y ago
We have the internet, Unicode, and powerful computers now, so I suspect the dictionary situation is quite different from 1991. I don't know much about Chinese in particular -- my foreign language was Japanese -- but I have recently looked
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by Figs 16y ago
There's also a post discussing it on their blog. ( http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/05/13/a-new-look-for-wikipedi... )
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Wikipedia gets major redesign(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by Figs 16y ago|3 comments
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by Figs 16y ago
Of course, C++ already has std::accumulate, which is basically the same thing as a general fold or a summation, depending on which version you use. So, there isn't really much of a reason to write sum manually at all. :p http://www.sgi.com
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by Figs 16y ago
His code is also non-portable, and non-standard. I haven't been able to get it to compile on my system yet, but I don't see anywhere that he's capturing the variables on the stack, so while you may be able to jump back to your position afte
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by Figs 16y ago
Why would you do something like this rather than just using function objects for your generators? class FunctionObject { //internal state as member variables public: FunctionObject() { /* ... */ } returnT
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by Figs 17y ago
Depends on what you're trying to think about, and what kind of depression you have, doesn't it?