RodgerTheGreat

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1501.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
A little amusing that the article claims you shouldn't use Ad Hominem attacks because otherwise you will be "stupid".
1502.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
I go with colors. My main machines are Indigo and Violet, and I have a server under my bed called Aubergine.
1503.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
Mathematics, eh? Reminds me of my personal favorite: http://downlode.org/Etext/power.html
1504.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
Apparently BF source code is no longer considered sufficiently "edgy" by itself.
1505.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
I couldn't agree more with this article- I've found myself doing the same with an even older Eeepc 701. It's far less distracting to work on a netbook. You simply don't have the horsepower or screen real estate to waste on non-essentials, a
1506.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
If you like this, you might also be interested in C2BF, a semi-functional C-to-Brainfuck compiler: http://esoteric.voxelperfect.net/wiki/C2BF The whole EsoLang Wiki is full of neat stuff if you're into language design and you have the rig
1507.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
As you said, not very practical from a programming perspective, but it's an interesting way of looking at the problem. Thanks.
1508.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
That assumes they want an even distribution of apples in each crate. My reading of the problem would suggest that for each apple we should choose a random box and insert the apple into said box. The question seems like a poorly phrased disc
1509.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
While it's true- this has been covered in the past, programming has a fair bit to do with clever math.
1510.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
Using reflection really hamstrings the JVM JIT- This stack overflow thread corroborates the "factor of ten" figure, in this case for object instantiation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/435553/java-reflection-pe...
1511.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
Is it sad that my first exposure to Lenna was the LenPEG "compression" algorithm? http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/lenpeg.html
1512.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
I suppose it would be vaguely on-topic to mention the WireWorld computer, a particularly pretty MOV-machine implemented in the WireWorld cellular automaton: http://www.quinapalus.com/wi-index.html
1513.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
I would read it.
1514.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
From the article- "programs aren’t originally written in any definite language, or in any definite location. Programs are encoded information that is contiguous and continuous with the information in our heads, and in the world." I certainl
1515.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
Maybe this is just a personal thing, but it always struck me as odd that the recommended variable names for loop counters are the two letters that look most similar to a semicolon. I tend to use x and y.
1516.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
I hope this won't come off as too critical, but you're using the word "penultimate" incorrectly- I've done it myself many times. To quote Wikipedia, "The ultimate is the last and final item in a series. The related words penultimate and ant
1517.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
And if you're specifically trying to design an algorithm, you might look into "How to Solve It by Computer" by R.G. Dromey, which was inspired by the former: http://www.amazon.com/Solve-Computer-Prentice-Hall-Internati...
1518.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
"There's two kinds of investors in this world. The ones who think big, and the ones who don't; the ones with a Valley mindset, and everyone else." Perhaps there are startup founders with a realistic perspective on their contributions to the
1519.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
Reminds me of the 'PocketMod': http://repocketmod.com/
1520.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
It is mentioned in the comments, but bears repeating here- The author's example of "overly verbose" Java is rather unfair. Compare the 11-line example with loads of temporary variables to something like this: Set results = new SortedSet
1521.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
"Apple is adding an "Explicit" section to it's store." "Is Apple adding an "Explicit" section to it's store?" One of these sentences is not like the other.
1522.
by RodgerTheGreat 17y ago
...Screamed the blogger.