SandB0x

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by SandB0x 17y ago
Ah, fair enough. I didn't spot the source. If you were omnipotent and could get at all the information directly, what would you consider to be a true measure of popularity? (Eg, number of people who know each language, total time spent writ
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Yeah I doubt it's in any way accurate. You can get a very rough guide (albeit skewed towards .net) from http://stackoverflow.com/tags .
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Can you name the 25 most popular programming languages?(sporcle.com)
20 points by SandB0x 17y ago|21 comments
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Uh, what? One totally random article, then the second item: http://icanread.tumblr.com/post/432293483 Lovely. I don't have anything remotely like this in my subscriptions.
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Not everyone can afford that luxury.
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by SandB0x 17y ago
I had one month's notice in my contract, knew I was leaving three months in advance and gave six weeks. Figured that was a good balance between giving a generous amount of time, and the risk of things turning sour or being asked to serve ou
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Panic's blog is just so beautifully designed. Scroll down to the comment form.
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by SandB0x 17y ago
While Galloway may or may not be an "arrogant a-hole", I can understand him snapping. (small rant:) On my master's there are a few people who regularly show up halfway into lectures (leaving the doors swinging and banging), leave work that
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Someone do one for us hungry Londoners!
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Bookmarked. I'm in awe. Would be great to have a LaTeX 'theme' website to collect nice examples...
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by SandB0x 17y ago
MathOverflow is serious business, full of seriously accomplished mathematicians. There are at least two Fields medallists there (Gowers and Tao).
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Isn't there enough automatic duplication of content on the web already? I hate looking for a blog post and having to sift through a load of horrible feed powered link farms - can't wait to be spammed from yet more angles.
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by SandB0x 17y ago
I want a smart alarm clock that knows that where I've got to be in the morning and wakes me up earlier if the roads are blocked or there are major delays on the train.
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Sure, rigorous proofs are often obtained by "proceeding formally", but there's usually (not always, granted) some more intuitive reason as to why something should be the case, otherwise nobody would have tried to prove them in the first pla
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Great article on a pet hate of mine. "It turns out" is often used in mathematics lectures, when the lecturer is trying to keep things relatively informal and is avoiding proving results. Blind assertions have no place in mathematics - it's
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by SandB0x 17y ago
In a similar vein, there's a Facebook group "Oxford University: Where Your Best Isn't Good Enough, Since 1117".
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Eerily familiar. As well as making the developer's life a misery, the ÜberApplication can mean a slow death for your company as you can't sell components separately - it's all or nothing.
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Could it be Prezi (on JayNeeley's post)?
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Prezi is certainly a refreshing take on things. Unfortunately it seems we do have to create slides, but I'll keep it in mind for next time. Thanks for the rest of the links too.
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Ask HN: What can I use to make presentations that don't suck?
5 points by SandB0x 17y ago|9 comments
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Nice as a continued fraction: phi = 1 + 1/(1+1/(1+1/(1+...)))
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Thanks
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Can't view the video on phone - can anyone summarize?
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Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies(guardian.co.uk)
5 points by SandB0x 17y ago|0 comments
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Video explanation of Roger Federer's incredible footwork(nytimes.com)
1 points by SandB0x 17y ago|0 comments
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Works on Android without flash
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by SandB0x 17y ago
It helps that the engadget live bloggers are fawning idiots.
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Is anyone else tired of this aphorism plus wild generalization format?
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by SandB0x 17y ago
I thought this might be similar to the incredible Baltie programming language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baltik3-screenshot1.PNG (it isn't)
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by SandB0x 17y ago
Project home page: http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/gradient-paint/ Bear with the video, the examples get more impressive.

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