Tiomaidh

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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
False--price is largely dictated by what new users (who can't afford to buy a new device) are willing to pay, not what the seller (who used the device) wants.
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
But using `(` in vim to move the cursor backwards by a sentence is probably better than using a mouse--which involves locating the previous sentence, locating the mouse, locating the mouse cursor, moving it to the spot, and clicking.
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Slightly OT, but does anyone know of any CL conferences in the US? Google has failed me so far.
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
>then load Facebook and observe how fast it feels Considering the scale of the problem, you're right--it's impressively responsive. But I'd still hesitate to call it fast--on almost every visit, I'll have pictures that won't load, "like
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Thanks for the advice (I'm assuming it applies to me too). I've spent the past year getting really interested in Lisp (I just finished my senior year of high school, in which I took Lisp as an independent study). For a science fair, I got i
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
That's a separate issue. The article, IMHO, both maligns the MIT hackers (saying they were more malicious than they were) and then draws incorrect parallels between the MIT hackers of then and the hackers/crackers of today.
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
That's hardly fair to the MIT hackers. Hacking != phreaking. Hacking ∉ inherently malicious acts. Any legally-questionable thing the MIT hackers did was either because a) They were really fascinated in the system (the phone hacks they did
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
I agree with everything fugoki said, but here are some more observations: * Can't middle-click results to open in new tab (Chrome / Windows XP...if I remember I'll check it out on my laptop (Linux) when I can). * Dropdown for "Show 10/20...
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
If Google wins, hardware will be secondary, and Apple--that thrives on selling hardware--will decline. And it's possible that that will happen...it's also possible that it won't. Apple isn't destined to lose anything. It's just that they
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Startup idea: 1. Buy cheap netbooks. 2. Dual-boot ChromiumOS with them. 3. Advertise that they can do all the cool Chromebook tricks...and also boot into a full-fledged OS to do other stuff. 4. Sell them for less than a Chromebook--say $300
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
http://www.hackerbooks.com/
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
I can't decide if I'm happy or not that non-coding skills can leave such an impression. I'm still at my first job (I'm only a HS senior), and for the interview I was asked to bring in some code. I brought my laptop, whose splash screen prou
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
I started watching the first video, and it said "Check out the remake". "Okay," I say, "if it's better, why isn't it on the main site? If it's not better...why is it so prominent?" And then it turned out that both videos were, in a word, aw
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Yes, yes there is: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3...
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
When they discovered that, it might've been a good time to think up a different name.
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
I recently spent $50 on eBay to get an old Pentium II "ultraportable" laptop. It's very thin, has an acceptable screen size and resolution (1024x768), a keyboard bested only by my ThinkPad, and is fantastic for the two things I'm using it f
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
I already have one. It's called "SSHing into the company server".
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
When I first started out with Linux, I thought "Man! Some people compile their own kernel! Wow! And then some build their system from the ground up! Some summer, I hope to be able to do Linux From Scratch. That would be so varsity." Now I t
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
That's a very valid question, and now that I've made my decision, I keep thinking, "Maybe I should've applied to MIT...maybe I should've applied to Berkeley...my college guidance counselor used to work in CMU admissions, and told me that I
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Previous plans for the summer: 1. Work hard at job as Java dev (yes, it's not ideal, no, as a high school senior I'm not complaining). 2. Read PAIP; do all exercises. Current plans: 1. Drop everything and figure out how the heck non-static
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Here's the alpha: (defparameter *phrases* '("Who needs it?" "Who uses it?" "Who *really* needs it?" "What problem does this solve?" "Does that problem *really* need to be solved?" "What is
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
For normal discussion, I think we're better off without visible scores. But there have been threads where two people go back and forth with two completely-opposite views about something that's not definitely Right or Wrong--and that I'm not
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
I'm less concerned about minor UI enhancements, and would much rather have a regex-capable search box.
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
It's just text, so here's an extra (and permanent) mirror: http://pastebin.com/MWA7s9z6
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Indentation and convention both help (as does experience). Python: def spam(self, eggs): for egg in eggs: if egg.color == "white": egg.crack Which goes to: xxx xxxx(xxxx, xxxx): xxx
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
There are machines that accept a stack of (unbound) paper and OCR it all. There's no "batch mode" for Kindle (apart from cracking the DRM, but that's a separate issue).
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Don't get me wrong, the technology is incredible. But the title is misleading. It made me think he cut off a healthy hand since a bionic one was somehow much better. Instead, he cut off an atrophied, useless hand since a bionic one restore
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Facebook.
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Please add a [NSFW] tag. And I'm not even sure if this is worthy HN material.
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by Tiomaidh 15y ago
Misleading title--if nothing else, it should contain the words "functional programming". And IMHO, a very misleading analogy (object-oriented programs : cake recipes :: functional programs : equations). Programming paradigms really have no

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