ValleyOfTheMtns

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by ValleyOfTheMtns 10y ago
I have a friend who likes to write fractal generators when he starts looking at a new language because it gives him a sense of what it can do and how it does it in terms of loops/recursion, data structures, math, and visualisation.
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 10y ago
Such a method may also force the cancer to evolve to survive under such stress.
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
>The other is that the quantity of sunlight varies throughout the year in everywhere that isn't on the equator. Grow lights allow you to go from seed to harvest faster Why not have both? Grow lights when the sun isn't optimal,
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
>and the decision to use grow lights indoors instead of sunlight This is the part of indoor automated farming I don't get. You have this free, abundant source of energy needed to grow plants, and you don't use it... why? Seems
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
Zotero is good. I've also used http://mendeley.com/ , which is a good alternative to Zotero.
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
Anything interesting happening up in Groningen?
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
> Explore different programming languages and programming paradigms. Funny you should mention that. I just started the Learn You a Haskell series. My first exposure to a purely functional language. Before that I've only had little b
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Ask HN: How do you go from being an average software developer to a great one?
11 points by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago|14 comments
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
> using a laptop on the train to code no longer feels limiting That strikes me as an admission that there IS a productivity gain by having more than one monitor though, physiological issues aside.
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
Is there support for deving with this on a Mac? Does it support cross-platform releases to consoles, mobile, and PCs?
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
What's a good engine to build on for cross-platform support these days? If you wanted to dev a game that worked on smartphones, tablets, and PCs?
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
Yes, the first few chapters were mind-bogglingly good. Loses its punch towards the end, but the first two thirds floored me.
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
> And the idea of reaching Mars in months instead of years is too positive to coherently express. I don't think getting to Mars has ever taken years. The typical numbers given are 6-8 months, depending on where Earth and Mars are in
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 11y ago
Uh... no. Taking drugs is a victimless crime. Stealing isn't. One doesn't necessarily lead to the other.
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by ValleyOfTheMtns 12y ago
One could argue that we, as humans, are from and of Earth, and that by humans taking a photo of Earth, Earth is in fact taking a selfie. It's a narrower take on the concept of, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."