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by Xurinos 16y ago
At first I agreed with what you said, but then I realized that not only is it an elitist sentiment, it also misses the mark. I graduated from a university that is known for its CS department. I can still remember most of the concepts that
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by Xurinos 16y ago
> I didn't file a complaint. I took it. I have a comfortable > life and it didn't seem worthwhile to make a complaint that > goes nowhere. My question: Isn't this part of the problem? "Now, we must all fear evil men. But the
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Slightly off-topic, but this reminds me of the recent studies that revealed that nicotine in the air is actually spread nicely throughout a restaurant that has good air flow. Thus, even waiters and waitresses who opt to work in "nonsmoking
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by Xurinos 16y ago
And ultimately, wouldn't this be even more "modern", even clearer? -- my $file_path = Path::Class::dir("some_path")->file("file_name"); my $fh = $file_path->openw(); $fh->print("my line\n"); $fh->close();
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by Xurinos 16y ago
This idea has been explored in Second Life. I do not know the answer, but there must be some literature out there that discusses the legality of the virtual casinos in SL. You might search for SL's currency (linden bucks) to find it.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
> they have to jump through numerous hoops In clisp and sbcl (I do not have a lot of experience with other implementations), the "make this an executable binary" command is a one-liner, so the hoops are at least comparable to other lang
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Any number of triggers would work. :) You can always modify his code with an approach that is more to your liking.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
The items are worth whatever people are willing to purchase them for in WoW and IRL. All you have to do is keep track of how various items are selling. You could implement a browser plugin to capture your hover and give you a floating win
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Does anybody else have a hard time listening to music while coding? My mind wants to analyze the music. The effect is worse for me when the music is a multilevel instrumental; I get lost, floating like a leaf along the various threads of
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Developer/Programmer Analyst = looks for bugs. Around here, it means "Integrates the code into live environments, does some statistical work, does some DB work"
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Re: "Specialization is for Insects"... Two extremes in one thread. :) There is a middle ground, where we have different levels of knowledge on a great multitude of things. The other day, for example, I patched a hole in my own tire, rather
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Anyone know where I can play Capture Go at multiple levels? That is, single capture, 2-capture, 3-capture, etc? 9x9 and larger boards?
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I pray I never fear to make the decision to save someone's life, all risks reasonably considered. I have been in a similar situation, and I can tell you: your mettle is tested. You have a tiny amount of time to make a decision, so little t
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I agree with you. I find many reasons to know math during my career and in my programming hobbies. It is hard for me to ever take the statement seriously. We are not even talking about calculus here... I surprised a fellow developer in t
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Yes, it is extremely inconvenient (available exactly as you described), and JavaScript is a small portion of what NoScript does for you. A quick rundown of features as I understand them: * blocking is the default, with whitelist enables *
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by Xurinos 16y ago
You will tear noscript from my cold, dead hands.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
His point was more that during that time, he had an opportunity to practice focus/concentration, and this helped him to reduce distractions throughout the rest of his day. You should be able to practice focusing in any situation where you
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by Xurinos 16y ago
For UI elements it is OO hands down. I was thinking about this assertion on a walk, and I realized that this is just a matter of opinion. I can see it apply if you were programming with Tk. The same goes for Gtk, but when you add glide,
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Assuming we are talking about classes, I am glad someone released Path::Class for perl, among many other class packages. This is a social problem, not a problem with the technology.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
What exactly are people talking about when they are discussing these differences? You mentioned "procedural" and "declarative"; how is that something wherein OO can be in opposition? In other words, how are you programming your class meth
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by Xurinos 16y ago
In several circles I have heard "smart" defined as knowing facts and "intelligent" defined as a measure of being able to learn. Hence, you can be intelligent but not smart and smart but not intelligent. I think we want a balance of the tw
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by Xurinos 16y ago
OO code, on the other hand, is rarely reused. This is true in situations where OO is done wrong. OO is supposed to help us implement types, and you can do this portably. You can write bad functions, too, that have too much dependency on
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Ruby doesn't encourage you think in multiple layers of abstraction. The next step down from C is a simple machine model with instructions, a CPU, and memory, which is actually kind of helpful for writing code and understandi
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Me too. How representative are we of the population?
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by Xurinos 16y ago
We cannot neglect the masses who like the feel of a paperback, who will read it on the airplane, on the bus, or on the pot. On the technical book side, I have continued to see a market for people who want their own hardcopy of SICP, TAOCP,
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by Xurinos 16y ago
it = jquery.svg or Raphael?
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I noticed a lot of Raphael love lately. What about jquery.svg? http://plugins.jquery.com/project/svg I do not know if it is still true, but jquery.svg offers over Raphael the ability to import SVGs, and your twines are all the even
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I chose "never". I am interested in content, not billboards. However, I am fooled like everyone else by ads that are presented as online forum posts, such as the "Check out my startup" links on HN. Maybe that is because these are a bit b
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by Xurinos 16y ago
One thing I took away from my SICP experience was the idea that it is languages/abstractions all the way down. You can play in a super high level language like Lisp, or you can mold silicon. Somewhere you have to choose your level of abst
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by Xurinos 16y ago
It sounds like you are developing, the founder is managing, and the founder made a judgment call based on his knowledge of the market versus technical debt. He is choosing to make the trade-off. As developers, our responsibility is to ensu

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