aklein

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by aklein 15y ago
Cool, you're right, examples are good. Thanks for pointing out!
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Euclid's Algorithm: An Analysis(blog.adamdklein.com)
37 points by aklein 15y ago|8 comments
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by aklein 15y ago
D feels to me the closest thing to a fixed C++. But without major additional momentum, I don't see how it can ever catch up to C++ in adoption.
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by aklein 15y ago
Also, earning $10 million over 15 years is far less tax efficient than earning that same amount over 50 years: you keep less of your income by a few marginal tax brackets.
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by aklein 15y ago
I suppose I agree with you: piracy is an equally poor description of digital copyright infringement. Note I am not defending copyright infringement. Still, theft it is not.
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by aklein 15y ago
"...enjoy enough to steal". Piracy != Theft. Say what you will about the economics or morals of piracy, but don't say it's theft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement
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by aklein 15y ago
RE: Working harder is not correlated to more money But what about working smarter? Sure, such a thing is harder to measure, but it's pretty much the only gauge when you're talking about meritocracy. Working harder, not smarter, is the make-
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by aklein 15y ago
And, you can work at 100% and have it not work out for external reasons which have nothing to do with you.
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by aklein 15y ago
I've played around with it and bought Alexandrescu's book. It's an elegant language and in theory easier than C++ to work with (faster compilation times, better error messages, more concise and expressive syntax). But the tooling and libra
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by aklein 16y ago
My prediction: Numpy/SciPy will steal a large portion of the Matlab market for scientific computing in the not-too-distant future. A GPU-accelerated Numpy along the lines of Jacket would be supremely valuable. Side project, anyone?