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by amackera 17y ago
This sounds like real fun! My compilers class was a joke, we made it as far as generating ASTs, then the semester ended. Laughable.
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by amackera 17y ago
Studying for a Computer Architecture mid-term on Tuesday. I got to program a little bit of a RESTful API for a big school project earlier today though, so the day isn't a total loss.
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by amackera 17y ago
I don't think the article was making a case that it will be difficult to make design changes to fit the touch screen---just that it does, in fact, require changes. It's another hurdle of adoption to jump over before the iPad can really be
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by amackera 17y ago
This is something that has bothered me a lot in the past. Other engineers build bridges and towers and monuments that stand for years and years. The beautiful code written by a good programmer might be replaced 8 months later by a junior wh
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by amackera 17y ago
I'm having trouble coming up with an evaluation function for game states. How can you tell which move is advantageous over another?
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by amackera 17y ago
This "controversy" will inevitably drive more new users to the site.
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by amackera 17y ago
Well it worked for me. The only reason I'm a member of the ACM is to get access to their full-text articles.
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by amackera 17y ago
No, you should not. Also keep in mind the author edited the World Climate Report funded by the non-profit "Greening Earth Society", which in turn was funded by the Western Fuels Association (a non-profit cooperative for "coal and transpor
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by amackera 17y ago
An entrepreneur stops being crazy the moment somebody pays money for their product.
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by amackera 17y ago
It's Doctor Schmidt, he's got a PhD in EECS. (this really doesn't contribute to the discussion, I just thought it was cool)
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by amackera 17y ago
The problem with that motto is that "evil" is entirely subjective.
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by amackera 17y ago
The problem is that all of our successes combined in AI (even including neural networks) don't add up to something even remotely resembling general intelligence. It's not simply a matter of connecting the output of a DSP to the input of an
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by amackera 17y ago
Sounds good. You should also license this code under some kind of open source license (GPL, Apache, etc.).
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by amackera 17y ago
You should put this on github! Are you accepting patches?
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by amackera 17y ago
I beg to differ. I want to completely understand the tools I use. Exploring a new language may be a fun process, but having an easy understanding of the complete language specification allows you to adequately frame a problem in the context
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by amackera 17y ago
The "orthogonal core" is not only of interest to the language implementer, it is what determines the suitability of the language for the particular task. To use your analogy of harmonic analysis, a complete basis is not only useful as a m
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by amackera 17y ago
My largest problem with the "release early, release often" cycle, as well as being adaptable, is that it's hard to release a product that I feel isn't complete. I have to fight the compulsion to cram features in that I feel are killer fea
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by amackera 17y ago
It pisses me off when Apple does it too.
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by amackera 17y ago
The entire point of having a domain "name" is to have a human-readable representation of an address. Take the human readable part out of the URL and you're left with useless.
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by amackera 17y ago
True, there are people constantly judging a musician, even people who have no understanding of the art; however, when a musician is really really good, all that practice pays off in big ways (full stadiums, fame, riches). The best programme
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by amackera 17y ago
Oh no! Not green lasers!
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by amackera 17y ago
I am shocked. This is an awful policy!
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by amackera 17y ago
I second that reference!
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by amackera 17y ago
I always power off my gear when I'm not using it.
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by amackera 17y ago
I don't know what it looked like before, but this looks good!
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by amackera 17y ago
Not to mention that none of the apps on my desktop have been "approved" by anybody (apart from myself).
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by amackera 17y ago
Yeah and it's not really a win for them since the technology has advanced to the point where decentralisation is possible.
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by amackera 17y ago
This might be hard, especially since he doesn't have time to spend with his own kids :(
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by amackera 17y ago
I appreciate you not using this as chance to market your site, but I'm curious now! Please post your URL.
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by amackera 17y ago
I can't upvote this comment enough. Mental health professionals don't necessarily hold all the answers (so be wary), but the poster's problems (or at least his perspective) may be a result of depression.

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