amackera

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   by amackera 18y ago

   The only time a function would "silently" return a -1 would be if you're not checking your returns for errors! Functions have return codes for a reason .
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   by amackera 18y ago

   Hey I'd love to have you but I actually don't have a couch. In fact I don't have any furniture except a desk and mattress. Good luck!
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   by amackera 18y ago

   Hah! Fair enough, but my point was that those claims aren't legitimate . Especially those claims about C
4. 454.▲
   by amackera 18y ago

   Despite the qualms I have with PHP, you can't blame the language for design flaws in the software.
5. 455.▲
   by amackera 18y ago

   Emailed!
6. 456.▲
   by amackera 18y ago

   Exactly. The Ubuntu releases are more incremental. Really all that the new releases contain are new and updated patches, occasionally a new kernel release, better support, occasionally additional applications, etc. It's not like Windows whe
7. 457.▲
   by amackera 18y ago

   Thank you for this!
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   by amackera 18y ago

   Or how about... http://www.singularitysummit.com/
9. 459.▲
   by amackera 18y ago

   The tone of this writer really irritates me. The content is useful to know, but his style seems so vindictive and (dare I say it) elitist.
10. 460.▲
    by amackera 18y ago

    Fantastic, clean design. I'm adding courses now, I'll let you know how it goes by the end of the term, heh.
11. 461.▲
    by amackera 18y ago

    This has been public for ages.
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    by amackera 18y ago

    I think that the point of the ads is that many different people from many walks of life own PCs - with the implication that Apple only attracts a certain type of person to their products. The ads don't make Microsoft seem "generic," instead
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    by amackera 18y ago

    There's a longer one at this address: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=306555
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    The Semantic Web In Breadth(logicerror.com)

    2 points by amackera 18y ago|0 comments
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    The Semantic Web: An Introduction(infomesh.net)

    9 points by amackera 18y ago|4 comments
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    by amackera 18y ago

    Waterloo, my school.
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    by amackera 18y ago

    "Japan’s mobile web operators generate revenue by making sites and content providers pay considerable fees for prominent positions in their default menus." Japan's mobile web is completely controlled by the carriers. This just doesn't feel
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    by amackera 18y ago

    I really like the "Rate my start-ups" posts, assuming the HN doesn't get swamped with them. It's fun to hear the feedback of different people with different attitudes. We're all (or mostly) "start-up minded" here at HN so that's a plus too.
19. 469.▲
    by amackera 18y ago

    Especially one based off of FOS code!
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    by amackera 18y ago

    I really don't understand the desire for a heavy and resource intensive IDE. Emacs + Unix is the best development environment I could ask for. Don't call me naive either, because I've worked in some big companies where the engineering team
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    by amackera 18y ago

    Maybe that's the trick... It's a meta-article about how to _really_ get text from HTML. By figuring out you can just dump from lynx - you no longer have to read it!
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    by amackera 18y ago

    What you're saying is that Python & Lisp debugging tools and OS integration are as good as .NET and Java. I agree. The problem is that it's hard to convince other people of that, without forcing them to try it for a while.
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    by amackera 19y ago

    I like the instant feeback thing on the left - very slick! My only complaint is that it forces you to sign up if you want to view the event details. I can do this with Facebook already. I'd like to see more details in the "You're invited...