andrewbinstock

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by andrewbinstock 9y ago
Java Magazine published an article on Ethereum, explaining how it works, and how to access from Java [1] [1] http://www.javamagazine.mozaicreader.com/JanFeb2017#&pageSet...
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by andrewbinstock 9y ago
If you're talking about Linux specifically, that's not quite accurate history. Prior to POSIX threads, Linux had it's own threading model--Linux Threads--which frankly was terrible. They added the full POSIX later on in part
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by andrewbinstock 9y ago
From Stan Kelly-Bootle's brilliant "Computer Contradictionary": symposium, noun (from Greek, "to drink together") A gathering of scholars where each attendant is intoxicated by his/her contribution and sobered
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by andrewbinstock 9y ago
Given that the comments are from 2009, I expect the title is slightly misdated.
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If you're interested in designing a RISC processor in software, Knuth's full book on MMIX is an interesting and complete read. I am not referring to the short version published as part of Volume 1 the revised TAOCP, but the full e
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Supreme Court rules cell phone searches require a warrant (2014)(msnbc.com)
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Jean Sammet, co-creator of COBOL, has died(nytimes.com)
429 points by andrewbinstock 9y ago|105 comments
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by andrewbinstock 9y ago
Fully agreed. Let's give credit where it's due--not only to the community but also to the moderators, who do a great job keeping conversations civil and on track!
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by andrewbinstock 9y ago
Can you run Visual Studio and all other Windows apps on the Surface?
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Or the great Chaconne for solo violin.
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What made the Bay such an especially good place for getting salt?
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by andrewbinstock 9y ago
A wonderful book that I'm amazed ever got published. Still, as noted in wikipedia: "It was originally rejected by 121 publishers, more than any other bestselling book, according to the Guinness Book of Records." [edited to re
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by andrewbinstock 9y ago
This is the explanation that OP should have posted. Thanks!
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
>...which is arguably the CEO's responsibility. ...which is unarguably the CEO's responsibility. FTFY.
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
> I personally believe a big reason for the Mac resurgence Mac resurgence is more of a perception than reality. In 2016, Apple sold ~18.5M Macs, down from the previous two years [1] and off more than 10% from last year. Granted that the
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
>How long until there's a really good JVM written in JavaScript of some form and embedded Java apps end up running in JavaScript for performance and security reasons? Much of the JVM is written in C++ (From the docs: "There are
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
Totally got it. It's a refinement of the line. As the person below understands.
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The great benefit of experts over I-just-learned-this authors is that experts know how design x or feature y relates to other designs and features not implemented in the given project. In other words, they know a lot more context and can te
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
Those who don't know George Santayana are condemned to repeat him. FTFY.
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
Drive failure rates can be computed across different batch sizes, provide the batches are big enough to provide meaningful numbers. There's no need to have the batches be exactly the same size to get useful and accurate data.
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
Meaning no disrespect, but I am constantly surprised by how this detail is frequently brought up as if were an unexpected aspect of a language. Just about any minimal scripting language and many tools are Turing-complete (LaTex, Minecraft,
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
They're still big in classical music. And, yes, classical music is still a thing too! ;-)
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It is viewed as a measure of last resort to rectify an injustice. Reigning monarchs had this power throughout most of Western history; and the tradition was carried on to modern heads of state.
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And his support for LGBT issues
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>The author equivocates online critique and criticism with being 'silenced'. Others have addressed the substance of your remarks. Here, I just want to mention as a fellow commenter that equivocates means "to use equivocal
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
At HN, we're a very small community in a very large profession. Viewing what that larger profession is doing based principally on what you see here is likely to be misleading.
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
Precisely, which lays waste to this cast-off comment, which sounds right, but is completely wrong: " Stradivari’s and Guarneri’s craftsmanship, copying their wood choice, geometry and construction methods. But their efforts have met wi
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
>The model of natively cloud-hosted documents was Google's lead to loose, and I think they are losing it. No, Google was never going to own the market segment once MS got into it seriously. Google could only mark time until that eve
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
GitHub has some significant challenges ahead that are not mentioned in this article. As companies move to the cloud, they will run their own development ecosystems--SCM, CI, defect tracking, etc.--in their own cloud; and hosting services li
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by andrewbinstock 10y ago
Beck elaborates on this point of view in the current issue of Java Magazine: http://bit.ly/2g6YEo2 (loads slowly)

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