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by bcater 19y ago
Does Open Source software really suck, though? I'm much happier with my Ubuntu system with Firefox, Open Office, etc. than with my OSX (Leopard) system. (Of course, that might be because Apple really messed up with Leopard, but I digress.)
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by bcater 19y ago
Do you not work face-to-face (or back-to-back) with your team members? Over the summer I worked for a company of a few hundred people that didn't use project management software (except when contracted externally) because if you needed some
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Ask YC: How do you handle security?
3 points by bcater 19y ago|3 comments
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See Great Electronics Reviews - Very Slick UI Site(retrevo.com)
1 points by bcater 19y ago|0 comments
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by bcater 19y ago
I was hoping that Python threads split across processors, but it seems that they don't. Is there a language that does it "automagically" without having to explicitly code it?
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Ask YC: What Language Do You Use for Multiple CPUs?
5 points by bcater 19y ago|22 comments
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by bcater 19y ago
I've written a simulator that seems to fit with intuition, but you guys might want to check out my code ( http://scripts.mit.edu/~bcater/prisoners_code.php ). It gives me just under 10,000 operations, on average.
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by bcater 19y ago
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by that question. If you mean "Should it be obvious to me how you're providing me with social news?", then the answer is that it doesn't matter so long as your algorithm gives me something that I want
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by bcater 19y ago
I've made a lot of changes, and things are looking, feeling, and performing better than ever! Let me know what you think.
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by bcater 19y ago
I've implemented bibliographies and uploads, plus a basic template. Let me know if you think of anything else, and thanks a bunch for the feedback.
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Ask YC: Anyone use LaTeX?(scripts.mit.edu)
19 points by bcater 19y ago|27 comments
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by bcater 19y ago
I like mzscheme (a variant of Scheme, which is a variant of Lisp), but Python is growing on me. When I need database interactions, I use PHP, and when I want neat effects, I use javascript.
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by bcater 19y ago
You can buy the right to have a "better" search result via a sponsored result. Hence, their search will never be "perfect."
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by bcater 19y ago
I think I saw something on TechCrunch over the summer about a company that does exactly this.
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by bcater 19y ago
Too bad someone can't just remove your soon-to-be-regretted letters from the outgoing mail a la Samuel Clemens' wife.
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by bcater 19y ago
I talked about a variation of this idea with pg, and he brought up some important points. First, who uses enterprise software like distributed computing? Outside of research, it's people unlike us, so what do we know about them? Pretty much
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How do you make a great video demo?
3 points by bcater 19y ago|3 comments
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by bcater 19y ago
Someone is going to change the model of how we interact with computers. Keyboards are good, mice are good, big plasma screens are really good, but what's next? Is there a faster or more efficient or more enjoyable way to interact with compu
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by bcater 19y ago
I once worked on a small software project with two other people, and because the requirements and restrictions were so rigid, we didn't have to do much more than work out a UI - the system itself was pretty straightforward to implement. Thu