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by bugs 17y ago
Hopefully this turns out well for the community. Some advantages I can see being based on ruby 1.8.7 is that now people will have a specific language to develop libraries for, also new people to ruby can have something specific to start wit
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by bugs 17y ago
don't put windows/mac/nix if you only have a windows executable
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by bugs 17y ago
If I'm paying 40 bucks I'm going to the theater with 2 other people and buying popcorn and drinks. My limit for a one time rental kind of deal is 2-3 bucks (internet download/sat tv), even with other people around to watch.
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by bugs 17y ago
I believe they probably never needed a captcha before this and for a few extra webpage hits these guys have inconvenienced the rest of the people who otherwise wouldn't have to prove themselves human
185.
by bugs 17y ago
Do you have any proof of this other than seeing it on a forum? It is like I heard from a friend who knows someone who's father works there kind of thing without evidence.
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by bugs 17y ago
This is pretty cool if you haven't seen it http://goosh.org/
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by bugs 17y ago
Also for engineering works like Vibrations and Control Systems
188.
by bugs 17y ago
If you look at his submissions there are quite a few and most of them of the Ask HN variety of something that really shouldn't be here
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by bugs 17y ago
I am more curious as to whether Wave provides any functionality if you do not know other people using Wave. Like say you get a Wave account is there any way to meet with other people à la channels (IRC) chat rooms (AOL)
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by bugs 17y ago
I don't know if this is still the case but when I created this account there was a welcome link up where you find [Y]Hacker News welcome | new | comments | ... linking to this. Edit: To be more clear I think the welcome link disap
191.
by bugs 17y ago
Doesn't make me want to use the site because I can't read many titles together and decide on what to read Loads rather slow here too
192.
by bugs 17y ago
I'd rather python take a break so libraries can develop/upgrade than go the ruby route where everything is consistently upgraded to the point that no substantial libraries really exist and you are learning a new framework or tool every few
193.
by bugs 17y ago
I like to think that musicians and engineers belong to completely different groups of people where the majority of each group lacks the ability to pursue that of the other group; like a musician would find it difficult to go into engineerin
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by bugs 17y ago
It seems that the trend is that people are becoming very anti-corporation or large corporations for that matter, put up a store like trader joe's people will beg and plead for more but now large towns that don't yet have a superwalmart will
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by bugs 17y ago
Both; and no it doesn't excite me in the least because of such a slow adoption rate of new browsers.
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by bugs 17y ago
In an art history context a triangular shape is most often related to strength such as pyramidal composition in paintings. Perhaps this has transferred into modern design. It also can be seen in architectural design such as truss design etc
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by bugs 17y ago
I must say you are most definitely the normal programmer and if that truly is your workday it is insane.
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by bugs 17y ago
This is reasoning that programmers can be mothers not that mothers should be programmers. But one main problem is when children are young mothers are much more likely to be tired or worn out running on little sleep and probably have less ti
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by bugs 17y ago
pg did this for a few hours and used circles where the point number one, something like orange or red color was used to denote a popular comment. Many people disliked this however and decided that the numbered system was better, thought a f
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by bugs 17y ago
I don't know very much about erlang but I can understand why it has the stigma that it doesn't handle text well as almost every introduction I have seen has said this is the case due to it being created by telecommunication companie[s]. How
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by bugs 17y ago
It only wins if it supplies and continues to supply correct and timely information. The internet is like the telephone game with millions of people and until something changes I trust my local news station many times more than the internet
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by bugs 17y ago
Does anyone else get annoyed when an article's content is primarily from another article and that article doesn't even get a link? Or in this case is embedded in one word in a paragraph.
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by bugs 17y ago
How would it be a horse? Reinventing the wheel refers more to reproducing a tool that already exists with little to no benefit. But sometimes the wheel needs to be reinvented, like perhaps the wheel that is available can only be used on a
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by bugs 17y ago
If you are starting to lose users because of somewhat simple features you may actual need those features. In Reference to posterous comments here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=956118 In a market as crowded as webblogging one might
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by bugs 17y ago
In regards to the ethics of organ donations: I have known quite a few people who purposefully deny the organ donor stamp on their drivers licenses out of worry that because someone else may benefit (moneywise) their life may not be saved an
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by bugs 17y ago
I find that most engineering teachers do this, at least in the upper level classes and especially to see if the class is paying attention. However the classes where it is done to see if people are paying attention are more often than not th
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by bugs 17y ago
What need does he have for an IDE without all those buttons and knobs?
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by bugs 17y ago
If you decide to go to emacs from textmate this might help with somewhat similar functionality (regarding completion) http://code.google.com/p/yasnippet/
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by bugs 17y ago
You can't however do without walkways if the people have nothing to walk on, to continue your analogy. (When thinking from a business or tech sense.)
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by bugs 17y ago
Hopefully this is not real, otherwise I hope he chooses to do something better and less drastic.

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