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by cema 13y ago
Yes, that too. Speaking of which: any good tools for literate programming?
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by cema 13y ago
True. However, how useful literate programming is depends on a number of factors, time often being the main limiting factor.
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by cema 13y ago
I think another exception (in addition to the already mentioned help with an otherwise difficult syntax) is when comments are used to visually represent logical segments of the code. Some style guides suggest to write these in all caps. Eg:
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by cema 13y ago
It is not, but there are reasons some people say that. Keep in mind this is a posting about jokes. By the way, someone managed to downvote the parent -- what a strange reaction to a joke! Kind of sad, really.
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by cema 13y ago
Strange that the joke most popular with my friends has not been quoted yet. It's about the programmer who goes to bed and places two glasses by the bedside: one with water, in case he wants to drink at night, and the other empty, in ca
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by cema 13y ago
Oh btw, did you have a toast "to X" too, or just "to ${X}"?
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by cema 13y ago
Well, people do say Javascript is a Lisp in C clothes, and for a good reason. Well, for a bad reason too, as in this case.
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by cema 13y ago
Perhaps putting your preferences on your email signature, your profile on the corporate intranet, or your personal website's 'contact me' page would be helpful. Perhaps it would, if more people paid attention to
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by cema 13y ago
mutual respect Absolutely agree. Especially crucial in earlier years (with younger children), when it leads not only to a better learning environment but also helps to form a solid mindset.
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by cema 13y ago
So is gopher.
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by cema 13y ago
Well... Appropriate for the discussion. So I would say, if the discussion is appropriate (for Hacker News) then so is the posting.
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by cema 13y ago
Only if it has a face.
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by cema 13y ago
PTO = Paid Time Off.
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by cema 13y ago
Do you even understand what I said? The conversation was about (alleged) discrimination against Soviet education in Western countries. I said I graduated from Kerosinka and was not discriminated against (in the US), on the contrary, my 5-ye
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by cema 13y ago
Not an argument. A reaction. Quite appropriate.
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by cema 13y ago
The "public" has no problems with Jews, for the most part. These days, being Jewish in Russia is mostly not a problem, even on the contrary. Things may change very quickly, though.
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by cema 13y ago
The factual correctness of this statement is well below its humorous content, which is shallow.
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by cema 13y ago
Oh please. Nobody discriminated against my degree from Kerosinka, the 5-year course of classes was admitted as equivalent of MS in Applied Math. There is discrimination, in a very certain way, against medical degrees, for a variety of reaso
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by cema 13y ago
Jews were perceived as intellectuals. Uh... This was so among the regular people, but did not appear to play a large role in the decisions made by the Party (read: party leader). The anti-intellectual official line was stronger in t
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by cema 13y ago
I have collected some of the stories and links to further reading here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/kerosinka/1633.html Majority of the material is in Russian, but a large minority in English, for those i
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by cema 13y ago
Doesn't particularly look like a wasteland. Not any longer. But truly, the jokes about frost-resistant Jews are so old now.
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by cema 13y ago
the only real sin [...] the only true failure Failure is not a sin. There may be plenty of reasons why a person chose (or had to take) a different path.
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by cema 13y ago
We can indeed. This appears to be more a political issue than a scientific one.
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by cema 13y ago
Common sense is not always wrong.
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by cema 13y ago
It sounds like the DMV staff you encountered were bigots. Not just bigots; they failed their jobs. Could be a serious legal case. (If true.)
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by cema 13y ago
Did you talk to the older ones or only younger ones? There seems to be a difference.
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by cema 13y ago
I said yes. This is to keep in touch with some of my friends who do not leave nearby and have FB accounts. Also, some of my friends maintain FB accounts in order to keep in touch with children (and friends' children) who tend to stay o
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by cema 13y ago
Then why not better train, screen, and pay the parole officers? Think about the candidate pool. Who would be willing to go and take that kind of job? I would expect a certain bias towards what the parent posting has described. Indep
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by cema 13y ago
guidebook for how to look down upon others Not necessarily "others", and that's the most useful part, I think. (And not to "look down" but simply to recognize the traits.)
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by cema 13y ago
We are all just 1 second away from a tragedy. When I was learning how to drive a car my instructor told me: see the light turned green, hold on, wait for an idiot, then wait for a taxi cab, then go slowly.

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