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931.
by cema 17y ago
I agree with the library argument and the GPL argument. And I agree that it is unfortunate these two languages (Lua and ECMAScript) do not have a complete standalone environment at this point. I disagree with the downmod argument: the one-l
932.
by cema 17y ago
Oh, I agree that ECMASCript is a wonderful language which is widely misunderstood and underestimated (not in this community, but in the industry in general). However, there is more to a successful language than just the "linguistic" quality
933.
by cema 17y ago
If it is ECMAScript, then the writing is mostly "on the browser". Python's writing, however, is everywhere, including the wall. So I would say this killing argument is premature.
934.
by cema 17y ago
[Sorry, could not answer earlier.] 1. Pollution is listed as one of the sources of the (alleged) artificial global warming, but not the only one. 2. Pollution and global warming may be related but they are different issues. For example, eve
935.
by cema 17y ago
Why not? Scientific models, statistical calculations, etc.
936.
by cema 17y ago
Climate change, pollution, and global warming are all different issues. Should not be confused.
937.
by cema 17y ago
Music is nice too. Helps to focus.
938.
by cema 17y ago
It's 3 days old but I could not find it in HN archives. If it is a duplicate, I apologize. The authors build a graph of connections based on the email headers (from the full hacked set), draw the graph and identify hubs/authority scores.
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Visualizing the East Anglia Climate Research Unit Leaked Email Network(computationallegalstudies.com)
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940.
by cema 17y ago
It is. I think people may have modded you down because they thought you were being ironic.
941.
by cema 17y ago
That's MSYS in MinGW world.
942.
by cema 17y ago
Irritation makes an oyster grow pearls.
943.
by cema 17y ago
The link is absolutely irrelevant. I think this is the first time in many months that I modded someone down.
944.
by cema 17y ago
There is a similar Russian expression too, less poetic however. I think "trust but verify" places more emphasis on the "trust" part whereas the other one emphasizes the personal responsibility. Both remind us to seek the balance between per
945.
by cema 17y ago
In Russian, "trust but verify" is not a paradox but a wise saying. I think all cultures have something similar, maybe not so succinctly put. I think it simply refers to avoiding micromanagement but still checking the validity of results.
946.
by cema 17y ago
I tend to agree, but I want to add that we do not really know if this is the decisive factor or just one of many. Creativity is important, but perhaps political, or maybe "societal", advantages (freedom of expression etc), are no less impor
947.
by cema 17y ago
The general answer to the character recognition problem is negative (currently not possible). However, several important subproblems are solvable. For example, if you know that a particular image came from a printed text, or from handwritin
948.
by cema 17y ago
Lisp programmers already tend to use the indentation the way adopted by Python. Add more rules for indentation and newlining, and voila: all or almost all parentheses become superfluous. (But you need to really like white space!)
949.
by cema 17y ago
I agree this mistake is typical, but I would not be surprised to see a senior make it. A related mistake is, of course, to keep a pilot project in production (usually as the core of the production project, with a variety of both functional
950.
by cema 17y ago
Let a thousand flowers bloom! (But yeah, clojure.)
951.
by cema 17y ago
This one explains it, but the one in the posting "explains" it (comments on it, humorously). Both can be enjoyed in their own ways. Well, now I do feel like I've just killed a frog.
952.
by cema 17y ago
This is not quite correct, as jacquesm explained. Of course, pg makes the ultimate decisions, but a substantial number of parameters is available.
953.
by cema 17y ago
I concur, theory 3 is the winner.
954.
by cema 17y ago
Or even com/google:http/80:path/to/the/file However, it could just as conceivably be http/80:com/google:path/to/the/file because, imho, the protocol and port are not really part of the hierarchical structure (part of the url,
955.
by cema 17y ago
This is true, but the style of the code layout follows Lisp tradition, which may be more than 50 years old! :-)
956.
by cema 17y ago
It is useful but crippled, as others said in the comments.
957.
by cema 17y ago
Thanks, the reading was interesting and maybe educational (to some extent).
958.
by cema 17y ago
This is correct in developer's terms, but not necessarily in sales terms. Unless you manage yourself, you may get fired for choosing the first option (overdue with no bugs). Another good reason for working for yourself, I guess.
959.
by cema 17y ago
select count(*) from ipTable where ip >= 167772160 and ip < 184549376 IP is four digits in a 256-base integer. You are looking for ips with the first digit 10. So, the value boundaries are: 167772160 = 256 * 256 * 256 *
960.
by cema 17y ago
True. But in general things may be more complicated. On a typical test, when given a similar problem, I would have to try and figure out the thinking style of the test designers.

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