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961.
The odd one out - inspired by IQ tests(blog.tanyakhovanova.com)
57 points by cema 17y ago|35 comments
962.
by cema 17y ago
Well, I think he got his karma back now. But yeah, the way some people downvote gives me a funny feeling.
963.
by cema 17y ago
Then he is incorrect. Modern slavery is an important problem, it should not be trivialized. Trivialized is not the right word; I am looking for an English word... when one misapplies a word and thus presents the situation direr than it is,
964.
by cema 17y ago
Yes, the title is unfortunate, in part because it is incorrect. To see that it is incorrect, one needs to define the slave consistently. Modern slavery is an important issue (for humans in general, leaving aside its relevance to HN). When t
965.
by cema 17y ago
Do not jump to conclusions.
966.
by cema 17y ago
In other words, different definitions from what was used in the past. Need a common definition for a meaningful comparison.
967.
by cema 17y ago
Define slave.
968.
by cema 17y ago
Suicidal people usually do not exhibit much abnormal behavior for strangers to get the idea. There is little strangers can do, anyway. Even professionals can only help when the person genuinely wants to be helped. This is sad, but this is l
969.
by cema 17y ago
Dammit, emacs! :-) A good place to plug xkcd, I think: http://xkcd.com/378/
970.
by cema 17y ago
I tried it. I tried vi, vim, gvim. I now use a number of editors and IDEs. Vim is not not of them. I launch it once in a while, just so I would not forget how it feels (and would not forget how to :wq). That's all. As far as the holy flame
971.
by cema 17y ago
Heh, it does not pain me at all to say that Java is better than PHP! PHP, in turn, is better than Fortran, Cobol and the original Basic, and I guess that's about it. (And I am not even sure about Fortran.)
972.
by cema 17y ago
The trend is encouraging. But I am afraid it is reversible. In any case, I wish them good luck.
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by cema 17y ago
This seems to be only part of the story. (An important part.)
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by cema 17y ago
Yes, Java is strong. And JVM is good. So, instead of fighting the big guy, a smart way is to coopt it (see Scala, Groovy, Clojure, etc).
975.
by cema 17y ago
JVM not Java. Sounds right!
976.
by cema 17y ago
Could you just write: "Murder is shown to cause death", or do you need to mention the "data"?
977.
by cema 17y ago
Uh, but that's only because computers make us humble. (Or modest. Not sure which one.)
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by cema 17y ago
I use both, and you are right: some may prefer one or the other.
979.
by cema 17y ago
RealPlayer Download add-on for Firefox helps.
980.
by cema 17y ago
I too disagree with the point made. But I also disagree with downvoting for disagreeing, so I modded you up.
981.
by cema 17y ago
[skolor]I know it was mentioned that a lot of people set a certain value that they thought a post was worth, and voted to try and help it attain that point.[/skolor] Interesting! Would it perhaps be worthwhile testing a "score this post", o
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by cema 17y ago
I support the second point (the time tested highly ranked comments).
983.
by cema 17y ago
Exactly! :-)
984.
by cema 17y ago
I think you presented the list very well. Several points have been touched on already, I will mention one: DSL. I agree that the perception of it as a barrier to entry in a project may exist. I think it is as incorrect as tying Lisp to AI,
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by cema 17y ago
The trend for Clojure is encouraging, however when comparing it with the trend for Common Lisp, one has to keep in mind that the latter is often called simply Lisp. A slight decline in the trend for Common Lisp may be related to an increase
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by cema 17y ago
Yes, and this, I think, has so far been the largest contribution of lisp. Not too bad! And if Clojure becomes a widely used language, so much better. :-) That's still a big "if", of course.
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by cema 17y ago
You say: "it was considered undesirable for a Jewish player to beat Botvinnik". What, Botvinnik was not Jewish? That's news to me. I am sure there may have been some pressure, perhaps a lot of pressure, but Jewishness is unlikely to have pl
988.
by cema 17y ago
Yes,I believe that's the traditional Chinese way.
989.
by cema 17y ago
This would be true for any undergraduate program. Quality of the people is more important than the quality of the material used for instruction.
990.
by cema 17y ago
Yes on all points! :-)

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