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by chm 11y ago
You can do that with packages but not (at least not easily and conveniently) with notebooks . So basically your functions can reside in a package, but your computation has to reside inside notebooks. It is possible to write notebooks dir
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by chm 11y ago
I assume your business is GearLaunch? If so, why do I need to enable javascript just to see the landing page, which is just a logo...? I'm curious if this was intended, or a consequence of the framework you're using (e.g. Meteor).
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by chm 11y ago
Some universities pay for a Mathematica site license. I have used the software since version 6. It's really good for prototyping (my whole MSc was done in Mathematica), but the biggest problem for me is that code re-use is a total me
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by chm 11y ago
Well that is a nice follow-up! However I can't remember if I read someone arguing this was a feature...
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by chm 11y ago
Could they have built it underground?
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by chm 11y ago
I'm giving this one a try. It's pretty annoying when the man starts speaking to be honest. At least when I want to concentrate. But the music is good.
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by chm 11y ago
Indeed, and that was my main point. "Computing" in a general sense is as fundamental as any physical law (if one wants to make a distinction between those). We have reduced computing to its essence, and are now building up complex
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by chm 11y ago
The world is already this way, just not accessible in such a concise and precise manner. When you ask a lumberjack to cut down all trees greater than 5 meters tall, you're effectively doing the same thing as in your example. The execut
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by chm 11y ago
Or simply give links to the papers?
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by chm 11y ago
Well, to go further down your line of thought, reading Dante in any other language than Italian does not do it justice. Therefore anybody who has read a translation of 1984, for example, hasn't really read 1984, and thus could not po
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by chm 11y ago
I agree with your last paragraph except for one point. Libido can and does change, but it's (from my experience) not controllable. OTOH, you can work on your communication skills, or even convince someone that, e.g. spending more money
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by chm 11y ago
I just want to say that your product looks great and the presentation is excellent. I knew what it was in under 10 seconds. I feel like I already know how to use it, in a weird way. Definitely trying it out tonight! I'm a single dev, b
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by chm 11y ago
Well, I also have two other colleagues who started using it some months ago to parse data. They don't know about Go or Julia. I think the "wow" factor of Python might be lower than it used to be, but it's not considered
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by chm 11y ago
Not in my sphere of activity. I have a friend who recently started his PhD... and is moving all of his development from C/C++/Fortran to Python. Numerical code even - he just doesn't want to bother.
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by chm 11y ago
My girlfriend uses Facebook for much the same reasons as you - to keep in touch with friends and family who live far away. But my gripe with Facebook is just the social dynamics of it, not the users per se . In my particular case, Facebook
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by chm 11y ago
That's what I suspected after. I did not mean to be condescending though.
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by chm 11y ago
I don't get why people feel the need to delete the account altogether. Can I ask how old you are? Growing up, Facebook was not just an aside: for a brief moment in my life, Facebook was life. It's where things happ
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by chm 11y ago
It seems rms would agree with my definition - at least partly. From one of his GNU essays[1]: Nearly all open source software is free software, but there are exceptions. First, some open source licenses are too restrictive, s
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by chm 11y ago
If source code can be viewed by all in a public repo, then it's open source. Not necessarily FOSS though.
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by chm 11y ago
If you're interested in scanning many documents, I suggest you take a look at a ScanSnap from Fujitsu[1]. I've seen these used in a business environment (~30 machines) without any problem on Windows. The throughput is great and al
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by chm 11y ago
Those can be easily and transparently backed up and searched. I was recently asked if this is easy to do on Windows, especially the search part. What solution would you propose to someone who wants to index many PDF files already
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by chm 11y ago
I wondered how they make money, and it's covered in their FAQ. It seems they sell matches to companies. So MS has to pay to get matched to you, for example.
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by chm 11y ago
I have the same experience. On my machine, only Safari is "vanilla" - other browsers have various levels of ad/js blocking. So the only time I see ads is in Safari. I can't believe they're still feeding me Newegg ad
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by chm 11y ago
I know this doesn't add much to the discussion, but it would be surprising if there weren't plans to profit from anything related to the Moon.
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by chm 11y ago
Magnifique. I've just spent 30 minutes perusing the website. I would pay good money to have access to a "live" VR exhibition of these old streets. Walking around Paris, in two different eras.
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by chm 11y ago
Personally I'm not interested in YC Core. The fellowship is perfect, its deal much better suited to my goals.
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by chm 11y ago
When is the third batch starting? I'm about to finish school and considering giving it a shot.
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by chm 11y ago
Tangentially, is there software which could enable me to make electronic music (preferably on linux) with only a keyboard? Something quite like this website.
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by chm 11y ago
I agree but find comfort in the fact that History is on our side: the devices should only get better. In 10 years, give or take 5, you're going to see this technology everywhere. The first iPhone was released in mid-2007. If you had as
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by chm 11y ago
There are outliers (Genentech, Stryker, Medtronic, DePuy, etc.) when looking at the share of "Royalty or License" payments. And what the graph doesn't show is how these companies are related. Who owns who? Who's independ

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