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by colomon 14y ago
Sure, it's possible (even probable!) there are any number of things affecting IQ. I'm just pointing out that if you'd plotted raw IQ levels versus time, the graph would have the opposite sign from what you'd expect from Drum's lead hypothe
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by colomon 14y ago
Yeah, it just feels like the entire article is too convenient. 1) Everything seems to work out perfectly, no matter how it is considered. For instance, if lead contamination in the ground is such a big deal, why does lead in gas track so
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by colomon 14y ago
There is no programming construct that exists that is not rife for abuse.
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by colomon 14y ago
New: Range of Ghosts, Elizabeth Bear Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed Old: The House of the Stag, Kage Baker Soldier of Sidon, Gene Wolfe Range of Ghosts was definitely the stand out book of the year for me, the other three I'm su
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by colomon 14y ago
Strange article -- I love ack, but this article doesn't really hit any of the reasons why, but focuses only on cases where I'd use grep anyway.
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by colomon 14y ago
If the number of cases is small and can be completely enumerated, sure. But there are plenty of algorithms out there where the number of cases is effectively infinite -- the matrix inversion function someone else mentioned is a great examp
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by colomon 14y ago
The technology in (real world) 2001 was incredible. But all the progress was in computers and communication, not travel. Back in the 20th century, every looked at the incredible advances in travel technology from 1850-1950 and assumed th
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by colomon 14y ago
Nice! Much better than my first stab. Slightly shorter (56 chars) P6 version: say(("Fizz" if $_%%3)~("Buzz" if $_%%5)||$_) for 1..100
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by colomon 14y ago
say (1..100).map({ $_ %% (3|5) ?? ("Fizz" if $_ %% 3) ~ ("Buzz" if $_ %% 5) !! $_ }).join("\n") is my quick stab at a Perl 6 version. About the same length if I take out the spaces (which I'd rather not!).
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by colomon 14y ago
Betrayal at House on the Hill (Avalon Hill) comes to mind as one we play often.
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by colomon 14y ago
The article doesn't seem to recognize there is a distinction between TDD, having unit tests, and having automated tests. Personally, I've used all three approaches, and think each has its place. As nearly as I can tell, anyone who says on
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by colomon 14y ago
Lone hackers are not a myth. There are definitely people out there who do incredible things entirely or mostly by themselves. It seems to me that question is orthogonal to the value of community for a language. If anything, a strong langu
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by colomon 14y ago
Not to mention the real issue of regrets isn't regrets for things you didn't do before you died. It's regrets for things you didn't do before you could no longer could do them. Those you have to live with for the rest of your life.
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by colomon 14y ago
Can you expand on this difference?
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by colomon 14y ago
That is a distinct improvement over the original article, yup. Why not just use perlbrew to make a 5.14 available? http://perlbrew.pl/
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by colomon 14y ago
I'm 100% with you on the nonsense of "self-plagiarizing". But I think making up quotes wholesale in a non-fiction piece ought to be enough by itself to get you drummed out of journalism.
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by colomon 14y ago
Yeah, Bird was the second name that came to my mind. (After Whedon, who is presumably already busy.)
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by colomon 14y ago
For me there are definitely days when I do a lot and find myself wondering why I was unproductive at the end of the day. Generally it happens when I do things that aren't directly programming. I will find myself feeling blue at the end of
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by colomon 14y ago
When I try that link, I get "The test API key has been deprecated. To use the Last.fm API you'll need to get an API account." And believe me, lots of the albums that I have do not have covers on last.fm. Nor Amazon, for that matter -- and
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by colomon 14y ago
I don't know squat about your specific examples, but I couldn't agree more with the general principle. In my sub-field, the obvious example is the ISO-designed STEP file format, which several times longer than the older IGES standard (exac
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by colomon 14y ago
Byron and Hopper lived in the previous millenium...
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by colomon 14y ago
I was really impressed by this, until it occurred to me that the source code for the C64 Forth compiler I used back in the day was probably considerably smaller than 39K. :)
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by colomon 14y ago
Was all ready to kick in $99 on the off chance I might get an interesting little machine out of it, but when I clicked on their "Epiphany Multicore Accelerator (16 or 64 cores)" link, it came up with a 404 not found page error. That's not
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by colomon 14y ago
True, but that's true in the US too. Unless you're suggesting many bookstores in Canada routinely offer a 25% discount on most books, my point still holds.
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by colomon 14y ago
I think pricing for a lot of things has a large component of historical pricing in it. My favorite example: the price of books in the US and Canada. Just grabbed a random recent hardcover off my shelves. It's labeled "USA $25.95 Canada $3
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by colomon 14y ago
I think the article is trying to define what you call ravioli code as a modern version of spaghetti code. But I think ravioli is a handier, more specific name. Is it your coinage?
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by colomon 14y ago
But is it discipline or ... Let me put it like this. I have enough problems with being late as it is. (Mind you, I think probably in the median when it comes to lateness issues among my friends.) No doubt this is indeed a source of stress
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by colomon 14y ago
You should add Queen to that list, too. Makes your "uniqueness" statement a little weaker, but I think it strengthens your overall point: having more than one great songwriter in a band is a really potent combination.
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by colomon 14y ago
Just as support, I'm an Apple customer (typing this on a MBP) and I go to amazon.com at least twenty times as often as I go to apple.com. Edited add: I just went to amazon.com, and ironically enough, they don't seem to have updated to refle
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by colomon 14y ago
Not on the same scale, but I've found having screwed up badly in the past helps me keep my calm in the present. My favorite example: about twenty years ago I accidentally played a note during a grand pause (the entire orchestra silent) in

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