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by crux_ 16y ago
My guess as to what the poster was about (warning: sleep deprived today, rambling ahead): F# has basically two type systems -- the O'Caml/ML one, and C#'s. As a plus, you get full type inference so long as you stick with ML discriminated un
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by crux_ 16y ago
> To be more specific, when I want to transform a collection given by a Java library in a functional manner, I usually ended up with one or two localized import statements - to avoid e.g. scala.collection.mutable leaking into my other m
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by crux_ 16y ago
> Another issue with Scala is that the interface with Java, particularly using collections, is awkward; [...] Really? For me one of Scala's best attributes, by far, is the ability to use its implicit conversions to make awkward Java A
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by crux_ 16y ago
Many banks do things that, were I a customer, I would definitely hate: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/devil-details/f...
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by crux_ 16y ago
I don't even think it's going out on a limb. Except, of course, it seems to be. I wonder how many people even realize that the running "that's what she said" gag from The Office is almost exclusively a meta-joke about Michael's constant ina
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by crux_ 16y ago
Scala can be incredibly concise; I'm not sure where you got the "verbose" impression. Possibly tutorials that transliterated from Java? (One of Scala's strengths, and weaknesses, is its flexibility: You can write Haskell-like code in Scala,
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by crux_ 16y ago
This isn't about Flash; it's about homebrew applications, alternative programming languages, and the many other (technical) roads less travelled by.
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by crux_ 16y ago
I don't like Flash for all the stated reasons, but I like Apple's absolute control over what software I run on hardware that I've purchased even less. If Adobe can convince people to run their software on their iPhones, then they should be
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by crux_ 17y ago
Getting this working would be great -- not because I want one menu to rule them all; but because I like the flexibility. For example, it would be possible to hijack some of the logic and have the current app menu (better: palettes too!) sho
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by crux_ 17y ago
Wouldn't emulating the Android bytecode inside iPhone OS be the opposite of native? This looks like it boots straight into the actual android linux, so it's about as native as you can get.
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by crux_ 17y ago
Does this mean my coffee break go games haven't been making me smarter? :( (They've actually made me worse at go; blitz builds bad habits.)
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by crux_ 17y ago
The bit about retaliation was in regards to "(I'm a little concerned this may be too outspoken for my own good, but here goes..)" -- not the body of your comment. "Why's that reason to anonymize?" Giving their names makes the story abou
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by crux_ 17y ago
I'd say they're anonymized not because they are horrible, but because they are probably rather typical. Look at your own post: the culture here in startup-land is so vehemently anti-anti-sexist* that you feel a need to express worries (howe
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by crux_ 17y ago
Isn't one of the big problems here that "rule-based syntax translators" are kind of disallowed?
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by crux_ 17y ago
> It wasn't the existence of the internet that changed the creator:consumer ratio for the better. It was the use of the internet as such. And that use exploded thanks to any number of consumption-focused technologies along the way. The
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by crux_ 17y ago
> That the iPad is consistently classified as a media consumption device seems an attempt to trivialize its significance by people who consider themselves power users. Not really. It comes from an idealism that technology (especially th
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by crux_ 17y ago
> nobody saw this coming Surely you jest. Lots and lots of people saw this coming; they were just dismissed as radical idealistic free software hippies.
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by crux_ 17y ago
Relevant if you're on linux and want something more mature: http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/project-unionfs.html
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by crux_ 17y ago
I don't think the the 50-node cluster mentioned in the article is for Digg -- it's for http://simplegeo.com . :)
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by crux_ 17y ago
Experimental chefs can start fooling around with liquid nitrogen and re-purposed inkjet printers and meet with wild success, however. ;) A more substantive reply: I question the entire underlying premise you have -- that entertainment or
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by crux_ 17y ago
> Music is entertainment and emotions. If that's the case, then I'd say that in WWF vs music, WWF wins every time! I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you think all post-renaissance painting is shit, too.
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by crux_ 17y ago
So, to summarize in an only very slightly trollish way: - The problem with jazz is the people who listen to it. - Music isn't art, or at least it's wrong to appreciate it as such. - Jazz ought to be revivalist, not innovative. Suffice to sa
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by crux_ 17y ago
All demographics had an increase in obesity, but it is increasing faster in black and hispanic populations (at least for male children): http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/prevalence.html I should add that I find something subtly unplea
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by crux_ 17y ago
You could scroll down to where they break it out by ethnicity. :)
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by crux_ 17y ago
hangs head ... check, check, and check. Although I prefer gorp (good old raisins and peanuts). ;)
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by crux_ 17y ago
To be incredibly picky: Meticulously correct grammar would join "privacy is dead" and "there is only identity management" with a semicolon, dash, or conjunction -- or just split it into two sentences. ;)
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by crux_ 17y ago
cough ... Polar bears? ;) Design is valuable, but that value is of significantly different importance depending on the businesses. For some business, it's a key part of what they do. For others, it's just a checklist item. For a few, pro
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by crux_ 17y ago
And yet, even for your hypothetical, you use the term "market signals." ;) If you look at markets through an information-centric lens, it seems possible to draw a clear distinction between actions that introduce external data and those that
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by crux_ 17y ago
If it's completely untrue, then I'd like to hear about how your computerized trades ever "discover" a good deal. I'm fairly sure this is the answer: They don't -- instead, they're just good at noticing, very quickly, the actions of the mark
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by crux_ 17y ago
> You make the assumption that they would trade. That assumption is only valid because of people like me. You make the same assumption yourself, every time you trade. The entire purpose of high frequency trading is to beat others to goo

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