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by donaq 18y ago
I think it was probably more the functional programming. You can do metaprogramming even in PHP.
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by donaq 18y ago
It was bound to happen, I suppose. I wonder if it will happen to Linux too, although I think it would be hard for malware writers to target Linux using conventional methods if users stick to using only open source software.
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by donaq 18y ago
Those are really good points, especially the one about thirst. Guess I didn't really think this through.
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by donaq 18y ago
Not to burst your bubble, but not all autistics are geniuses.
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by donaq 18y ago
I think sufficiently advanced voice-recognition could replace keyboards. <oop>Imagine a world with truly ubiquitous computing, augmented reality and a predominantly voice- and gesture-driven interface. Everyone would appear to be wi
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by donaq 18y ago
I agree. Furthermore, I don't think Asian teachers necessarily have a special knack for controlling kids. I behaved well in class (I'm Asian, btw) because I knew my mother would beat the shit out of me if she heard anything bad from my teac
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by donaq 18y ago
Given the prior assumption that introverts are generally more intelligent than extroverts, we can actually make the argument that this has already happened. For example, rather than lobbying for lower prices from Microsoft or filing antitru
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by donaq 18y ago
So you're saying we prefer less ping/ack packets and more data packets. Put that way, it appears that the primary problem when introverts communicate with extroverts is that we use incompatible protocols. I wonder if we could write a codec
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by donaq 18y ago
I think by definition, introverts tend to not want to run things. Introverts tend to prefer contemplation over interaction, and interference or intervention are subsets of interaction, right? Even if that weren't true, the things one has to
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by donaq 18y ago
“If you put 200 VCRs in your garage and start making and selling copies of films, you will get a visit from the police,” he said. “If you do it from a Web site, everybody says, ‘Hey, freedom of information’ ”. Not that I support piracy, b
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by donaq 18y ago
If you talk about how cool it was, and how you plan to do it again, they won't want to hire you, thinking you are just there for a few months until you go back to doing startups I don't think so. I did just that and I still got 3 offers o
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by donaq 18y ago
That depends entirely on your definition of "good software", something which the article has already addressed. Like soldiers or artists, you don't care about the opinions of civilians. You're building something intricate and fine. I thin
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by donaq 18y ago
Hmm. Why was this downvoted?
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by donaq 18y ago
I've been using the HTC Dream for a couple of weeks now, and it's been pretty good so far. I haven't had to break out any hacker-fu to get anything working. Mostly I just had to download apps to do stuff. The only complaints I have are that
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by donaq 18y ago
I wonder if it could possibly have escaped your notice that Donald Knuth, Djikstra, Peter Norvig, Larry Page, Sergei Brin, Linus Torvalds and Guido Van Rossum all possess Masters degrees and above. And these are only luminaries in the field
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by donaq 18y ago
Yes they were. And since we're dealing with post-singularity stories, I'll add Simon Funk's novella, "After Life". http://sifter.org/~simon/AfterLife/index.html
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by donaq 18y ago
I'm guessing he means he doesn't judge and hoping he doesn't mean he will kill you as soon as look at you.
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by donaq 18y ago
The discussion is not about legality. I was responding to the OP saying that we shouldn't "blame Blackboard for bad behaviour" because if they hadn't done it, then someone else would have done it anyway. Hence the analogy is valid.
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by donaq 18y ago
Where's Linus, RMS, K&R and Guido? They're not only successful, they're also "dead" (which is a stupid label to use). I'm sure people will be studying the Linux kernel and using GNU/Linux (or derivatives thereof) and hacking in Python a
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by donaq 18y ago
And meanwhile, before the patent system gets fixed (assuming it ever will), we shouldn't blame Blackboard if it bullies the competition out of existence? After all, if Blackboard didn't get the patent first, some other company would, and B
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by donaq 18y ago
I can attest to that. I had to use Blackboard too when I was attending college, and it was a major pain, so much so that a sizable number of my professors preferred to just use mailing lists instead.
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by donaq 18y ago
That raises an interesting question, doesn't it? I wonder how many mathematicians turn out to be good programmers vs how many philosophers turn out to be good programmers?
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by donaq 18y ago
Uh, logic is a branch of mathematics. From wikipedia: Logic is the study of the principles of valid demonstration and inference. Logic is a branch of philosophy, a part of the classical trivium, as well as a branch of mathematics.
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by donaq 18y ago
Is anyone else getting a 404 for Google's April Fool's joke? http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/index.html
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by donaq 18y ago
Is there a link to what you're referring to, or is this some sort of meta April Fool's joke?
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by donaq 18y ago
It is also an April Fool's joke.
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by donaq 18y ago
Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but could this have possibly been deliberate? The language in the badge seemed quite unambiguous to me. Could they have done this deliberately, waiting for someone big (and somewhat vocal) like, oh,
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by donaq 18y ago
I'd say making your creation easier for others to understand adds value. Else sparknotes wouldn't exist.
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by donaq 18y ago
Perhaps, but the people who created that encyclopedia did not have access to her universe-building notes. They read her novel and then put in their own work collating all the information within and compiling their encyclopedia. I don't know
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by donaq 18y ago
Google's "brand" is its technical superiority.

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