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by eel 16y ago
I do like the content of MDC, but it can be frustrating at times, as it seems to have broken links (links that go to pages which have had their content merged into a different page). Or apparently, on the Processing XML with E4X page, there
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by eel 16y ago
You can use 40| to go to the 40th column of a line. I typically use e or b to jump by words to reach the middle of a line. You can also 5e to jump by 5 words for instance too. I would be curious to know if there are other shortcuts for doin
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Ask HN: Which laptop should I buy?
2 points by eel 16y ago|7 comments
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by eel 16y ago
I lurk on Freenode on various project and language channels.
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by eel 16y ago
The lack of people (or my inability to find them) who want to do the same thing as me. This goes for almost anything from playing board games to finding help for a side project.
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by eel 16y ago
I am a full-time graduate student looking for a part-time job in the Phoenix, AZ, area (or telecommute). I'm skilled and experienced in web development, particularly with PHP and JavaScript. I also know Python and C. I also have some experi
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by eel 16y ago
If by "engineer", you mean "software engineer", then I say they are all the same. They all seem to be used interchangeably in job postings and job titles across different companies.
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by eel 16y ago
I try to sleep between 10 pm and 11:30 to wake up around 7 am. My most productive times at work seem to be mid-late mornings. My most productive time for hacking seems to be 10 pm - 12 am, which is unfortunate because I end up neglecting on
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by eel 16y ago
I switched to cooking or preparing all of my meals, and it has been a big help against eating junk food for me. I think one reason is that there are two checks for eating junk food; one, I have to decide to buy it at the store and, two, dec
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by eel 16y ago
No? Source: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_sues_salesfor... It's not even typical Microsoft behavior. From the article above: Although the frequent target of such suits, the Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft itself has
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by eel 16y ago
This is basically an echo of the news that been going around. Yet still, everyone loves it. Why should Apple do a recall?
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by eel 16y ago
Somewhere in their cloud computing strategy must be to attempt to sue SalesForce.com out of business for software patent infringement.
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by eel 16y ago
I'm leery of nearly any domain with hyphens in it, as it almost always feels like an Adsense site with either low quality or scraped content. To me, dashes reek of desperate SEO.
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by eel 16y ago
Noisy HP laptop, Core 2 Duo T5550, 3 GB RAM, dual Win 7/Ubuntu. Speaking of computer setups, if anyone is interested in helping my friend obtain one (her old laptop broke), you can read more at http://www.philipfund.com
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by eel 16y ago
Summer: learn prereq material including functional programming and basic ai for an ai course that I want to take in the fall. Life 1: live with less (stuff) Life 2: meet a girl As far as progress... I've started on Summer's, but I'm not as
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by eel 16y ago
I just graduated (in computer engineering, but more interested in computer science) from an average (typically ranked ~60) department for computer science, but I am glad I went through the university. I agree with much of what several other
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by eel 16y ago
What's the significance of this? (Serious question - I'm not a Usenet user and I'm not too much older than this post.)
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by eel 16y ago
The link doesn't work because it should be /classic, not /classic/. http://news.ycombinator.com/classic
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by eel 17y ago
That's the only drawback? It's not at all bothersome that the reps gave out passwords over chat? Or that the reps changed the email address of a different account based on someone's request?
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by eel 17y ago
Metricly seems to allow importing historical data. However, I suppose being in a private beta is a drawback.
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SVG support amongst web browsers(codedread.com)
5 points by eel 17y ago|0 comments
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by eel 17y ago
What does this mean for http://www.searchyc.com ? Will it stop too? (Afterall, it must be a bot too, and a robots.txt like this implies that no bots /should/ scrape the site.) Or will it be allowed?
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by eel 17y ago
I think they must be grouping it under Fox Interactive Media which has a large chunk on the graph and encompasses things like MySpace and probably IGN.
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by eel 17y ago
Wow - how does this work? Does anyone know or have a link to a place that might explain this?
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by eel 17y ago
A post entitled The iPad Big Picture seems to be lacking in something that I would consider to be part of a big picture: what will the product be used for? Is it intended to be a replacement for the laptop? Or is it a supplement to the la
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by eel 17y ago
original source: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0125/US-oil-industry-hit-b...
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by eel 17y ago
> What percentage of students after having passed a probability course can define a random variable? In a typical probability theory course, all of them, hopefully. I found random variables to be a crucial part of my probability theory
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by eel 17y ago
A corollary is that this may make ___ over HTTP more popular.
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by eel 17y ago
Hmm, I'm currently reading Programming Collective Intelligence myself, but I will check my library for Algorithms of the Intelligent Web too. Thanks! Any other reading suggestions along these lines (or similar)?
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by eel 17y ago
It seems like this would be most beneficial to coders who are working on a bootstrapped startup or those without full-time jobs; i.e., those that would find it harder to pay $100/mo.

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