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Things Java Devs can Steal from Clojure(lispcast.com)
3 points by ericn 14y ago|0 comments
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by ericn 14y ago
Why not make the upward facing arrow be text like "good quality" or "useful" or "thoughtful"?
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Announcing the Clojure Gazette: Free, Weekly email about Clojure(clojuregazette.com)
4 points by ericn 15y ago|0 comments
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by ericn 15y ago
> Most languages have most of the listed features. Most of the features are not hard to find, but you have to switch languages a lot if you want to use them all.
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by ericn 15y ago
Good one.
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by ericn 15y ago
I should add controlled laziness to the list.
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by ericn 15y ago
Clojure is close. From what I know of it, Go is close, too.
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by ericn 15y ago
Good idea. But they do kind of fall under a "model of time."
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by ericn 15y ago
I meant data-driven programming. http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch09s01.html More data (and data structures) and less code. It's very common in Lisps and other homo-iconic languages.
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Why Monads? -- A better beginner's take on monads(labs.scrive.com)
8 points by ericn 15y ago|1 comments
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by ericn 15y ago
In your example, that is O(1). A computer can add two numbers in constant time. How could that be two steps? It is obviously only one operation. In general, you can count steps as whatever you like. For instance, you could say it takes O(n)
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What do you call problems that you want to have?(labs.scrive.com)
1 points by ericn 15y ago|0 comments
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by ericn 15y ago
Two things about patents: If patent workers are overworked, why don't we replace them with a certificate of origination. You file it, it takes two weeks, it's dated, and it describes the work. Then, if you need to sue someone, you then have
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by ericn 15y ago
I love GMail's threaded view.
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by ericn 15y ago
My intention was more "why haven't desktop apps copied the best parts of GMail and made it irrelevant?" But here are the features I'd like to see in a desktop client: Conversation view (one line per conversation in folder view, all emails i
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by ericn 15y ago
I would add "conversation view" to the list. It's much better than threaded view, even though it's only slightly different. I have lost emails in other clients due to the fact that I was viewing them in threaded view and the conversation wa
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by ericn 15y ago
Yes, it is amazing how it changed the way I viewed email. But why hasn't a copycat mail client come about, with all of the advantages of running native, come about to surpass it?
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Ask HN: Why is GMail the best email client?
6 points by ericn 15y ago|11 comments
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by ericn 15y ago
All I know is Merlin Mann became famous by selling productivity porn. Now he repents and he's a prophet?
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by ericn 15y ago
There is another problem with software patents that is usually not talked about: they don't present how to build it. Most patents (outside of software patents) present enough information for a competent person to build the device (or whatev
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by ericn 15y ago
I believe that we should issue something much simpler than patents: file a very brief description of your invention which is stamped by a trusted agency. It is only evaluated in the case of conflict. That is, if you think I am infringing, y
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Content scraper (based on Readability) in Python(lispcast.com)
4 points by ericn 16y ago|1 comments
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A subversive and effective productivity tool(renegadeyogi.com)
4 points by ericn 16y ago|3 comments
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Show HN: Work 30 / Play 30 Javascript App (Afternoon Project)(magicworkcycle.com)
2 points by ericn 16y ago|0 comments
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by ericn 16y ago
I definitely have this problem, but it is not intractable. My advice: plan more. Don't just jump in. I know "ship" sounds like you should just jump in. But it doesn't. It means plan, execute, and ship. Planning means thinking about what the
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by ericn 16y ago
Work on the next feature every day.
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Ask HN: Good CSS to reset styles for typography
11 points by ericn 16y ago|14 comments
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by ericn 16y ago
I'm not a "successful entrepreneur", but I have failed quite a bit. Your biggest problem: taking eight months to "launch". If it's not sellable after a week, why spend eight months on it? You should start making money as soon as possible.
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by ericn 16y ago
College hack: I was tired of college so I changed my major to General Studies which had the laxest requirements. The biggest requirement was a certain number of classes at the 3000 level or higher. Then I did a year abroad in Paris. The
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by ericn 16y ago
They're both good fruit.

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