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by gcv 15y ago
I'm curious about your experience in the HFT field. Have you ever considered starting your own trading shop? If this isn't something you feel comfortable discussing in public, feel free to email me — address in my profile. I don't have a jo
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by gcv 15y ago
IIRC, O'Reilly was flat-out refusing to publish any Lisp books as recently as 2005. How things have changed. :)
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by gcv 15y ago
In both languages, the use of a variable is almost always preceded by a binding of that variable to a symbol or var using the "let" form. This accounts for most uses of variables, and attempting to access a misspelled variable will flag an
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by gcv 15y ago
The author's second and third points are either disingenuousness or ignorance. * The omission of variable declarations has nothing to do with dynamic typing. Some dynamically-typed languages certainly do this (Ruby and Python). Some dynamic
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by gcv 15y ago
Do you happen to have a link to that Friedman paper?
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by gcv 15y ago
Shared history in zsh is essential to my workflow. I also keep many terminals open, and while I do separate them by task, I often just pick one which happens to be in the right directory and start typing away. I always search through histor
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by gcv 15y ago
If it can sync .vimrc, could it also sync a directory over iCloud? That would be amazing. I'm a die-hard Emacs user, but this would be enough for me to use Vim for at least some work.
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by gcv 15y ago
This applies to other things, in my experience. In making a drawing, for example, a mental dialog can go one of two ways: - "this is wrong", "that line can't be right", "the shadow doesn't work" or - "how does this line relate to this other
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by gcv 15y ago
A good stove really does help by producing a greater range and diameter of heat more consistently. I think people do get attached to good stoves. At the end of the day, though, people are most possessive of chef's knives.
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by gcv 15y ago
I use Emacs' org-mode to keep myself organized, and have generally disliked all other task list applications — they usually lack flexibility or require unhelpful and distracting self-adjustments to fit their worldview. Trello feels like web
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by gcv 15y ago
> hemp's potential as an industrial crop to replace petroleum was unlocked. Could you clarify this statement? Are you saying hemp can be efficiently used as a fuel?
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by gcv 15y ago
Path Finder is a fantastic Finder replacement, far more powerful, and does not create .DS_Store files. Highly recommended.
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by gcv 15y ago
while (fork()); will cause a world of hurt on a multi-user Unix, even non-root.
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by gcv 15y ago
It's worth pointing out that JavaScript 1.7 resolves this mess by introducing block scoping using the "let" keyword. It works just like it does in Scheme, Common Lisp, and Clojure (i.e., correctly). Not supported in anything except Firefox,
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by gcv 15y ago
I think you meant "deingineerketersysadmin." Accounting and janitorial skills always a definite plus.
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Senate bill legalizes indefinite military detention of US civilians on US soil(thenewamerican.com)
1 points by gcv 15y ago|0 comments
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by gcv 15y ago
Yes. Corollary: if you (must) work at a company that has an "IT" department, try to find out where the programmers on the profit center (the "business") side work. Odds are, their jobs are way more interesting and pay way better.
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by gcv 15y ago
Any advice on how to dive into reading this codebase?
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by gcv 15y ago
Neither the government nor large corporations qualify as the kind of free and ideal market you're referring to.
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by gcv 15y ago
I wonder if a computer science degree counts as education in a branch of mathematics (which qualifies), or in "technology" (which does not).
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by gcv 15y ago
It's great to see a new entry into the OS X music player ecosystem. As a fan of "classical" music, may I make a couple of feature requests — which would actually make me switch from iTunes? 1. Multiple artist tag support. I want to tag trac
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Hidden "Drop Box" feature in Mac OS X Lion lets you sync files across Macs(appleinsider.com)
67 points by gcv 15y ago|19 comments
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by gcv 15y ago
Apple distributes the Xcode installer through the App Store. Normal App Store restrictions don't apply.
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by gcv 15y ago
Do you have a specific example in mind? It works pretty well for me.
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by gcv 15y ago
Could you expand a bit more on the drawbacks of BerkeleyDB JE which you found? Thanks!
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by gcv 15y ago
That looks surprisingly good, and might even improve new projects which have to use C++. How long until compilers support all this?
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by gcv 15y ago
Fifteen minutes; impressive. In the US, various states' DMV offices, especially in densely-populated urban areas, are a frequently-cited example of public sector inefficiencies. Waiting in line for 2-4 hours (to deal with registration, issu
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by gcv 15y ago
Good point, and I think Dropbox can remain simple by default. It could then support an additional "advanced sharing" feature. This would allow exactly two extra flags per shared folder, per user: (1) share read-only, and (2) share non-trans
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by gcv 15y ago
Yes, Bob has full access. Dropbox does not support read-only sharing. The nightmare scenario is: (1) Alice re-shares my folder with Bob, and I don't know about it. (2) I don't have the "preserve modifications infinitely" option turned on in
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by gcv 15y ago
There is a difference between the effort of photocopying individual documents and sending them along one by one, and getting them automatically synced to my competitors. Just because an employee can copy out all files does not make it accep

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