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511.
by gms 19y ago
I know there is a Ruby channel; they can probably point you to Rails places. Type '/join #ruby' and hit return, and you should be good to go.
512.
by gms 19y ago
IRC
513.
America, Europe and the management of danger(economist.com)
2 points by gms 19y ago|0 comments
514.
by gms 19y ago
...yes...that's what I was pointing out...
515.
by gms 19y ago
I'm willing to bet every dollar to my name that the author can eat you for breakfast when it comes to "knowing about science".
516.
by gms 19y ago
I don't disagree at all, but I'm interested in if you have a particularly memorable example where this sort of thinking helped you.
517.
by gms 19y ago
2-4 is still probably less than the number of times people visit this site. It's my mistake for not being more clear about this, but I also feel it's less harmful to go out than to visit here. At least going out constitutes a concrete block
518.
by gms 19y ago
How many times does one take a break and go for a walk, per day? Also, being here is nothing like taking a walk. More like chatting at the office water cooler.
519.
by gms 19y ago
I can't help feeling that you're only saying this to comfort yourself.
520.
by gms 19y ago
Re: vast wealth, just want to point out that there is a lot of poverty in Saudi Arabia that westerners don't realise, and that unemployment is estimated to be at 20% or so.
521.
by gms 19y ago
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/gradschooltalk.pdf
522.
by gms 19y ago
The book 'Calculus' by Michael Spivak. In the same way that SICP transforms you from a high-schooler into a wise adult when it comes to programming, so too does Calculus when it comes to maths. If you find the book to be heavy going, then r
523.
by gms 19y ago
http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=s... Go there and see Daniel Weinreb's post (just search the page for "Weinreb").
524.
by gms 19y ago
You're talking about young 20-somethings. But consider older people with children. These Gulf countries are (and have always been, but moreso now) willing to pay a lot of money (tax free) along with a boatload of benefits to experienced wes
525.
by gms 19y ago
Money talks.
526.
by gms 19y ago
There are people who drop into CS after finding maths difficult.
527.
by gms 19y ago
It depends on how much time you devote to it...but the nice thing about that book is that each chapter's exercises are broken up into "Warmup exercises", "Homework exercises", "Exam questions", and "Research problems". It's still well wort
528.
by gms 19y ago
Cats are even smarter.
529.
by gms 19y ago
Another vote for monaco on Carbon Emacs (OS X). White text on black background, obviously :)
530.
by gms 19y ago
Used to all the time in school, now only occasionally.
531.
by gms 19y ago
jar is working on Arc?
532.
by gms 19y ago
Relax, was a joke.
533.
by gms 19y ago
I wonder if he has a wife/girlfriend.
534.
by gms 19y ago
These guys are so screwed.
535.
by gms 19y ago
It's not for everyone though...I'm there every now and then, and to me the whole city feels like one big theme park. If you're looking for a city that has any sort of 'organic' feel, this is very much not it.
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Quicksilver: Universal Access and Action (Google Tech Talk)(video.google.com)
4 points by gms 19y ago|0 comments
537.
by gms 19y ago
re: inbox spelled backwards, I think to most people it's not exactly the most obvious thing in the world. But anyway, no matter. After all, do the words "Google" and "Yahoo" give any hint about what those guys do?
538.
by gms 19y ago
I don't think 72% is particularly good (I think it should be higher). I'm not sure you realise just how scary the thought of failing in front of so many hard-working people is...
539.
by gms 19y ago
About bloody time.
540.
by gms 19y ago
If you want more AI, there is always AIMA.

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