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541.
by gms 19y ago
#\x is a character literal in Common Lisp (in this case, the semi-colon character).
542.
by gms 19y ago
I think you'd be more likely to get arrested for that than proving your point.
543.
by gms 19y ago
Have you consulted a lawyer about this? Sometimes it can be quite surprising to see the solutions lawyers can cook up (with the appropriate fees of course).
544.
by gms 19y ago
Yikes.
545.
by gms 19y ago
An H1-B doesn't prevent you from switching jobs, no?
546.
by gms 19y ago
Yes, I imagine that's why the application is up early.
547.
by gms 19y ago
I get the feeling these guys are more hype than substance. One thing I don't understand is why drum up _any_ hype before you've actually released anything? Seems like when they finally release, it'll be a huge anti-climax.
548.
by gms 19y ago
And then people will complain about how YC is so secretive. Frankly, there's no pleasing some people. If people didn't care for YC-specific statements, what are they doing reading this site?
549.
by gms 19y ago
Even if it's true, does this really matter? I might be wrong, but to me it seems that both companies are sliding into irrelevancy anyway.
550.
by gms 19y ago
This is a similar article to the ones written when the original iPod was announced. Everyone said "who's crazy enough to spend $400 for an MP3 player?", etc. I remember buying the original 5 gig one when it came out, and at the time, none
551.
by gms 20y ago
I'm sure there are 50 million strings attached to this amount.
552.
by gms 20y ago
Would be nice if PG could let us know when, if ever, it's going to be republished :)
553.
by gms 20y ago
The headline is somewhat misrepresentative - this is on Mr. Norvig's personal site, so it's only from him, not from Google.
554.
by gms 20y ago
justin.tv will go anything but bust.
555.
by gms 20y ago
Definitely Monaco (coupled with Carbon Emacs on OS X).
556.
by gms 20y ago
It's worth pointing out that you won't get far without doing the exercises in the book too. In fact, I recommend working through the book and only watching a video lecture if you're unclear on the material.
557.
by gms 20y ago
May I ask what your visa options are? (fellow non-US citizen here).
558.
by gms 20y ago
You'd do well to look at today's date.
559.
by gms 20y ago
Mine too.
560.
by gms 20y ago
You can work for another company. There is an H1-B transfer process that involves some paperwork and a fee (which your new company might pay).
561.
by gms 20y ago
I graduated from school in the States this past December, and was in the same situation as you. I did some research and concluded two things: 1) Be very careful about staying in valid visa status. You don't want to leave the US then come ba
562.
by gms 20y ago
Well actually Python does have an eval() that can be called on expressions in the form of strings. The problem is that any potential macro anything would be nowhere near as seamless as it in Lisp, since the parse tree isn't right there for