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721.
by gnosis 14y ago
"'M.I.T. had to identify the hacker and assist with his apprehension in order to prevent further abuse,' the government argued in court." Or they could have just tried talking to him and giving him a verbal warning.
722.
'Dancing Naked in the Mind Field' by Kary Mullis(csp.org)
5 points by gnosis 14y ago|1 comments
723.
by gnosis 14y ago
i3 is not related to gnome or the gnome-shell in any way.
724.
by gnosis 14y ago
I've been very happy with i3 for some years now. It's minimalistic, stable, and easy to configure, but with enough features for it to be useful. smem shows it's using about 1.7 MB of dirty private memory on my system right now, and that's
725.
by gnosis 14y ago
You'd think that a self-styled "programming junkie" wouldn't confuse strong and static typing, or weak and dynamic typing.
726.
Psychedelic therapy(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
727.
by gnosis 14y ago
Of course it's economically feasable. It's just a matter of priorities. Congress managed to come up with 8 trillion dollars for the Wall St bailout at the drop of a hat, and 3 trillion (and counting) for the Iraq/Afghanistan wars. On top
728.
by gnosis 14y ago
Worse is better, right?
729.
by gnosis 14y ago
Indeed, as Socrates said, "the unexamined life is not worth living." And "know thyself" was the inscription over the temple at Delphi.
730.
by gnosis 14y ago
"Godlike genius.. Godlike nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! I've failed my way to success." -- Thomas Edison "Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lives solely in my tenacity." -- Louis Pasteur "Men g
731.
by gnosis 14y ago
Ambition and perseverence is really the key. Over and over again, I've read of famous people attributing their success to perseverence. Some examples: "Godlike genius.. Godlike nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! I've failed my way to
732.
Due Process When Everything is a Crime (Glenn Reynolds on Aaron Swartz)(papers.ssrn.com)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
733.
What to Know Before Debating Type Systems(cdsmith.wordpress.com)
4 points by gnosis 14y ago|1 comments
734.
Closure conversion: How to compile lambda(matt.might.net)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
735.
The Nitrous Oxide Philosopher (William James)(lycaeum.org)
3 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
736.
What's Wrong With Ruby? (2007)(bitwisemag.com)
4 points by gnosis 14y ago|1 comments
737.
You don't understand exceptions, but you should(matt.might.net)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|1 comments
738.
Advanced programming languages(matt.might.net)
13 points by gnosis 14y ago|2 comments
739.
by gnosis 14y ago
Why doesn't BIPM want TAI to be used for timestamps?
740.
Why type systems are interesting (2004)(lambda-the-ultimate.org)
55 points by gnosis 14y ago|19 comments
741.
by gnosis 14y ago
Is there a standalone, open-source version of this available?
742.
Scheme vs. Python(cs.berkeley.edu)
6 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
743.
by gnosis 14y ago
"What punishment was the minimum necessary to deter Swartz from continuing to try to use unlawful means to achieve his reform goals?" Let's say no punishment would deter Swartz. Would that justify a sentence of life in prison?
744.
by gnosis 14y ago
I recommend reading Dave Grossman's book On Killing .[1] From the blurb: "The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civili
745.
by gnosis 14y ago
I wonder how sincere the US government is at wanting to end violence, when at the same time it nurtures the largest military in the world -- a military which has managed to kill the most people since WW2. It also has one of the largest poli
746.
A Schemer's View of Monads [pdf](cs.indiana.edu)
4 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
747.
by gnosis 14y ago
That's a very legitimate question. How can teachers do the best with the resources they're given and the the children they're working with, no matter how threadbare the resources are, and no matter how traumatized and disadvantaged their s
748.
by gnosis 14y ago
There are many important factors which teachers (no matter how good they are) can't control: 1. How wealthy, poor, educated, or uneducated a child's parents are. 2. How many resources the school and teacher are given. 3. Whether a child's p
749.
by gnosis 14y ago
Summary of the article's reasons to use one space between sentences: 1. Typographers and style manuals tell you to. 2. Two spaces were necessary when using monospace fonts; but now that everyone uses proportional fonts, it's no longer neces
750.
by gnosis 14y ago
"One reason I don't enjoy HN as much as I did several years ago is that the default behavior seems to be to attack civil libertarians, free software enthusiasts, file sharers, builders who place idealism over profit... basically everyone b

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