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Vintage scopes are better (part 5)(readingjimwilliams.blogspot.com)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
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by gnosis 14y ago
Archive: http://www.gibney.de.nyud.net/does_anybody_know_this_fractal
903.
Visualization of the first 1000 terms of 1000 OEIS sequences [video](youtube.com)
1 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
904.
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences(oeis.org)
1 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
905.
What if Ethernet failed?(networkworld.com)
1 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
906.
by gnosis 14y ago
Since you mention Hofstadter, I simply have to bring up Godel, Escher, Bach . Especially for anyone who's interested in computers and artificial intelligence, this is a must read. It is brimming over with philosophical issues, and is ver
907.
by gnosis 14y ago
I actually enjoyed the "... for Beginners" series of philosophy intros that come in the format of comics. I think they're a great way to get introduced to some of the basic concepts. They're really easy to digest, really quick, easy, fun r
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by gnosis 14y ago
My students often told me they didn't have anything to say. They were silent. Empty. They felt anxiety. Panic. Terror. 'Good' I'd answer. 'You are a writer. You are at the place from which writing comes.' -- Donald Murray in Shoptalk A writ
909.
by gnosis 14y ago
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn't hesitate to do so. -- André Gide
910.
by gnosis 14y ago
Also see: "Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer?" http://www.ask.slashdot.org/story/12/08/08/2135246/ask-slash... Slashdot has many problems, but this was actually a pretty interesting and informative thread.
911.
by gnosis 14y ago
"An uninterpreted dream is like an unopened letter." Dreams often have many layers of meaning. You might want to try keeping a long-term, detailed record of your dreams, and spending some time each day trying to make sense of them and rela
912.
Why use zsh?(jbw.cc)
1 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
913.
Algorithmic Composition: Computational Thinking in Music(cacm.acm.org)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
914.
The Principle of Least Action(eftaylor.com)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
915.
by gnosis 14y ago
"The overwhelming majority of Linux window systems and desktop environments were Windows 95 work-alikes, NeXTstep work-alikes, or attempts at minimalism based on BlackBox or aewm." The majority of existing Linux window managers are not re
916.
by gnosis 14y ago
Here's what Alexander Shulgin[1] had to say[2] in response to a similar question on the subject: Dear Dr. Shulgin: Lately I've been hearing a lot of talk about how every time you take ecstasy it does permanent damage to the brain
917.
by gnosis 14y ago
I've heard of some comedians resorting to violence when some of their lines were "stolen" by other comics.
918.
by gnosis 14y ago
That so many magicians are so possessive of their precious "secrets" and that so many of them are against sharing (even with other magicians), came as rather a big shock and disappointment for me when I got interested in magic. I spent most
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Disown, zombie children, and the uninterruptible sleep (blogs.oracle.com)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
920.
The Ksplice Pointer Challenge(blogs.oracle.com)
1 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
921.
by gnosis 14y ago
zsh also has a "setopt NO_CLOBBER", but it's also not the default (unfortunately). Default behavior: % touch foo % echo bar > foo % cat foo bar % rm foo No clobber mode: % setopt NO_CLOBBER % touch foo % echo bar
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by gnosis 14y ago
I tried using viper and vimpulse modes in emacs to get vim-style keybindings. The problem was that SLIME docs and most emacs tutorials assumed standard emacs keybindings. In principle, you could convert all those docs and tutorials to use
923.
Chicken for Ruby Programmers(wiki.call-cc.org)
1 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
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by gnosis 14y ago
This name-dropping, panting puppy of an essay is pure garbage. Did anyone else notice how many times the author mentioned free printing? Is it really that big a deal? Perhaps MIT should adopt a new motto: "We offer free printing!!!" And wh
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by gnosis 14y ago
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
926.
Infocom's ZIL programming language user's guide (1989) [pdf](xlisp.org)
30 points by gnosis 14y ago|12 comments
927.
by gnosis 14y ago
You might be interested in "zargs" in zsh, which would save you the call to find. Furthermore, instead of the pipe to sed and extra xargs, it might be clearer and simpler to do something like: zargs -n 1 **/*.jpg -- make-thumb Where
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by gnosis 14y ago
My favorites: * pathogen [1] * PreciseJump [2] * MRU [3] * scratch [4] * xptemplate [5] * renumber [6] [1] - http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2332 [2] - http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3437
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by gnosis 14y ago
Predictions of Linux's doom have also been there since the ancient times of the beginning of Linux. Actually, back then there was much more reason to doomsay, as there really wasn't a desktop to speak of (CDE on Solaris was far more sophist
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Other uses for Unicode(arcanesentiment.blogspot.com)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments

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