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31.
by grandpa 14y ago
I think the concern is not that people called him out when he was wrong, but that one person phrased it very rudely.
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by grandpa 14y ago
For much the same reason that L1 caches exist.
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by grandpa 14y ago
On Github, here's an article by Ryan Tomayko, the director of engineering: http://tomayko.com/writings/management-style
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by grandpa 14y ago
Zee, I think it's pretty ridiculous that you're even getting the slightest bit annoyed about this. Needless to say, we'll be saying well clear of anything your are involved with in future. http://notes.unwieldy.net/post/23049725899/plagiar
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by grandpa 14y ago
git clone https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim.git cp -pr ctrlp.vim/{autoload,doc,plugin} ~/.vim
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by grandpa 15y ago
In case it's not obvious to everyone: Ron = Ron Rivest (the R in RSA); Whit = Whitfield Diffie (of Diffie-Hellman).
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by grandpa 15y ago
Is it fair to say we have abolished child labor, instituted universal education and created universal health care when our economy relies on manufactured goods made by uneducated children with no health care?
38.
by grandpa 15y ago
The bug is that the song is O(n^2) ;)
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by grandpa 15y ago
Some implementations: Lisp: http://cliki.net/bk-tree Python: http://hupp.org/adam/weblog/?p=103 Ruby: https://github.com/threedaymonk/bktree Haskell: http://www.robdickerson.net/?p=346 Java: http://code.google.com/p/java-bk-tree/
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by grandpa 15y ago
What is Bodhisattva work? Is it the idea that by meditating, you're making the world a better place?
41.
by grandpa 15y ago
Not pedantic: I really didn't understand what outlawing decent would mean. I pronounce 'dissent' and 'decent' quite differently.
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by grandpa 15y ago
As a non American, this confuses me. If I've understood it correctly, a filibuster is a way to suspend the normal democratic process when you don't like the way a vote is likely to turn out. I just can't find a way to think of that as a goo
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by grandpa 15y ago
It's things like this that make it hard to write optimizers where floating point is used. Many algebraic identities just don't apply: x == x can't be reduced to true, 0-x isn't the same as -x (it fails for +0), x<=y isn't the opposite o
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by grandpa 15y ago
They generally relate to NFS - e.g., Linux fcntl() used to lock NFS files only locally. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking#Problems Windows CIFS shares are fine and always have been AFAIK.
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by grandpa 15y ago
Here in Canada, we have bills with neutral names like C15. It sounds like in America, the title is used to frame the conversation, as in the notorious "Repeal the job killing healthcare law act".
46.
by grandpa 15y ago
Not any more: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2740887
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by grandpa 15y ago
> Owning land is theft exactly because it is a limited resource. Would you say the same is true of gold?
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by grandpa 15y ago
It only splits if the buffer it wants to replace hasn't been saved.
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by grandpa 16y ago
Zed is for Zombie.
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by grandpa 16y ago
The base is usually a subscript: log_2(x), and the square is a superscript, log^2(x). Example of the superscript notation meaning squared: http://www.springerlink.com/content/7n7219tcyxr81gxc/
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by grandpa 16y ago
> Basically, they are from a nuclear lobby site Really? You may well know something I don't, but it doesn't seem that way to me: http://www.reddit.com/domain/nextbigfuture.com/
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by grandpa 16y ago
Even if Watson doesn't win, the fact that strong players think of him as a worthy opponent is a huge step forward for the popular perception of AI.
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by grandpa 16y ago
Feynman is saying that explanations do not detract from enjoyment, not that they are necessary to it.
54.
by grandpa 16y ago
What's an AP teacher (for us forriners)?
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by grandpa 16y ago
And d) you have to take a test to get one.
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by grandpa 16y ago
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know is a pretty good starting point. http://97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/97_Things_Every_S...
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by grandpa 16y ago
That might - might - solve the first 4 points, but certainly nothing after that.
58.
by grandpa 16y ago
Yngvghqr naq ybatvghqr
59.
by grandpa 16y ago
Yeah, that's a tricky one. Try http://phonespell.org/ and look for patterns.
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by grandpa 16y ago
Take away the mirror.

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