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by gruseom 13y ago
Impressive work in so short a time. I'm relieved that you guys are this responsive to the community. You've already addressed one of my personal concerns and hopefully the other (sort by date) soon. Here's some more feedback.
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by gruseom 13y ago
IIRC, he deliberately wrote it to make it hard to read. Out of curiosity, why did you try to read it?
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by gruseom 13y ago
There's no doubt that many of these books are standins for personal influence. It's sort of a convention for lists like that.
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by gruseom 13y ago
That's a good observation. Seymour-Smith was (I seem to recall) a fan, and he certainly would have been around lots of people who were into that work. On the other hand, from Seymour-Smith's perspective, which was literary- and 20
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by gruseom 13y ago
That was it! It was a magical place. Thank you.
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by gruseom 13y ago
Well the site is just ripping off the list from one of Seymour-Smith's books, which would certainly have given reasons. I don't think respect for the original is a high priority there.
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by gruseom 13y ago
What are some of your notes about Marshall?
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by gruseom 13y ago
I noticed that this list was made by Martin Seymour-Smith. He was an English poet and critic whose masterpiece was called Guide to Modern World Literature . It is a monster of a book that covers hundreds (thousands?) of writers, a tour de
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by gruseom 13y ago
You have a good point. I rewrote my comment to make fewer assumptions.
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by gruseom 13y ago
I fear I am dismissing it too quickly, probably because of gender troll dread syndrome. If it works, it will be useful.
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by gruseom 13y ago
I thought it did from reading the blog post. Is that wrong? If so, I'll delete my comment.
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by gruseom 13y ago
A play on words is ok, as long as it's not a running joke that keeps coming up. That's distracting. The key to the Unix joke name genre is that the jokes are encoded laconically into the name and only the name (e.g. "less&quo
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by gruseom 13y ago
I've often wished for something like this. Most of us learn by example. I fear that the humor in it, much as I like humor, is a mistake. First, it comes across as a gender troll. Any technical attention the tool receives will be smothe
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by gruseom 13y ago
I love how fast it is! Two things I rely on heavily with the old hnsearch are (a) restrict to stories or comments, and (b) sort by date (most recent first). Can you please do those? Especially the second one.
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Gentrification May Actually Be Boon To Longtime Residents(npr.org)
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Read Chekhov for a Better 2014(themillions.com)
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Should journals stop publishing research funded by the drug industry?(bmj.com)
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by gruseom 13y ago
Uh, I think maybe I'd better just quit while I'm behind.
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by gruseom 13y ago
Perhaps because there's such a clear symmetry with public transport. Symbolism has its own logic, and the thing that becomes emblematic usually is not the most important one physically or rationally.
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Opium Poppy Growth Booming In Afghanistan(npr.org)
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by gruseom 13y ago
Not sure what your point is? I'd be happy to be wrong here.
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by gruseom 13y ago
the psychological and social difference between receiving money from a source which a population would consider to be 'theirs' cannot be overstated It can be overstated; you've overstated it. In contrast to the careful rese
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by gruseom 13y ago
Pet peeve, sorry, but it irritates me that Clojure people act like this guilty-until-proven-innocent policy about macros is somehow original. It has been standard advice for decades. Chapter 8 of On Lisp (1994) is called "When to Use
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by gruseom 13y ago
This post repeats two memes that float around the programming language space. One is: "it's so powerful that it's bad". The other is: "it's ok, but not for large projects". I don't think I've eve
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by gruseom 13y ago
http://coding-is-like-cooking.info/2013/09/an-introduction-t... . Thanks, I enjoyed that article. It gives a vivid picture of the gap between the array languages niche and mainstream programming culture.
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by gruseom 13y ago
This reminded me of the mother of all type designer business partner falling-outs: http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-le... One difference, of course, is that digital type can't be dump
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by gruseom 13y ago
No, timje1 had it right. PG has repeatedly stated that downvotes are ok for disagreeing. Comments are for when you have something substantive to say.
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Arts Foster Scientific Success (2008) [pdf](emilkirkegaard.dk)
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by gruseom 13y ago
Belief in an opposition between sciences and arts is pure foolishness. "In our ongoing studies of scientists and engineers we have found that significant arts and crafts experience is highly correlated with professional success in scie
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by gruseom 13y ago
As the article makes clear, the coffeehouse scene exploded in popularity well before the end of the 17th century. By 1675 the king is already trying (and failing) to shut them down.

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