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by igorhvr 18y ago
I read things to this effect in the internet, but then you have more than one Scheme system that runs (or is able to run) on top of the JVM - effectively making this problem disappear. So, I guess I am looking for other differences, things
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Ask YC: Scheme vs Common Lisp - power/expressivity comparison.
2 points by igorhvr 18y ago|3 comments
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by igorhvr 18y ago
You're welcome! I thought the same thing ("I can't believe I didn't know about this application before!") when I first heard of it 8 months ago...
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by igorhvr 18y ago
I am surprised no one mentioned TeXmacs ( http://www.texmacs.org/ ) yet. It is a WYSIWYG editor that can both import from (works reasonably well) and export (works perfecly) to TeX. By using it you can always do things nearly as quickly a
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by igorhvr 18y ago
Discussions about the meaning of words, while sometimes fun, only rarely produce any useful results. Generally it is better to choose some precise definition in your context, and see what you can build from that / where does that take you.
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by igorhvr 18y ago
"new record is appended, a search is performed and the post field is sorted, then the relative position of the visitor's new database record is identified in the results (example 49,501 records from the top)." It might be a good idea to try
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by igorhvr 18y ago
At the bottom of the gmail page, you will find text like: "Last account activity: 40 minutes ago at this IP (201.82.153.204)." followed by a "details" link. Click on the details link, and you will see the last IPs from which Gmail activity
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by igorhvr 18y ago
I find it amusing that a popularity contest (and one not really different from a high school one in any significant way) is used to decide who will take charge of a country. I am also impressed to see otherwise intelligent people defending
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by igorhvr 18y ago
Yeap. "Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions." Aristotle Greek critic, philosopher,
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by igorhvr 18y ago
Sure. Go ahead. Check into it -> http://paypalsucks.com/forums/
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Mildly interesting rant about Linux and Complexity(modeemi.fi)
3 points by igorhvr 18y ago|6 comments
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by igorhvr 18y ago
If you don't reason properly, no amount of testing will save you. It is only part (an important one, surely) of what you need to create reliable software. I saw too many developers in a cycle like this: test->bang keyboard->test aga
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by igorhvr 18y ago
> Test everything. Test it early. Test it extensively. While in some contexts appropriate and many times helpful, testing is not the way to create reliable software. Willingness to learn from mistakes, knowing your limits and biases, pr
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by igorhvr 18y ago
> ..a more interesting question is why you think that US policy matters. I didn't say I think this. You are the one that claimed the US doesn't want the rest of the world to be subservient - I am just pointing out you might be wrong. An
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by igorhvr 18y ago
I use http://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ . They bill 8.59 for a top level US domain renewal or registration. Their service is good for anyone that understands DNS - they let you directly edit your DNS records.
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by igorhvr 18y ago
> I'm skeptical of this approach. I can say it worked for me - I do not live like this, currently, but I remember fondly the feeling of waking up every day overflowing energy. Try looking at this article - http://www.supermemo.com/ar
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by igorhvr 18y ago
Right. It is a trade off. You either - get along with the way most of the world is organized and wake up every day roughly at the same time, and work/think/decide/learn below your capacity; or - You do what is best for your mind, at the cos
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by igorhvr 18y ago
> We don't want you to to be subservient. Are you sure you don't? Can you explain to me why your new foreign policy states that "The United States must remain the world's only superpower, unchallenged by any other nation."? ( http://we
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by igorhvr 18y ago
Exactly. Wake up every day without using an alarm clock, and take a nap when you feel the need to. Unless you have problems with your sleep, this will ensure you are in your best mental shape, when awake.
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by igorhvr 18y ago
His web design work is fairly nice: http://www.streetread.com/about http://www.tweako.com/ Not that this means much to his argument, but still interesting...