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Exoplanets finally come into view(news.bbc.co.uk)
4 points by jmatt 18y ago|0 comments
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by jmatt 18y ago
That is a classic cs picture! On a somewhat related tangent - There was a recent series of interviews of Knuth in the CACM. They were an interesting and entertaining read. Actually ever since the ACM redid the CACM it's been relatively inte
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by jmatt 18y ago
And out of those that have read his books, how many would be wearing a t-shirt of him. And out of those, how many would ask him to take a picture like that!
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by jmatt 18y ago
purchase order http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchase_order
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by jmatt 18y ago
For the few of us that bought Netshare... it still works. Though it was banned shortly after it's release. http://www.nullriver.com/
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by jmatt 18y ago
Voting for Obama because he is black essentially defeats the purpose of the civil rights movement. The whole point of the movement was the color of your skin doesn't matter. I voted based on my principles and issues. It's sad to see so many
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by jmatt 18y ago
I do.
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by jmatt 18y ago
I agree. Apple hasn't done anything new. While the rest of the industry has noticeably opened up.
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Calling Apple out - Make dev material free.
31 points by jmatt 18y ago|28 comments
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by jmatt 18y ago
How about tags for gists? That would make it quite a bit easier to find a specific algorithm or code snippet.
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by jmatt 18y ago
After a few years these packages will be recognizable as new mail-ordered items to one and all. From a frustration standpoint - they look easier to wrap. Now a days I can barely wrap a lot of these squirrelly toy packages.
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by jmatt 18y ago
I'm sure it's cheaper for the manufacturer to package too. More efficient all around and no reason not to do it if it's already mail order. [edit: clarification~]
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by jmatt 18y ago
it'll make kids happier since they will be able to open their own presents That makes me smile. Excellent point and better holidays for all.
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by jmatt 18y ago
Tesla > 23andMe Nothing against 23andMe it's just not going to effect the world in the near term the same way Tesla has and will in the next few years... Give the award to 23andMe when it's actually effected our society. As of right now
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by jmatt 18y ago
Sounds like you read one of my other threads ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=346832 And, yes I totally agree.
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by jmatt 18y ago
Great, now "all three" provide it and it's still a complete cluster $%^& to use, manage, code against and maintain. Previous discussion about confusion caused by openid can be found here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=334800 [Edi
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by jmatt 18y ago
It seems like there is potential for a much bigger market than games. Streaming video and audio... fantasy sport applets, etc. Is plura just starting with games since they provide what I suspect are ideal conditions (already using CPU and r
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by jmatt 18y ago
If we are going to look at profitable online communities then look at MMORPGs. It may be outside the realm of facebook and linkedin but there is plenty of profitability to be had beyond myspace clones or even websites. World of Warcraft tak
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by jmatt 18y ago
This post just seems to be begging for comment ~ maybe it's because it's relatively rare that we get pg talking about arc. they may even hurt. I'm assuming you are referring to the maintenance and backward compatibility that is required a
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by jmatt 18y ago
I personally know a few people worth 5-50 million and they are giving most of their money away either right now or when they die. So at least on a personal level that is not true. Those that I know - are not in the tech industry and they ar
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by jmatt 18y ago
I'd recommend haskell, smalltalk, scheme or lisp for pure mathematics. If they are into numerical analysis then Mathematica, C and Java are still important and potentially necessary depending on what they are researching.
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by jmatt 18y ago
software for embedded systems is still in C and C++ and that is generally what engineers care about when they are coding. I agree it sucks, and it's too bad they can't move away from it sooner rather than later. Probably a great niche for a
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by jmatt 18y ago
I image that is easy to do when you are relatively rich. He has no doubt made "enough" money through owning the company over the past 10 years. I agree it's admirable to give the capital away. But, not uncommon now-a-days with owners. I thi
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by jmatt 18y ago
Maybe it's just me but I would recommend that he start with a classic CS book and work back to python and the like. Something like "The C Programming Language". I learned more with a book like this than any modern ruby or python book. Plus
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by jmatt 18y ago
This is great news. Finally some real competition for Apple iPhone's SDK. Google couldn't manage to get android.org? I'm split on whether Google is doing the right thing by not paying for it or whether they should buy it and protect their b
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by jmatt 18y ago
Ya I agree that is one of the problems. But since it's so decentralized and just finding your existing OpenID account can be difficult - it is still a problem. Part of the problem was having multiple emails and multiple types of OpenIDs (Wo
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by jmatt 18y ago
Nice I didn't notice the date. A notable change since then is the DLR.
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Wow! I never thought I'd see Don Box posting about his love of Scheme. This is surprising and interesting change for someone that designed SOAP and WCF. It'll be interesting to see what comes of it. He is a well known figure in the .NET com
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by jmatt 18y ago
Yes, OpenID is too confusing. This was a huge complaint I had during the stackoverflow beta. Those that are believers in OpenID are zealots. They won't change their opinions no matter how much the general populace hates on it. They likely a
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by jmatt 18y ago
For some reason it looks like an old circa 2004 dell laptop to me. It's the black keys with the silverish case. I haven't seen one in person but that is my immediate impression. I'm a proud owner of a black macbook - which I love. And I thi

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