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   by jsmcgd 19y ago

   This is awesome. It should definitely be converted to HTML and hosted publicly. I'll rummage through the .pdf in the mean time.
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   by jsmcgd 19y ago

   They don't need to but it succinctly highlights the fact that there are two different ways of commenting code in Python.
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   by jsmcgd 19y ago

   Mine too too. It makes logic not look so logical anymore.
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   by jsmcgd 19y ago

   Designing for yourself doesn't show contempt for the customers but quite the opposite. They design for themselves as they are representative of their customers. This is true because this is what they've always done. If you design for someon
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   by jsmcgd 19y ago

   Continuing your analogy, there are plenty of people out there who would start their trucking business by buying more than one truck and then trying to find people to drive them and things to move. The great thing about the 37signals blog is
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   by jsmcgd 19y ago

   I was using Emacs 21 but on your advice I installed 22. OMG! I was developing cataracts with 21, it was just so damn ugly. GTK is like corrective eye surgery. Cheers mate.
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   by jsmcgd 19y ago

   I think this might be a good idea but I'd say that it's too early to implement something like this. Let's wait and see if the poll submissions subside or if we realize that we're being overly conservative.
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   by jsmcgd 19y ago

   I'm no expert on this at all but basically I would answer yes to most of your questions. Start trying to teach yourself. A games related degree is valued by the community but not necessary. If you can create a few demos yourself or with som
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   Memory trick breaks PC encryption(news.bbc.co.uk)

   2 points by jsmcgd 19y ago|0 comments
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    To me it sounds like you really want to do something artistic. I'd say don't think about it too much. Just do it. It might not work out but you're fortunate to live in the western civilization (I'm assuming) so you won't starve if things go
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    Really cool. Well done!
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    I agree. Europe is not one country and it's pretty irksome when it is referred to like it is. I can understand why it is though and for the same reasons it's sometimes easy to think of Africa as being one big homogeneous entity, which of co
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    I've read a few books now that are recommended for beginners to Lisp. Someone in the comments of pchristensen's blog recommended the book 'Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation'. I flicked through the first few chapters
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    Lets just give polls a go and see what happens. It won't be too much trouble to remove them again if they turn out to be a force for evil.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    You're right, I would be way too scared.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    I would try to deliberately fail on purpose just to see what happened. Could be dangerous though.
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    Use math for Valentine's Day happiness.(news.bbc.co.uk)

    1 points by jsmcgd 19y ago|0 comments
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    Years of experience gainfully employed in a particular industry can be a useful metric but merely years of experience of a particular technology isn't that illuminating. I have 8 full years of experience playing guitar. Can I really play gu
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    Probably as management becomes more adept at spotting true programming talent, average or sub par programmers will for essentially the first time be forced to improve themselves. Many probably haven't improved because until recently they ha
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    Please do. I'd like to see how it works out.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    I'm normally suffering the opposite of this; the fonts are too small for my high resolution screen. Nice little font though.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    I thought of posting a similar question before because you seemed to be responsible for 1 in 6 of everything that happens on the site. I'm surprised to hear you actually get other stuff done. For a while I was starting to suspect you might
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    Haha. Either way I think you're right.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    Fair enough. Credit where credit's due.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    It's not exactly a looker.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    I thought this was going to be another 'What's the point in Facebook? It's crap' article which to a minor extent it is. However its main focus is whether we can trust Facebook with the copious amounts of personal information we 'volunteer'
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    Does the site he created not advance society, allowing people to form relationships more easily? Also you don't know how he has spent his profits. This man may be advancing society more than most.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    You say inane, others say hypothetical.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    I think what is meant is that the US is not a manufacturing world leader and is not as high as it should/could be.
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    by jsmcgd 19y ago

    I can think of few things that are more ridiculous than being offended by the phrase 'Merry Christmas'.