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by jwdunne 12y ago
Did Marx explicitly state working class as factory workers? Farmers who did not own their land would fall under the same category, surely? From what I've read about Marx's theories and the Soviet Union, they are two separate thing
902.
by jwdunne 12y ago
Where the entire working class controls the state and sets policy, which the Soviet Union clearly did not have. I never said it was a good thing, my second paragraph highlights the flaws I see in it. That is what Marx coined it as. Perhaps
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Please don't confuse Marx's theories with Marxism-Leninism. The latter is more like state capitalism, i.e like most 'communist' countries we have seen. If you actually read what communism, socialism and marxism are about
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The Likely Cause of Addiction(huffingtonpost.com)
37 points by jwdunne 12y ago|15 comments
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Reminds me of my first experience. The trip involved getting something huge, like a big sense of "oh, I finally get it" but now, 3 years later, I'm still trying to figure out what I actually got.
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Actually, the use for that doesn't seem restricted to software in general. It seems like you could apply that to any team and get better results - for example, if a big sales deal falls through, don't punish the sales person, use
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by jwdunne 12y ago
It's crazy. I saw a house going for 8.5 million quid. Up here in the north, a similar terraced house would be a fraction of that. Even larger, detached houses are still a fraction.
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Ask HN: Please could someone review my CV?
5 points by jwdunne 12y ago|4 comments
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Also, to add, modafinil gives me bruxism and tension in the jaw. If you have any issues with your TMJ, this will definitely not help.
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by jwdunne 12y ago
The point about caffeine is important. For me, mixing caffeine and modafinil is not a pleasant experience, both with tea or coffee. The experience is counter-productive as I often feel too jittery to do anything and my mood crashes. As a no
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by jwdunne 12y ago
First, you must build a half-baked version of Common Lisp in C.
912.
by jwdunne 12y ago
It seems like the takeaway is that you should use a well-designed syntax highlighting scheme. You cannot expect everybody reading your code to be using a good syntax highlighting scheme. Either way, I think code should be readable independe
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Thanks :) I did find Kite for Chrome too, it's just finding out how to edit the DOM as text and that'd give me everything I need. Will check this out too, thank you!
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Ask HN: Is there an Emacs plugin for live web development?
4 points by jwdunne 12y ago|2 comments
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Medication resonates with me strongly. A lot of anti-psychotics increase appetite massively and are known to cause weight gain. I remember I was larger than I'd ever been and I'd got to that point very quickly. A "fat tax&quo
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Writing readable code (2011)(werve.net)
3 points by jwdunne 12y ago|0 comments
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by jwdunne 12y ago
It's brilliant. By gradually building up to it, I started to really understand recursion, the power of lambdas and closures, etc. I also started to get Lisp and Scheme in the process. It's a great book, well worth it and if you&#x
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Yet Another Snippet Extension for Emacs(capitaomorte.github.io)
2 points by jwdunne 12y ago|0 comments
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Node.js Web Crawler(github.com)
2 points by jwdunne 12y ago|0 comments
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Writing a simple operating system from scratch (2010) [pdf](cs.bham.ac.uk)
280 points by jwdunne 12y ago|47 comments
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A case against syntax highlighting(linusakesson.net)
3 points by jwdunne 12y ago|3 comments
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by jwdunne 12y ago
That's quite a negative light you cast over it, where I live it's all fun and games. I've been nominated, not done the challenge and not donated yet, without pressure to do so. I imagine if there's real bullying and peer
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by jwdunne 12y ago
This hits the nail on the head - nobody at all wants to hear about other "slightly ahead" children and such, these things are not useful. People are looking for major deficits. I know for a fact this is what I was looking for with
924.
by jwdunne 12y ago
Oh yes, of course, but what I meant was the code as it was written. I'm sure, like anything else, comments, and perhaps in this case any whitespace would be removed during assembly! I'll check those out though, alongside Caesar II
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by jwdunne 12y ago
I remember reading that and being totally amazed, especially since I personally think RCT 1 and 2 are far superior games to RCT 3. It's a wonder how much discipline and drive went I to those two games - if only we had the code/doc
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Because of age of the writings, you can probably find free digital copies on Gutenberg.org. I'm sure that's how I got Meditations.
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Oh thanks for clarifying that. It's about lack of insulin, not too low blood sugar, in which case the blood sugar levels will be high, because the body has no insulin to use glucose as fuel. This is what causes the build up dangerous l
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by jwdunne 12y ago
Re. Diabetes, I think in some cases restricting carbs can be fatal as diabetics can suffer from ketoacidosis, where the blood turns acidic due to an uncontrollable amount of ketones present. Also, if blood sugar drops too low, hypoglycaemia
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Ask HN: What skills do I need to work at a startup?
4 points by jwdunne 12y ago|5 comments
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by jwdunne 12y ago
I think you have illustrated the point of the story by assuming these alien beings would react exactly how human's would. We don't know anything but human nature but it's not hard to imagine that non-human's or, rather,

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