jwdunne

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by jwdunne 13y ago
I think part of it is that he has been reading fluently from a young age. My son can barely recognise his name and he's nearly 4. That's a very good head start in terms of practice. It might also be due to a strong natural ability
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by jwdunne 13y ago
I had to make do with Einstein. I also discovered afterwards you can copy and paste images directly into DrRacket and pass them round like anything else - you might (very big guess) be able to create the wave and rogers primitives this way.
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by jwdunne 13y ago
I believe there is a language for Racket which has what you need in it, I used that when I got to the picture language bit. Check it out here: http://www.neilvandyke.org/racket-sicp/
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by jwdunne 13y ago
That actually looks really cool. HackerRPG would be cool too. Sort of like CodeWars but with the stats building and gold accruement/expenditure. A social MMO aspect would be really cool too.
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by jwdunne 13y ago
Wow this is exactly what I've been looking for. It also ties together what I've been working out in my head. I'm in a similar situation as OP but its worse because I am not great, haven't done great things and I'm s
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The Common Lisp Cookbook(cl-cookbook.sourceforge.net)
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Ask HN: How did you learn to program?
1 points by jwdunne 13y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: how to gauge my skill as a programmer
13 points by jwdunne 13y ago|8 comments
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Emacs Window Manager(github.com)
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Jison JavaScript parser generator(zaach.github.io)
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by jwdunne 13y ago
LOL you think this is bad and StackOverflow has it hard? I founded a number if groups on Facebook a few years ago and they're primarily a QA sort of community, like SO but purely on FB. We don't just get the "help me find the
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13 year old builds fusion reactor in classroom(dailymail.co.uk)
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Lisp: A Language for Internet Scripting and Programming (1998) [pdf](norvig.com)
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by jwdunne 13y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you could get away with: I don't think your second example is much at all like Lisp and I think to actually achieve something lispy, JSON would need some kind of symbol type, so you can do:
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When to use a dependency injection container (2012)(blog.ploeh.dk)
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by jwdunne 13y ago
I got my start from something a bit more modest - the HTML chapter of some Pocket Guide to the World Wide Web. I ate it up. I wrote tonnes of pages. I remember my dad saying that if I got a domain name and it got popular, I could rake in to
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by jwdunne 13y ago
Who gives a shit about shaky legal ground? How will a CnD shutter his side project? Could just take it offline and continue to build it. I doubt Nintendo are going to go through the lengths to force him to destroy a .py file or two... It&#x
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by jwdunne 13y ago
It's also likely you inherit the connections your parents make - provided you maintain a good relationship with them. Everyone once in a while, I'll heard about a guy by mum knows who needs some work done on his website. Since my
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by jwdunne 13y ago
I think the issue probably comes from tourists purchasing their favourite snack bars, such as a KitKat or Mars, age being unpleasantly surprised. Here in the UK, I love these chocolate bars - definitely nothing like candle wax? This extends
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by jwdunne 13y ago
I 100% agree here but it can be expanded further. It's not just about products. A business simply fulfils needs in return for more than the cost to fulfil those needs. A business can be a service, where I or someone I employ can fulfil
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by jwdunne 13y ago
As a patient, I'm not really arsed. As a patient, I actively discourage putting strain on the system when unnecessary. I'm really moaning about how doctors are treated, and they are spread thin and are not rewarded by the system f
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by jwdunne 13y ago
I'm from the UK. The NHS is shambles and is spread very, very thin. Doctors are pissed off. Patients are pissed off. The government seems to be too. However I would prefer the 3 hour A&E (ER) waiting times, being spoken to like shi
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by jwdunne 13y ago
And the regex to validate this is a monster, even noting that this still allows bad input: (GIR 0AA)|((([A-Z-[QVX]][0-9][0-9]?)|(([A-Z-[QVX]][A-Z-[IJZ]][0-9][0-9]?)|(([A-Z-[QVX]][0-9][A-HJKSTUW])|([A-Z-[QVX]][A-Z-[IJZ]][0-9][ABEHMNPRVWX
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by jwdunne 13y ago
Hrm I thought this was true at first. Spending lots of time consuming materials on how to increase my motivation, etc. Nothing worked! But then, why would it? I'm obviously motivated to do what I want to do or else I wouldn't be t
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by jwdunne 13y ago
Lesson 1 rings a mad bell. I distinctively remember a text from a colleague saying "yeah, I'm never launching anything on a Friday". As a general rule, the best time to launch is first thing on a Tuesday. Why Tuesday morning?
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by jwdunne 13y ago
I always thought the police gather evidence? I remember from my own interactions the police are always present. This is in the UK where processes may be much different...
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by jwdunne 13y ago
Why is it possible for either side to withhold evidence? Why is all evidence not put on a table for both sides to dissect? Genuine questions. Currently it seems like a competition. This isn't competitive ground, as much as I see lawyer
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by jwdunne 13y ago
If I remembering reading correct, MS also sold their version of BASIC to Altair before actually having physical access to an Altair.
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Choosing the right data structures(mathieularose.com)
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by jwdunne 13y ago
CodeWars ( http://www.codewars.com ) is quite fun too. I'm liking these programming challenge games a lot lately! I will have to give CodeCombat a try.

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