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by mck- 14y ago
This is so awesome -- have the Kickstarter guys contacted you? I wonder how they take this, and what this means for the entire crowd-funding space for that matter, especially the smaller ones that don't have the network effects of Kickstart
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by mck- 14y ago
I'm not sure I understand/agree the point about "iteration over recursion". One of my favorite aspects of Lisp is the recursive approach to writing functions. It's still possible to write recursive functions that don't rely on a specific co
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by mck- 14y ago
Do you know this for a fact? That'd be quite impressive if the Lispers maintained strong against Google's policies.. I remember reading that they ported over
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by mck- 14y ago
This is actually quite interesting. What it tells me is that "luck" (not timing, nor karma) is the most significant determinant whether something goes viral or not. Content comes second.
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by mck- 14y ago
I'd second that -- the fact that it jumped to the top means there are enough people who haven't seen it before
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by mck- 14y ago
Upvote because I feel a little bad -- hope you can get the attention you deserve now
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I think that's the point -- so everyone can actually see the writer proceed from chapter 1 :)
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by mck- 14y ago
Everyone seems to claim a better way to do it (myself included). Here's a TSP challenge for you to prove yourselves: http://www.tsp.gatech.edu/data/usa/index.html Deadline is July 4th, 2013 -- Price $500 & Honourable mention for findi
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by mck- 14y ago
I agree on this -- I wrote my thesis on the VRP (Vehicle Routing Problem) which is an even more difficult problem. I've studied GAs extensively (they are pretty awesome, hence my interest), but other methods are much better. I've heard grea
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Watch this drop of water have an orgasm(io9.com)
6 points by mck- 14y ago|3 comments
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Best of the Best from YC Demo Day(thenextweb.com)
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AngelList Launches Docs To Help Startups Sign And Close Seed Rounds (techcrunch.com)
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by mck- 14y ago
I love this thing, ever since you've announced it. Just wondering if it would eventually support Common Lisp?
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OpenRA - Open-source C&C Red Alert game engine(openra.res0l.net)
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Precedence in CSS: Specificity, Inheritance, and the Cascade(vanseodesign.com)
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Anonymous hackers may be targeting Mars rover, says security firm(gmanetwork.com)
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by mck- 14y ago
I miss a REPL ala Common Lisp, not ala irb
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New computer virus hits Middle East - security firm(nzherald.co.nz)
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by mck- 14y ago
Do you think it was caused by HN? The link on bots clicking ads that went viral?
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by mck- 14y ago
Why? Blocking competition?
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Settling slope and constructive Khan criticism(blog.mathed.net)
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Attachments.Me - Better file sharing in Gmail(blog.attachments.me)
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Facebook shares plunge to new low(business.financialpost.com)
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Khan Academy Statistics videos are not good(learnandteachstatistics.wordpress.com)
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by mck- 14y ago
But not everyone is a genius
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A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg(newyorker.com)
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Cool Vancouver Startups(metronews.ca)
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Lojban - a human language that computers easily understand(lojban.org)
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by mck- 14y ago
Our attention span is getting shorter and shorter -- an instant try-out with a "wow" moment is a necessity. Very well done, held my attention long enough and will refer to for future use
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If Apple ruled the ad world(holykaw.alltop.com)
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