mhartl

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by mhartl 12y ago
But there is no objectively true philosophy. There is, however, objectively inconsistent philosophy. Bostrom would probably argue that most people believe things (such as valuing individual lives) that are inconsistent with complacency
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They're expanding. It's a land grab, so gaining market share is more important than profitability. Spolsky wrote about it here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2010/02/14.html
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by mhartl 12y ago
Now the title has been truncated even further, from "Reasons to choose your reading carefully" to "Choose your reading carefully". Just use the original title, which was fine. In fact, it was better, because "three
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by mhartl 12y ago
I suggest restoring the original title of the article, which is "Three thousand reasons to choose your reading carefully". The purpose of preventing titles from beginning with numbers is to get rid of things like "10 things y
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by mhartl 12y ago
This question was tackled a while back by, of all people, John McCarthy (AI pioneer and creator of Lisp). You can find his analysis here: http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/arithmetic.html
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by mhartl 12y ago
Looks awesome. Are there any regulatory issues associated with starting a formal school with a physical location?
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Launch of the 3rd Edition of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial Screencasts(news.railstutorial.org)
3 points by mhartl 12y ago|1 comments
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Launch of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial screencasts (3rd edition)(news.railstutorial.org)
3 points by mhartl 12y ago|0 comments
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by mhartl 12y ago
It's fascinating to read about the blunders both competitors made. One of the many strengths of computer chess programs is that they are virtually guaranteed never to make such mistakes.
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by mhartl 12y ago
Indeed, unlike billg, Ballmer actually graduated ! I've learned over the years that, when a bio says "So-and-so attended Harvard", it means So-and-so went there but didn't finish. Not that I object! Harvard dropouts lik
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by mhartl 12y ago
In a narrow sense, yes, but virtually all investor returns typically come from a few big winners. For example, although many Y Combinator startups have achieved great success, most of YC's returns come from just three companies: Airbnb
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by mhartl 12y ago
The Romans conquered the Greeks politically, but culturally the influence went mainly in the other direction, and in fact the Meditations (per my comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8580261 ) were written in Gr
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by mhartl 12y ago
I once had the same thought, only to discover (as another commenter speculated) that Marcus wrote the Meditations in the common (Koine) Greek of the day. [1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations
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by mhartl 12y ago
Not wanting to wait through the prologue, I skipped ahead in the video, where I searched in vain for the real-time drop. It's bizarre that they apparently didn't show it even once, especially since it can't have taken more th
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by mhartl 12y ago
“I can just, like, YOLO with Uber,” she said. I nominate this for Millennial Sentence of the Year.
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by mhartl 12y ago
I've never really understood this visualization. It's a cheat in so many ways (wrong dimensionality, reliance on actual gravity to work, etc.). While such "gee-whiz" demonstrations are great at getting people excited abo
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by mhartl 12y ago
N.B. The link points to the comments thread.
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by mhartl 12y ago
It's strange that the article hints at genetic differences in caffeine metabolism and sensitivity ("Some people will get edgy from a weak cup of tea. For others, a double espresso is required to get them into the shower in the mor
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by mhartl 12y ago
The link is formatted as Markdown, which is designed to be human-readable as well as easily convertible to HTML [1]: The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been
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by mhartl 12y ago
Yes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8442067
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by mhartl 12y ago
Take a look at Softcover ( http://www.softcover.io/ ), which is a 100% open-source ebook production toolchain used to produce the Ruby on Rails Tutorial book (among others).
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by mhartl 12y ago
GitHub is indeed the 800 lb. Git gorilla in the OSS world, so I don't doubt that your main motivation is to serve the interests of your readers, but it's probably a good idea to disclose the potential conflict of interest (namely,
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by mhartl 12y ago
Perhaps the main advantage is that Git has won the mindshare war vs. Mercurial, and there are benefits to using what everyone else is using. Indeed, über-hacker Eric Raymond mentioned as recently as yesterday that he supports git even thoug
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by mhartl 12y ago
Those interested in a tool that lets you use your text editor with an auto-refreshed HTML view should check out Softcover ( http://softcover.io/ ), which among other things is the build system used by the Ruby on Rails Tutor
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by mhartl 12y ago
Dirac once introduced his wife by saying, "Allow me to present Wigner's sister, who is now my wife."
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by mhartl 12y ago
I was joking, of course—there are no secret handshakes.* I had a great time at Harvard and have always been grateful to have the chance to attend. I also did plenty of networking while I was there. Finally, don't underestimate the valu
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by mhartl 12y ago
Is there any framework in the JavaScript world as mature as Rails or Django (or with as many features)? This isn't a rhetorical question; as the author of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial , I'd like to know what (if anything) I should
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by mhartl 12y ago
The true value of an Ivy league degree is making connections to other wealthy people and learning the secret handshakes or whatever to be allowed into aristocrat level job opportunities. If this is the case, I really need to get a refun
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by mhartl 12y ago
While I admire your conscientiousness, I think you may be overshooting caution and flirting with timidity. Audentes Fortuna iuvat.
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Ruby’s Unary Operators and How to Redefine Their Functionality(rubyinside.com)
9 points by mhartl 12y ago|2 comments

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