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by nardi 12y ago
Often, though, a series of complicated if statements is hinting at a type system for your objects that hasn't yet materialized in your code. I find it's a good idea to always look at cascading if statements and switch statements a
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by nardi 12y ago
They did release it under MIT. It's right there in the first sentence.
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by nardi 12y ago
Read "Lockhart's Lament." It's written much better than this rip-off: http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/mnewman/LockhartsLament.pdf His point is that you're not doing "math" in Algebra
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by nardi 12y ago
It's obviously both "profit" and "prophet." Neither one is wrong.
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by nardi 12y ago
I felt bad for leaving such a horrible reference, so here are a few better ones: http://techland.time.com/2013/05/23/amprius-begins-shipping-... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanowire_batt
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by nardi 12y ago
You're right. I was thinking of profit. Sorry for posting misinformation.
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by nardi 12y ago
I'm well aware of the current limitations of battery technology. Nanotechnology processes are poised to destroy the existing best energy densities. [1] [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanobatteries
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by nardi 12y ago
Apple is the largest laptop/desktop manufacturer.
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by nardi 12y ago
That already happened. The biggest computer manufacturer (Apple) doesn't sell a machine without an SSD.
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by nardi 12y ago
The new MacBooks boot in 1 second. I'll take that any day over extra storage I don't need.
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by nardi 12y ago
People always underestimate batteries, even though we're in the middle of a battery technology revolution at this very moment. In 5 years, people will laugh at the idea of using compressed air instead of just storing electrons. I imagi
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by nardi 12y ago
Not as hilariously involved as doing the same thing on the CLI.
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by nardi 12y ago
> No, it really isn't. My point is that the command line isn't actually all that difficult. For you. > It takes a little more memorization up front, though that hardly makes it only for "experts" (but that seems to
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by nardi 12y ago
Xerox Parc's GUI changed the world in the Macintosh and Windows, bringing computing to the masses. The iOS-like GUI changed the world again in the iPhone, Android, and the iPad. The reason they did is that they were better. Not because
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by nardi 12y ago
Ugh, embarrassingly obvious in retrospect. Thanks.
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by nardi 12y ago
The parent says, and I quote: "...then you get that the reals are uncountable only 'because' of transcendental numbers." But this is untrue, is it not? Because even if you removed all of the real transcendentals, the rea
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by nardi 12y ago
> People really just don't learn it because it looks scary and isn't full of colorful pictures. This is so obliviously insulting to non-experts. The truth is that we geeks will waste hours of our time learning an obtuse interfa
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by nardi 12y ago
I said uncountably infinite. The parent seemed to be under the impression that a few specific transcendental numbers were the reason that the reals were uncountable. I was pointing out that there are uncountably infinite irrational
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by nardi 12y ago
I apologize—I suppose I am somewhat irrationally offended by your seeming disregard for the biggest advance in user interfaces in the history of computers, the graphical touchscreen. Especially considering your position as an expert. GUIs
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by nardi 12y ago
Actually, because of irrational numbers. There are uncountably infinite irrational numbers in between any pair of rational numbers.
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by nardi 12y ago
A toddler can pick up and learn to use an iPad in an hour or two. That will never, EVER be true of CLIs, no matter how well designed. Your perspective on this subject seems to be from an extremely narrow viewpoint that ignores the actual re
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by nardi 12y ago
Unless that regulation produces unintended consequences that depress internet access for all of society as a whole.
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by nardi 12y ago
Of course government should provide roads. And water, and sewage, and a police force, and fire protection, and libraries, etc. What made you think I didn't agree with that? You are fighting a straw man. And "fair" absolutely
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by nardi 12y ago
This makes me wonder how hard it would be to create a cooperative ISP, where the users own the network. I wonder if you could crowdfund something like that easily in, say, San Francisco.
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by nardi 12y ago
Government competition is not fair, because governments don't play by the same rules as businesses. They can make money by fiat through taxes. They can and usually do lose money on services they provide. Businesses simply can't co
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by nardi 12y ago
You clearly (somehow) haven't had Google try to convert one of your Google accounts into a G+ account before, or you've forgotten. There's a whole process involving your real name, a picture, profile, importing contacts, etc.
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by nardi 12y ago
Tokaido won't bork your setup. It's completely self-contained.
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by nardi 12y ago
"...and the internet companies get to avoid new players." I think you missed that part of GP's comment.
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by nardi 13y ago
Since this is over the ocean, I interpreted this to mean reaching a state of stable hover.
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by nardi 13y ago
You should probably watch the video.

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