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by newt0311 18y ago
Seems a bit late in the conversation to mention this but there is no need to rewrite code to port from python 2.x to 3.0. Basically, move to python 2.6 -- largely an incremental change. Then use the -3 switch to find all the warnings and th
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by newt0311 18y ago
Emacs: Rectangular selection. A complete superset of that functionality. Check out the C-x r --- key combos. Inserting in a rectangle: C-x r t Deleting in a rectangle: C-x r d and more...
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by newt0311 18y ago
they aren't at the party until textmate has a turing-complete programming language built in. It has a while to go.
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by newt0311 18y ago
It seems to me that frameworks are too big to develop easily and they lock the user into a certain... well... framework. Anyone interested in coming up with a bottom up approach? Ie. make higher and higher level tools for a certain task (al
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by newt0311 18y ago
GAAAHHHH!!! Enough with this credit cards are bad BS. Cons with CCs: If you don't manage your funds well, you git hit with a 20%+ interest rate and will never likely climb out of that hole. Solution: learn to manage debt. Seriously, most CC
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by newt0311 18y ago
OSs are low level. An interpreted language is anything but low-level.
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by newt0311 18y ago
Great idea but DNS is not exactly the most secure of protocols. Also, the current domains can already do this through arbitrary records (as has been mentioned already).
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Some state governors do not want bailout.(online.wsj.com)
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by newt0311 18y ago
So... banks do add value to the economy. They efficiently allocate capital. Quite a few banks nowadays may be overpaid and badly managed but that does not mean that there is no productivity in banking and finance and it does not mean that b
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by newt0311 18y ago
I should point out that hg is perfectly capable of maintaining multiple named branches in the same physical repository. Checkout hg branch. I am not that familiar with bzr but it probably has something similar.
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by newt0311 18y ago
Inaccurate. For example, in the section for "Any Workflow," the author contends that git is better than bzr, hg, svn, and perforce. However, this is completely false. bzr has far better support for the central repository (svn-style workflow
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by newt0311 18y ago
Doesn't matter. People always think that their own designs are good.
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by newt0311 18y ago
Its not functional programming per se but higher level languages in general. Most scheme and lisp environments already come with high-level abstractions which completely obviate the need for any obvious design pattern (like visitor, etc...)
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by newt0311 18y ago
It isn't. Nobody (sane and informed) thinks that this is an economic move or any sort of sensible investment. Thats not what the debate is about. Personally, I would rather these 3 companies went bankrupt than continue to be a drain on the
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by newt0311 18y ago
According to the article, the Sun people didn't have much to do with the GA release.
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by newt0311 18y ago
People need an excuse? Edit: On a more serious note, this is nothing new. MySQL has had bugs and an insane amount of gotchas ever since it was released. Admittedly, every software product has some gotchas but compare the irregularities of M
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by newt0311 18y ago
geolocation. Info. on wikipedia. In summary: A reverse-DNS search through the DNS system combined with more information from geolocation DBs can usually pinpoint location to within a few miles unless the user goes to some lengths to hide it
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by newt0311 18y ago
In all fairness, while most newspapers may be devolving into gossip columns, some of them still strive to maintain some dignity like WSJ, NYT, etc...
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by newt0311 18y ago
Yeah... Thats what we thought about the TARP too. Originally, it was almost poised to turn a profit. Then Paulson decided that buying troubled assets was not the way to go. The lesson is not (just) that government has trouble ever turning a
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by newt0311 18y ago
As has already been mentioned, LyX and TeXmacs are possibilities. Try plain LateX a few times before jumping for the wysiwyg option. It may be nice to see the final output immediately but the benefit of macros combined with the advanced cap
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by newt0311 18y ago
Proven is a very strong word. Care to state your proof?
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US Govt. rescues Citigroup.(online.wsj.com)
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by newt0311 18y ago
That really depends on experience. I remember when I started out with latex that it would take me hours to do the simplest of things but now, I take notes in it in class on the fly and I can handle all the formatting immediately. Also, us
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by newt0311 18y ago
Of course not. But thats still better than the government where nobody figured it out.
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by newt0311 18y ago
Would a few weeks be long enough for such an experiment? Keep in mind that HN is basically a massive non-linear complex system and in these systems, effects take a ludicrously long time to percolate. It may take a year before the effects se
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by newt0311 18y ago
Because there is no longer any leeway in the system for error. Each flight is turned around and sent out in such minimal time that if it is late for any reason the problem cascades on to the next flight. And the whole system is so well coo
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Proposed regulation of "crucial" US institutions(online.wsj.com)
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by newt0311 18y ago
No, and the evidence backs this up. Guess who wanted the most to increase home ownership and pressed for subprime loans through stunts like the community re-investment act? Congress. Guess whose legally protected rating agencies gave AA+ ra
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by newt0311 18y ago
You don't need to be a qualified investor to invest in the general economy. Banks, mutual funds, and a dozen other easily accessible instruments willingly do that for you. As for reduced taxes, I would argue that it seems like the ideal way
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by newt0311 18y ago
Better option: Reduce taxes so that money can be invested by the people who earned it. Radical huh.

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