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by nimrody 15y ago
Thanks for the detailed resposne! Assuming I want to go this way - Do you find the mono development tools satisfactory (monodevelop) or do you use Microsoft's and later target iOS?
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by nimrody 15y ago
Can you say a few words on the performance of the mono runtime on iOS (relative to native ObjC apps)? Do you call out to native Objective-c code for compute intensive tasks? Do you find the mono garbage collector limiting in performance? I
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by nimrody 15y ago
If you abolish all patents you leave two options for inventors [some patents truly are ingenious]: - Keep it as a trade secret. You get one source for a product, and less innovation. - Publish it and suffer the consequences of the big compa
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by nimrody 15y ago
Where do you draw the line between a "software patent" and a hardware one? Doesn't make sense to make a distinction based on the method of implementation (especially given that lots of HW is micro-programmable). Yes - many silly patents are
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by nimrody 15y ago
It would help if at least Fossil could use a Git repository (similar to the git plugin for Mercurial). No point in having different projects using multiple version control systems.
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by nimrody 15y ago
Shouldn't they be using Data.ByteString instead of the standard Haskell string? Otherwise any newbie running this code will come back crying: "it's slower than my simple python implementation" (not to mention the standard GNU tools).
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by nimrody 16y ago
What happens when the latest version is not the greatest? With automatic updates you don't get to decide when to upgrade and you usually have no way back. See the latest version of Skype. Google chrome also had a few less-than-perfect ver
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by nimrody 16y ago
Deadlines force you to actual go do something useful. If you find yourself postponing work until the last minute -- break down the job to multiple smaller tasks and set specific deadlines for these. Me - I get something done when I know I h
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by nimrody 16y ago
Is TeXmacs still maintained/developed? TeX has a huge ecosystem built around it (Latex, Contex, many others). It's going to be very difficult replacing that. Better build on what exists rather than replace it.
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by nimrody 16y ago
This does not always play to Apple's side. In my last visit to the local Apple store the saleswoman recommended that we wait for the next model. That was early February.
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by nimrody 16y ago
For some information on why Erlang did not go the RPC way: http://armstrongonsoftware.blogspot.com/2008/05/road-we-didn...
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by nimrody 16y ago
3G phones are complicated beasts. It takes years for an implementation to mature -- and the standardization bodies continue evolving the standards and adding complexity. In the past, Nokia was one of the first to have a prototype implementa
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by nimrody 16y ago
Some more information here: http://sing.stanford.edu/fullduplex/ The problem with full duplex wireless comm. on the same frequency is that the transmitted signal is much stronger than the received signal. Therefore, echo cancelling is usu
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by nimrody 16y ago
A small question: Assuming you use a single type and version of the OS (say ubuntu vXXX) -- Does it make sense to use the OS native packaging system instead of something like Puppet? I.e., maintain a private packages repository where you ad
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by nimrody 16y ago
Add to the list another 'benefit': Getting immediate attention from any male dominated forum (case in point: HN). Having worked with female colleagues (EEs), I have found much more diversity than common behavior. These sort of articles cert
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by nimrody 16y ago
Sometimes, when the difference between "best way" and "standard way of doing things" is not so great -- it is better to go with standard practice. Reduces time to learn for others, and avoids surprises when interacting with other systems (
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by nimrody 16y ago
Not to be picky, but still not good enough: echo '1 2 3 4' | cut -d' ' -f2 'cut' fails when fields are separated by multiple spaces.
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by nimrody 16y ago
Interesting to compare these with http://positivesharing.com/2006/10/10-seeeeeriously-cool-wor... -- especially Pixar's office which is downright beautiful. Personally, while I'm not so fond of the total mess Zappos's offices look like, I
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by nimrody 16y ago
While the leaked code may ease the work of malware writers, keep in mind that whoever writes malware regularly tests against all popular antivirus software . No point in releasing something only to get caught right away.
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by nimrody 16y ago
Are there any plans to have the Scala compiler emit native code? An LLVM front-end would make it much more appealing for general use. Perhaps as a sane (?) alternative to C++ in the high performance computing arena.
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by nimrody 16y ago
I wonder if this is partly due to these families growing their kids in a "foreign" country - Chinese in the US, Jews elsewhere. These families feel their kids have to compete with the natives and may be at a disadvantage initially. Once you
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by nimrody 16y ago
With great power and complexity comes great responsibility. Not many people can write decent C++ programs given the complexity of the language. It's pretty easy to abuse the power and write horrible code. Currently Scala is less affected, s
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by nimrody 16y ago
There is a growing trend of moving from dedicated platforms like Sony's PSP or Nintendo DS to playing games on high end (but now more common) cell phones. In the future, you'll see many devices optimized towards gaming. Manufacturers see
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by nimrody 16y ago
Is it really that difficult working with vim's own scripting language? Or does it limit you in some way? Requiring plugin users to have a ruby/python/perl enabled vim automatically reduces the potential userbase. And one of the benefits of
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by nimrody 16y ago
I've been using the Python based sympy ( http://sympy.org/ ) recently. While this isn't a replacement for Mathematica or even Maxima -- it's pretty powerful. And being able to manipulate equations in python makes it easy to tie operations
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by nimrody 16y ago
Even the hardware manufacturers expect big improvements in every release. Integrating a new release, testing and verifying correct operation of a cell phone is a long and costly procedure. This is why many phones still don't have an updat
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by nimrody 16y ago
Not strictly the same but take a look at the CPU world: VLIW (compilers try to optimize processing based on static knowledge - e.g. Intel's Itanium) vs. the current Intel CPUs (based on P3/P4 architecture) which dynamically allocate resourc
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Thomas Palley: Plan B for Obama on the economy(thomaspalley.com)
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by nimrody 16y ago
Does a language like APL/J really offer something more than other matrix/math oriented languages (Matlab comes to mind)? Other than extreme conciseness (unreadable at times).
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by nimrody 16y ago
May I suggest Roger Zelazny's classic "Nine Princes in Amber"? Short easy read and very well written. Otherwise, when you can affort more than a "short attention span" come back for more recommendations.

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