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Bug that depend on the phase of the moon(catb.org)
1 points by niyazpk 17y ago|0 comments
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by niyazpk 17y ago
I don't remember having problems with the way operator precedence work in any languages I worked with. May be I don't write complicated programs as you guys do. Most of the time operator precedence works according to the BODMAS rule. Doesn'
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Ask HN: What are the good alternatives to Google Groups?
14 points by niyazpk 17y ago|11 comments
844.
by niyazpk 17y ago
I think we should compare the size of the assembly code generated for this with the original. Other than reducing the readability, I cannot think of any advantage offered by the mere compression of the source code.
845.
by niyazpk 17y ago
You can say the same by clicking on the up arrow right next to the comment. :)
846.
Fallacies of Cryptography and Compression(quadibloc.com)
1 points by niyazpk 17y ago|0 comments
847.
Mark Nandor's Solution to the Longest Line Question (nandor.org)
1 points by niyazpk 17y ago|0 comments
848.
by niyazpk 17y ago
From their website: Your data is encrypted on-the-fly before leaving your browser. Passpack uses the AES-256 encryption algorithm...only you can decrypt it with your secret Packing Key. If the technology works as they say, it is secure. N
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The greatest program ever written(kuro5hin.org)
141 points by niyazpk 17y ago|56 comments
850.
by niyazpk 17y ago
What can it be used for?
851.
by niyazpk 17y ago
Apart from the interestingness angle, can somebody explain to me how the value of π to 2.7 trillion decimal places is useful?
852.
Strangest language feature - Stack Overflow(stackoverflow.com)
9 points by niyazpk 17y ago|6 comments
853.
Stack Overflow: Where We Hate Fun(blog.stackoverflow.com)
7 points by niyazpk 17y ago|1 comments
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by niyazpk 17y ago
I have no idea about the real program which generated this, but here is a piece of code that does something very similar: http://www.hoozi.com/post/r8kmz/programming-problems-arrangi...
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John Gruber on GitHub Flavored Markdown(daringfireball.net)
2 points by niyazpk 17y ago|0 comments
856.
Happy new year HN What changes do you want to see in 2010?
2 points by niyazpk 17y ago|0 comments
857.
by niyazpk 17y ago
.. and I am a programmer and I can develop web apps if you want me to.
858.
by niyazpk 17y ago
Good idea. It makes sense in many cases. I will try that too. BTW I am not a designer myself. I am a programmer.
859.
by niyazpk 17y ago
My initial idea was to do something similar - do away with everything other than the article title + text and push everything else to the footer, but then I thought that it would be a radical design decision (as far a blog is concerned). Wi
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by niyazpk 17y ago
Just finished writing a minimalistic wordpress theme. The focus was to hide all the unwanted noise (categories, tags, rss buttons, ads etc) from the view and make the text highly readable. Demo: http://clear.kera.la/2009/12/a-theme-for-w
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by niyazpk 17y ago
The article has some points here and there, but the personal attack on pg was a bit of sensationalism, without which it would have been HN-worthy.
862.
by niyazpk 17y ago
Yeah, it is a couple of years behind the state-of-the-art, but the main reason is beacuase of how TRAI defined broadband (Always on connection with minimum download speed of 256 kbps). If they increase the threshold, I think the ISPs will c
863.
Why do magnets attract?(youtube.com)
1 points by niyazpk 17y ago|0 comments
864.
by niyazpk 17y ago
I think they are up again. It is working for me at least.
865.
by niyazpk 17y ago
I live in Bangalore and I have always found that asking Google Maps is way better than asking locals. This tweak is a real bonus improvement over that.
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by niyazpk 17y ago
JavaScript has come a long way. It feels weird that these days when I am trying out some fun projects or algorithms, I prefer using JavaScript to build a prototype if possible. JavaScript is fast enough for my small computing needs & It
867.
Great Findings From Social Sciences Applied To Online Communities(feverbee.com)
1 points by niyazpk 17y ago|0 comments
868.
by niyazpk 17y ago
I posted a solution here ( http://bit.ly/4AGCju ) (to get back the images), but looks like nobody likes it. May be that was a bad way to approach the problem. Anyway I am looking forward to more news on how they are going to resolve the iss
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Ask HN: What are your favorite speeches/talks?
1 points by niyazpk 17y ago|1 comments
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Placating Publishers by Limiting Links: A Google ‘Five-Click’ FAQ(wired.com)
1 points by niyazpk 17y ago|0 comments

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