p_nathan

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by p_nathan 16y ago
really? It seems very applicable to CS research.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Clearly enough laws will solve the problem. Clearly.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I've had multiple bugs based on whitespace being significant. A C-descended language which had braces around the block would not have had the bug at all. Another problem with it is that I can't just comment out, say, an if, and have the cod
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I would like to have a million. Two, if I could get it... three I wouldn't turn down either. I have defined two very specific and (not too horribly) lavish goals: have $0.00 month-to-month debt and to own a house with some acreage in the Am
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I have no idea. It's not the definition of "dignified existence in the US" for anyone I respect, that's for sure.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I have a mathematics minor as part of my bachelor's in computer science. I have never once regretted my mathematics training. I sometimes wish I had more.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Unfortunately, yes, sorta. What most science is about is building a mathematical model of the thing under description. As software engineers, we know that models and other abstractions break down around the edges, especially when the abstra
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Agreed. The author seems to have a very bean-counter attitude towards things; I think he is saying, if it's not immediately making money, or can't be shown to be immediately making money, axe it! Real innovation is so radical there is no bu
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I personally really like the idea of the duplicate detector. I didn't realize it was going on. I really don't want to see conversation split across threads; I'd rather have one conversation per link. my 0.02 c
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Programmers.SE is the soft questions relating to programming life and career, basically. It's much more relaxed about discussiony questions than SO. I participate there regularly.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
It's a bit girly for most of the lady engineers I see around. But, then, it's Barbie. The definition of girly. I'm glad it's at least there tho.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I'm thinking, you know, there used to be complaints about vi being an operating system with a lousy text editor. Oh, wait, that was emacs, wasn't it. Hmmmm.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I'm fond of duckduckgo. The author is a HN member to boot.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Nah. Sorry man, but this list is so tilted towards the web-app world it's more than a bit ridiculous. For an genuinely deep understanding, start at the gate/transistor level and move up the stack. Here is a list which will hit major portion
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Cable is on its way out. Maybe not today, maybe not next year, maybe not in five years. But it is surpassed and supplanted by the Internet. Movies, news and TV shows will continue, and online pricing will, in the course of time, adjust to r
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by p_nathan 16y ago
doh, ja
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by p_nathan 16y ago
agreed - it was initially developed in about 10 days of caffeine, and it shows. gorram it, jwz.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Safe is not a good word for rebase. It's a tool, and a fairly sharp double-edged one at that. Use with care.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
It is a terrible thing that the Library of Alexandria was burnt. Where we might be today if that had not happened...
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Tastebuds totally does not connote music dating to me, it connotes a foodie site. I really had a moment of mental dissonance there. It's a nice short name, easy to remember and spell, but I'm not feeling the connotations. /my 0.02 cents.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Restated, the author's argument is as follows: -- Twitter is a subset of Facebook for the purpose of communicating with real life friends. Facebook does the job better, too. -- For other purposes, Twitter gains in value, but not a lot.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I've seen another variant on this test - What it boils down to is that: (1) rote memorization is not an indicator of intelligence or skill. (2) specialty datapoints regarding farm life are no longer required (3) English grammar teaching is
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by p_nathan 16y ago
'X is dead' is dead.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Also, note that SMS is charged per/SMS, whereas email is a few KB for a dataplan. I suspect as dataplans become ubiquitous, IM and email will merge with/replace SMS. Possibly the whole business will reduce down to point-to-point and multica
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Agreed. I prefer email or paper letters for any substantiative communication in my personal communication - at work, email is the communication medium. IM is available, but it far, far, far lags email.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I like Perl. :P
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Well, yes. :-) But I'm considering the language from me, a user.
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by p_nathan 16y ago
He brings out a good point: there was a warrant. While I'm not convinced that this is strictly... right, it does seem at least some level of due process was followed. I'm not even sure there is a legal framework for shutting websites and
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by p_nathan 16y ago
I am strongly reminded of Perl 6 and Lisp. I guess my question is, "what does Katahdin provide that Perl 6 doesn't" (leaving aside the .NET integration)?
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by p_nathan 16y ago
Python is currently Very Popular. I'm not a fan, but the popularity does give you access to lots of docs and help. I would suggest C# is a good language for starting on Windows. It's popular, widely supported, and doggone easy to write GUI

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