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by pangram 15y ago
Looks like mongodb + compojure + some other interesting libraries (clojail for protected eval, for example), running on a Linode.
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by pangram 15y ago
You may be right on the absolute numbers. However, a) the HN readers that are most inclined to move from GoDaddy probably have control over more domains than the average person (either personal or via their responsibilities for their compa
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by pangram 15y ago
I think there's a sizable audience out there that would like to use more FP but would also like to be able to integrate into their existing infrastructure. If you're already using Java it would seem much easier to sell "Hey, let's try Scal
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by pangram 15y ago
I'm pretty sure it refers to development tools, not people.
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by pangram 15y ago
Yeah, the undo is a bit strange -- in stock Emacs you have to make a change to the buffer to start undoing in the opposite direction. You can use "undo-only" for a simpler model, or check out some extensions that modify undo mode: http:/
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by pangram 15y ago
Fanboyism implies a level of obsession or passion that is greater than just loyalty -- to the extent that you won't say anything bad about them at all, and will attack anyone that does.
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by pangram 15y ago
You might be referring to "The Dead Past," a classic short story by Asimov. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past
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by pangram 15y ago
Yeah, that's one thing that bothered me somewhat about the article: the implied assumption that any sort of consensual arrangement where the man is getting sex is by definition exploitative. If it were a young man getting paid by an older
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by pangram 15y ago
These are good points (and there are other confounding factors, such as the fact that anybody taking part in the test would naturally be more familiar with block boarding). Nonetheless it seems like it might be worth trying out, as they do
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by pangram 15y ago
Using git with a post-commit hook would work well for this.
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by pangram 15y ago
Your thesis here is that Lisp itself was a limiting factor in AI research? What alternate language/direction would have resulted in substantially more progress?
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by pangram 15y ago
Out of interest, what was the theoretical gain of the optimized panel vs. the flat ones?
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by pangram 15y ago
It's a relative import -- where "relative" here is like relative vs. absolute paths. See: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html
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by pangram 15y ago
I had almost the exact same setup, and ended up moving to a Macbook Air recently -- basically for a nice screen and a good trackpad. It's difficult to find decent screens in the sub-$500 price range.
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by pangram 15y ago
Reading is more comfortable when the text is not sized to the entire screen (cite below, with more references). Also, witness the number of window managers that offer ways to facilitate half-window views (i.e., XMonad, Cinch or SizeUp, Win
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by pangram 15y ago
Whenever I go through a toll bridge, I frequently pay the toll of the person behind me. I've sometimes wondered if it propagates backward at all. For the Starbucks card, I would love to live in a society where this could work. Unfortunatel
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by pangram 15y ago
Python code to validate via Google authenticator (sorry, self link): http://www.brool.com/index.php/using-google-authenticator-fo...
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by pangram 15y ago
I wrote a little shim that allowed to write me to write Hadoop jobs in Clojure, and had two small test functions that would apply a map / reduce to a test file -- it made development of Hadoop jobs a bit easier. See: https://github.com/b
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by pangram 15y ago
Did you happen to write/blog anywhere about the scenario and the reasons for the move from PHP to Java? It would be an interesting case study.
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by pangram 15y ago
A proud moment for me was when my then-six-year-old daughter wrote a letter to Santa that said, "Dear Santa, I know that you can't exist because you would have to go faster than light to deliver all those presents." I don't know where she g
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by pangram 16y ago
He is perhaps trying to avoid aggressive recruiters.
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by pangram 16y ago
Yes, this is brilliant -- and could take care of Wikipedia's funding problems is one stroke.
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by pangram 16y ago
What I would really like is an Emacs macro that would just insert the appropriate keybinding code for use in an .emacs file -- there doesn't seem to be one but it seems like it would be an obvious help. Or is this one of those Emacs thing
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by pangram 16y ago
Exactly this. My web based usage of e-mail is down -- simply because I usually get my e-mail on my mobile phone. If anything, though, ease of access through mobile devices has increased my total usage of e-mail.
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by pangram 16y ago
However, do not try keeping the phone out of airplane mode as a substitute for other contraception methods.
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by pangram 16y ago
According to Google, it's been on the rise since the 40's. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=honored+and+humbl...
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by pangram 16y ago
It's an interesting position, but may still leave you with the same problem. A fair proportion of the disruptive students actually want to be at school (since that's where everyone else is) -- so even if you make it voluntary you will stil
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by pangram 16y ago
Thanks, I already have a hosts file. Now if I only had the willpower to point ycombinator to 127.0.0.1, I'd have tons of extra time.
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by pangram 16y ago
That makes it sound even worse, actually -- it takes 80 seconds to start up and it still isn't finished? What is it doing for those first 80 seconds?
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by pangram 16y ago
This is why I'm really liking Crashplan as a storage service; they offer the ability to use their software to backup to your friends' drives (and vice versa). It perhaps doesn't work out well for everyone, but I have enough friends that ke

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