philh

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1411.
by philh 19y ago
I don't think I quite understand how the two interact, but wouldn't your example work with either lexical or dynamic bindings? > (let ((foo 1)) ; foo is lexical > (define (bar n) (+ foo n)) > (bar 2) ; =&#
1412.
by philh 19y ago
The actual paper is linked at http://www.som.yale.edu/faculty/keith.chen/papers.htm The article doesn't give what seems to be a pretty important detail. Children and monkeys chose the new item 63 and 60% of the time, respectively. That su
1413.
by philh 19y ago
But also from the article: "After identifying three colors preferred about equally by a monkey -" They didn't assume there were no preferences. Their mistake was to assume they could measure them precisely enough.
1414.
by philh 19y ago
Union seems to be implemented in clisp by copying the second set, and adding to the copy any elements from the first set that aren't in the second. If there's a duplicate in the first set, they both get added because it's the original of th
1415.
by philh 19y ago
He talks about how problems are caused by IE8 identifying as IE. So sites which check for IE to run hacks run them anyway, even though they aren't necessary any more. Couldn't this be fixed by rebranding? Instead of IE8, release a totally n
1416.
by philh 19y ago
This is neat. I'd like to see it extended to things other than websites, like MSN messenger. Not sure how that would work though.
1417.
by philh 19y ago
If I understand the article correctly, what they're attempting isn't the Turing test. The bot will be interacting with people in Second Life, and they'll be hoping none of those people realise it's a bot. That's not the same as trying to fo
1418.
by philh 19y ago
What I use for 11 is take the final digit, subtract the penultimate, add the third last, etc. The result = the original number (mod 11). Obviously it works if you start at the MSD, but then you need to worry about whether there's an even nu
1419.
by philh 19y ago
I use opera for some things (reddit, news.yc, webcomics, games), elinks for others (mostly forums), and vary between the two for research and other things. I like how easy it is to navigate with the keyboard in elinks (though the default se
1420.
by philh 19y ago
Faster-than-light travel.
1421.
by philh 19y ago
"B does not know whether C can see anybody with blue eyes." - that's not true. C can see A. Yes. But what you quoted was part of A's reasoning. A doesn't know that he has blue eyes. If he doesn't, then C can only see B with blue eyes. And
1422.
by philh 19y ago
No. Suppose there are only three people with blue eyes. A knows that B can see at least one blue-eyed person. And B knows that C can see at least one blue-eyed person. But A doesn't know that B knows that. A reasons: if I have brown eyes,
1423.
by philh 19y ago
It's all meaningless unless you intend it to have meaning. But tables are probably easier to work with. (That may change in future, but right now I don't think any mainstream tools assume markup is semantic. And in any case, tables aren't m
1424.
by philh 19y ago
Please don't editorialise in the headline. We're perfectly capable of judging it as idiocy for ourselves.
1425.
by philh 19y ago
That doesn't explain why one group lost weight and the other didn't.
1426.
by philh 19y ago
Even in a graphical browser, I found the permalink icons really intrusive. I'm used to things like that being used to sign off posts ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/29/erskine_steps_down/ ), and it breaks the flow to see them at the
1427.
by philh 19y ago
You're right, but remember that an infiltrated computer is bad for everyone on the web, not just the owner. (Also, I'd place at least some blame on the people trying to trick you into installing malware, however stupid you'd have to be to
1428.
by philh 19y ago
I'm basically the same, although I have viper and vimpulse modes switched on in emacs. (Years after switching from vim I still thought non-modal editing was an aberration, so I gave up trying to brainwash myself.) And (very) occasionally I
1429.
by philh 19y ago
The argument is that apple is an abusive monopolist because songs you buy with iTunes can only be played on the iPod. The FM reciever has nothing to do with it.
1430.
by philh 19y ago
>An ill-informed rant from a crank is not the same as "backed up". Omouse isn't (directly) asserting anything about perl. He's making assertions about Naggum's assertions. For that purpose, the ill-informed rant in question is an excell
1431.
by philh 19y ago
There would be a couple of problems with that. - Engineers generally wouldn't want to do it. Adding layers of indirection between them and the customer would make them happier, but also less effective. - Optimally, the engineers should be f
1432.
by philh 19y ago
What's the difference between "adding a feature" and "improving the site"? I always took them to be the same thing. In that sense, you're either adding a feature or you're stagnating. (Or, I suppose, going backwards.)
1433.
by philh 19y ago
Newlisp, if we're allowed different lisp dialects. (If not, new challenge: lisp dialect for every letter of the alphabet.)
1434.
by philh 19y ago
"Start small. Many people are afraid to make phone calls, or to approach a clerk in a store. Begin by practicing these little habits. A clerk in a book store answers hundreds of questions a month. Theres no reason to be frightened of askin
1435.
by philh 19y ago
That would be the equivalent of writing down a few notes for your essay beforehand and then posting the first draft. The revisions are needed for a reason, which doesn't go away if you're talking instead of typing.
1436.
by philh 19y ago
You could always update the UI on the assumption that it will succeed, and then check the return value. If you get failure, notify the user somehow. Making the UI seem a slight bit more responsive might not be really worth it, of course.
1437.
by philh 19y ago
No, but I've tried pressing spacebar to turn the page.