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Acts_as_rickroll: an actual Rails plugin for pranking users with passé intarweb memes(procnew.com)
2 points by pius 19y ago|0 comments
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Rubies all the way down(programblings.com)
3 points by pius 19y ago|0 comments
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Using Ruby strings correctly(giantrobots.thoughtbot.com)
1 points by pius 19y ago|0 comments
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GitHub switches back to SVN, launches SVNHub(github.com)
5 points by pius 19y ago|7 comments
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by pius 19y ago
Funny how you miss really obvious things when you're against the clock... Yeah, that's the thing. I feel like I should have gotten all of the noble gases, for instance. Nope, blanked most of them out. Fun times though!
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by pius 19y ago
I jumped into this without any preparation and, oof, did it make me feel really dumb . . . especially given that I've had this thing memorized in the past. I got 40 of them.
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Designed for Microsoft Windows(paulgraham.com)
16 points by pius 19y ago|14 comments
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by pius 19y ago
I hear a lot of people saying that the Macbook Pro isn't worth it, but I think it is. I bought a Macbook and ended up upgrading to the Pro within a week. The Macbook felt sluggish for me. My typical usage pattern is several browser window
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by pius 19y ago
That's cool -- my bad if I came off rude to you in anyway. I just don't agree with your conclusion.
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by pius 19y ago
"All of the primary evidence" is what, one person speaking pejoratively about a hacker in a student newspaper article? If you're gonna take a contrarian view, you should probably show some pretty solid evidence to justify it.
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by pius 19y ago
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to present that in a way that would make you feel like you need to get defensive. I was trying to use Wikipedia for your benefit. My opinion is actually based on primary sources from my time at MIT (e.g. alums who
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by pius 19y ago
This is a completely incorrect conclusion. As I wrote on the blog: Actually, you’re the one who’s mistaken — history does support the benign view. As you note, the term hacker dates back even to the Tech Model Railroad Club. The term was
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Making a UI to Input “Availability”(startbreakingfree.com)
1 points by pius 19y ago|0 comments
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EBay's early backer to leave board of directors(news.zdnet.com)
1 points by pius 19y ago|0 comments
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Digital Launchbox and TechStars Join Forces to Directly Take On Y Combinator [video announcement](youtube.com)
2 points by pius 19y ago|1 comments
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by pius 19y ago
News.yc "user" nickb is actually a sockpuppet for Paul Graham?? I doubt it.
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by pius 19y ago
I was worried about that too but, in my case at least, my karma seems to be intact . . . so far.
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by pius 19y ago
nice.
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MIT Inaccuracies in 21(feld.com)
2 points by pius 19y ago|0 comments
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by pius 19y ago
I've heard various exhibits and collections described to viewers as challenging, but this one is probably the most challenging I've seen.
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by pius 19y ago
An RDF triple store based on CouchDB and an S2O layer (SPARQL to Objects) mapper.
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by pius 19y ago
Of course implementing someone else's algorithm is fairly easy. Coming up with the next RSA, though, is very difficult.
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by pius 19y ago
You got me. :)
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by pius 19y ago
Joshua Bloch's presenting is as good as his writing. This is a really well articulated, practical presentation.
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How to Design a Good API & Why it Matters(infoq.com)
5 points by pius 19y ago|1 comments
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by pius 19y ago
Oh, and I'd add cryptography because it's difficult enough that you probably shouldn't write your own unless you've been formally trained and have put some time in as a practitioner.
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by pius 19y ago
To be fair though, the execution in the category Once won for was superb. Note that they did not win for, say, cinematography.
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by pius 19y ago
When I was in your shoes I got a lot out of taking a look at the language documentation for the http related libraries in the languages I used. Often times there are good examples that'll get you started for basic stuff. In Ruby, for examp
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by pius 19y ago
"There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things" -Phil Karlton In all seriousness, I agree with your list with the exception of mod_rewrite. I'd also add mastery of algorithms and complexity theo
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by pius 19y ago
tl;dr

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