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by proemeth 17y ago
Europe (with ECB's support if necessary) won't let Greece default.
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by proemeth 17y ago
Continuations are a nice tool. And intuitive.
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by proemeth 17y ago
What about loop variables? Want to re-allocate them at each step?
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by proemeth 17y ago
Well I think this article has its place on HN because it questions values that are so consensual they are never discussed. Ethics sure is a tough ground to venture on, the author goes there but not only, and makes a few points.
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by proemeth 17y ago
Long but worth the read, because insightful, well researched and written. It questions a value that can be so deeply rooted in our paradigms that i got a bit of a "shock" myself. I love to read something so refreshing. http://en.wikipedia.
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by proemeth 17y ago
Then, since Solo shot first, he was a fine duelist. This reconciles the argument: he can be a good guy AND shoot first. Solo did not _intend_ to shoot first, but while reposting his instincts made him the fastest.
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by proemeth 17y ago
I like Guy Steele's "Debunking the 'Expensive Procedure Call' Myth". http://repository.readscheme.org/ftp/papers/ai-lab-pubs/AIM-...
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by proemeth 17y ago
Funny comment: "PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDS". Like Ada and Linda: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LindaEtymology . If a langage was a girlfriend, what would be the equivalent of _ ?
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by proemeth 17y ago
I use vimperator for firefox, it uses vim-style command-line. Works great and is extensible. http://vimperator.org/
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by proemeth 17y ago
There is no such thing as metaprogramming. To help convince ourselves: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2009/07/do-you-believe-in-m...
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by proemeth 17y ago
The consequences of defaulting are not only moral or societal: it gets in your credit history. Banks will be less enclined to lend you money in the future, and if they do you'll end up paying 5x more premium.
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by proemeth 17y ago
Plenty more tips on using Google there: http://www.searchlores.org/google.htm (Make sure you check out the main website, goldmine on internet search).
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by proemeth 17y ago
Another classic about how to argue: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
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by proemeth 17y ago
Great article! Shows how you can get your compiler to be "smart enough" on demand. Illustrates some of the power of lisp and macros.
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by proemeth 17y ago
It's pretty much the principle of dividends. With prefered shares you can even define the conditions of dividends, index them on the company's income.
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by proemeth 17y ago
This is more economic than politic. The government creates an incentive to sort garbage, which should lead to new businesses creation and better overall management of garbage/recycling. The article suggests that people have to sort their ga
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by proemeth 17y ago
Showing how there is information in google requests, as well as in indexed pages. I wonder are these statistics analysed/available somwhere?
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by proemeth 17y ago
The title is a bit misleading. The concept of Passive-aggressive behavior is something different, and you can do it through email, phone... Synchronous/asynchronous would be more accurate.
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The Economics of Disrespect(freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by proemeth 17y ago
This article suggest speculation can be seen as a constant-sum game, similar to a poker game. People know the only money they make is at the expense of someone else. People who enter the market as investors (as opposed to speculators) get t
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by proemeth 17y ago
Zopa acts here as a credit agency: they evaluate the borrower's creditworthiness but the lenders keeps the credit risk. What is their incentive to do this assessment thoroughly, and how are they going to get their credibility? The idea of c