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   by pw0ncakes 17y ago

   I'm going to guess that dinosaurs changed colors according to their environments (green in forests, brown/yellow in deserts). They evolved over millions of years, while skin/coat/scale color tends to change over the span of a couple millenn
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   by pw0ncakes 17y ago

   CTM is fun! That and Types and Programming Languages.
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   by pw0ncakes 17y ago

   Those sorts of awards, in general, are designed to encourage rising greatness rather than recognize it posthumously. This was the rationale behind giving Obama the Peace Prize so early in his presidency. I believe it's a requirement for the
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   by pw0ncakes 17y ago

   Solid recommendations. Thanks. I have Real World Haskell, which she's welcome to borrow, although I'm also in the process of reading it. :)
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   by pw0ncakes 17y ago

   Interesting, and surprising, because most scientists in modern times are still just implementing their advisors' ideas at 27. I'd believe that they peak in "freshness" in their late 20s and early 30s, but I think the peak of competence is l
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   by pw0ncakes 17y ago

   I have to disagree with the age fetishization in this article. You hear the same thing about math and the creative arts, especially in popular depictions: that a mathematician or artist is "dead" by age 30. It's not true. Creatives of all s
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   Ask HN: Good books for starting functional programming?

   7 points by pw0ncakes 17y ago|6 comments