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by quanticle 16y ago
So how is this better than CoffeeScript ( http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ )?
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by quanticle 16y ago
I don't get his examples. He talks about designs being both "usable and pleasurable", but I don't see any real difference in the designs. They both have fairly flexible layouts, attractive backgrounds and well formatted text. The only el
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by quanticle 16y ago
This story needs context. Unless we know why the user quit using DynDNS, there's no real way to determine whether an appeal like this effective or even appropriate. For example, I used to use DynDNS all the time because I was running a sma
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by quanticle 16y ago
A safety net is useless if it doesn't cover those who need it the most. That's the problem with the social safety-nets in many developing countries. On paper they're great. The problem comes up if you try collecting your benefits while b
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by quanticle 16y ago
>The entire banking system would be automated. There would be no cash in the start-up country. You wouldn't need to "apply" for a loan because the virtual bank would always have a current notion of your credit-worthiness. Am I the only
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by quanticle 16y ago
>Purity Basically the only proper way to write your software in Java is system independent; you’re stuck with the common denominator. On the server side this usually isn’t the biggest problem, but when you do client stuff, you might wan
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by quanticle 16y ago
Well, its not an add-on to the existing black-box systems, its a replacement. These new black boxes are supposed to gather more data about more components. Given that, the $75,000 price tag makes sense. The $3-$5 per minute data cost also
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by quanticle 16y ago
Of course, the logical extension is making it generic across functions: function math(input_func){ return function(first_input){ return function(second_input){ return input_func(first_input, second_
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by quanticle 16y ago
I like the article but the link highlights have to go.
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by quanticle 16y ago
Another thing I've noticed is that asking the "big questions" (e.g. "Who is our customer? What will make me happy?) sometimes becomes a way to avoid acknowledging the answer. The purpose of the question is to bury you in the process of
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by quanticle 16y ago
"I could have learned this baseline material in less than two years of study." Really? In my experience, its really difficult to say how long it would have taken you to learn something in a different fashion after you've already learnt it.
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by quanticle 16y ago
My biggest objection to this entire piece is its lack of specificity. Mr. Douhat simply waves his hands at a lack of "intellectual diversity" within the "elite", without ever defining what he means by "elite" or "intellectual diversity". E
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by quanticle 16y ago
>Alternatively, you could also offer to take over the projects. Go directly to the C-level crew and tell them you're going to be put in charge of the project, you need $x and authority over the project to get it done. Although I agree
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by quanticle 16y ago
It seems like a difference without distinction to me. I mean, sure, it doesn't fit the precise dictionary definition of tail recursion, but the function would be fairly trivial to implement in a purely tail recursive manner. As such, its
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by quanticle 17y ago
I think the chess analogy is fundamentally flawed. You're presuming that there's a Chinese "chessmaster". Instead, as we have seen from all sorts of phenomena, from the Anonymous protests against Scientology to Al Qaeda terrorism, distrib