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961.
by ramchip 16y ago
Why does the sum start with 1? Why not eg. foldl1' (+) $ map face_value dice
962.
by ramchip 16y ago
Let's not start a language pissing contest on HN of all places, please.
963.
by ramchip 16y ago
Tail call optimization is not guaranteed for optimized C/C++ programs, and is not done at all in debug mode, so this kind of implementation can cause trouble with large structures. I used to have fun, too, implementing tail-recursive functi
964.
by ramchip 16y ago
You seem to be seriously confused on the meaning of "lexicon". The standard English lexicon is defined as the words and expressions a standard English speaker knows. If everybody understands "tweet", then it is part of the lexicon, and nobo
965.
by ramchip 16y ago
I've never had any problem with Qt or Boost smart pointers. They may be delicate to write, especially in multithreaded use cases, but once it's written it works rather well.
966.
by ramchip 16y ago
I've found the Visual Studio debugger to be very nice, actually. It shows STL classes in an intelligible way, and the IDE integration is (as expected) excellent. Unfortunately OSS alternatives are still a lot less intuitive, and VS is stuck
967.
by ramchip 16y ago
You just reminded me of why the Internet is an incredible invention.
968.
by ramchip 16y ago
That's an interesting resume. Gave me some ideas to improve mine. Thanks!
969.
by ramchip 16y ago
Do you write articles for TechCrunch in your free time?
970.
by ramchip 16y ago
I do see your point and I found it interesting (I've had to optimize filters in the past and used the same process of coding C and looking at the assembly), but how can "beating the compiler" be interpreted as anything but writing better co
971.
by ramchip 16y ago
Starts by saying how it's a huge myth that compilers generate better code than hand-made assembly... and ends with compiler-generated code, the author basically saying "I think I could do better". It was interesting to see what the compiler
972.
by ramchip 16y ago
> That's not computer science, that's software engineering. If he wants something very "applied", there's also computer engineering. I've been doing research since my first year as an undergrad (mainly through Canadian research grants,
973.
by ramchip 16y ago
most anonymous forums Some of the non-/b/ areas of 4chan are surprising. Look at /jp/: there are people programming games and animations, people translating visual novels from Japanese. They even spawned a group project to make a visual n
974.
by ramchip 16y ago
Coming back from work, mentally drained, with a glass of tea next to the computer. You check HN and stumble on a place where you can write whatever you want. A graffiti corner on the internet. What do you write? It's just appeasing to some
975.
by ramchip 16y ago
Too bad Scribd doesn't work at all for me since the switch to their new viewer (Opera 10.53 at home and some old Firefox at the university computer lab).
976.
by ramchip 16y ago
The worst that could happen to you is a few days in prison I don't know about journalists, but having a criminal file would make many jobs I am interested in inaccessible.
977.
by ramchip 16y ago
Perhaps you mean a quarter century?
978.
by ramchip 16y ago
While something like a Haskell/OCaml implementation would probably be too cutting-edge, considering the conservative inertia of such a big project, I wonder why they didn't consider some high-level language better suited for compiler writi
979.
by ramchip 16y ago
Indoctrination must start early. See also: "Happy meals" ;)
980.
by ramchip 16y ago
I've heard things like 仕事と生活のバランス. But it's true that the concept sounds rather alien. Most of my co-workers at the lab eat, socialize, sleep (I see people sleeping at their desk regularly), etc. at the workplace, and they go out as a group
981.
by ramchip 16y ago
"This is why I am beginning to consider heated outside mirrors essential for driving in cold weather" "You know the Toyota Prius II has heated outside mirrors built in right?" (Edit: Oh, I think I somewhat see your point: noscript is the Fi
982.
by ramchip 16y ago
Yes, and now try this: import Debug.Trace qsort [] = [] qsort (x:xs) = trace "(Called)" qsort (filter (< x) xs) ++ [x] ++ qsort (filter (>= x) xs) Prelude> qsort $! [1..100] Problem is, both of these "cute
983.
by ramchip 16y ago
A moral right, not a legal one. He did say "steal".
984.
by ramchip 16y ago
I can also attest that the Japanese spend in general a lot more hours at work than Americans (although they are, at least in my experience, rather inefficient - socializing tends to be done on the workplace).
985.
by ramchip 16y ago
It's certainly better than inorganic orange juice ;)
986.
by ramchip 16y ago
"Panic" gives this image of people running around and pulling their hair, but it's probably just a combination of computer algorithms hitting their threshold, and people adapting to fresh news to maximize their gain. I don't think people ar
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by ramchip 16y ago
Amusing comment, but I don't really understand why Flash has this reputation of crashing. I don't remember seeing it crash my browser, at least in a very long time. Why is there a "flash is crap" meme? Is it because it's unstable on Linux?
988.
by ramchip 16y ago
being well-read implies being exposed to different things [...] But those who are exposed to a wide variety of things are highly correlated with those who wish to take risks to be exposed to new things I don't follow this reasoning. Being
989.
by ramchip 16y ago
The infographic says that Mininova has less users and visits than The Pirate Bay, yet Mininova is the 108th most popular website and TPB is the 109th. How is that?
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by ramchip 16y ago
> There should be no room for human rights and comfort in a place for those who unabashedly trampled the rights and lives of others. Why is this? Aren't "human rights" rights that apply to all humans?

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