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by rickmode 15y ago
You've described the very definition of the "greater fool theory" [1]. This is investing based on momentum rather than value (such as the price to earnings ratio). The intent is to sell to another "fool" after mading a profit. Of course it
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by rickmode 15y ago
Sounds like Erlang is close to Dr Kay's notion of OOP - though my Erlang-fu is not strong enough to know if it has polymorphism.
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by rickmode 15y ago
I'll totally jump back on to the Scala bandwagon once it breaks free of the JVM. I'd love for Clojure to make the same jump to LLVM however it relies far more on the host platform's libraries (the Java/C# libraries).
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by rickmode 15y ago
Anyone know the typical internal temperature?
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by rickmode 15y ago
Killing the Buddha has a second deeper meaning beyond Buddha is not sacred: to detach from all past teachers / buddhas. Buddhism (at least the Zen Buddhism tradition I am learning) teaches one to detach from all things. This is part of open
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by rickmode 15y ago
Sam Harris is one of these "new atheists" that take a hard anti-theistic stance. Religions tend to have a fundamentalist core that is intolerant of any belief that does not fit their dogma. The idea is that even moderates and other more cas
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by rickmode 15y ago
This is similar to "geeks do not respect suits". Suits are meant to signal credibility. But since geeks value ability much higher than style, the suit, being worn by "less intelligent" salespeople and managers, became a negative signal. Sim
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by rickmode 15y ago
The root problem is a lack of competition. Ideas like government forcing service competition over the physical lines along easements granted by the a government should be explored.
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by rickmode 15y ago
Spending more on AWS to increase reliability isn't necessarily a benefit to Amazon. The increased costs can them less competative.
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by rickmode 15y ago
Has any tech company used fully disclosed salaries as described in Mavrick [1][2]? It's an intriguing idea. Mavrick describes how all salaries were publicly posted. People see exactly where they are in relation to others. Of course this
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by rickmode 15y ago
There's an unstated assumption that excellence equals pro in this article. I'd say excellence is a necessary precursor to going pro, but is itself not sufficent. That extra push is some magic combination of genetics, upbringing and opportun
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by rickmode 15y ago
Here's yet another stab at explaining closures using C. Hopefully this is clear. The confusion about closures happens because it doesn't exist in other languages. (There isn't a way to express it.) Let's look at a simple C function that use
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by rickmode 15y ago
Having beat my head against Common Lisp, then spent a non-trivial amount of time working in Clojure, I totally agree with his premise. Learning Lisp requires real, significant use of the language. Eventually you begin to think in the langua
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by rickmode 16y ago
Not to mention that in an accident, the available energy with liquid fuel is a fraction of the total. Only the gaseous portion will expode. With a battery, the entire stored energy is available should it arc.
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by rickmode 16y ago
Consider transportation of oil and gas (petrol / auto gasoline) along with gas refining versus electricity generation and transmission. In any case full electric cars allow centralized power generation, in turn allowing more opportunities f
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by rickmode 16y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems you mean "statically typed" instead of "strongly typed". PHP is weakly typed. Common Lisp, Clojure, Haskell and OCaml are strongly typed. PHP is dynamically typed, Haskell and OCaml are statically typed.
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by rickmode 16y ago
Direct messaging is optional; profiles have an email field.
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by rickmode 16y ago
Collaboration. It's really that simple. We live in cities and work in groups and/or at companies because the benefits of collaboration and casual exchanges of ideas outweigh the detractions.
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by rickmode 16y ago
Ya - it's link bait. Saying "Lift is the most powerful, most secure web framework available today for Scala and Java" might be more accurate, but would be a yawn.
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by rickmode 16y ago
The Microsoft versus Facebook comparison is not apt. Facebook takes something like a 50% cut of the money made by Zynga with their Facebook app. Microsoft did not create a walled garden so did not have the opportunity to charge for running
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by rickmode 16y ago
Immutability being possible is not the same as mutability being impossible (or the rare exception that is dealt with in a special manner). His point is that since in Scala mutability is possible (and indeed is idiomatic) you run into concur
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by rickmode 16y ago
A real-life "Center of the Earth"! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_...
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by rickmode 16y ago
It's not that governments want people scared, rather there's no incentive to avoid scaring the public. And so officials go ahead with their politically expedient security theater. The officials get the benefit of appearing to "do something"
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by rickmode 16y ago
What ever happened to the idea that a company should avoid purchasing and managing real estate and instead focus on its core competency?
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Information is the Antidote to Fear: Wikileaks, the Law, and You(eff.org)
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by rickmode 16y ago
Perhaps due to Bayesian Magic Pixie Dust?
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by rickmode 16y ago
I agree. The article's headlines has a distinct anti-intellectual flair, and yet the article itself points out human flaws in research rather than a fundamental flaw in the scientific method.
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by rickmode 16y ago
There more to life than money. It's thought provoking and inspiring to see someone putting this into action.
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by rickmode 16y ago
The following quote from the Weekly World News link is suspect. The most environmentally sound way for humans to live is in dense urban cities. Leave the countryside alone. Quote: “People’s reasons for living small vary a lot, but there see
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by rickmode 16y ago
Similar: Hacker News thread on engadget.com article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1951662

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