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by rumcajz 12y ago
This looks like commercial ecosystem (Java, JavaScript) migrating to GitHub rather than hobbyist ecosystems (Ruby, Python, Perl) being on decline.
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Design of PUB/SUB subsystem in ØMQ(250bpm.com)
2 points by rumcajz 12y ago|0 comments
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Code Generation and Visual Smog in Code (part II) (250bpm.com)
1 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments
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by rumcajz 13y ago
The essay is mostly about the chinese writing system, which, indeed, is terrible. However, if you forget about reading/writing and focus on the language itself, it's a delight to learn. Mandarin is highly analytic, parsimonious an
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Code Generation and Visual Smog in Code (part I)(250bpm.com)
2 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments
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Ribosome – a simple and generic code generation tool(github.com)
2 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments
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SP (nanomsg) in Pure Go(garrett.damore.org)
5 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments
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In the Defense of Spaghetti Code(250bpm.com)
1 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments
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by rumcajz 13y ago
For reference about real programmers: Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/hack/realmen.html
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Yes, I am aware of merged mining. While that adds some incentive for miners to mine for namecoins, it's still optional , so it won't help namecoin much unless a lot of people opt-in. Technically, why not piggy-back namecoin on bi
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by rumcajz 13y ago
I don't get why it doesn't use bitcoin's block chain. That would give it a strong existing infrastructure of users, miners etc. This way it is on its own.
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Bureaucracy by Douglas Adams deserves to be mentioned in this context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy_(video_game)
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Irresepctive of the language, what's scary is how many people would accept high chance (2/3) of total extinction for relatively slight chance (1/3) of total success. It gets extra scary when you consider that politicians are
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Text messages warn Ukraine protesters they are 'participants in mass riot'(theguardian.com)
2 points by rumcajz 13y ago|1 comments
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by rumcajz 13y ago
What about foreign aid putting local producers out of business? Have that been solved already? If so, how? The article is quite vague on that point: "We also hear critics complain that aid keeps countries dependent on outsiders' g
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by rumcajz 13y ago
The tablets were supposed to have placebo effect on your wife, not your kid :)
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Some reading on placebo effect: http://tedkaptchuk.com/selected-publications
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by rumcajz 13y ago
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the link!
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Thanks for kind words. I would like to point out the previous blog post (the one about immortality) that I am particularly proud of :)
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by rumcajz 13y ago
> Are there really? How common is "common"? This is the first I'm hearing of it, and I'd like more than the author's word. Perhaps a study? :) Speaking from my own experience in Slovakia. It may be different in o
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Poor Man's Scientific Method(250bpm.com)
52 points by rumcajz 13y ago|40 comments
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by rumcajz 13y ago
> [Placing a floor on the value of gold is that you can make pretty things of it.] Placing a floor on the value of bitcoins is… what, exactly? The fact that the blockchain serves as a tool for global distributed consensus. There's u
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The Second Step Towards Immortality(250bpm.com)
1 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Using DI is like using goto. It gives you more power but at the same time it makes it impossible to reason about the code.
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Should newspapers ban climate deniers like Reddit's science forum?(theguardian.com)
2 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoins & Deflation(250bpm.com)
1 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Interestingly, in the long run inflation may be problem with Bitcoin rather than deflation. In 30-100 years (the numbers vary according to the source) the world population will start to shrink. From that point on there will be ever more mon
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Yep. We've had something like that in Eastern Europe during the communist era.
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by rumcajz 13y ago
Consider how hard is it to push through a "sane" solution in corporate environment. "Creative" solution is out of question.
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Beyond Rational Idiotism(250bpm.com)
1 points by rumcajz 13y ago|0 comments

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