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541.
by rw 18y ago
You said: Because people can't get over Lisp's lack of syntax. "People" are getting over it all the time. Lisp is back, baby! Don't miss the elegance train.
542.
by rw 18y ago
The ticket-price-routing problem is not new, even if it is interesting. There was an article on HN a few months ago, IIRC, talking about how ITA uses tens of thousands of lines of Common Lisp, with hand-tuned assembly, to get their optimiza
543.
by rw 18y ago
Is this the panacea for those of us wanting both powerful macros and high(est) performance? Is there already something like this for a language with more support for distributed computation?
544.
by rw 18y ago
Very general; not much information. Should be useful to beginning undergrads.
545.
by rw 18y ago
How do advertisers feel, now that their clickthrough rates will likely decrease as a result of being on the seemingly-irrelevant images page?
546.
by rw 18y ago
Why would you disallow macros in the Lisp style?
547.
by rw 18y ago
Crony capitalism! This is outrageous.
548.
by rw 18y ago
Everyday application programming is not isomorphic to theoretical CS (TCS). TCS is not "broken". Do not blame the awkwardness of your coding experience on the study of computation . What we need is more TCS when we hack.
549.
by rw 18y ago
You said: Capitalism is a system of decentralised decision making on resource allocation, ultimately leading to increased productivity and innovation. You cannot insert a result into a definition. P may or may not imply Q.
550.
by rw 18y ago
In your words, what is not rational about "mind uploading, cryonics, singularity" ? Even if you don't know for certain that there is or is not "existence after death", are you saying you live your life believing in that possibility?
551.
by rw 18y ago
That is a really exciting application. Keep in mind that "compressed" normally implies a lossless representation, not lossy, like you are proposing.
552.
by rw 18y ago
Working to make self-actualization more likely for myself and others.
553.
by rw 18y ago
I would have preferred if he had just lied. Would it have changed your opinion, then, if he did lie?
554.
by rw 18y ago
There are plenty of capitalists with agendas :)
555.
by rw 18y ago
Is this article a joke? Where's the paper? "...male starlings who ate worms contaminated by female hormones at a sewage works in south-west England were subtly changed so that they sang at greater length and with increased virtuosity."
556.
by rw 18y ago
"linear"? What do you mean?
557.
by rw 18y ago
The Coding Horror blog is at #2. That implies a bad relevance measure.
558.
by rw 18y ago
Spelling correction: "inefficient" := "efficient".
559.
by rw 18y ago
Demanding money for the language manual/guide is not an inefficient way to increase adoption!
560.
by rw 18y ago
People have always been going hungry.
561.
by rw 18y ago
I'm glad this is posted again.
562.
by rw 18y ago
Interesting application of evolutionary optimization. The system is probably easy to reproduce: expect open-source versions soon.
563.
by rw 18y ago
This is really, really vague. Please resubmit a more thought-out version.
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Cinpy: Lightweight C Within Python(cs.tut.fi)
4 points by rw 18y ago|0 comments
565.
by rw 18y ago
Just a rehashed (hopefully) press release. Disgusting.
566.
by rw 18y ago
Cool idea. Please make it sensible for the user (me) to understand that I have to turn JS on to use the site.
567.
by rw 18y ago
Could a member of the libertarian party please comment on the moral obligation we have (or do not have) to ensure that all children are well-fed? I want to better understand your position on issues like these.
568.
by rw 18y ago
Thank you for adding relevant biographical details.
569.
by rw 18y ago
Mathematical Platonism is dangerous for mental health. Cantor is a great example of someone who literally went crazy contemplating the meaning of uncountable infinites. Set theorists, by the way, seem to be the most likely to go insane.
570.
by rw 18y ago
Cool. UI crits: 1) Try browsing without javascript enabled (cough). 2) Try using the back button in any project-specific page. You have to hit it multiple times, quickly, to go back.

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