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Ask PG: Is voting on HN anonymous?
17 points by scscsc 17y ago|21 comments
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by scscsc 17y ago
Rocks did not lobby for the law of gravity.
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by scscsc 17y ago
What if the profit is negative?
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by scscsc 17y ago
In the EU, how will people download Firefox if they don't have a boot-strap browser already available?
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The software community has rejected the best research in compilers/languages(cacm.acm.org)
6 points by scscsc 17y ago|7 comments
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by scscsc 17y ago
I think people are as smart as they need to be. You don't need to be able to summarize tabular data if you work at a fast food shop (e.g. as a waiter). And it definitely has to do with the circles you hang around in. As a programmer you'r
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by scscsc 17y ago
Btw, have you seen how much the official upgrade from 4GB to 8GB costs?
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by scscsc 17y ago
Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about. So please stop with the bullshit about great mathematicians and computer scientists when this has nothing to do with them -- only with you -- you cannot accept being wrong. Do your homewor
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by scscsc 17y ago
I was not refering to your definition of P and NP (which I've just reread and I think it's not good; you want "accept", not "recognize"). I was refering to the fact that you do not make the difference between "true" and "provable", which c
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by scscsc 17y ago
I don't think so. I feel the tablet would be used in places where you couldn't contribute (very much) anyway: in the train, in bed before going to sleep, etc. I like the idea of being able to add a keyboard though. If the price is good,
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by scscsc 17y ago
Your comment shows you don't know much about logic.
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by scscsc 17y ago
Reflection does not break the static type system in any way. However you are right in assuming the refactorings are in general not correct in the presence of reflection.
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by scscsc 17y ago
I do not want to enter a dispute concerning naming, but I'll just point out that many consider a compiler to be anything that you might call translator. What would you call a program that transforms C code in assembler code? Isn't assembl
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by scscsc 17y ago
I've read it all; it contains good content, but nothing extraordinarily interesting, like a good computer magazine used to do in the 90s. I think the funniest thing is them bashing ebook publishers for trying to imitate the worst parts of b
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by scscsc 17y ago
I think the trick is the "equivalent" part. If I got it right, they are using some sort of fuel which provides 1/3 of the energy regular gasoline does. Which means they are probably doing 110/3 mpg on this type of fuel.
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by scscsc 17y ago
The ability to translate between two programming languages is called a compiler. There is theoretically nothing stopping anyone from writing a anything-to-anything "converter" (you mean compiler).
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by scscsc 17y ago
When was the last time you've seen a C# app that conforms to the ECMA standard? Most apps written in C# make such heavy use of the Windows API that they are as importable as possible. If you believe that MS is pushing open standard, you ar
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by scscsc 17y ago
What if they will only be available under DRM/proprietary format?
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by scscsc 17y ago
I doubt it. And I guess safety is on everyone's priority list.
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by scscsc 17y ago
No, I am not implying that.
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by scscsc 17y ago
You can't tell people how/when to upvote/downvote/do nothing. It will not work and people will try to game the system. People will vote based on instinct. For example I upvote what I like/agree with. I downvote stupid or wrong stuff. Tha
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by scscsc 17y ago
I have never used the so-called low cost airlines. However I have problems fitting my knees even in high cost economy class. I would imagine there is a business opportunity for airlines which are willing to cut costs in every way other th
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by scscsc 17y ago
Yes, which fails to add up to the difference. They get a 43% "total advantage", but the low cost ticket prices seem around 30% of the high cost tickets...
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by scscsc 17y ago
I think you took the wrong direction of reasoning. He says we can tell he's a Mac user because he is willing to pay more even for the two hours of a flight. Therefore, next to the flight expense, the Mac sounds like a cheap box.
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by scscsc 17y ago
I didn't publish it. I merely shared it with friends. The publishing was simply a side effect (the information society equivalent of pollution, as Bruce Schneier puts it).
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by scscsc 17y ago
I might be willing to admit healthy and tasty sometimes work together. But healthy and cheap/fast? I don't think so.
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by scscsc 17y ago
Current reality. I'm not sure why, but really unhealthy food seems to be very very cheap (think chips, crackers, snacks, chocolate, etc). And healthy food tends to be expensive, usually takes some time to cook, and it might not taste very
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by scscsc 17y ago
On the contrary, they are supposed to publish it.
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by scscsc 17y ago
Cheap, fast, tasty, healthy. Choose the last or any combination of the first three.
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by scscsc 17y ago
I think googling someone's name is fair game. You get to see what projects they work on, what communities (i.e. job related) they are part of etc. By yes, there is a line to draw. And definitely facebook and myspace are on the other side

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