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by semisight 13y ago
I never felt pained on switching layouts. If this makes any sense: learning the muscle memory for Colemak almost seems to be on a lower "level" than vim (to me), so I kept hitting 'i' and 'a' and so on without
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by semisight 13y ago
In my experience it took around 1-2 months to become fully "fluent" in Colemak.
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by semisight 13y ago
It does, to a Qwerty typist, or to one who switches between for whatever reason. Quite a few keys in Colemak are preserved between it and Qwerty (like zxcv), making it both easier to learn and easier to jump back and forth. Personally, when
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by semisight 13y ago
4: I've found nothing substitutes for a good teacher. Maybe try Coursera or something of the like? On 6: You may want to write an interpreter as a first step. Google "bootstrap scheme" for a guy who implemented a scheme-like
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by semisight 13y ago
I can't imagine working in an environment like this. If the core idea is that all employees fall on a bell curve in their overall value, what about small sample sizes? In what dimension do you measure them--what is "performance&qu
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by semisight 13y ago
I really want to do this at some point, but I'm still in college, and the schedule never lines up with when school starts and ends. Have any college students attended hacker school/what do you guys think about college students att
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by semisight 13y ago
I tried that back when I was learning Clojure. I ended up ditching Emacs to use a more immediately familiar environment (Eclipse w/CounterClockwise plugin). I wouldn't say never learn two things at once, but I'd be aware of the extra mental
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by semisight 13y ago
I respectfully disagree. I think it adds to the art of it for him to not come out and tell his followers exactly what it means. 'Time' is more about the emotion of the comic than a rational explanation, or a joke (like 'nerd sniping').
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by semisight 14y ago
Why can't you distribute them? Apple's Darwin is mostly under the APSL, which you can edit and distribute, just not under a different license. Likewise, RHEL is open--the trademark is not.
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by semisight 14y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but why isn't CAP applicable here?
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by semisight 14y ago
Would you consider having a summer intern?
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by semisight 14y ago
If not more ambitious, considering the small, unfriendly nature of laptop hardware. Good luck to OP!
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by semisight 14y ago
Was this not what Spore was intended to be? You evolve a life form into a civilization. It seems as though the OP is going for something a little more open (and therefore ambitious) than Spore's rigid 5 stage structure. Good luck! You're go
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by semisight 14y ago
This isn't singularity material. While this may not be a bog standard neural network, it has no feedback. It cannot think, because thinking requires reflection. It is trained by adjusting the weights of the connections after the fact using
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by semisight 14y ago
I would very much like to try XMonad honestly. I use OS X because I wanted the portability/power/battery life of a Macbook Air. I tried installing Ubuntu (as a starting point), but I wasn't able to get it to work. I've been thinking about t
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by semisight 14y ago
As a college student, I can identify. I don't use foursquare or twitter even though my generation tends to, because I feel as though they're not necessary. I think maybe part of this is the community (HN/the startup world) you're a part of.
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by semisight 14y ago
Really? It feels fairly well directed to me. The 'no internet' guy (who's name I've made a point to forget) was really egotistical about it. He even started an IAmA thread on reddit about it (link: http://www.reddit.com/r/tabled/comments/t
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by semisight 14y ago
This is a very neat idea. A couple of questions come to mind: Do you rely on an outside source for picture identification? If so, what's your plan if/when it fails? If not, do you plan to build your own in-house system? Have you tested whet
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by semisight 14y ago
Why don't you just leave a program like Ommwriter running every night before you close your laptop? (Assuming you have a mac--I'm sure there are other fullscreen no-frills writing programs for linux/windows).
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by semisight 14y ago
I wish I had a professor like you. When I asked why there was no compiler class, the answer I was given was: "compilers are a solved problem; there's no point in teaching them anymore." Maybe it's just my school though.
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by semisight 15y ago
If we're talking over-designing, I agree. Design without function is worthless. At the same time, function without design is an ugly cement cube with no windows for a house; sure, it does the trick, but I'd much rather live under the stars
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by semisight 15y ago
I was waiting for someone to say this. The Dieter Rams philosophy has picked up steam, but people would be mistaken to conclude that good design will always be a sort of zen minimalism. The best design is whatever most clearly communicates
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by semisight 15y ago
I've found that programming can be as theoretical as you make it, when you do it as a hobby. Professionally, you may have to look a bit harder. Most "standard" coding that I've done involves finding the right library and wiring together wit
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by semisight 15y ago
"'Competitors can't join together and make agreements on price,' she says in an interview. 'We're going to stop that.'" Yes, I would think so... If they come through with this I may just buy a Kindle.
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by semisight 15y ago
My first thoughts too. If you go to the dev site ( http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Android+Support ), however, you'll see that Android support is actually one of their core issues (well, it's under the 'core' list) right now. Not excu
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by semisight 15y ago
That was a really great read. It's always good to see the other side of the coin; whereas Y-combinator promotes a build big and fast (hare) environment, there are definitely advantages to being the tortoise, especially if you consider that
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by semisight 15y ago
I disagree with most of this. "Always assume the worst case." That's terrible advice! The worst case doesn't always happen, that's why it is called "worst." It should be "keep it in mind." Following a list of absolutes like this will hurt a
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by semisight 15y ago
As someone who has been in the same place, I agree completely. My reaction to SSRIs was first a minor euphoria (just bubbly but a bit numb) and ever since then I have been, well, normal. Zak, what you're saying is true, up to a certain poin
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by semisight 15y ago
The first batch was limited to 10K units. Their logic was probably that the most devoted fans would take the time to get up early, and the rest would buy from the subsequent batches.
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by semisight 15y ago
If I had the money...

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