thegenius2000

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by thegenius2000 11y ago
If the free-invite-train hasn't left the station, please count me in!
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
Great idea doesn't cut it -- this is freaking incredible.
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
Why is the retribution not equal, for example with murder?
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
I know (with software) to never say never, but to be quite frank, I'm content with the current Unix paradigm, and I haven't seen a compelling reason why any new OS would be fundamentally superior. But I would absolutely love to be
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
In the sciences, mathematics serves as nothing less than a convenient notation for expressing (and manipulating) certain principles: it is an invaluable tool, both for analysis and exposition. That being said, in my opinion, great science
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
120MB is no small deal when you're using a 50MB data bundle on a crappy Kenyan ISP, on your phone. There should definitely be a prompt, I just lost half my day's data (before I stopped it). Edit: changed "your" to "
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
You should also consider vim (w. the vim-go plugin) if you're on Unix. It's well-written, and along with several other vim plugins and a decent configuration, it's miles ahead of any IDE (except emacs, not starting an editor
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
Interesting, let check out "Modern Compiler Implementation in ML", perhaps I can start with that and then move to the Dragon Book when I'm ready for it.
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
Not quite sure I understand what you mean by an unemployable mess , i.e. do you mean this positively, or negatively, if you get what I'm asking?
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Ask HN: What should I give priority, Lisp, Haskell, or the Dragon Book?
6 points by thegenius2000 11y ago|12 comments
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
I agree with what a lot of people have mentioned, though not focused on: Netflix needs to add sports if they want to really dominate at a global level. As an example, consider Africa (I'm Kenyan): the Barclays Premiere League is watche
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by thegenius2000 11y ago
I don't think so...Paul's point is that economic inequality is not in itself a bad thing: for example, consider the economic difference between David Beckham and Mark Zuckerberg. Beckham is worth $350 million, while Zuckerberg is