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by tpfour 8y ago
This was an interesting read: https://piie.com/blogs/trade-investment-policy-watch/we-know... .
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by tpfour 8y ago
You should try Gerbil, a dialect built on Gambit Scheme. You can find it at https://github.com/vyzo/gerbil . I suggest you look into https://github.com/vyzo/gerbil/blob/master/doc&#x2
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by tpfour 8y ago
For me the most important difference is Lisp-1 vs Lisp-2. I had tried my hand at Common Lisp a couple of times before trying Scheme. The latter immediately felt "cleaner" than CL. My favourite implementation is Gambit Scheme and I
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by tpfour 8y ago
For your interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_illiteracy
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by tpfour 8y ago
Not OP but it absolutely depends on the sub-field, the most glaring difference being between exclusively computational/theoretical research vs "wet" lab, and even withing sub-subfields it can vary a _lot_. Depending on the Ph
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by tpfour 8y ago
Quite OT but I almost always wash my hands _before_ (and after) using the restroom. Especially in a public place, it always made sense to me to do it before and after. It seems much more hygienic both for the "holy object" and oth
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by tpfour 8y ago
Ah that is weird. Try going to the URL without .png see if it works?
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Ask HN: Is this a proper explanation of call/cc?
7 points by tpfour 8y ago|2 comments
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by tpfour 8y ago
For me it has the following advantages: - In-browser viewing of diffs and code - Issues management - Showing code to clients/other devs is simpler and prettier. - Can push to local and run tests on a fresh repo pulled in a VM Honestly
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by tpfour 8y ago
Gitea isn't meant to replace Github... it's meant to be a self-hosted alternative to it. That's subtly different. I use it for as my local git server on Debian 9. Binary is in the /home/me/gitea directory. Run
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by tpfour 8y ago
Here's an article that discusses v3: https://vuejsdevelopers.com/2018/03/26/vue-cli-3/ .
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by tpfour 8y ago
Well there are rules they have to follow. Just like there would be rules to follow with the crypto coin... Not sure what's the difference.
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by tpfour 8y ago
What is this... jotting down some notes? I guess this will generate discussion because Sam wrote it, but it is probably one of the most boring and banal ideas in the space. And the exposition is very... shallow to say the least. "A tri
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by tpfour 9y ago
Sure! Reach us at info@quanta.software.
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by tpfour 9y ago
We're building an interface like WebMO, but modern. We are not re-writing any quantum chemical software for the moment, however we've written some as grad students. For now we are concentrating on replacing JMol and getting our AP
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by tpfour 9y ago
Hijacking this comment to shamelessly plug my project. We're holding a survey at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NXMpmD3DkDuAPgaOpLM2baJRyCi... . Our goal is to build the best platform for Computational Chemi
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by tpfour 9y ago
I recently had to build a small web app. I mostly code for fun, and I've been writing Python for years. I was able to learn how to use VueJS with single file components in about a week, with Flask as a backend, plus Bulma as a CSS fram
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by tpfour 9y ago
One tangential point is that earning a scholarship seems to increase your chances of winning another. I recently heard on the local news that X student had earned a prestigious scholarship, and that he had previously won multiple others.