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by tyn 18y ago
For me, my notecard is my mind
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by tyn 18y ago
"The superwoman of code ..... forcing men to write more detailed accounts of their coding issues, and expressing their programming problems before each new block of code is written" You know much better your programming problems after start
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by tyn 18y ago
recursion is not as overhyped and widespread as OO is.
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by tyn 18y ago
I usually select the text with the mouse to alternate the colors. It's terribly annoying for me, too. I wonder if visual perception differs greatly form one person to the other (I can't explain these design choices otherwise, unless the aut
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Cocaine found on 99.9% of UK banknotes(theregister.co.uk)
6 points by tyn 18y ago|5 comments
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by tyn 18y ago
What happened to the other Syracuse geniuses, then? Now it gets more complicated. I think that the article's argument apply more to some fields (e.g. painting, cinema) than others. IT is probably one of these other fields (Guido van Rossum
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by tyn 18y ago
"What happened to the Milanese Leonardo?" Just for the sake of argument, I can think of some counterexamples: Archimede living in Syracuse (not exactly the mathematics and engineering capital of the ancient world), Einstein in Bern, Bobby
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by tyn 18y ago
I think that a web browser offers more chances for eavesdropping than living in Cambridge (or any other city) does.
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by tyn 18y ago
I was also wondering whether web surfing is really a "waste of time". Would I be better off if I had never come to this site, never read hacker news comments and pg essays and using all this "wasted" time to become better in a programming l
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Object Oriented Programming Oversold(geocities.com)
1 points by tyn 18y ago|0 comments
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by tyn 18y ago
It seems to me that you ignore creativity. You don't want to put this in a process.
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It pays to get inside your opponents' heads rather than their hearts(economist.com)
16 points by tyn 18y ago|0 comments
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by tyn 18y ago
Joe has a problem with his car, it makes a terribly annoying sound. He goes to Mechanic A who decides to replace his engine. Problem solved, cost 10000$. John has exactly the same problem (with the same cause), he goes to mechanic B who fi
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by tyn 19y ago
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but karma per comment would be interesting, too.
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by tyn 19y ago
Python : myFile = open(argFilename) Java : import java.io.*; BufferedReader myFile = new BufferedReader( new FileReader(argFilename)); Verbosity improves readability? Really?
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by tyn 19y ago
Well, it's certainly inspiring, just a little remark to add: some things are entertaining by nature (e.g. playing soccer) while for other things you need to make an effort (oops, here it is again) to discover the joy in them (e.g. for the p
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by tyn 19y ago
How fun can it be to make hundrends of sit ups everyday for a long period? Yet, strong abdominals might be a must in order to be top in some fields (let's say to be a soccer player in Chelsea) or to be the actor that plays Leonidas in 300.