whatgoodisaroad

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   by whatgoodisaroad 14y ago

   This seems like a bad analogy. Dijkstra's paper was in favor of "structured programming",and the problem was that goto was too-unstructured. If anything, callbacks are excessively structured. Also, why is nonlinear code a bad thing? If the
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   by whatgoodisaroad 14y ago

   Does anyone else find it funny to think of the internet running on diesel?
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   South Carolina Supreme Court: webmail not protected by 1986 privacy law(theverge.com)

   1 points by whatgoodisaroad 14y ago|0 comments
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   by whatgoodisaroad 14y ago

   Bases can only pair with one other base. Adenine can only pair with thymine. Guanine can only pair with cytosine. Knowing one base implies the other, so there are only two possible pairs.
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   by whatgoodisaroad 14y ago

   Use the chrome browser for iPad and request the desktop version.
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   by whatgoodisaroad 14y ago

   The Digg algorithm was much easier to game than Reddit's.
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   by whatgoodisaroad 14y ago

   This is so Jupiter-and-beyond-the-infinite.
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   Frighteningly Ambitious Programming Language Ideas(evincarofautumn.blogspot.com)

   5 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|3 comments
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   by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

   I think they feel clever and exclusive because of all the HN readers they tricked. You're not always on the inside of an inside joke.
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    Users will tolerate a lot to get their work done(johndcook.com)

    4 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    The decimal point is always misplaced(johndcook.com)

    2 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

    I thought everyone at Hacker News used green text on a black background...
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    by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

    Correction, in 2008, Russia invaded PART of Georgia. If my memory serves, they only invaded as far as one military base, and that only temporary.
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    Creativity is just connecting things.(quotevadis.com)

    1 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    Smartphones Arms Race (Stephen Fry)(stephenfry.com)

    6 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|1 comments
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    A Message To My Generation(leighdrogen.com)

    2 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    35 Reasons You Shouldn’t Date a Tech Entrepreneur(istrategylabs.com)

    2 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

    I totally expected the section titled "Epilogue" to be about a Prolog variant.
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    Toys will be Toys(bobulate.com)

    1 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    Is what’s bad for Android Good for the User?(blog.thatscaptaintoyou.com)

    1 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

    I want to see a minimal solution in APL.
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    Banishing Your Inner Critic(alistapart.com)

    5 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

    I remember taking linear algebra some time ago. I tweeted my one main takeaway from the class. http://goo.gl/gEu4y
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    Rogue SSL Certs Were Issued for CIA, MI6, Mossad(osnews.com)

    1 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

    In the first table of the "Storage Utilization" section, I believe the word "byte" is being used where the author means "bit".
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    by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

    I literally just finished writing a state machine before opening Hacker News.
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    C++0x Is Unanimously Approved(osnews.com)

    5 points by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago|0 comments
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    by whatgoodisaroad 15y ago

    Yes. I have it open 100% of the time.