wolfish

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Natural Selection: Essential Concepts and Common Misconceptions (springerlink.com)
9 points by wolfish 17y ago|1 comments
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by wolfish 17y ago
Why do you think it should be outlawed? Why should the government have any say in what art you are allowed to view?
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by wolfish 17y ago
It's true that these arguments do seem to go on forever and very rarely does someone change their viewpoint based on these discussions. But debates on the value of incentives, the role of government and charity, and efficient resource allo
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by wolfish 17y ago
Just saw this interview response by Guido Van Rossum and had to post it. - What do you think is the most important skill every programmer should posses? Guido Van Rossum: Your questions are rather general and hard to answer. :-) I guess be
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Some problems and solutions for compiling Ruby(hokstad.com)
9 points by wolfish 17y ago|0 comments
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Setting up Rails and Nginx using Passenger on Ubuntu(github.com)
1 points by wolfish 17y ago|0 comments
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Ruby Tips from the creator of Authlogic(binarylogic.com)
16 points by wolfish 17y ago|0 comments
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Managing Ruby Gems in Leopard(kpumuk.info)
4 points by wolfish 17y ago|0 comments
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by wolfish 17y ago
I agree its non-idiomatic. But, I don't think being non-idiomatic is sufficient for something to be considered "evil". When something behaves in an inconsistent or unexpected way, then it starts to approach "evil" territory. Although the
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Evils of the For Loop in Ruby(blog.grayproductions.net)
32 points by wolfish 17y ago|15 comments
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by wolfish 18y ago
Technology is a legitimate engine of economic prosperity. I'm happy to see funding flow to this sector. Its just a shame that the government has inserted itself as a middle man, and a generally inefficient one at that.
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by wolfish 18y ago
According to the article, freerisk.com is going to be a open data source for financial data taken from SEC filings. This is great for all types of fundamental analysis. I wonder why they're focusing so much on credit risk.
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by wolfish 18y ago
I'm not sure what that means. Financial analysts don't expect this to be as profitable as previous Pixar films, and they see this as a trend in Pixar films. It doesn't reflect upon the quality of the film, no one currently care's what wal
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The Zipper Data Structure [pdf](st.cs.uni-saarland.de)
2 points by wolfish 18y ago|0 comments
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by wolfish 18y ago
I think improving the process of making scrambled eggs is an epitome of hacking. And I think we can at least agree that hackers eat too.
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by wolfish 18y ago
And here's a Discover Magazine take on eggs from a molecular gastronomy point of view. http://discovermagazine.com/2006/feb/cooking-for-eggheads
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by wolfish 18y ago
I don't think its necessary to create the most successful offspring , merely offspring that can reproduce before they die.
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by wolfish 18y ago
I think people often think of natural selection as only allowing the best to exist, when really it allows what can exist to exist, even if the mutation provides no benefit.
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by wolfish 18y ago
I'm not an avid reader of businessinsider.com. Anyone have any insight into whether that title is meant to be a joke?
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Space Elevator: Physical Principles(zadar.net)
10 points by wolfish 18y ago|6 comments
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Tesla's World Wide Wireless Power Tower(damninteresting.com)
22 points by wolfish 18y ago|11 comments
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by wolfish 18y ago
Good point. I guess the question is: in the long run will Amazon be better of having Jeff Bezos performing his usual duties as CEO 3/23-3/27 or acquiring first hand the experience of working in a distribution center. The net difference is
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by wolfish 18y ago
Instead of downvoting, why not post why you disagree? I think this is a valid line of inquiry.
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by wolfish 18y ago
I think this is a pretty interesting gesture. It is possible that Mr. Bezos will learn something that will help him improve working conditions and efficiency within the company. But who will be the CEO while he is busy working in the distr
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by wolfish 18y ago
Macports is a similar project. I usually use it as a last resort when I can't "roll my own". http://www.macports.org/
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Using /usr/local(hivelogic.com)
65 points by wolfish 18y ago|28 comments
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by wolfish 18y ago
I thought it was pretty interesting, and felt was inline with the spirit of the guidelines: On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, th
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On Sushi and Tsukiji(vanityfair.com)
47 points by wolfish 18y ago|16 comments
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How LEDs Work(amasci.com)
1 points by wolfish 18y ago|0 comments