xigency

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   by xigency 11y ago

   * Gives a program structure It's entirely possible for functions to be first-class while also requiring them to be named. Also don't get confused into thinking that C++ does have functions as first-class values, because
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   by xigency 11y ago

   | Using a named function rather than an inline, anonymous function. Would you prefer 'the procedural equivalent'? 'Named equivalent'?
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   by xigency 11y ago

   This is entirely a personal opinion, and probably something I will be lambasted for, but any example using a lambda in C++ I find to be 10,000× worse than the functional equivalent. The benefit of writing code in C or C++ is that it gives y
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   by xigency 11y ago

   I don't know, what do you think? What would happen if Google only ever released software for Android? Or if Google didn't allow anyone else to develop software for their devices? These are opposite examples, but there are more cas
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   by xigency 11y ago

   In an anti-trust sort of way. A $2-$3 mark up is essentially inconsequential and could be due to the store cost or infrastructure, but if it were $9.99 for Android and $1,000.00 for iOS then there would be a pretty good case that Google isn
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   by xigency 11y ago

   1) I think that's what he was talking about. 2) Isn't that illegal? Or getting pretty close to it.
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   by xigency 11y ago

   Sounds fun.
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   by xigency 11y ago

   Or actual copies of Linux.
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   by xigency 11y ago

   I'm submitting this as a contrast to recent discussion about the disaster in Japan four and a half years ago and nuclear disasters in general. This shows the current, human condition at play in these situations and what the effect is o
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    by xigency 11y ago

    I think you and many other posters or readers are missing the point of this photo editorial. This isn't the disaster olympics. There are people who still live here, and thousands of people who used to live here who were largely farme
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    by xigency 11y ago

    For the record, the TEPCO plant in Fukushima prefecture provided power to Tokyo, Japan.
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    Life indoors exacts toll on children in Koriyama, Fukushima [Mar. 2014](japantimes.co.jp)

    4 points by xigency 11y ago|1 comments
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    by xigency 11y ago

    It's certainly different if you know one of those people.
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    by xigency 11y ago

    This article isn't about the tsunami. If it were, it would probably be called 'Sendai', not 'Fukushima'. The Tōhoku earthquake & tsunami killed close to 20,000 people. The author completely ignored those vic
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    by xigency 11y ago

    I can't speak much for the small towns in the immediate vicinity of the reactor, but living in Aizu directly after the disaster, life goes on in places like Fukushima市 and Koriyama and Iwaki, with a really positive attitude, too.
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Great article. I think this is an issue that always deserves more serious attention. I also think it's admirable for someone to do this kind of research, take pictures, and write about the experience for the purpose of educating others
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Sure, if you like to read while you're wading through butter. It's a usability thing. Anyways, they do it on their whole site, and it's more cohesive on the other pages. It's better to view the release notes in readervie
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Why not make a stop at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology? It's not far from Urbana-Champaign if the Y Combinator folks have a presenter to send.
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    by xigency 11y ago

    I'm fine with the fonts, I just noticed when I middle-clicked to scroll the page, the page moved like it was underwater. Really unnecessary for a text document. The offending CSS is: html { scroll-behavior: smooth; } Only notic
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    by xigency 11y ago

    I don't like how they altered the scroll on their webpage.
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Great game! I love it. One critique, the controls feel a little bit off when moving. There's a slight jerk when moving from space to space instead of fluid motions. I understand that there might be a need to slow down when moving betwe
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Well, it's one that they had a choice from before, which they hadn't picked. First column, fourth row down: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SEnK37orPGI/AAAAAAAAAp... Honestly, the block letter G on
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    by xigency 11y ago

    That sort of assignment still falls under the broad umbrella of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (job assignments and other conditions of employment). As others have said, no one sane person wants to jump into a legal fight, but that does n
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    by xigency 11y ago

    For a perspective of what it's like for children who are currently living in a meltdown zone, see the contrast with this article: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/10/national/life-in...
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    by xigency 11y ago

    That's all well and good, but I'm sure many of these "decisions" are of dubious legality and really morally reprehensible. When hearing that an employee has a pregnancy, an expectant child, or an illness, the answer shou
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Sounds like a good reason to not open a business in Nepal.
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    by xigency 11y ago

    I would have expected Cox Communications to fail.
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Or vandalism.
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Modifying source code is transmitting information.
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    by xigency 11y ago

    Well, talking about optimizations and all of that, the reason to be against this is not because of big sections of code being unoptimized. It's the death by a thousand paper cuts. Every small object requires its own (extra) information