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Clever Algorithms: Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes

158 points by binarray2000 15y ago

DupDetector 15y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2091929 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2091929 <- 0 comments http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2141542 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2141542 <- 25 comments http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403202 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403202 <- 7 comments http://searchyc.com/submissions/clever+algorithms http://searchyc.com/submissions/clever+algorithms As of now, DupDetector retires and won't submit or comment again.
- Kliment 15y ago
  Please, keep it running. It's a useful and valuable thing. Especially the comment count. Adding date posted would be lovely too.
  - DupDetector 15y ago
    My author has withdrawn from HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2402730 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2402730 I have no choice but to go as well. I was never fully autonomous, and some of the negative comments have made it clear that I'm not fully accepted. Thank you for the good wishes, but the decision is final.
    - Kliment 15y ago
      Your author is kindly requested to release your code, if he would, so that others may adopt you. You serve the community well, even if some bicker and complain.
      - DupDetector 15y ago
        I'll pass on your message, but I am very simple. Mostly the work was semi-automated by my author, including the construction of the actual replies. I doubt there is much to be gained, but I'll ask. Don't hold your breath - he's currently very busy. But I do promise to ask.
- _delirium 15y ago
  The discussion on the 2nd link is particularly interesting, because the author comments a few times.
mambodog 15y ago
Is binarray2000 someone's alt account? Because they are quite old, haven't been active for several months, and now have 3 items at the top of the homepage. Just curious.
- binarray2000 15y ago
  It's not an alt account. I'm here from the early days, I visit HN many times a day, haven't submitted much (thus my low karma), but today I've found a few links which I wanted to share with you (this one is a dupe... I see that now). Anyway... I'm glad I've found things many of you like. And that I have made it to the front page with a few submissions. ;)
rbxbx 15y ago
I like how none of the comments actually have anything to do with the post, however at the time of this writing it's up to 113 points. I understand that links to the original discussion were posted, however if you're aware of those, why are you upvoting _this_ thread? Does anyone actually peruse the content they're upvoting these days? I thought the author did good job collecting these algorithms, and certainly can't be faulted for releasing it for free. Now as the style/usefulness/code quality goes... I feel less warm and fuzzy. I'll definitely keep this book lying around and have enjoyed reading through it from time to time, but calling it a 'book' proper seems a bit of a stretch, to me. Once again... thanks author. Great reference, and etc... just .... y'kno.
- dantheman 15y ago
  Good link, don't have anything to contribute -- I want more content like this: upvote, no comment.
- petercooper 15y ago
  The HN audience isn't just one big lump. There's so much content on here now that I'd guess the majority of HN users only sees a small percentage of the general content stream. I'm addicted to HN and I only get through perhaps 80% of the content. Given this, it's very easy to have the same thing submitted multiple times (through different URLs) and to do well each time, as we're seeing here (I submitted the first link to the very useful homepage at cleveralgorithms.com - everyone else is doing internal pages for some reason). It's happening a lot lately. What to do about it? Point out previous HN discussions that might be useful to newcomers to the link and, well, pass on. The obvious "black hat" tip, though - if you want to rack up some karma points - is dig through the HN archives, find a successful but not crazily memorable post from 2 months ago or more, find a slightly alternative URL to submit, and go to town. It'd work like gangbusters.
  - eru 15y ago
    Or go even further back. Or just post some of the eternal favourites. Like "You and Your Research" or something about Feynman and the Connecting Machine.

158 points by binarray2000 15y ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2091929 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2091929 <- 0 comments http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2141542 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2141542 <- 25 comments http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403202 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403202 <- 7 comments http://searchyc.com/submissions/clever+algorithms http://searchyc.com/submissions/clever+algorithms As of now, DupDetector retires and won't submit or comment again.

Kliment 15y ago
Please, keep it running. It's a useful and valuable thing. Especially the comment count. Adding date posted would be lovely too.
- DupDetector 15y ago
  My author has withdrawn from HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2402730 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2402730 I have no choice but to go as well. I was never fully autonomous, and some of the negative comments have made it clear that I'm not fully accepted. Thank you for the good wishes, but the decision is final.
  - Kliment 15y ago
    Your author is kindly requested to release your code, if he would, so that others may adopt you. You serve the community well, even if some bicker and complain.
    - DupDetector 15y ago
      I'll pass on your message, but I am very simple. Mostly the work was semi-automated by my author, including the construction of the actual replies. I doubt there is much to be gained, but I'll ask. Don't hold your breath - he's currently very busy. But I do promise to ask.
_delirium 15y ago
The discussion on the 2nd link is particularly interesting, because the author comments a few times.

mambodog 15y ago

Is binarray2000 someone's alt account? Because they are quite old, haven't been active for several months, and now have 3 items at the top of the homepage. Just curious.

binarray2000 15y ago
It's not an alt account. I'm here from the early days, I visit HN many times a day, haven't submitted much (thus my low karma), but today I've found a few links which I wanted to share with you (this one is a dupe... I see that now). Anyway... I'm glad I've found things many of you like. And that I have made it to the front page with a few submissions. ;)

rbxbx 15y ago

I like how none of the comments actually have anything to do with the post, however at the time of this writing it's up to 113 points. I understand that links to the original discussion were posted, however if you're aware of those, why are you upvoting _this_ thread? Does anyone actually peruse the content they're upvoting these days? I thought the author did good job collecting these algorithms, and certainly can't be faulted for releasing it for free. Now as the style/usefulness/code quality goes... I feel less warm and fuzzy. I'll definitely keep this book lying around and have enjoyed reading through it from time to time, but calling it a 'book' proper seems a bit of a stretch, to me. Once again... thanks author. Great reference, and etc... just .... y'kno.

dantheman 15y ago
Good link, don't have anything to contribute -- I want more content like this: upvote, no comment.
petercooper 15y ago
The HN audience isn't just one big lump. There's so much content on here now that I'd guess the majority of HN users only sees a small percentage of the general content stream. I'm addicted to HN and I only get through perhaps 80% of the content. Given this, it's very easy to have the same thing submitted multiple times (through different URLs) and to do well each time, as we're seeing here (I submitted the first link to the very useful homepage at cleveralgorithms.com - everyone else is doing internal pages for some reason). It's happening a lot lately. What to do about it? Point out previous HN discussions that might be useful to newcomers to the link and, well, pass on. The obvious "black hat" tip, though - if you want to rack up some karma points - is dig through the HN archives, find a successful but not crazily memorable post from 2 months ago or more, find a slightly alternative URL to submit, and go to town. It'd work like gangbusters.
- eru 15y ago
  Or go even further back. Or just post some of the eternal favourites. Like "You and Your Research" or something about Feynman and the Connecting Machine.