3d3mon

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by 3d3mon 13y ago
Null references do make reading code more complex for the user since every function call must be prefaced with a null check. If I make a function call in every line of my code adding all the null checks would easily double my line count, bu
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by 3d3mon 14y ago
Both of your examples are new to me as well, however I can make sense of topics discussed. Just to use your example, the first equation for B-splines defines it as a function from a tuple of ordered reals to real vector of dimension d. The
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by 3d3mon 14y ago
Rather than saying what is descriptively and historically accurate, I believe Thiel and Kasparov are merely issuing a challenge, if stated in a somewhat hyperbolic way, to today's innovators/entrepreneurs. If read in this light, they are ch
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by 3d3mon 15y ago
I imagine voting out Biden/Hatch means the next set of pols will just take the campaign contributions instead. What can be done structurally to prevent this cycle from repeating?
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by 3d3mon 15y ago
I think strict regulation is the way to go. Banking in a modern economy is really a utility like gas, electric, and water. Another solution that is more long term oriented and market based: create rival capital-formation pools outside of Wa
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Notes from Ha-Joon Chang’s Lecture at NYU(10tonfunk.tumblr.com)
20 points by 3d3mon 15y ago|19 comments
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The it school for our next Einsteins(mercurynews.com)
2 points by 3d3mon 16y ago|0 comments
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Corporatism masquerading as Liberty(creditwritedowns.com)
3 points by 3d3mon 16y ago|0 comments
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Texas faces $27 billion budget gap(latimes.com)
2 points by 3d3mon 16y ago|0 comments
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Tinkerers by David Brin(forward.msci.org)
6 points by 3d3mon 16y ago|1 comments
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by 3d3mon 16y ago
Then here's something different for you from the LAT: a guy with an MBA, a law degree, has Wall St experience, six figures in debt and hasn't found a job in years. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-america-...
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by 3d3mon 16y ago
Some seem rather obvious: "The technology behind one patent allows a site to offer suggestions to consumers for items related to what they're currently viewing, or related to online activities of others in the case of social networking site
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by 3d3mon 16y ago
If you try your hand at this "armchair budget analyst" game, you'll learn that its easier practically and politically (yes, politically) to just raise the money, especially in a state like CA: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-statebudg
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Hey, Guys, It's Totally Okay If You Don't Get Rich(seattle20.com)
383 points by 3d3mon 16y ago|219 comments
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DIY U: All Education is Self Education(forbes.com)
1 points by 3d3mon 16y ago|0 comments
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by 3d3mon 16y ago
Just as easy for Windows. Use clojurebox. Double click the .exe file. http://clojure.bighugh.com/
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by 3d3mon 16y ago
> Trade policies and externalities have absolutely nothing to do with that. You're right on that since we're clearly talking past each other :-) Yes, businesses become commodities over time. We agree here. However this is orthogonal to
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by 3d3mon 16y ago
> Grove is basically saying we need to start more companies that "scale up" to require factories where people sit doing stuff like what's seen in that video. He's wrong. You have to give Grove more credit than that. Obviously, he does n