Amnon

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by Amnon 15y ago
What I do is split the window vertically (C-w v), and resize the left window so that the text in the right window is centered on the screen.
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by Amnon 15y ago
Actually, 10. doesn't necessarily repeat the last command 10 times, it just runs it again with an argument of 10. For example ">>10." will indent the current line and then indent it and the following 9 lines. I still haven't found a
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by Amnon 15y ago
The advantage of "streams" is that it can be used to elegantly define infinite sequences recursively. For example, you can define powers of two as: var powersOf2 = new Stream(1, function() { return powersOf2.scale(2); }); (u
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by Amnon 16y ago
Of course Python doesn't automatically ensure good code. But the Python code in your example is readable -- pretty match as readable as it gets, considering the constraints I mentioned.
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by Amnon 16y ago
shells were specifically made to operate with external programs (the Unix way) while Python is a more general programming language, so naturally it will be more verbose for this kind of task. Of course the first syntax breaks when one of th
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by Amnon 16y ago
Did anyone notice the mailing list? It's one dedicated to the author. Interesting alternative for a blog.
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by Amnon 16y ago
Yes! Something changed in the search algorithm recently, for the worse. I search for X and get Y. Is this documented anywhere? (I didn't know that a "+" prefix can fix this. Thanks for the info.)
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Why does the other lane always seem to go faster?(hpyblg.wordpress.com)
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by Amnon 16y ago
It will also be the slowest only 1/3 of the time, so in fact this isn't an explanation why "the other lines" seem to be faster.
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by Amnon 16y ago
Not if you don't know what the Fail Whale is.
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by Amnon 16y ago
Turns out the page is a reference to a certain Fail Whale -- http://www.whatisfailwhale.info/ . The thing that's bothering me about the fail whale -- all the strings that hold the whale are curved. Is this physically possible? (Assuming th
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by Amnon 16y ago
Statement 1 isn't true. If you have 10$ in the envelope, and it's the smaller envelope, you gain 10$. But if it's the larger envelope you don't lose 10$. The fallacy is that "x" refers to different things in each case. Statement 2 is true b
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by Amnon 16y ago
Actually I wasn't talking about the monetary value. It's not an investment scheme but a way to keep souvenirs for the future. (Apparently the people at HN tend to think of everything as a business opportunity ;) )
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by Amnon 16y ago
Interesting. The glossary at http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_2.html#GLOSS19 defines hyperlink as "a relationship between two anchors, called the head and the tail. The link goes from the tail to the head. The head and tail ar
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by Amnon 16y ago
> Everything in the world has a U-shaped value curve. On this point, a good thing to do is to keep some of the ubiquitous everyday things when you want to throw them away. Especially outdated technology like, say, old mobile phones. In
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by Amnon 16y ago
Yes, it's a little disappointing. It's like saying the Unix cat is a self referential program since it can be used to display its own source code.
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by Amnon 16y ago
This should be mentioned in every discussion about HN's negative aspects: click your login at the top of the screen and change noprocast to yes. Next time you'll visit HN, you'll see a "Get back to work!" message and hopefully you'll go do
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by Amnon 16y ago
What's with the periodicity of the graph? It looks like users who have signed at the beginning of the year -- any year -- are more likely to comment? Or more likely, much more people sign at the beginning of the year. Strange, in any case.
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by Amnon 16y ago
> The end result is that people always tell me I am too skinny even though I eat a lot. Umm... Doesn't being too skinny mean you're not eating well? (I'm asking because I'm in the same situation).
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by Amnon 16y ago
I wasn't explicit enough about the fact that the article originally attributed the term to Grice, and then an anonymous editor changed it to this scholar who isn't mentioned anywhere else on the Web. Also, in many cases the hypothesis that
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by Amnon 16y ago
I wanted to write about how linguistics should be handled by linguists not philosophers, so I checked the citations. I noticed that Wikipedia says implicature was coined by Patrick McBride which, according to Wikipedia is "a retired America
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by Amnon 16y ago
I suppose you're right. It was the rich man's bias, thinking that you don't need money to be happy. (That word again). Also, I didn't realize that you were speaking more generally. Of course the lack of internet access is also related to ot
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by Amnon 16y ago
The "tips and tricks" section is interesting. I didn't know that iterating over node lists can take O(n^2). Also the Closure Compiler was new to me.
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by Amnon 16y ago
> So, how about if we could compile JavaScript into native code? Isn't that what all modern JavaScript engines do? If so, how are the results for the experiment so good? My guess is that he didn't take the compilation time into account
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by Amnon 16y ago
You assume that Internet access makes you happier. I'm not sure. At least they are spared a lot of distractions :)
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by Amnon 16y ago
Imagine humans in prehistoric times thinking about making contact with aliens: "Will their spearheads be made of stone or a more advanced material?" If aliens will come we'll see that the questions you ask here are irrelevant, as the terms
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by Amnon 16y ago
I tried to click it and nothing happened. Oh, the link is clickable!
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by Amnon 16y ago
Also, it proves that his name can be spelled without the underscore.
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by Amnon 16y ago
Oh, so that's what A Nation of Shoplifters means! Funny. (It's a song by Carter USM).
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by Amnon 16y ago
How did you skip 4 years?

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