aaco

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by aaco 2y ago
Other languages also have this exact same quirk, like Spanish[1] or Portuguese[2]. [1] https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nombre_colectivo [2] https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantivo_coletivo
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by aaco 7y ago
I know this comment will sound a bit unrelated to the main topic but reading this made this thought pop up in my mind and I thought it would make sense to share it. This comment is, however, related to the sub topic of the quoted sentence:
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by aaco 10y ago
Agreed. I wouldn't buy anything larger. My Kindle fits perfectly in my coats' inner pockets and also in my backpack's otherwise unused CD pocket.
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by aaco 11y ago
Google Closure Library does this in goog.structs.Set with an interesting generic solution. A string key for the underlying map is generated based on the data type of the element being added in the set. If you're adding an object into t
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by aaco 15y ago
"... but instead are able to write code that modifies code and generates code as easily as if you were writing the original code in the first place: the comparison to Ruby is therefore fundamentally flawed." This. The ability to easily re
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by aaco 16y ago
> Simple test: if there were more comments like this, would HN be a better place? If yes, upvote. If no, downvote. If indifferent/not sure, move on to next comment. I agree with you here. The problem is that this is not directly obvio
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by aaco 16y ago
"He should be called by his tribal name ..." And what is his tribal name? Remember that he is the last survivor of an uncontacted tribe. We would need to contact him in order to know that, right?
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by aaco 16y ago
In Brazil, the word we commonly use to refer to the native inhabitants is "índio". When we refer to someone who is born in India, the word is "indiano". Both words translate to "Indian" in English. Maybe that is why the article calls him an
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by aaco 16y ago
"Would you rather spend 6 months hacking together a product just so you don't offend 10 people?" Probably not, if by "offend" you mean "market research", but that is not what I'm talking about. I'm specifically talking about the method yo
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by aaco 16y ago
I find this would not be a fair approach, even if you do not really collect any data from the form. Would you tell them "This product is no longer available for sale" when it never was? In fact it doesn't even exist. Would it be fair to mak
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by aaco 16y ago
"... but anyone ever leave the software world to do something unrelated?" Yes, however I don't know how large the number of people who leave programming related jobs is. It would be interesting to know some numbers about this topic. Anywa
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by aaco 16y ago
"... but it's not a Lisp ..." It is. "... pure Lisp ..." There is no such a thing as "pure Lisp". Lisp is not a programming language, it's a family of programming languages that share some common properties. To put it more clearly, we
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by aaco 16y ago
"If every college let everyone in, it would be worthless." I think that HN, while not a college, might be a counterexample for this idea. Here everyone can join and communicate, and yet we can maintain a high level of communication. The o
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From Game Programmer to Coffee Farmer (2006)(konaearth.com)
5 points by aaco 16y ago|0 comments
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by aaco 17y ago
I don't know, but apart from that there are other benefits which are still valid. And I wonder if the yellow light would be necessary at all.
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by aaco 17y ago
I think the main problem is that the title is misleading, even if another name were used. What does "Zed's Dead, Baby. Zed's Dead" inform that is related to ZFS? Does it somehow attract people who are interested in ZFS for Mac OS X or it hi
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Why I am not a Unicornian(rondam.blogspot.com)
1 points by aaco 17y ago|0 comments
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DAb: Interactive Haptic Painting with 3D Virtual Brushes(beautifulpixels.blogspot.com)
1 points by aaco 18y ago|0 comments
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Why Craigslist needs to die(arvindn.livejournal.com)
25 points by aaco 18y ago|25 comments
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My coding practices in 1991(cowboyprogramming.com)
5 points by aaco 18y ago|1 comments
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First Recorded Usage of "Hacker"(duartes.org)
42 points by aaco 18y ago|12 comments
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Richard Feynman’s Modest Science (and fake teaching)(duartes.org)
49 points by aaco 18y ago|10 comments
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CPU Rings, Privilege, and Protection(duartes.org)
1 points by aaco 18y ago|0 comments
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Memory Translation and Segmentation(duartes.org)
12 points by aaco 18y ago|1 comments
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Scientists Find Trigger for Northern Lights(nytimes.com)
2 points by aaco 18y ago|0 comments
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Spam King and Family Dead In Murder-Suicide(msnbc.msn.com)
1 points by aaco 18y ago|0 comments
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by aaco 18y ago
This is a great reading. I didn't read it all so far (but I will), but I think if people were taught mathematics in a more explanatory way there would be a lot more of them interested in it, and therefore interested in areas related to it,
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Scientists Plan Interplanetary Internet Protocol(internetevolution.com)
2 points by aaco 18y ago|0 comments
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Cisco to buy home-network software vendor for $120M(computerworld.com)
2 points by aaco 18y ago|0 comments
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Comp.lang.scheme discussion: "Why R6RS is controversial"(groups.google.com)
2 points by aaco 18y ago|0 comments

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