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by phob 13y ago
Often when using C++ I find myself solving C++ problems, not real problems. In a domain with very difficult math and performance challenges, the C++ problems will be dwarfed by the difficultly of the real problem you are solving. For domai
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by phob 14y ago
Vim and Emacs seem to work fine if you have Gnu's win32 tools.
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by phob 15y ago
What advantage does this have over flot?
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by phob 15y ago
Copying is not theft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU7axyrHWDQ
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by phob 15y ago
At the lower price, you produce a lot more consumer surplus. This is valuable if you're the charitable type.
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by phob 15y ago
This class looks really intense. I'm so excited for this -- just look at that syllabus!
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by phob 16y ago
The problem with anecdotal evidence is that it makes you under the impression that you know something. If it were as harmless as it were useless, there would be no problem.
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Python on Heroku
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by phob 16y ago
"4HWW is about identifying the highest impact things and cutting out the rest." This is one of the primary aims of GTD.
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by phob 16y ago
But we do have reasonable priors on parapsychology from its wasteland of unreplicated, flawed studies, with no convincing results despite decades of effort.
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by phob 16y ago
This is why we replicate studies. Unreplicated parapsychology results are a dime a dozen.
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by phob 16y ago
paredit.
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by phob 16y ago
Psychic powers would be another form of transparency.
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by phob 16y ago
It's pretty awesome. I have it set up to lock my computer without any way (besides going to the tty screens) to unlock it... Any other way and I end up postponing the breaks and not taking them.
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by phob 16y ago
Saying that two groups are homomorphic doesn't tell me much more than there exists a group homomorphism... As far as I know, isomorphism implies one can be transformed into the other through renaming. I don't know anything about topology,
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by phob 16y ago
To play devil's advocate, a single open platform like Android would leave plenty of room for competition.
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by phob 16y ago
You're not concerned about people looking over your shoulder?
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by phob 16y ago
If you're going to go with Emacs, any of these options are suddenly much brighter ;-)
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by phob 16y ago
Thank you for commenting on this article.
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by phob 16y ago
Please, let him be creative.
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by phob 16y ago
| situation permitting Yep, that's good 'ol vim for you.
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by phob 16y ago
I completely agree with you, except that I value customization higher than you do, so I choose emacs. Have you considered VIPER mode for emacs? I know it's not complete VI emulation but it's pretty close. If I was to start again (with no
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by phob 16y ago
Actually, this could be done if the program didn't use any print or input commands. In general, it still cannot be done.
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by phob 16y ago
isomorphic?
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by phob 16y ago
That's called progress.
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by phob 16y ago
Are you a colemak or dvorak user? I agree with you on all of those items. It's a little scary, actually.
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by phob 16y ago
And that's exactly the way it should be.
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by phob 16y ago
That sounds completely fair. But you should still by able to resell the game.
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by phob 16y ago
Yes, Americans had the decency to slowly wipe out the indigenous people...
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by phob 16y ago
:(

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