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by richsinn 8y ago
Precisely. In this world view, A Java programmer would also be confused with Scala, which is a JVM language. (Or I guess you could write Scala in a non-functional, Java-y way, but that would defeat the purpose of using Scala...).
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by richsinn 8y ago
A. It was a joke. B. What about Scala? Would you say Scala is a "good fit" for people leaving Java because it's also built on top of the JVM? Or would it be a "bad fit" because the idioms and functional-nature of Sc
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by richsinn 8y ago
... and thus out of the ashes rose Rust lang...
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by richsinn 8y ago
For this precise reason, I've stopped buying things like baby food, baby toiletries, skin lotion, etc. from Amazon. I now purchase direct from the respective online store, or sites like walmart.com/target.com
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by richsinn 8y ago
Furthermore, this kind of stuff always makes me wonder if/when other genus will eventually evolve into "intelligent" beings (with "intelligent" being loosely defined). The Homo genus evolved around ~2-3 million year
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Asian-Americans Make Up Most of the New U.S. Immigrant Population(nationalgeographic.com)
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by richsinn 8y ago
lol
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by richsinn 8y ago
Anyone use the Eisenhower Matrix? A few really productive people I know seem to use it to great effect. Was wondering if anyone here has any tips with their experiences.
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by richsinn 8y ago
This comment reminds me of "the banality of evil" concept. src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem#The_bana...
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by richsinn 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entire_History_of_You Just sayin... :)
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by richsinn 8y ago
It's only fitting that the other trending piece on hacker news right now is this one -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16652952
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Rodney Brooks' January 1st Predictions for the Coming 32 Years(rodneybrooks.com)
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by richsinn 9y ago
I don't think the Atlantic piece is suggesting that at all. The article is making the point that the delicate power balances behind the Chinese Communist Party is very complex, and that the soundbites we hear from our Western media (or
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by richsinn 9y ago
Exactly. Check this article out: "Xi Jinping May Be Less Powerful Than He Seems" ( https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/04/xi... ) The fact of the matter is that the outside w
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by richsinn 9y ago
A great summary of the Dark Forest theory without giving away too much of the plot. This trilogy is one of the best books/stories I've ever read.
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by richsinn 9y ago
Props to Business Insider for writing this piece. I like to call them the "TMZ of Business News" - but once in a while they do very good reporting/pieces like this.
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Ancient Text Reveals New Clues to the Origin of Zero(news.nationalgeographic.com)
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by richsinn 10y ago
Of course it's hard to say if they completely, 100% invented anything from scratch. But they sure did "pioneer" a lot of unique practices that other software companies were not following at the time. A specific example - the
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by richsinn 10y ago
> Mostly just stuff any competent company would/should be doing. it's google though, so they act like it's super awesome. Yes, you're absolutely correct. But here's the thing - it was actually Google that pioneer
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by richsinn 10y ago
plastics and phthalates used to manufacture plastics - * https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/undergoing-fertil... * https://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/chemicals.php?id=24 * https:&#x
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Pain kept this young woman from eating for 5 years, and doctors didn’t know why(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by richsinn 10y ago|1 comments
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by richsinn 10y ago
video here: https://twitter.com/i/moments/750914733155373056
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Pakyow 0.10 Release Announcement(pakyow.org)
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The Cinder Sensing Cooker Won’t Burn Your Food to a Crisp(techcrunch.com)
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The Surprisingly Complex Design of the Ziploc Bag(wired.com)
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Why Shroud of Turin's Secrets Continue to Elude Science(news.nationalgeographic.com)
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by richsinn 12y ago
This is also one of the reasons why Japan the Country has historically supported Judo more so than Karate (support via the Japanese government to promote it internationally, to the Olympics, etc).
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by richsinn 12y ago
Most linguists have historically categorized the Japonic languages and the Korean language as isolates. But, even though the technical elements between the two languages may bear no relationship with each other, the phonetic similarities be
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by richsinn 12y ago
What else did he say?
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Musicians' Brains Really Do Work Differently – In a Good Way(npr.org)
2 points by richsinn 12y ago|0 comments

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