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by rk17 12y ago
The point Dijkstra was trying to make is that humans are inherently incapable of dealing with that kind of detailed complexity, and still reliably make useful programs. That's why he proposed that goto should be excluded from all highe
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by rk17 12y ago
Actually Goto doesn't have a problem; And it wouldn't matter in modern languages that deny access to that low-level instruction. In basic you can use your labels and goto statements to create a hierarchy of dispatching routines. A
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by rk17 12y ago
Great comment. Off-topic: funny name.
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by rk17 12y ago
Yeah, I should have included that example. Just adding that repression on that scale actually merits regime change more than finding a workaround. Although the workaround might be more feasible in most cases. So, it's a good initiative
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by rk17 12y ago
So what crypto needs is an easy-to-use plugin for developers, so more end-users can take advantage of this software.
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by rk17 12y ago
Nice counter-argument, with the concession that this is more like git than it is github. It might really put crypto on the radars of, and make it accessible to, the developers involved in these cloud services - which would be the equivalent
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by rk17 12y ago
I'd increase the time a little at least a couple of times during the week. Because learning to programming or playing an instrument is like learning a language, and it requires some extended time of immersion to really make significant
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by rk17 12y ago
Nice analysis/strategy description. I just want to add that one of the primary reasons why saas companies increase in size, is because they provide convenience. It seems that the SEO strategy increases convenience by having a relevant
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by rk17 12y ago
Maybe. But just consider that GitHub popularized git among professional developers. I don't think it's the audience this initiative has to reach. Though it will certainly make crypto more accessible, I doubt that doing the analogo
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by rk17 12y ago
The advantages of the anonymous marketplace only really apply to people who's work is being suppressed (activists/journalists) or who's work is rightfully being persecuted (criminals). Maybe there's a case to be made tha
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by rk17 12y ago
You're making ad hominem attacks. Yes comparatively it is ridiculous to portray this as a major issue, but just because other people are less-off doesn't mean you should let yourself get screwed over. It's also worth consider
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by rk17 12y ago
About your two first paragraphs: Over time that market-mechanic would also have as an effect that all engineers have capped wages, because the cause for wage increases - negotiations - would significantly decline; Everybody, almost by defin
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by rk17 12y ago
I also think you have a misunderstanding. Adam Smith is clearly explaining the reason for the more liberal wages from the perspective of the one who is to commence the study, and his likelihood of succeeding. Smith is pointing to the fact t
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by rk17 12y ago
In theory at least, wage should reflect responsibility and liability within the company. If you go over those of the CEO, you see why they make so much more money. They should be held accountable for the wealth of the entire company. As far
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by rk17 13y ago
One could make the argument that amount of information to be exchanged in order to get a good assessment really is that small. If they mostly look at how you behave under pressure and whether or not you can still tell a consistent story (pi
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by rk17 13y ago
In my honest opinion, they should just re-apply afterwards. It's impossible for investors to see if those red flags will or will not disappear during development. They are quite explicit that the pitch is paramount and why it so.
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by rk17 13y ago
I basically disagree with the article, here is why: Although it's true that disruption is not always caused by technology - you could argue that the Sears mail-order catalogue system was a disruption through the business/distribut
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by rk17 13y ago
In my opinion, it's usually a sign of decline when a company has to purchase added value where it failed to gather or create it herself. Forty-two dollars for your phone book!? I think it's really neat how the author conjectured w
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by rk17 13y ago
How about simply adding an additional certificate - e.g. random string of specified length - held by your webapp in closure? And then configure your server to only respond to requests that have the "secure" httpOnly cookies and th
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by rk17 13y ago
Noob's mistake: I noticed you are the author of the article (#^-^#), I'll read it again after you've updated it.
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by rk17 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I'm still a little confused, because in my understanding heuristics are also based on statistical properties; e.g. Is there a strong correlation between property x and y as measured by the amount of click-throu
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by rk17 13y ago
Am I mistaken or does algorithmic in this case simply translate to actually formulating a model that accurately represents your problem? I agree that the heuristic approach might be quicker and is great for filling gaps in your formal model
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by rk17 13y ago
The title should be: Why javascript programmers hate statically typed languages, because they are less flexible than dynamically typed languages. I honestly thought the talk was boring, nothing new.
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by rk17 13y ago
I can't find the article the title is referring to. I can only find one post related to Facebook on the blog, and it's unrelated to the title. Care to clarify?
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by rk17 13y ago
I think it's a very interesting and well-documented article. Everything is actually summarized in the 4 minute video half-way through the article, if you're short on time. Basically our need for self-actualization and the lens tha
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by rk17 13y ago
Beside the point: I think this google plus problem is a symptom of a larger problem. Google still acts as if it's a start-up, but it isn't. It's a company with a userbase that has come to rely on their products. Building inte