theclay

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by theclay 15y ago
This is the future of education. Stanford is just the tip of the iceberg.
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by theclay 15y ago
As a practical matter, this would require the enforcement agency to publish the correct price for every asset regulated. Publishing a formula for this calculation wouldn't be good enough, because then you would be required to value things b
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by theclay 15y ago
This is exactly what I want to know. What were the numbers?
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by theclay 15y ago
Wow! Here today, gone tomorrow. Good call Kyro!
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by theclay 15y ago
All that talk of "doubling the size of its customer service staff" sounds good, but it doesn't mention numbers. Did they go from 1 to 2? 100 to 200? When they say they will be "creating a "Trust and Safety" department, they again don't me
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by theclay 15y ago
I'm sorry, but this doesn't address what I said. I know the lisp community stands behind Edi Weitz and I respect him, but compared to Python's "Batteries Included" or Perl's standard regular expression library, your solution is problematic.
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by theclay 15y ago
Since you are hung up on "objective analysis," what objective evidence do you have that this claim is true? In any case, here is an objective problem: Common Lisp does not include a standard for regular expressions. That isn't anecdotal and
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by theclay 15y ago
I can't tell if this is serious or not. Either way, it seems like we all benefit from devices that make doctors more effective.
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by theclay 15y ago
I think you should decide what you hope to accomplish. However, on a window's machine, there is small basic: http://smallbasic.com/ It's windows, it's powerful, it's simple, and it's highly visual.
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by theclay 15y ago
The first edition of the OED took about 70 years (starting in the mid 1800's) if I recall. Newer editions are still being edited.
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by theclay 15y ago
It doesn't have to be direct conflict. The margins for survival are very slim. Out-competing through more effective hunting and gathering would make a huge difference.
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by theclay 15y ago
If only you could outsource this job to India...
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by theclay 15y ago
This isn't just a problem with online communities either. True communities are a mess.
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by theclay 15y ago
Climate Science isn't a science. For science to be science, you have to control for variables. When you can't--like with climate studies--you rely on intuition instead. That's a social science.
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by theclay 15y ago
Check out Mint Linux. It's built on top of Ubuntu but much better.
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by theclay 15y ago
If it wasn't for Mint Linux standing on top of Ubuntu standing on top of Debian with Debian's apt-get repository, I probably would have switched to Mac. Interestingly, most of my favorite desktop apps are written in C++ (Chrome, Firefox, Op
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by theclay 15y ago
Not to mention the fact that most times, it's easier to go through the line with a check-out person running the register. Not only do they do the work, but the self check-out lines at grocery stores often aren't set up for buying a lot of
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by theclay 15y ago
Hopefully this will also clue in some developers to cool projects that they can contribute to.
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by theclay 15y ago
Accelerated C++ by Koenig and Moo
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by theclay 15y ago
So then what's your take on coding in Ada compared to other languages?
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Ada holding up F-22 Raptor upgrades(defensenews.com)
27 points by theclay 15y ago|37 comments
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by theclay 15y ago
I couldn't agree more. The last time I went to the movies, it felt like such a rip off that I vowed never to return. Questions: 1) How long are advertisements anymore? It felt like 15+ minutes. 2) Is there no cell phone etiquette at all?
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by theclay 15y ago
I doubt people will argue that these features are useful, but they do increase Python's overall complexity by adding to the sum total one must learn to grok python. There's a danger here: add too many "simplifications" and you get something
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by theclay 15y ago
Strange as it sounds, lots of incoming freshman have never had to figure out anything before. Their "education" has consisted of nothing but regurgitating standardized lessons for standardized tests. These students need some time to learn
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by theclay 15y ago
Thank you. This is the kind of response I was hoping to see. I'm not qualified to comment at all on Clojure, but I was interested to see what people thought who were part of this community. I wish more people would address these points. I
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by theclay 15y ago
I see a lot of people bashing Yegge, bashing Tiobe, praising Clojure, and praising Rich Hickey. All of that is strawman bullshit though as far as I can tell. Virtually no one seems to be addressing what I think is Yegge's core point: negl
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by theclay 15y ago
Why would Google buy Sun? Google doesn't make hardware and Sun gave Java away for free. Google still gets to poach the best of Sun's programmers so what's in it for them?
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by theclay 15y ago
Recursion is harder in some languages than others (e.g. python--a commonly recommended beginner language--where recursion is deliberately broken)
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by theclay 15y ago
Just imagine how it feels to teach in such environments.
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by theclay 15y ago
So basically, all Mac has to do is never fall behind in any way to the rest of the world. I think back to the days of my Apple IIGS. It was awesome. It showed the way. And then the clones destroyed it.

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