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   China Takes First Steps Toward A Space Station, Launches Tiangong 1(techcrunch.com)

   1 points by xlm 15y ago|0 comments
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   by xlm 15y ago

   Agreed, that was refreshing (and affirming). As the great teacher, Richard Feynman puts it: "if you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood it"
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   by xlm 15y ago

   Agreed, I read that one as well. What struck me was the link the author drew to LISP macros.
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   Introduction to Python Decorators(artima.com)

   79 points by xlm 15y ago|14 comments
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   by xlm 15y ago

   Very true, though it would help a lot if the need to solve something is driven by an innate interest, curiosity or simple laziness to do repetitive work (so as to pursue more interesting things). Monetary motivations don't really count. No
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   by xlm 15y ago

   Check out: http://robots.stanford.edu/cs221/index.html There's a basic and advance stream and you can switch down to the basic at any time if you don't have enough time.
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   by xlm 15y ago

   when I say their software is s, I mean merde
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   Ask HN: YC Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund: Why is #22 blank?

   2 points by xlm 15y ago|2 comments