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A babel fish.
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dsc··on Why Why Functional Programming Matters Matters
What about the stack? With all these function calls, it's nightmarish to optimize.
dsc··on Impossible colors
I can't cross my eyes :(
dsc··on Can you solve it? The Greplin programming challenge
Not always is "exponential" a bad thing. For small sets, the expo algorithm is actually faster than the polynomial one. Although yeah, generally speaking, it's a bad idea.
dsc··on Ask HN: How do you *use* HN?
I ask a lot, because we all get something out of the answer or answering a question.

I check it a couple of times a day, but rarely do I go the "new" (which I think I should do more).

dsc··on Ask HN: How do people really test their code?
I know you! you're the guy that wants to take the good advice and use it elsewhere!

^5s

dsc··on Ask HN: How can I start making my own music?
And after finding the tool, is a teacher worthwhile or should I rely on self-teaching?
dsc··on Ask HN: What keyboard do you use?
WOW, they look really nice. I like. :)
dsc··on Ask HN: What are problems that need to be solved?
Meditation FTW!
dsc··on Ask HN: What are problems that need to be solved?
I think a problem that bugs me a lot is how I see lots of people wanting to do lots of cool things, but they lack the appropriate guidance. We do that on a day-to-day basis, but what about the other folks out there who don't know about this place?

Usually forums, IRC, blogs help in getting immersed with anything, but I have a feeling that a startup with the primary purpose of "Enlightening" its users has yet to come.

edit: Basically what I'm shooting for is: how to get rid of the crappy forums and allow a truly easy and fun way to go about learning new things.

People go to college to learn about how things should be, but not how they are. Waste of time and money, sometimes.

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That's just effin uncool, apple!
dsc··on Dropbox: Files Without Borders
Google docs has an API, they also have folders. http://code.google.com/apis/documents/overview.html

I've used Google docs folders for team projects that include file types other than those used for documents, it simply 'stores' it in the folder along with revision history.

Is any weekend hacker thinking what I'm thinking?

dsc··on Dropbox: Files Without Borders
You have to use gnome to use Dropbox, hopefully they fix that. Then all the systems folk will probably use this for quick n' dirty research projects.
dsc··on There Are No Famous Programmers
I'll do my best to spread this message in my mind and in others. What we do is art, it always has been.

Say it: I'm with the awesome!!!

dsc··on The Just-World Fallacy
I want to know where the dinner table is (no joke, I really don't know a good resource for an "honest" version of the same material). Any sites you know of? :-)
dsc··on Ask HN: Why do my speakers make a weird noise near a phone?
Hmm I'm kinda concerned that someone might be spying on me :)

But yes, I saw both your comments and "sometimes it does it for no reason" is still scary to me.

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Those who do not believe the world is just, have a reason to live for: Lets make the world just!

I don't know whether or not that reasoning is based on some wiring in our brain..

dsc··on The unemployed will not be considered
From the article: "There are about 5.5 people looking for work for every job available, according to the latest data from the Labor Department. "

That's not much. Oh, and OUCH!

dsc··on Ask HN: Why and how should someone learn functional programming?
I think I'm running out of ideas as to where I would IMMEDIATELY want to use it.

A list of neat projects that should highlight the use of functional programming would be useful in this case.

dsc··on Ask HN: Why and how should someone learn functional programming?
Any resources you suggest, just off the top of your head?

Realworld haskell is free online, any others?

dsc··on Ask HN: Why and how should someone learn functional programming?
For about 6 years. In C, Java, Perl, Python, C++ and, sadly, VB.

I've seen a bit of "funcational" in python's type "function" and lambda expressions. But didn't really understand how I could go far with this.

I kinda don't see how I can build a large project based solely on the idea of having those constructs in the language.

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A friend of mine worked for MSFT before, and he had to go through lots of emailing, just to get a hold of the team responsible for a component he's working on (he was probably working on a subcomponent).

It feels like a circus, to be honest.

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I kinda meant the class of MSFT workers that are responsible for making the image look a bit brighter. I felt that way, because I've not seen positive content about MSFT in a while.
dsc··on Ask HN: Can't find a designer. What am I doing wrong?
Send them replies after getting in touch with them. But when you do, however that may be, make sure that your language isn't too specific (Design is very friendly with the absence of boundaries).
dsc··on Ask HN: Can't find a designer. What am I doing wrong?
You're being too specific about the task you need the designer for. Designers and those who seek them, must have this thing called a "vision" that allows you to see the value of your potential designers and they will get to understand you better.

But no one really does that sort of thinking when they think of "design". So, the concrete solution: Go on twitter and ask designers to read a description of who you are, what you do, what you like etc. And offer some cash for those that design a cool site that's coherent with the description you put for yourself.

Of course there's no magic trick that works for everyone so TIAS!

dsc··on BBC Horizon - Psychedelic Science - DMT, LSD, Ibogaine
A friend of mine sees a flying stomach wherever he goes, thanks to LSD.

He dropped out of college, during his senior year. Sad.

dsc··on BBC Horizon - Psychedelic Science - DMT, LSD, Ibogaine
I wonder if I could link LSD to the jerky movement of a very clever professor I know...
dsc··on YubNub: a (social) command line for the web
They didn't implement tab competition.

Bash users won't like this.