jvandonsel

What’s the runtime complexity of Knuth’s solution vs the script solution?

I feel a need to share my notebook fetish too. Dingbats A5. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MRDVVLZ

How about adding the 15 kHz flyback transformer whine? Though most people who remember these terminals probably can’t hear that frequency any more.

“ Louie pulled off his bra and threw it down upon the casket.”

— Nick Tosches, In the Hand of Dante

Contrast that with this old-school book printing process from 1947. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rlsj-KEZE

I understand that the shape motion is necessary to reveal hidden parts of some shapes but it found it very distracting. A “freeze” button would have been very helpful,

That must have been one of the first iPads ever made!

In the immortal words of George Thorogood:

  “I drink alone, yeah
   With nobody else
   Yeah, you know when I drink alone
   I prefer to be by myself”

The first sentence of the article grabbed me the most. “…Seinfeld”, a vintage TV sitcom…”. I guess most of my life is now considered “vintage”.

As a native English speaker, this page is nearly incomprehensible to me.

Here’s an advantage of chess.com that I haven’t heard discussed yet. When playing against the computer I can request hints when I’m stumped. If lichess supports this then I haven’t found it yet. As a mediocre player I find it very instructive.

I strongly disagree with Mr. Brown regarding 'Alinde' (D. 904). It is transcendent. I invite him to step into the alley with me so that we can discuss this further.

No. Highlights with typed notes are supported, though.

Why is this page so difficult to scroll through on an iPad with Firefox?

Show us pics and deets!

Glad to know I’m not the only one this happens to.

Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle

I’d be interested in reading the book, but $33 for the ebook from Amazon? What’s up with that?

Seems about right for HN comments, this one included.

And let's not forget one of Stephen Sondheim's best lines, from West Side Story:

"I like the island Manhattan.

Smoke on your pipe and put that in!"

As someone who learned to type one one of these things, and wrote many college papers on them, I just have to say...

Good Riddance!

+1 on the two Bela Fleck collaborations. They're amazing.

The technician in the photo looks like he's wearing bomb disposal gear. What's the danger here?

This is a great interview, but the most interesting thing I learned is that I've been mispronouncing Brian's name for years. Apparently the 'g' is silent.

Also, for those of us men with "less than manly" wrists, it doesn't look oversized, unlike the bulk of men's analog watches today.

If you like this sort of thing then you may also like Samuel Pepys' diaries read in "real time" on twitter. https://twitter.com/samuelpepys

"Dartmouth relaxed the rule barring women from its computer center..."

Just wow.

I love this series of posts. I've always wondered why guitars have irregular tuning and this explanation makes sense.

tl;dr

Every time I see one I'm reminded of how uncomfortable they are.