oliveoil

for instance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_analysis

The time I sometimes lose reading HN pays off when I find stuff like this. BTW the type heuristics is good enough to look inside of files to determine the type: doing 'ack --python pattern' WILL DO look into python files that have no extension (like the toplevel module for instance).

In the summer I used to procrastinate through a lot of time here, on Hacker News. Now I'm coming back mostly only during my semi-free time (but like everyone I probably have better stuff to do). And the first thing I see here is an article about how you shouldn't just check a couple of websites and do serious stuff instead. Great.

I ran into the same problem just today: need to generate some urls within a library component and for that I need to give it the controller (which has url_for and the other helpers). The funny thing is, I am new to rails and was thinking how to do this more cleanly and how the good guys do this (anyone?), now this guy basically says go screw yourself, purists, I'll have it global. I'll stay with my hacky solution too I think.

There's a sample image below which it says "First results, 83 lines of code." Is that the total number of source lines in that version of the raytracer? Wow! I mean, the sample doesn't look especially beautiful, but 83!! WOW!!

hah, how about a service that would sell all your licenses when you are switching a computer off and buying all of them again when turning it on again. companies that work in different timezones could save fortunes.

Can someone from the python community say if this is pointed at someone in particular?

I think that it is exactly because there is so much variance in the outcome of soccer matches that the sport is so much more popular than any other sport (here in Europe at least).

Isn't it unfair to say that they raised "$8 million on a PowerPoint like it’s 1999"? It definitely was harder otherwise SetJam could create something in PowerPoint too.

What is "John The Ripper v1.7.3.1" test? I'd like to see "Firefox startup" test and similar..

Wow! I didn't know that Watson was so cool!

Eh, then how come America has become more fat in the last 30 years? Do the genes degenerate that fast? The article is so bad that I suspect the author is trying to score with a fat chick and published this to make her feel better or something;-)

But the girl with the ticket in the ad seemed to be very charmed by the brave young man on a yike. ;-)

For me the blog displays as dark text on dark background (I have a pretty bad laptop screen, perhaps it's ok on desktop lcds). And he is complaining about the exact same thing done by someone else ;-)

It's a good summary though.

And they also charge for 'inmail' (drastically, see the link) which means if you accidentally stumble upon someone you'd actually like to talk to (potential business partner, employer,..) you gotta pay, there's usually no other way to talk to them.

Nice stories. I don't understand how exactly the solution for 'All Signs Point to "No-No"' works. He says he packs the controller id into the pointer slot, allright, but doesn't he also say that the framework will free() the pointer later?

Haha..

I am also putting off signing up for Twitter.

I voted this up immediately after reading the title.

Because all text editors were created equal, it should be mentioned that a similar plugin exists for emacs:

http://code.google.com/p/yasnippet/

It would be really nice if the article started with the note "Bridget Brennan is CEO of Female Factor and author of the new book, "Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World's Most Powerful Consumers" (Crown Business). " instead of putting it in the end.

I don't know, I'm seeing this for this first time.

But for some it might already be a timeless classic ;-)

> Attractiveness should be totally uncorrelated to intelligence

Why would you think so? Isn't it the case that smarter guys make more money (or are otherwise more successful), allowing them to chose among more potential partners, some of them being physically attractive and selected for that reason? The offspring would be both smart (after the daddy) and pretty (after the mummy).

I'm reading the Codingthewheel blog pretty regulalry. While I don't find this article on Postgre particularly intriguing, some others are good, for instance the one on hand evaluator algorithms: http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/poker-hand-evaluator-....

All this talk is often making me wonder whether good (and improving bots) will take over the world of online poker someday, to the point where it is just a pure waste of money for anyone else than an expert to play, on any blinds level. (not that I'd feel sad about it).

I think there are two major problems with "hacking" one's sleeping patterns like this. First is physiological side effects that can go undetected for a very long time and cause permanent damage. Lack of sleep increases blood pressure, for instance.

Or the effectiveness of the thinking process itself (which is more difficult to measure) -- I was told at school that when I sleep my brain "processes and sorts information". Well if you reduce the amount of sleep four times perhaps you become more prone to make mistakes when working (and lose time fixing them).