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Wouldn't say `let` is so much better than `def setup` as a newcomer. `def setup` is simple and powerful enough and after a while you begin to wonder whether something like `let` exists.

When I learned Rails, I was also learning Ruby. (This was 6 months ago.) (As a matter of fact I was learning what programming really was...)

Learning MiniTest/Test::Unit first I would say is a much better approach because you get to focus on the language, which is at the end of the day, the reason Rails is so special.

I read somewhere that someone decided to teach Rspec because it had "less" metaprogramming than a Test::Unit definition.

But in retrospect, it may have been really easy to begin grokking metaprogramming if we had explained that naming something:

   class UserTest < TestUnit::TestCase

Nature VS Nurture.

Both play a part.

Aaron's high expectations for himself sure made it hard for him to live up to them and be satisfied with whatever he was doing but....

Nurture plays a role in suicide. In this case, the Feds were definitely trying to stop this beautiful flower from growing.

It was having trouble on his own.

What they should have done, the "appropriate" thing to do, as Larry put it was to cut the weeds nearby and any sick branches he may have had. JSTOR apparently death with it pretty well and tied to cut off the sick branches that Aaron had on him.

No one has gloried the suicide either. He will just truly be missed. AND it is especially sad that he was put in a situation that was blown out of proportion and tried to crush him. It could happen to you.

Say you're in Cancun and some people find you having sex in public and then throw some cocaine at you, trying to accuse you of drug smuggling but it just so happens you don't have the money or the connections to ward them off. (This is everyday life in Latin America)

I posted these question in a comment here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5048729

I can imagine and believe that defending yourself against the US government is costly, what I don't understand is what the breakdown of all expenses would look like.

What services do you need to purchase/hire that you wouldn't get in a normal court case?

Is it because you spend a lot more time in court or in preparation?

Do you need to choose among lawyers with special certification? What type of paperwork do you need to produce?*

In the Latin America (where I am) I could easily see the biggest expenses being bribes and it is in general what I think of when you need a problem solved. (Not a good thing at all...)

P.S. Making an infographic about a case like this vs a regular court case would be an interesting project and could help us make the case for Aaron...anyone want to help by looking for data / making one on your own?

Make an infographic that attracts attention.

I unfortuantley do not know how I would even start doing one, but some comments have data like "97% of all people plead guilty" we could see what the average number of time in Jail is, pull out some quotes.

I posted abt it here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5048729 and the types of question we would need to figure out relating to court costs and things like that.

I can imagine and believe that defending yourself against the US government is costly, what I don't understand is what the breakdown of all expenses would look like.

What services do you need to purchase/hire that you wouldn't get in a normal court case?

Is it because you spend a lot more time in court or in preparation?

Do you need to choose among lawyers with special certification? What type of paperwork do you need to produce?

In the Latin America (where I am) I could easily see the biggest expenses being bribes and it is in general what I think of when you need a problem solved. (Not a good thing at all...)

P.S. Making an infographic about a case like this vs a regular court case would be an interesting project and could help us make the case for Aaron...anyone want to help by looking for data / making one on your own?

It would be a lot less confusing if the text from the previous page dissapeared...or if that line that follows you worked not with pages but as a scroll....

The line is the interesting feature.

There is a bug where when I scroll to the next page, all the old text from the previous page still shows. (using latest firefox on OS X)

It would be nice to use this method with some texts I want to read...but definetley not all.

Can't scan.

Probably would be really good to read an academic paper I really want to grasp a second time.

Good experiment!

Edit: (Since it said it was Chrome only...tried it with Chrome, text from previous page still shows up...)

There is some fundamental truth here though.

I'm not in college you see. Even though I went for three years and was doing perfectly fine GPA wise, and was on track to a "dream career" with the admiration of everybody around me even though I knew I was not learning very much in school.

I decided to take that another path, where I actually try to measure what I learn beyond the grade inflation that was rampant at school and the mind-numbing pace at which things were offered and the lack of curiosity with which most things (not all) were perused.

I have not rejected my family though, nor their friends, nor any of my friends and everytime I get asked, at least once a week or so (or used to), "What are you studying?"

I tell them, "Nothing."

People don't believe it and usually I am being bullied into going back. (I wanted to say it was a discussion, but these people usually never listen to me.)

Sometimes I get the feeling that I should lie to them, but to do so would be to deny the legitmacy of what I am doing. I usually hope the mention of that comes off with little reaction and we can go on as if everything was ok.

That usually never happens and I have to risk the chance of getting bullied one more time, often by people whom I like and care about. To say something different however, that's out of the question.

A "let's talk about that later" is sometimes considered, but when you say that, the other person ALWAYS gets real curious and wants to ask you again. I'm in Latin America you see, and privacy here is not as respected...