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blogs.perl.org 1y ago

To compute a constant of calculus (A treatise on multiple ways)

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www.t-mobile.com 3y ago

T‑Mobile Publishes 2022 Report on State of Fixed Wireless

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99percentinvisible.org 6y ago

All Rings Considered (2019)

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99percentinvisible.org 6y ago

Invisible Women

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player.fm 6y ago

Invisible Women

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www.openculture.com 7y ago

The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type Is Not the Gutenberg Bible

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www.npr.org 7y ago

Stuck in China's Panopticon

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www.theguardian.com 7y ago

Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950

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www.atlasobscura.com 7y ago

Edible Book Festivals Are for Pun and Food Lovers – Gastro Obscura

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www.theguardian.com 7y ago

Would you take a pay cut to get a better job title? Not as stupid as it sounds

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theconversation.com 7y ago

My thoughts are my password, because my brain reactions are unique

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www.joelsimon.net 7y ago

Evolving Floorplans

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qz.com 8y ago

How much money do people need to be happy?

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blog.fugue.co 8y ago

A CEO's Guide to Emacs (2015)

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qz.com 9y ago

Amazon’s first bookstore in New York City sucks the joy out of buying books

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www.nytimes.com 9y ago

Researchers Created Fake News. Here’s What They Found

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harpers.org 9y ago

Swat Team

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the-ken.com 9y ago

The unbelievable story of a Facebook impostor

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com 10y ago

The enduring puzzle of the human chin

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qz.com 10y ago

Mark Zuckerberg can’t believe India isn’t grateful for Facebook’s free internet

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www.gnu.org 10y ago

RMS: My Lisp Experiences and the Development of GNU Emacs (2002)

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news.berkeley.edu 10y ago

Researchers find neural switch that turns dreams on and off in mice

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www.manning.com 10y ago

Type-Driven Development with Idris

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www.sciencedaily.com 10y ago

Sweet revenge against superbugs

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www.wired.com 11y ago

Microsoft Is Making a Stripped-Down Windows to Rival Linux

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n-o-d-e.net 11y ago

How to convert a USB charger into a tiny Linux computer

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www.theatlantic.com 11y ago

Tech Companies Owe It to the Public to Cooperate with Surveillance

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www.theatlantic.com 11y ago

A Brewing Problem

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www.scilogs.com 11y ago

Writing for mathematical clarity

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blogs.scientificamerican.com 11y ago

Escaping the Confucian trap (2013)

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Is there a path (short of going through a Physics undergrad curriculum itself) to enjoy and get more 'return' from Feynman for someone without formal Physics background? Any recommendations of books to read prior to undertaking Feynman?

Normal error message in Perl:

    $ perl -Mstrict -e 'say $x'
    Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my $x"?) at -e line 1.
    Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
With the addition of `Coy` module [1]:
    $ perl -Mstrict -MCoy -e 'say $x'

        -----
        Gautama dies near
        a monastry. Two woodpeckers
        fly over the lake.
        -----

                Or Wunt's commentary...

                Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name (did you
                forget to declare "my $x"?)

                        (Analects of -e: line 1.
                         Execution of -e aborted due to compilation
                         errors.)

[1]: https://metacpan.org/pod/Coy

Every (most?) special variable has a non-cryptic alias, if only one were disciplined enough to choose to use the alternative.

Is it not possible that the low-hanging fruit had been found earlier, in the 1970s-1990s, and the problem got harder?

The problem of "problems getting harder" is a continuous phenomenon. Why would that be the case suddenly after 2000, and not before?

However, I'm a bit puzzled by the weird direction the journalist ran with this, which is straight to his preconceived notions that are not that supported by the data he's looking at.

Is it possible that your own preconceived notions about the author and the publication may have caused you to judge this way?

In any case, don't trust every comment posted on Hacker News (including my own) :)

The only gripe I have with emacs help, is that it does require some basic skill to use it.

The only thing to know is to press 'q' to quit the help window and get back to where you were.

Take a look at the recently released "Grokking Algorithms" [1] by Bhargava. Uses Python for code examples. I haven't read it personally, but has good reviews on Amazon [2].

  [1] http://adit.io/posts/2016-05-25-Grokking-Algorithms-Is-Out.html
  [2] https://www.amazon.com/dp/1617292230/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
    I think there's fairly strong evidence that the answer would be "yes" to that question.
I doubt that. Netflix didn't start with original content. They had to spend many years acquiring their substantial member-base before they started experimenting with the original content. If the company literally launched with House of Cards with no existing members to speak of, it would have been much tougher for them to convince people to pay them money and watch their as yet unproven original content.

Favoriting doesn't appear to work for me. When I click on the 'favorite' link on an article page, I am taken to my favorites page, and nothing is shown added to the list. I only see the message "To add a story here, click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'favorite' at the top."

Using Firefox 47.0 on Ubuntu 16.04. uBlock Origin shows "0 requests blocked".

C-r is reverse-search-history. You press C-r and start typing your search pattern to trigger an incremental search. Most recent command matching the pattern anywhere in the command is selected.

In contrast, history-search-backword requires you to start typing your pattern followed by the keystroke it was bound to. The most recent command that starts with your search pattern is selected.

TransUnion | Boca Raton, FL | ON-SITE | Big Data Developers

We develop algorithms to perform data fusion and data analysis in very large scale distributed environment using high performance clusters. We create the infrastructure/tools to enable management and efficient processing of large amounts of data.

If you like to create solutions to minimize business risks and tackle complex real-world challenges by leveraging very large scale data, come join us.

We are looking for talented developers at various levels.

    • Relational Database Systems, Data Modeling, ETL 
    • Sound knowledge of SQL 
    • Strong Experience developing on Linux/Unix platform
    • Experience in C/C++
    • Scripting experience in Perl, Python, Ruby or Shell
    • Solid computer science fundamentals (particularly algorithms and data structures)
    • Strong analytical skills and out of the box thinking
    • Experience in Big Data Solutions/ Distributed Data Processing is a plus
    • Computer Science (equivalent degree) preferred or comparable years of experience
Contact kspoone@transunion.com with your cover letter/resume.
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TransUnion | Boca Raton, FL | ON-SITE | Big Data Developers

We develop algorithms to perform data fusion and data analysis in very large scale distributed environment using high performance clusters. We create the infrastructure/tools to enable management and efficient processing of large amounts of data.

If you like to create solutions to minimize business risks and tackle complex real-world challenges by leveraging very large scale data, come join us.

We are looking for talented developers at various levels.

    • Relational Database Systems, Data Modeling, ETL 
    • Sound knowledge of SQL 
    • Strong Experience developing on Linux/Unix platform
    • Experience in C/C++
    • Scripting experience in Perl, Python, Ruby or Shell
    • Solid computer science fundamentals (particularly algorithms and data structures)
    • Strong analytical skills and out of the box thinking
    • Experience in Big Data Solutions/ Distributed Data Processing is a plus
    • Computer Science (equivalent degree) preferred or comparable years of experience 
Contact kspoone@transunion.com with your cover letter/resume.