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Or you could do 21 - 2 -> 34 - 3

It would be better to say it is done in one expression.

I've trying Google QSB; it is super fast, looks great, and works more like QS than LaunchBar. It is supposedly extensible, so hopefully people develop for it.

What? Python has way too many parentheses. Why should I have to write foo() to call foo? That's what I want to do with it 99% of the time. Ruby has it right.

His talk on this subject, for those who haven't seen it:

http://vodpod.com/watch/2078103-art-code-symposium-hackety-h...

It would be nice if it were treated more as an art, but don't you think whoever is paying for the grants would rather the effort be put into digging deeper into specific research topics that may eventually be of use to science rather than finding beautiful proofs and relationships between things we already know to be true?

It should be saved as its value at the point of greet's definition, but Python appears to not have real closures, so the change in the value of string afterwards changes it in greet too.

Just the rules of Magic cards involve a lot of mental computation. The full rulebook actually includes a description of stack-based execution of triggered events to avoid race conditions and ambiguities, and it is possible to build decks that exploit card combinations to create infinite loops that win instantly.

How long has this feature been around? This should definitely be in use for all dmgs with only one file.

Here's hoping TextMate 2 will be this good.

That is amazing, make sure to scroll down to the zoomed in "ipsum dolor."

That doesn't help give kids a sense of responsibility and independence, though.

In cognitive linguistics this is called conceptual metaphor. If you're interested in it, read "Metaphors We Live By" by Lakoff and Johnson. My favorite conceptual metaphor experiment (I think by Lera Boroditsky) was based on a question like:

The meeting was scheduled for Wednesday but was moved forward 2 days. What day is it on now?

Because this uses the common "time is motion" conceptual metaphor, if you ask it to people on a moving bus, they are more likely to say "Friday" than are people sitting at a bus stop.

The people who are in motion are more likely to conceptualize themselves moving through time and "moving the meeting forward" means forward in their direction of motion. The people who are not in motion conceptualize time as moving past them, and "moving the meeting forward" means forward towards them, making them more likely to say "Monday".

It's great because Apple pretty much has to license it, given how much pride they take in their power cord design.

The best I could find is http://www.chelsea.dyson.co.uk/

Click on "Water Fountain"

Someone outed him here: http://whoiswhytheluckystiff.wordpress.com/

The article describes how to slow it down, too.

It should be noted that this method only maximizes your chance of getting the best one, it doesn't take into account that the second best is much better than the worst. 37% of the time you use this method, you're just stuck with the last one you meet.

If you want to get as good of a wife as you can, only pass up √n before choosing the next one that is better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem

I interpreted it first to mean functional programming, then remembered what functional means to most people, then remembered that this was HackerNews, so I had to check.

If you really want the APL experience, try J (http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/vocabul.htm)

I've heard that apps are more popular in America, and webapps are more popular in Europe.