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A truly good writer can not only write well, but can mimic the writing of great writers. This guy is a great writer.

Also--that whole thing is hilarious.

If you haven't checked out three.js yet, you should. Mr. Doob really knows his 3D and makes it really easy to draw cool stuff. http://github.com/mrdoob/three.js -- there's examples there.

Thanks for the link! I definitely have thought of interning, it's just that most internships are for college students only.

I'm thinking of bothering some Seattle tech companies as well to see if I can convince them to take me for a summer.

I remember speaking to a university student at a Q&A session. Someone asked him, "what class did you take in high school that you feel helped you most here?" and he replied immediately, "AP English." He said it gave him the interpersonal and critical thinking skills that he needed to be successful as an adult.

So, yes. I guess communication is a big deal. Thank you!

I did Google Code Jam this year, which was really rewarding. Topcoder looks like it could be even better, especially with the frequency of competitions. As for IOI, my school only has a robotics team (which I am a member of), so I might start a group to compete in that. Thanks!

Thanks. Best of luck to you as well!

That explains why they have JVM support but have neglected to do Scala or other JVM languages yet.

There's nothing that speeds up a website like well-spent unicorn dollars.

So much for neat and clever url hacks. Now everyone can do something like del.icio.us or script.aculo.us. :(

Byobu is really just a fancy configuration for screen. It still sits on top of the crazy screen codebase.

For all his faults, Zed Shaw is really a great personality to have in the programming world. He loves to code, but doesn't get caught up in the minutia and cargo-culting.

"preeminent patron saint of pre-adolescent sartorial taste"

Now THAT is good writing.

I love discovering all these new python data structures. Last week, I realized how handy namedtuples are, and I will definitely use this.

That opening paragraph is the most beautiful writing about memes that I have ever read. Absolutely lucid.

I was already following it, I'm not sure why, and this context really helps.

I really like this, especially this part:

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I never really liked Objective-C anyway!

The article isn't saying that netflix is really killing torrents but rather that it has the potential to do so.

I find that I am much better at thinking of tasks or new ideas/projects but am much worse at finishing them while staying up late.

This brings back memories of the Gawker breach, but Sony seemed so much more legitimate. It can happen to the best of companies, I guess. This is the worst security hack I've ever witnessed.

This spells for Sony, yes, but even worse for the uncountable people whose credit card numbers just got nabbed. One hacker on the loose...

The worst part is that this public breach is only a single event. All the companies that have our information could be hacked and Sony is only a visible example. It's similar to the BP oil spill: what other oil companies weren't running tight rigs? The disasters happened to BP and Sony, yes, but it is a reflection on their industries.