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Null references do make reading code more complex for the user since every function call must be prefaced with a null check. If I make a function call in every line of my code addi…

Both of your examples are new to me as well, however I can make sense of topics discussed. Just to use your example, the first equation for B-splines defines it as a function from …

Rather than saying what is descriptively and historically accurate, I believe Thiel and Kasparov are merely issuing a challenge, if stated in a somewhat hyperbolic way, to today's …

I imagine voting out Biden/Hatch means the next set of pols will just take the campaign contributions instead. What can be done structurally to prevent this cycle from repeating?

I think strict regulation is the way to go. Banking in a modern economy is really a utility like gas, electric, and water. Another solution that is more long term oriented and mark…

Then here's something different for you from the LAT: a guy with an MBA, a law degree, has Wall St experience, six figures in debt and hasn't found a job in years. http://www.latim…

Some seem rather obvious: "The technology behind one patent allows a site to offer suggestions to consumers for items related to what they're currently viewing, or related to onlin…

If you try your hand at this "armchair budget analyst" game, you'll learn that its easier practically and politically (yes, politically) to just raise the money, especially in a st…

Just as easy for Windows. Use clojurebox. Double click the .exe file. http://clojure.bighugh.com/

> Trade policies and externalities have absolutely nothing to do with that. You're right on that since we're clearly talking past each other :-) Yes, businesses become commodities …

> Grove is basically saying we need to start more companies that "scale up" to require factories where people sit doing stuff like what's seen in that video. He's wrong. You have t…