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BFay
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Comment #37235896
Database Management Systems, aka "The Cow Book"
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Comment #33069187
Wow, yeah it seems entirely plagiarized. It's still a very strange song, but I don't think the AI did anything noteworthy here. Thanks for looking into it!
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Comment #33039826
Oh, yes sorry I didn't realize I could actually link: https://www.musi-co.com/listen/track/test_energylevel
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Comment #33039179
I highly highly recommend listening to the track called "Test_energylevel", it is absolutely bonkers, and more interesting than any of the other tracks I clicked on here. (You have…
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Comment #31767237
I also enter an absurdly old date, and usually I'll try setting an impossible day/month combo like February 31st... sometimes it actually works!
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Comment #29907506
I really like Jeremy Kun's writing: https://jeremykun.com/ and recommend his book, A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics: https://pimbook.org/ . So far I've only read the firs…
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Comment #11224662
This may seem silly, but one of my main reasons for using IntelliJ over Eclipse is because it has a nice looking dark theme. I've tried using the dark theme on Eclipse, and on both…
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Comment #11041658
I'll have to look into WavePot, but I'll say that SonicPi is built first and foremost for live-coding; making music in realtime while coding. There's some other languages that focu…
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Comment #10976408
And maybe that enjoyment will make you a happier person in general, which will in turn make you more productive because you won't worry and second-guess yourself so much.
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Comment #10732873
Check out The Echo Nest API for some inspiration - I'm pretty sure Spotify and some similar services use it for their recommendations. http://developer.echonest.com/docs/v4
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Comment #10588136
I've had the same issues - with some updates it gets better or worse, it's pretty annoying. Another thing that concerns me with the app is that the setting to only download/stream …
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Comment #10576135
I'm using Arch and I really like it. However, it does take way more time and effort to install than the more mainstream distros like Ubuntu and Fedora, especially if you're like me…
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Comment #10480208
Linux Poetry is relevant: http://linuxpoetry.com/
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Comment #10024068
Just consider the laptop fan additional ambient sound!
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Comment #9988780
It seems very difficult to come up with aath curriculum that works for everyone. I agree that a creative approach might not be as practical as I imagine it, I've definitely suffere…
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Comment #9984280
Was it the "Yeah" that made the tone seem sarcastic? I didn't really mean it that way, I genuinely do think it would be interesting to see what happens. Sometimes I wish I had been…
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Comment #9982414
Yeah, it would be interesting to learn about pure functions and referential transparency before basic algebra.
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Comment #9975071
My Windows 10 installation fscked up my linux partitions that were on the same drive, and I was unable to repair tem... probably my own fault for not being careful, but very aggrav…
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Comment #9970326
I think the gain that people are aiming for is "write once, run everywhere." Especially if you're a lone developer - it's one thing to learn the intricacies of one platform (like w…
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Comment #9961331
I've been waiting for something like this, it looks great! I hope it can work with "babel-node" without any hiccups, so I can keep my server on ES6.
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Comment #9877980
There were occasionally minigames in Mario Party or similar games that required you to rotate the control stick as quickly as you could - the stick was not padded, so you could rea…
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Comment #9829042
Is the complexity actually quadratic, like amelius said? The diffing operation is linear according to React documentation: https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/reconciliation.html…
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Comment #9772222
Don't worry, my new Flux implementation will take your mind off of that!
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Comment #9759802
Do you have any more info on how you set that up? I kinda want a gaming PC but I like my current laptop/monitor setup, maybe I could leave the PC sitting in the corner of the room …
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Comment #9759275
How do you like koa? I really like the way it handles async stuff with coroutines. I'm wondering if it will have lasting appeal, though, because ES7 should introduce async/await to…