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Fluency with box and pointer diagrams and the environment model of computation (from chapters 2 & 3 of SICP) will allow you to understand the workings of any applicative order prog…

Looks like the object-oriented version of what's possible in the lambda calculus: true = lambda(x,y) -> x false = lambda(x,y) -> y if = lambda(pred,then,else) -> pred(then,else)

I took some philosophy classes in college, where I learned about the concept. If you want to read more, the best place to start would be the references and external links provided …

Other kinds of conversational rules, perhaps of more interest to linguists, programmers, philosophers, etc.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G…

This makes me feel old -- when I was learning programming/CS, memory management and storage classes were part of basic training. Now we've got a generation of programmers who've ne…

Wallet, keys, a few kleenexes, and a wristwatch. Sometimes coins, if I expect to need them.

I'm pretty sure this is from The Great Gatsby -- I remember the dumbbell part. Am I right?

I got one and use it a lot for web surfing, reading ebooks and papers, and referencing things alongside my desktop computer and/or gaming console. I was skeptical at launch time, b…

Berkeley.

I agree wiht a lot of his points. I think people do tend to be more superficial or picky when evaluating profiles, because the photos are really the only thing to go on -- you can'…

I've got a couple of non-techie friends who have pretty much stopped using their computers in favor of their iPhones. They'd cut the computer out entirely if they could.

As someone who grew up in a Chinese-speaking household, I've noticed the same thing. E.g., lobster is "dragon shrimp," computer is "electric brain," etc. I wonder if the reason Eur…

Cute, but it can easily be taken too far, as with that MS Office paper clip thing.

Sounds like something Paul Graham once wrote about using separate computers for work and leisure. You end up feeling uneasy spending too much time at the wrong machine because you'…

If the methods by which they measure attractiveness overlap with the methods by which they measure racial bias (covered in one of their blog posts), then they could very well be im…

I'd also suggest letting the user select from a list of pre-defined colors.

"Sorority Fighter" sounds like a winner.

I know very little about the topic, but I believe that various transformations and simplifications in lambda calculus are relevant when it comes to compiling functional programs.

Exactly! I find Wikipedia most useful for things that are obscure or trivial.

One or two commentators on Reddit suggested that regular exercise and a healthy diet could work as well. Can anyone confirm or refute this?

This reminds me of the following installment of a webcomic called "Partially Clips": http://partiallyclips.com/2002/09/11/paradox-dragon/ The webcomic version is easily solvable wi…

I think most of these are sort of wrong, especially when taken unqualified. Sure, geeks aren't interested in the stereotypical alpha-male kind of status, but they can be quite obse…

I think it would still be worthwhile to add a note in the game and on the game's website saying that it was made with Gambit Scheme. Somewhere in the credits, or copyright info, or…

"You young programmers have it so easy. Why, back in my day, we could only program in ones because zero hadn't been invented yet!"