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Well, I was thinking more about the contrast between the supposed permanence of tattoo and a programming language construct. Now that you have pointed it, however, it might give a …

And in 2060 developers will probably think something like what would think today, if shown a tattoo of "ALTER X TO PROCEED TO Y" in the flaccid forearm of a 70-year-old. Still, muc…

I think we should also discuss two widely recognized fears which, in my experience, are frequently related to procrastination: fear of failure and fear of success. Both usually go,…

Good, if you are interested be sure to check Silva Rhetoricae [ http://rhetoric.byu.edu ] too.

Without wanting to sound harsh, but we knew it existed and that one could not live without it.

Reading what I wrote, I now understand that it both sounded too harsh and completely lost the sarcasm in "snob western" (I should have added a [;)]). Believe me, as an Italian livi…

Hugo Chavez rules Venezuela, not Colombia. In fact, under his leadership Venezuela has been at times close to going at war with Colombia. I think you have a point, but using such a…

Ditto for Brazil... In my case, most apps are not for sale in AppStore, for example (not even Angry Birds).

The Gambit Scheme wiki probably has most of what Hacker News readers want: http://dynamo.iro.umontreal.ca/~gambit/wiki/index.php/Main_P...

I use LaTeX for something people usually never think about: critical editions of ancient and medieval texts. A good critical edition has many typographic details (say: parallel and…

I am an Italian, living in Brazil, my girlfriend is Brazilian. The only minor hassle she had was once in Portugal, when the officer asked her three times in a row what she was plan…

Short answer, it depends. Long answer, it can run some parts of it if you join them (e.g., separating tokens, counting probabilities, some tagging and even some more advanced stuff…