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babeKnuth

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About babeKnuth

i hit algorithmic home runs metaphorically

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    Comment #3774605

    I imagine filtering will be available in version 2.0?

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    Comment #2632891

    Linux only?

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    Comment #2461183

    What concept(s) did the students find hardest to grasp? What areas do you think more time should be spent on when teaching it? Thnx in advance.

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    Comment #2459176

    Zed also offers online instruction/classes. Cool guy too.

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    Comment #2459172

    Ironically, this response is VERY similar to the confusing verbosity of most programming languages. :) In Python, you would just say: Python (NOTE: I do appreciate the thoughtful a…

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    Comment #2459164

    I find Python the easiest for non-programmers to learn. Less things to account for (syntax, conventions, etc.). Allows people to be very direct with what they want their program to…

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    Comment #2459134

    "One beautiful feature of the language-based approach is that we start with a very familiar model of computation, the evaluation of polynomials over the reals. It’s very familiar f…

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    Comment #2459109

    Oddly enough, I'll be TAing an identical class this summer. Any quick tips or advice? (I'll probably also send you a message later as well). Thanks.

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    Comment #2428946

    pentadactyl http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/pentadactyl/index

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    Comment #2303642

    if i don't buy the bundle that i don't want in the first place then i don't have to worry about the troubles with a refund.

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    Comment #2300127

    fuck no.

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    Comment #2300124

    fuck yeah. best website i've seen in a while.

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    Comment #2266299

    agreed. i avoid the frontpage, but keep track of a few subreddits.

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    Comment #2196112

    i agree with most of what you say, but i think a key is more balance between the two. not purely "real world", and not strictly "academic world". somewhere in between.

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    Comment #2196109

    well said. i didn't think of that perspective. my own experience was more along the lines of feeling a disconnect between classwork and how it applied to the real world.

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    Comment #2196099

    it would also tend to probably attract those profs/instructors that are more "aware" of what's out there. they (typically) tend to be the better instructors as well.

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    Comment #2185073

    he's apparently used duckduckgo. i can recognize it from a mile away because the stalking/wow factor that all us users experience after using it seems to have also bit him. :)

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    Comment #2185043

    yr a worse ddg fanboy than me :P

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    Comment #2185038

    their market share may be laughable, but that still doesn't eliminate the fact that many knowledgeable people prefer either blekko or duckduckgo over google. it can definitely be v…

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    Comment #2185024

    amen brother.

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    Comment #2136826

    I've been using this for the past 4 years. They've got a nice iPad app that includes highlighting, but unfortunately their desktop app can't handle highlighting yet. :( Their prior…

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    Comment #2136470

    Install Disconnect (written by an ex-Google engineer). http://www.disconnectere.com/ It blocks 3rd parties and trackers from a variety of places, not just Google.

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    Comment #2136457

    Modus tollens at its best. '"For example", does not a proof make.' - sorry, can't recall the author

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    Comment #2136441

    I would rather not be stalked and have all my personal and private information available to people trying to sell me crap I don't want or need. I'd rather see no advertisements.