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boblol123

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    Comment #1338068

    The number of objects is far too small to provide a very meaningful result.

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    Comment #1330165

    Don't forget to use a 3D pie chart with A closer than Z so that A will appear to have a larger share than it actually has.

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    Comment #908079

    What if they move house? what if its a big house? or several flats? an internet cafe? a business? a university?

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    Comment #842639

    Would a beginner be able to pick up this book easily? Would someone who knows of/about functional languages but not used them be able to pick up this book easily?

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    Comment #751506

    Sorry, I missed that sentence, yes you're right. I read the bit to the right of the blog and the blog title which give the impression that he was experienced with Haskell.

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    Comment #750786

    This is a blog about functional languages, so this man obviously knows a lot about Haskell but still required help for a game that would be prettymuch a hello world for someone in …

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    Comment #750130

    He says its taken him a week to do it and has had to ask lots of people for help. So I'd say its much harder than in a language like C#. I could (and so could most other people her…

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    Comment #748493

    Replace the word Blackberry/iPhone with the word penis, I think it's just as accurate.

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    Comment #746686

    And an ID card prevents this...how? ID cards will be optional for UK citizens...

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    Comment #746613

    If terrorists have already taken down the network, what's the point of an ID card or any of the billions spent on increasing our "safety"....? On that subject, has anyone done the …

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    Comment #735808

    Try writing the software for a piece of hardware that is still being developed without everyone in the same place. it would be hell! Language barriers, misunderstandings, the fact …

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    Comment #735229

    Haha, you have the opposite opinion of me, but you also pretty-much have the exact opposite experiences too. Maybe we both know a lot in our "main" subjects and think of all the un…

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    Comment #735213

    I briefly looked it up, molecular biology would be a good fit though its pretty-much chemistry. It entirely depends on which areas are studied in biology.

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    Comment #734325

    A computer scientist can effectively analyse large volumes of biological data, I'm not convinced a biologist could do the same because there is just so much computer science relate…

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    Comment #692961

    I don't understand, they don't care about cs principals, rather they want a 'ninja' who is able to write obscure code in languages people rarely use and is hard to understand. WHY …

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    Comment #616917

    I wouldn't call it a long history, and as much as an ad is ironic or funny, it is there to sell you something, it's just pretending not to be to get your attention and making you w…

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    Comment #616831

    The fact that people do say 'ooh! new apple ads' is pathetic.Why would anyone care? it's an ad, if you have the product you don't need to see the ad, it only serves to stroke your …

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    Comment #587946

    They have literally stolen your idea and are now trying to pretend you never existed by stealing your identity, you're obviously worth a lot more than $250

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    Comment #538530

    Take the vertex whose vertices cross the biggest number of other vertices and move it. Repeat until nothing crosses. I remember this problem in maths ages ago, there is a way to kn…