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capablanca

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    Comment #1120457

    I love Lua. Wish there was a shorter syntax for anonymous functions, though. (function(x) return x*x end) Also, Lisp macros would be nice (didn't look at metalua)

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    Comment #1120444

    What is the best example of this combo ? Also, the idea reminds me of this: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki/wiki?AlternateHardAndSoftLayers

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    Comment #1118347

    That's 1000 dollars per user (that created content). Isn't that too much? Is this value important?

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    Comment #1113863

    Sure... but I wish I could still read him sometimes. There is no blogger I enjoy to read these days (mostly they are too techinical...)

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    Comment #1108548

    Buy GOOG.

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    Comment #1108542

    Can't find the Anything book, can you please give a link?

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    Comment #1108537

    Why not 4M on safe 1% fund and 1M on riskier investment like stocks from Bluechips?

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    Comment #1106570

    What became of Steve Yegge?

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    Comment #1103744

    Indeed... So by clean you mean looking for usages of certain C++ features that should be avoided? How can you "infer" the design only by looking at a pile of C++?

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    Comment #1103449

    He was too lonely.

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    Comment #1103227

    How can you tell? Did you work on it for a few months or you can just browse the SVN and notice it's well designed? I look and all I see at first is indentation style and directory…

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    Comment #1081608

    This tires the eyes like normal LCDs, so for my main use it's the same as a netbook.

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    Comment #1080340

    So, what is great, modern C++ code to read?

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    Comment #1071968

    OMG if Slava Pestov was on Ocaml..

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    Comment #1071767

    Windows build already?

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    Comment #1069490

    I bet they have plenty of time now that they are unemployed.

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    Comment #1067022

    I'll take a look at the streaming API. "You can also get full firehose access if it really does become successful (...)" Sorry, I don't understand what "firehose access" means in t…

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    Ask HN: API limitations for Web services

    Sometimes I have ideas of Web services that require the Twitter Search API. But then, after seeing the number of requests you can do by day (150 searches for example), I keep think…

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    Comment #1064620

    I too thought you could have cheap reliable nationwide 1mbit connection with 3G these days...

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    Comment #1064609

    Any idea what is the price of living on a RV vs sleeping on cheap motels?

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    Comment #1064580

    Ah, yes... thanks. Also, how living on a RV impacts "Don't drink and drive" ? :)

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    Comment #1064566

    Sorry, I didn't get something... what's the objective of parking on top of the piece of wood?