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I thought the same thing, 35 times...

Communicating sequential processes

The most difficult project I have solved (just finishing up the implementation) is developing a monitoring solution for a bunch of legacy telephone PBX's. Essentially, the bureaucr…

As am I

Thats a bad argument. Pickup an imperative language (python), learn a function language (Clojure), and you pretty much have your basis covered with whatever the future throws at yo…

http://functionaljobs.com/ seems to have a few postings. It is strange that there seems to be a huge desire for Clojure programmers but I have seen very little in the way of wanted…

Rich Hickey - Simple Made Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy Changed how I think about a lot of stuff, made my design process a lot more rigorous, and my proj…

I've been searching for something like that for a while now. A metrics web framework that consumes and renders json/edn would be interesting.

You would be surprised how easy it is! Often when new to a language, especially if it crosses paradigms, contributing to an existing project is difficult. Wrapping another library …

Unless there are significant differences in the way a web framework is structured (i.e. Pedestal for Clojure), I find that making a web app doesn't really contribute much to learni…

About two years I'm serious, two years of an hour or two a day (at least!) will give you enough foundation to really enjoy it. You have to start with tutorial, use the sample proje…

Yea, Eve online had me for a while. It also had the strange effect of making all other games un-enjoyable for me. Eve is a true min/max game, where 2% of something often makes a hu…

Yes

Lets you get around the GIL (Global Interpreter Lock), basically gives python lightweight threads (greenlets).

Using mutable data structures is pretty easy in clojure, I'm going to dig around and see how they handle this.

It has been said time and time again, Clojure is suitable for anything that Java is suitable for. Clojurescript is extremely similar, so much so that you can expect most lib's to b…

I used to be in the exact same position. Switching between different languages, paradigms, frameworks helps immensely in narrowing down you're area of interest. I spent a significa…

The American Dream is not "work hard and you will be successful", the American Dream is "Work hard at something people are willing to pay you to do and you will be successful".

How is this relevant to HN?

They were mined https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining

Very impressive, I am glad I started studying clojure earlier this summer, I feel it will be a powerful tool in years to come. Currently working on a Cljs life simulation engine (f…

I didnt understand the point of your website until I read the comments section. Perhaps post something describing what your site does in clear detail.

Interesting but as accurate as pissing in the wind

How would just the area around the rocks freeze? Why doesent this happen in more places if this is the case?