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While I appreciated the article, another one of his caught my eye and I thoroughly enjoyed it: http://www.jefftk.com/p/teach-yourself-any-instrument

Has GCC got the necessary pragma foo to implement this?

It is usually against the rules to drool in libraries...

Can't step in the same river twice is true in all domains, not just software. Admittedly with some languages it is worse than others, assembler and APL come to mind but same truth …

Excellent platform for fractal research. And trust me not all of those who search are academics :)

One of my favorite differences between my painting and my programming is that it is much easier to clean up my work space after programming---no brushes to clean :)

Need to import from feedly, any suggestions?

As a long time low level bit twiddler, I would have killed for this in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. It would have been my killer app :)

63. C Users Group Extended Precision package. Written on an 8 bit S-100 machine in BDS C (Brain Damage Software, Leor Zolman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDS_C ). Late 70's early …

Good start but a little shallow. Try 'Tolkien' or 'Lord of the Rings'...

I think (please check) that LuLu will convert a .pdf file into dead trees for you.

Anybody know if the sports writer is a rated chess player? While I don't particularly agree with the article it is at least interesting. From my perspective, the world championship…

While I've only been playing the game for 35 years, I didn't see anything to argue against.

Reasonable article. In support: Joseph Campbell: "These bits of information from ancient times [myths], which have to do with the themes that have supported man's life, built civil…

Why is that when the government says "But, but computer!" judges abandon common sense and case law. Even when the tables are turned there is still an amazing amount of techno-ignor…

Is there an award for oddest bedfellows? 'Cause this has got to be a real contender. I particularly like Hatch's bond mechanism as this will force the revelation of the money trail…

What ever the bill-payer wants.

As a painter I've been fanatically attached to the use of black probably longer than the article user has been alive. That said I say in his defense that there isn't a pure black a…

W00t indeed! +1 to you :)

Been an editor for quite a while---mostly to correct things. Could be typos, factual errors, errors of omission, normal editor kind of stuff for those categories I know well enough…

As an ex-bikie (I earned my disabled vet status and at 63 I'm reaping the 'benefits') this story resonates with me quite loudly. The idea of anonymous competition is one I've alway…

If version >= 5.10 you can drop the 'or die' and for that matter neither of the close statements are necessary(in any recent version).

I don't know if our aiming capability is accurate but it might be fun to send an un-armed(empty)ICBM to a farm field outside of Beijing...OTOH it would be very bad joss to off a fa…

So you are suggesting that discrimination on skin color is complicated? That discrimination based on prospect is older the the person conducting the interview is not something you …

Is there an emoticon for head shake?