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Let me add another good entry point to answer set programming. http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/staff/tkren/pub/2009/rw2009-asp.p...

Certainly people with 'turing' in their user names. I would have guessed.

but not every NP-hard problem is in NP

I also think that fear of parentheses will remain mainstream.

Clojure has a chance to become a major language among those who do not fear parentheses.

Good analysis. I think what maybe bothered me is that Paul mentions mindfulness, being present in the moment, and so on. I personally struggle to explain these concepts to an athei…

Before reading the God part, I wanted to forward the essay to family members who you might refer to as belonging to "most people." Because of the God part, I did not.

I think it is a great essay with a misleading end.

I think the point of the essay is perfectly made without the final part about God. I found the perfect rhythm of the essay got broken at bit this point, and that's why I'd loved to…

I am aware this 'God' concept is very abstract. Maybe I should have emphasized the any in 'any form or idea'. Indeed, I do not understand what it adds to this deep and wise essay.

I would have loved to see this beautifully written, touching story without mentioning any form or idea of God.

When I heard the first couple of videos of Rich, I also asked myself this question. Here's Matt Welsh's take on "Do you need a PhD"?: http://matt-welsh.blogspot.co.at/2012/03/do-yo…

Interesting that you name them 'together'. On the surface, they are doing quite different things. On a deeper level, it seems to me, they approaching things in a very similar manne…

Evolution put a man on the moon already in 1969. Maybe you will not accept this statements for similar reasons like the ones driving your essay.

This is a misunderstanding. You can read my question as "According to [..] the SICP is one of the top 10 CS books. Which, do you think, are those?" I'm just interested because it s…

The mini-bio of Gerald Sussman on the right-hand side states that "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs .. is universally acknowledged as one of the top ten textbooks …

Sort of: A true developer is a competent, intelligent, caring enthusiast. The author presents himself as true developer of the first (computer industry) generation. His language of…

Is morning "early in the morning" or "after getting up"?

Python is a good language to start. You should definitely avoid BASIC. Quoting E. Dijkstra: "It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prio…