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This doesn't work.

There is just so much awesome stuff in this article. Finite State Entropy and Asymmetric Numeral System are completely new concepts to me (I've got 7 open tabs just from references…

Agreed. How did they not call it "Pied Piper"?

Another way to put it might be to say that because neighborhoods near the center are more valuable and attract more people, they also tend to attract other desirables, and that tho…

I think you can reframe this debate pragmatically and widen its applicability significantly: At what point is "bad" code more effective than the alternatives. If you get down into …

My vote is for electron, although I'm following how React Native develops really closely. From what I've seen, the best new "Desktop" apps tend to be built with electron. We've bee…

> They may arrived at the guidelines using ML, but it's possible that their guidelines wouldn't be right for the types of emails you are sending out. This is a great point, and it'…

I agree completely but I guess I also don't mind it. But I also wouldn't mind "The Art of Woodworking: Tables You Can Build Yourself" - I suppose it depends on your tolerance for b…

Yeah, I'm surprised the Neo4j team hasn't made more of an effort on this. I've run into lots of memory issues with it as well, and although there are reliable, fairly straightforwa…

I know. Mind blown.

Kind of shocked nobody mentioned this, even if it is a bit of an aside, but umm, I've been dying for anything at all from Gary Bernhardt - I don't even know what to say except that…

Can't wait to try it out. I hope you don't mind a slightly tangential question: why TypeScript?

To this point and the point below about undergrads and specialized knowledge: yes, you're absolutely right. I should not have said that undergrads don't have the specialized knowle…