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Really. How about a person who was promised payment for services served and than subsequently demonized and threatened with slander and public humiliation for claiming his just due…

Um... Yes you can. Here is your above example: >>> def cons(a, b): ... def lm(f): ... return f(a, b) ... return lm ... >>> def car(cns): ... return cns(lambda a, b: a) ... >>> def …

A hammer and nail situation all over again?

By how much they earn. A firm pays their employees in proportion to their contribution (at least on average -- as that is efficient behavior). A firm is paid by customers in propor…

For once, I agree with Krugman. He is right.

SVN is basically developing the graph structure that other DVCSs have had ever since their inception (because a DVCS is toast without one and svn can manage).

Mathematically: For a map m from set A to itself (it is trivially obvious why this must be the case), we have m(m(x)) = m(x) for all x in A. Unfortunately, programming is nowhere t…

Some problems: LR parsers are usually more general than LL parsers. That is because building up the context that the author refers to actually takes up more information that not ha…

Wonder if/when they will allow direct modification of input URLs... That would be nice.

False dichotomy: All systems such as telephones, email, rss, etc... are both push and pull systems, the differentiation being who does the pushing and who does the pulling. In emai…

Because a mathematically rigorous system would have to be too complicated to account for all the laws that are in effect in the US. Note that your system would have worked ~100 yea…

Howto for orbits: This is a closed system so the only energy that can possibly be added into the system is from your movement of the cursor. So keep the cursor far away from the pl…

Not really, the criticism apply in both cases. The main area where clojure wins against CL is that clojure is not bloated and that wasn't where the author of the article had major …

I don't understand by giving blood is assumed to be a duty either. Every time you put a needle into a blood vessel, you are bypassing one of your body's major defenses against dise…

This is a prime example of why organ sales should be legalized.

Clearly since ASM isn't bad enough already.

Well... Its not much of a pain if you have someone else (like an accountant) to do the work for you.

I am not so sure about that. I rather liked Hong Kong when I visited.

But thats what the national printing presses are for!!! Get with the program man (and hope the international banks do not get there first).

So... clever hack or premature optimization?

Ever stopped to consider that maybe that is because of anti-drug laws?

Brave New World was scary, obviously "bad", and clearly unsustainable but that doesn't mean that it does not apply. Hell, the pervasive drug use and sexual anarchy can be observed …

"Should their owners refuse service to any customers that they believe to be at risk of alcoholism? Should pharmacies do background checks on customers purchasing Tylenol to determ…

addiction.