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palish

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About palish

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To whomever that has read upto here: you hereby implicitly agree my EULA, in which you swear to enjoy each of your scientific pursuits with intensity and to your fullest degree; and sometimes even to a dangerous degree, if the mood carries you thus. Additionally, you agree to never allow an employer, family member, or any other authority to break your intrinsic spirit; for they have no means of dominating your spirit except that which you subconsciously allow them. You shall be true to yourself and to your own principles, regardless of society (though in privacy). You shall hereby refuse to believe any scientific statement as "true", however benign, except those in which you alone have proven to yourself to be true, by your own hand and evidence. (Though it doesn't hurt to check out what other people have to say on the subject, from time to time; in fact, it turns out to often be a more valuable course of action, for the careful analysis of a close friend can often reveal subtle flaws in your process and in your logic, while occasionally forcing you to re-evaluate your core reasoning for choosing that process in the first place, which always leads to the path of learning and thus improvement and satisfaction.) You agree to eventually die with no regrets. Let no one impose themselves upon your judgement without merit. You shall endeavor to enjoy life to the fullest extent of the law (where applicable), and to realize that money is merely a means, not an end unto itself. In your spare time, you shall research that which is impossible, but intriguing, in order to always have something to strive for, thereby improving your skill and your spirit. You shall follow your curiosity wherever it leads (but keep both eyes open for signs of danger).

Most importantly: thou shalt enjoy every week, else thou shalt fix your life's situation regardless of how immutable it may seem.

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    Check how long I've been here. Not only did I know all of that, but it's the entire reason why I left a reply, and why I've stayed on the site. The goal was to characterize the pro…

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    Isn't there anything more interesting to say? Resentment isn't too useful. I watched someone carry a wheelchair down the escalator a few weeks ago. No one could get past them, sinc…

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    It's worth trying, but it probably won't work. The bitterness in this thread can't be countered with social pressure, and you can't ban people for appearing disingenuous. They beli…

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    Here you go: http://i.imgur.com/R7cZ5.png

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    May I ask how much money in total you personally netted from making Bitcoinica? I'm intensely curious, but I'd understand if you'd prefer not to tell.

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    Hey, thank you for the critique. It's a rare gift to find someone who's willing to disagree + solid reasoning + references to existing work. Thank you. In a later post, you mention…

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    hardware designs Where? Thanks!

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    Heh heh. You may have just found a fatal flaw. On the other hand, is "do" the only reserved keyword which matters? Then it might be okay to special case that one instance as well. …

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    The "prior character blacklist" is now: & | + - * ? : % = ( [ { , Currently hunting for more problems, and a more elegant solution... Offtopic, the reason I did this JSMin fork was…

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    Fixed. Thanks so much! I added % and = to the blacklist. I'm searching for a fundamentally elegant solution. My current one is more of a kludge... though, if it fixes all cases and…

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    Fixed. Thank you, keep 'em coming. As of now, semicolon substitution isn't performed if the character before the newline is any of: & | + - * ? :

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    I have a simple fix. Standby. EDIT: Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. Let me know if you find anything else.

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    Hey all, Mr. Crockford has recently refused to fix JSMin ( https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/issues/3057 ). Thus, I've fixed it. You can get the updated code from https://github…

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