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Re:Why Why Functional Programming Matters Matters on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @05:43PM (#2277566)
What about the stack? With all these function calls, it's nightmarish to optimize.
Re:Impossible colors on Monday February 28, 2011 @07:41PM (#2273669)
I can't cross my eyes :(
Re:Can you solve it? The Greplin programming challenge on Friday October 08, 2010 @11:37PM (#1774276)
Not always is "exponential" a bad thing. For small sets, the expo algorithm is actually faster than the polynomial one. Although yeah, generally speaking, it's a bad idea.
Re:Ask HN: How do you *use* HN? on Saturday September 11, 2010 @04:51AM (#1681228)
I ask a lot, because we all get something out of the answer or answering a question.

I check it a couple of times a day, but rarely do I go the "new" (which I think I should do more).

Re:Ask HN: How do people really test their code? on Sunday August 29, 2010 @11:31PM (#1645296)
I know you! you're the guy that wants to take the good advice and use it elsewhere!

^5s

Ask HN: How do people really test their code?

Posted by dsc on Sunday August 29, 2010 @11:23PM
from the ask-hn dept.

If that question is too general, which it is, then consider the case of building a data structure and its accompanying algorithms. Now, how, IRL, is code verified both for correctness and for desired performance.Right now, I rely on running a bunch of functions that I write, but I was wondering if there's anything out there that's better (or sort of a methodology that dictates which tests one...

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Re:Ask HN: How can I start making my own music? on Thursday July 29, 2010 @01:16PM (#1558286)
And after finding the tool, is a teacher worthwhile or should I rely on self-teaching?

Ask HN: How can I start making my own music?

Posted by dsc on Thursday July 29, 2010 @12:48PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Every time I ask my friends about learning music they hammer me with lots of steps and ambiguity. So I did my own googling and found great instruments and lots of texts (either for the instruments or music theory).It's a big mess. What's a good approach?P.S. The accordion is awesome, but they also told me that it's "hard" too.

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Re:Ask HN: What keyboard do you use? on Sunday June 27, 2010 @06:34AM (#1465320)
WOW, they look really nice. I like. :)

Ask HN: What keyboard do you use?

Posted by dsc on Sunday June 27, 2010 @03:13AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I find a lot of keyboards to be of crappy quality when it comes to prolonged usage. So I'm wondering if there's something programmer-friendly (as in LOTS of typing).

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Ask HN: Whatever happened to Service Design?

Posted by dsc on Thursday June 24, 2010 @04:36AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Just curious, as it seems that everyone is switching to divine power and ambiguous skills like "creativity" for their inspiration, when it seems like there are a lot of good tools to use.http://designforservice.wordpress.com/ And Dan Saffer's Designing for Interaction are good references. Just so you know what I'm talking about.

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