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Re:How to Design Programs, Second Edition on Saturday August 05, 2017 @04:13PM (#14937651)
Has anyone read both SICP and HtDP and can recommend one above the other?

Edit: Nevermind, found a similar question in one of the previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2958248

Re:Umberto Eco's Anti-Library (2015) on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @05:28PM (#14092631)
Some say that knowledge is justified true belief[1], others disagree[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justified_true_belief#Justifie... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettier_problem

Re:CIA malware and hacking tools on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @06:59PM (#13816506)
Totally off-topic, but reading your example made me realize how learning basic journalistic skills could improve my media literacy. Would you happen to have some book recommendation or any other suggestion on hand?
Re:Ask HN: Better efficiency in laptops running Linux? on Saturday February 04, 2017 @06:42AM (#13566649)
I am running Arch Linux on the same laptop and have noticed a tremendous increase in performance.

While trying out the preinstalled win10 I wasn't even able to playback 720p YouTube videos without lags.

Re:Intuition in Mathematics (2012) [pdf] on Monday January 23, 2017 @07:50AM (#13461812)
Non-native speaker here. What is wrong with this sentence and how would you improve it?