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Re:Exotic List Monads on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:11PM (#25678959)
I don’t see how this has broad appeal, but at least the Mazewalk interpretation is cute.
Re:FYI: TripleByte is emailing old referrals on Friday December 25, 2020 @12:37AM (#25534468)
I have not found them to be scummy, and have been on both sides (candidate vs my company sourcing through them).
Re:Uninteresting Places on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @02:20AM (#23983941)
For those who left the article wondering what Sedaris’s beach house is named, it is the “Sea Section”.
Re:Horcrux: A Password Manager for Paranoids on Monday June 19, 2017 @07:08PM (#14591095)
Is there a good way to find people who are qualified to do such a review? This paper was written by a Ph.D. student and professor of Computer Science at a respected university. The professor teaches a crypto course on Udacity (https://www.udacity.com/course/applied-cryptography--cs387). If they don't meet the criteria for being cryptographers, I wonder how many people in the world do?
Re:Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift? on Sunday August 07, 2016 @09:19PM (#12244858)
I've given out several copies of "The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson and "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang.
Re:Urbit Is Building a 'Virtual Galaxy' for Bitcoin Nodes on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @02:09PM (#12003435)
The sale was supposed to be on the down-low until today. I suspect someone flagged it for that reason.

The stars sold out before it was announced outside the mailing list.

Re:Why I'll Never Tell My Son He's Smart on Friday August 22, 2014 @09:43PM (#8214725)
Mueller, C., & Dweck, C. (1998). Praise for Intelligence Can Undermine Children's Motivation and Performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(1), 33-52, is a big one (http://web.stanford.edu/dept/psychology/cgi-bin/drupalm/syst...).