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I had a digital logic class where we had to find minimum logic gate solutions to get truth tables. My classmates fiddled with karnough maps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnaugh_maps

I wrote a program which constructed minimum gate solutions to all possible truth tables, eventually finding the minimum gate solution to the requested problem.

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LoseThos has it's own document format, like MS Word. I made a program to generate html from my document format. Sadly, my format supports overlaying columns of text, but my html conversion program does not. The columns of text thing is too inconvenient to be used in practice.

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I used table look-ups for my text font rendering. My text can be offset from 8x8 grid position by +-15 pixels to allow for markee or super/sub scripting.

Converting formulas to table look-ups can save time, unless the memory reference is not in cache.

I made tables for bitpattern reversal, number of set bits, whitespace characters, etc. It used to be faster to use tables than formulas, but it's conceivable you are correct in the age of cache-miss-penalties.

It's a sad day when floating-point is faster than fixed-point arithmetic.

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> But an alternative perspective might be: think of how much worse things would be _without_ peer review.

Hey, I have this elephant repellant for sale. I know it works awesome because I haven't ever seen any elephants around here. (I also cited historical data about the absence of peer review working, you know, pretty well.)
As Amazon increases the number of regions, I really hope they make it easier to work across regions. Not being able to migrate AMI's or replicate RDS db's across regions is really a pain.
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You're assuming the other people want to learn. Generally, if people want to learn something, they ask questions. Telling co-workers how to do something when they don't ask can be... tricky. It depends on the environment you're in, your relationship with the people, and the people themselves.
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My 4 was stolen and I got a used 3G off eBay for $100. Reasonable price, but it is frustratingly slow with iOS 4.2.1. The Facebook app is unusable.

The 3G is definitely obsolete by now.
Likely what they do on every other platform already; a sandboxed HTML5 "native" app. They could also take the NaCl route like they do for ChromeOS; but I don't think NaCl is available in plugin form yet (not that it matters for Win8; plugins of any kind are verboten in Metro mode)
> Do you prefer that all readers spend the time, or wouldn't it be an advantage, if a few knowledgeable experts would do the job and signal to everybody: what he writes makes sense?

Division of labor does not imply peer review. Peer review is merely an ad hoc, unproven, flawed way of implementing division of labor.
What do you mean by 'sliding backwards'?

What was wrong with the Citizen's United decision? What's wrong with high advertising spending?

Are you implying that voters are really so easily influenced by the mere volume as advertising that advertising alone is the overriding determinant of electoral success? If that's your point, isn't it actually an indictment of democracy itself?
Well. Now we know why they did deprecate the '+' in search a few weeks ago (and some people had indeed guessed right, or had had some inside tips). I wonder if searching for regular people the same way is somewhere on their roadmap.
Very good comment. Why then doesn't Apple make Siri an expensive app to compensate? My iPhone4 batteries will be dead in one year anyway, so I'll have to get a new one. In the meantime, I'd like to get Siri for even 50$ or more. And on my iPad 2 also.

Apple needs to be more sustainable. That may mean increase their prices, fine, but that would be better for the environment.
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It was a custom built web app that had grown over the course of ten years or so. It was actually a fairly heavily trafficked web site, and this was a particularly old piece of it.
Love it! Great job!
Why not hit the little 'reply' link?
Don't think of it as a wasteful alternative to a factory in China. Think of it as the high-end-anchor portion of the marketing engine for high-quality knives, most of which will inevitably be made by that factory in China.

The first rule of selling knives is: You have to convince people not to make do with the knives they already have. This person is performing that service not just for himself, and not just for his own customers, but indirectly for all knifemakers in the world and their customers.

There are always going to be a handful of folks whose tastes are so particular, or whose fashion is so keen, or who are sufficiently friendly with the owner of the local forge, that they insist on buying knives that are hand-made by local artisans that they've actually met. But all of those customers will show their knives to other people, and praise their awesome qualities. (Some of them will buy the knives to show them to other people.) Even more people, like me, will read about the knives in the media. And most of the people who hear about the awesome-quality knives won't be able to afford the local artisan. So they'll go shopping for not-quite-so-artisinal but still-kinda-awesome knives, and they'll find some at the local upscale kitchen store, perhaps with tasteful German names and a nearly invisible "made in China" sticker on the back. ;)

(Others of us will go to the restaurant supply store because we are "knowledgeable insiders" who hunt for "bargains", and will find somewhat cheaper high-quality knives with the "made in China" sticker on the front. And yet those probably have a decent profit margin, too. My lesson from briefly traveling in China and listening to my Chinese friends laugh at my hilarious bargaining skills is: I have no idea how big the margins are on the stuff I buy in the US.)

Sad as it is to recognize that so much of a Chinese factory's business – not to mention my own tastes – is driven by the convection caused by the movement of rich people who are rushing upscale to demonstrate their distinctive taste, that is the engine by which a lot of consumer marketing works, and I suspect that the Chinese manufacturers themselves know the nature of that game better than anyone.
Just so folks know, there are tools that will decompose queries and make nice little pictures out of them. With something like this, you'd have to use it just to get started.

Once you've visually decomposed it, you'd physically decompose it by splitting it inside-out. Then proceed to understand and debug inside-outwards.

Not fun, but not impossible. Just a huge pain in the ass. Making it more fun would be a database with bad RI, nulls, and duplicate data all over the place. Don't get me wrong -- from looking at the image it definitely looks like aspirin will be required. :)
People's Republic of China suicides 13.85 per 100,000 in 2008 or 128.5 per million. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_ra...

Foxconn has ~1 million workers http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/02/ff_joelinchina/all/1 Although the company disputes some cases, evidence gathered from news reports and other sources indicates that 17 Foxconn workers have killed themselves in the past half decade. Or 17/5 = 3.4 per year per million people. You can play with the numbers several ways but it works out to less than 5% the suicide rate for China. Not that everyone is going to suicide at work, but having a job is probably cuts down the rate by a lot.
Decimal arithmetic in makefile.
Not really. Silverlight will be about as dead as VB6.

Plenty of companies out there are still using VB6. It's not like Microsoft is going to take away the download or something, they'll just stop developing it.

Also, why "good riddance"? Do you just hate everything Microsoft or did Silverlight really cause you any problems personally?
What do you think about giving buffer access to your Facebook chat? 
What do you think about giving buffer access to your Facebook chat?
And this may be why our society is getting screwed.
Really nice design on the website! Very polished and fun to use.

Related question: Are you going to be negatively affected by the Google maps usage fees next year? ( Reference: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3162352 )
Is this somehow keyed off interesting views? The first one that showed up for me showed a tiger walking thru a parking lot.

ETA: I ask because darn near every view that shows up is "interesting" somehow.
Weird slide on background-position. Background-position is widely supported by browsers, maybe this slide presentation wasn't ready for publishing yet.
The children are our future, and they’re not paying for TV
It's unfortunate but it was inevitable. HTML 5 is definitely the future. Although, the ability to write an app using type-safe, object oriented code that can run on both the client and server was very compelling.
Yeah, let's have a richly, wonderful, HTML interface that still can't replicate desktop GUI productivity from the 90's...
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Comments on saved ones might be nice. For example, on the one I started on, there appears to be a tiger in Colorado. I have an urge to comment and ask if that is in fact a tiger.
Apple sells hardware and software for their hardware.
Microsoft sells software and hardware (XBOX, keyboards, mice, etc).
Google sells services.
Facebook sells private lives.
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You say that you're not "defending quicksort"--not that it really matters if you were, it's a great algorithm--but you are. And you're wrong.

We can't easily select better pivots for quicksort. For every deterministic selection of a pivot based on a fixed number of elements, a case can easily be constructed which will demonstrate its descent into quadratic behavior.[1]

In order to select a "good enough" pivot for quicksort, you can't just examine 3 elements or 5 elements or 10 elements; you must examine 0.5N elements or 0.25N elements or 0.1N elements. If you pick the median of that subset of elements (which you must do in linear time, mind you! Have you read CLR's "median of medians" algorithm, the one you have to use because quickselect doesn't guarantee linear time?) then you're guaranteed to complete in O(n log n) time, but at what cost? You've massively increased both the complexity and the constant factors of your solution.

[1] http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/mdmspe.pdf is one example of how to do so.
I believe your claim is completely and utterly wrong, but I don't think there's a point in discussing much without hard data. As I pointed out above, the 3 browser players on Android seem to think Flash support is quite important. Surprising if it is something nobody wants.

Laid out to suit a large display? Jeez, an Android phone in portrait has as much vertical resolution, or more, as a cheap laptop. Even in landscape its not a 2:1 resolution advantage, and the phone can still scale the content, too.
As my prior boss used to say... "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you'll have to answer fucking fish questions the rest of your life."
Interestingly enough 10 minutes before reading this I told my boss that: "Visual studio is a fucking cunt and I will kill you if my phone starts ringing every 5 minutes like it did at 3am because you where fucking up the builds." He laughed...

I guess it just comes down to the corporate culture of where you work. I also got asked what my thoughts where on C# and .Net on my interview... I said "It fucking sucks..." got hired on the spot... and got to work on lots of VS projects!
I wouldn't trade my iPad for a Fire ATM, but I would love to see some real competition in the consumer tablets arena. Amazon vs. Apple means that I win.
The long standing mantra has been 'form follows function.' This is predicated on a particular product or object having a form (that reflects its purpose) to begin with. As items become increasingly 'form-less'I've always wondered what this means for design. There are a lot more considerations that must be made.

I know it's been mentioned in the documentary 'Objectified,' but has anyone seen any other commentary?
Fantastic - makes me want to book a vacation to an exotic destination. Maybe you should add links to travel agencies that service these type of trips :-)
Mmmm... nested loop joins. Little more code and he would have his own database. :)
Nobody wants to ruin the party. You're asking someone to stand up and say "stop making so much money, this isn't sustainable" when EVERYONE is making money hand over fist. Sure, it may be the right thing to do depending on your point of view, but nobody will do it because they will be laughed out of the room and cast aside.

Retail share holders are ignorant, so they don't matter. Big share holders know that there is a time frame that they care about that is as short as they want it to be. They don't care about the long term. The board of directors (in theory) should, but even they are short-timers. Asking them to stop making money in the short term to help the long term is counter to their personal interests. It's just a flaw in the system, and a major argument against going public.

Interestingly, the handful of folks I know who have served as directors for public companies all share certain personality trais: A strong extroversion (in that they seem to care a lot about what others think of them), a tendency towards overconfidence, and an aloof demeanor. Not sure if that's universal, but it's something I've noticed. It probably doesn't help.
Reminds of of HN frequenter Jason Shen's rejection therapy. It's all about getting over the initial reptilian fear, or resistance. Also see "Do The Work" by Steven Pressfield, dedicated fully to this "resistance".
The first view you see is fixed. It changes every day and is chosen from the views people submit (using the 'submit to gallery' button)
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The downvotes will suffice in the future, I think.
The slower one, as the CPU must stay on longer. Not a good argument, hence.
Downgrade it to 3.1.3. My 3G feels as snappy as when I first got it. (Though, of course, you can't run some apps that require iOS4, e.g. Twitter.)
You're comparing apples to oranges. IE6 is a browser, Silverlight is a plug-in. Using Silverlight doesn't mean that you can't switch browsers.
The key phrase here is "ahead of launch". I doubt the Fire will be as strong of a competitor as its being made out to be.

There's a difference between an iPad and tablets. That difference is something you just can't define. If you go by a dictionary or consensus definition then they're the same but talk to anyone who's used an iPad and they'll tell you it's an iPad, not a tablet.

The post says nothing about why the demand is high and reads like advertising hype. I see nothing special about this Kindle beyond the color screen and Silk, which by the way is nothing more than a glorified browser serving cached content.

I see the iPad and the rest as serving different markets. The Kindle and it's ilk are for book lovers mainly. iPads are for apple fanatics and web content consumers, and the rest are for people who want iPad knockoffs for their cheap price or don't know the difference. I know that sounds really harsh, maybe even ignorant but I don't meant it that way at all.

Seems like whenever a new tablet comes out everyone jumps on the "this-is-the-ultimate,ate-iPad-competitor" bandwagon. Tablet makers seem to be largely copying the iPad as well instead of offering something different. I'd gladly she'll out the extra $400 for the real thing over a sub-par knockoff anyway. These tablet makers need to quit comparing themselves to something they are not (the iPad) and sell their devices on value they offer. Amazon so far has done the best job of this of anyone I've seen but the others need to sell on value offered, not just price. You do get what you pay for.

My views are based on experience and observation. Maybe others have some more solid evidence to validate or detract from mine.
"Why do I find all the really howling bad stuff so close to the databases?"

Because the database and queries against were were coded as an afterthought.

Because the programmers ran all the db access tests against tables with 4 rows of data when the customers would windup with 100 million rows in production.

Because most undergrad education around databases is poor and antiquated. Plus, it is not SQL focused - much time is spent on talking about data modeling. Not wrong, but not often helpful in practice.

Because DBA's are (rightly) focused on making sure your db is properly backed up, replicated, and fault-tolerant. They may not even understand SQL queries beyond the basic one table select.

Because the users will force data into the systems that the developers never anticipated.

Because db jobs are segregated by product for development. If you've done SQL coding on Oracle for the last 10 years, good luck applying for a job doing SQL coding on MS SQL Server.

Because SQL hacking doesn't get much respect. I've been in job interviews where deep into the process they ask me a question with data in two tables that requires an outer join. And answering correctly differentiates you significantly from other applicants. I guess it is the "fizz buzz" of SQL these days . . .
My first assignment in my first ever job working for a 'proper consultancy' was to babysit an overnight process which was a SQL Server stored procedure. Back in those days they had a 64k limit, so it was split into 3 or 4 sections. It took around 12 hours to run.

I'd like to say I rewrote it, but I didn't. I just left.
This is a good way to look at it, I think. People often ask if I'd use CouchDB again if I was building another similar system - I would, but I'd restrict it to a subset of the problem that was best-suited to CouchDB's strengths/quirks.

(note: I gave the linked talk)
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Hmmm.....I can't disagree with the contents of the post. Yet I think it is a piece written to distract from the issues facing our own nation by doing an implicit juxtaposition between China and the U.S.

I am of the opinion that we should spend less time denigrating others and more time having open and honest discussion AND reporting of the issues facing us here in the U.S. Pointing out issues and flaws in others in now way helps fix the flaws in ourselves.
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Oh, so everybody should just do HTML no matter what, from now on, for ever and ever, amen?

Nobody should ever invent a competing technology because HTML is good enough for you? Is that it?
USAA is available to military and their families. You don't have to be active duty, once you're eligible, you're in for life.

If you do qualify, USAA is about the best company you'll ever deal with for insurance or banking.
It's a great day, both Flash and Silverlight are on the road to obsolete.

I look forward to our new HTML5 overlord.
Isn't this solving a well-understood problem? Notably, one that less.js and sass solve better?
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Atlas wants to shrug.
People can write queries that large without formatting? or was that the result of some query generation application?
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On the other hand, you could argue that the more arbitrary restrictions there are on institutions that are FDIC insured the closer the market is to laissez faire in practice. Just as long as people follow Taleb's advice and don't extend this to institutions like hedge funds that eat their own risk.
Google Introduces A New Language to Replace English
BREAKING NEWS: Google just announced a brand new language called Zoom aimed to replace English. Here’s a quote from the official announcement:

“With Go, we were able to create a better C++. With Dart, we re-imagined JavaScript. With Zoom, we are finally rethinking the English language.”
Thanks. The design took almost forever, as one of those programmers-who-suck-at-design types.

Using Street View in this way doesn't seem to be on their fee list, so hopefully I will avoid that. Otherwise I will have a problem, serving about 20,000 panoramas per day!
The native Android browser isn't very good in JavaScript (not JIT? old JIT?). Firefox Mobile and Opera Mobile outperform it greatly. That's the advantage of a real open standard: you can choose your implementation.

No such luck with Flash.
I have a ZuneHD and didn't even realize there was a swipe interface except to switch songs (when playing music).

pedalpete is still right though. If you tap the center of the screen when playing the song, you get an overlay that is separated into quadrants. Tap the top of the screen, volume up. Bottom, volume down. Left, previous track. Right, next track. Center, pause/play. I never look at my screen.
Yes, it means downvotes. When you start going below 0 it starts greying out. I dunno why people were downvoting that comment, but it's been upvoted now and is non-grey.
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Adobe confirms mobile Flash is dead, will focus on apps and HTML5
The trick to speaking well is practice. Talk through your arguments in a safe calm environment, speak freeform without stopping, record and watch your practice sessions. If that sounds like too much work, try Toastmasters.
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Ask HN: How do you tackle with family distractions?
I am not a "professional" entrepreneur but I am sure a techie and a bit hustler. All I know my plate is full with a few things which I started perusing as well and with great interest. My scattered mind had started getting focused on few things. HN made a huge effort to make changes in my life. Things were looking cool then all of a sudden things changed(or appear to get changed).

A couple of days back I scolded my infant son. Naturally my parents defended my son so my sister and wife. This led to a useless debate with them and a huge fight with Wife. She said things which hurt me a lot and made me to change plan; from working my own things to move out of my country(Pakistan) to somewhere out so that I can just go away from them start a new career as a employee. I know it sounds weird but it's just I want to run away from my current environment which is not being helpful for me. I can't convince my family either about my ambitions because they will not get it either. My wife understands me but the last fight really put me off and gave me feeling that nobody is with me.

I really dont want to leave my country, specially for job purpose but I feel I need to because: 1) to make my family believe that I am not some useless freak 2)to earn more money.

Situations distracting me from being an entrepreneur to staying as a job guy. What should I do?

Do guide me.
As long as your browser supports the SL plugin.
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Im sure 12 pages of Java code doing this procedurally instead is much more maintainable.
He didn't sound like he disagree. His comment sounded more like a second paragraph you didn't write.