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Actually, it seems that there's one missing file that prevents u-boot from building:

include $(TOPDIR)/../../../device/ti/blaze/BoardConfig.mk

Given the relative path, I'm betting that this is an error rather than malicious - they simply didn't tar it up with the other files. It should be fixed, but the fact that it isn't is not a showstopper.
OK I read up some on this and neither Gosu enhancement nor C# extended methods come close to what the post author is trying to attempt (adding methods to Seq and having them automatically get attached to Array, String, and CharSequence) with a single method.

So it doesn't really seem like they solve the problem "how do I add a filterMap function to all arrays or collections that works pretty much how I want it to" any simpler than Scala. All the complexity that the author brings up in his post is because he was trying to add this functionality with a single method (and a bunch of implicits).
To me this then boils down to: Are the people in my organisation the ones that are most likely to make me say 'Wow!' or would it be better if my water cooler conversations happen at the local coffeeshop / meetup.

And I've got to say as the founder of a very small firm, I know what people in my org are doing, but wow are there a lot of talented people doing amazing things in Seattle.
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There isn't a lot of consensus about what the real situation with Chinese real estate is, and even less about what it means.

One thing to bear in mind is that China is still a developing economy, which means that it doesn't behave the same way as the US economy does.

Economic growth is high, inflation is 5% and population movement from the countryside into the cities is a huge factor.

There is a school of thought that a real estate bubble in China is not a significant problem - the driver of economic growth in China is the manufacturing sector, not real estate and a crash in property prices would just raise the standard of living for those involved in the manufacturing industry (ie, they could buy houses).
Pragmas suck. What I want is to explicitly assert the condition:

assert(a+n < b || b+m < a);

(saying that a[0..n] and b[0..m] don't alias) and have the compiler generate code that first tests the condition and generates optimized code given the assumption.
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Some people have been saying that they haven't received their rewards, I've backed 9 projects, (one still in progress, but the elevation dock is going to get funded), so far I have received 2 of the 9 rewards I had selected. 5 of the projects have posted updates regarding manufacturing and that they are still on track regarding getting me the reward as promised.

Only 1 project so far has me worried that I won't see my money back. Either way, to me it is a gamble. Either I just gambled my money away and get nothing in return or I get something before anyone else in the world is able to purchase it.
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Actually, the top comment in your link points out that Buffett has been LOSING the bet since its inception.

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/26/the-warren-buffett...
It occurred to me that Apple might have added extensions to C and C++ along with whatever is in Objective-C, and went off to look it up. So today I learned something new:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocks_(C_language_extension)#E...

But it's almost as ugly as the equivalent Java, and I'm pretty sure the equivalent existed in Java 1.0^, while this apparently is new as of OS X 10.6 and iOS 4.

I still think it's disingenuous to say that "C will have closures before Java" when this is a nonstandard extension. If you think it's easier to work with, that's totally fine. But then we're just arguing over syntactic noise and frankly I don't like either syntaxes. And I still don't think it's constructive to talk about a programming language as a ghetto.

^ Nope, I think I was wrong. Nested and inner classes were added in 1.1
Yegge wrote that in "Tour de Babel". I don't think it is really true tho.

When I started in 1997 (before Yegge) there was lots of C and Perl but no Lisp, at least not in the central repo. There were restrictions on Perl. The DBAs wouldn't let us use it to insert data in the database. Shel didn't care much for Perl. He might have warmed to it a little bit when he discovered it supported closures; I remember him sending a msg to the software alias about it.

Eric Benson had been a principal at Lucid, though I didn't know it at the time. Once he gave a class to the perlhackers on how to write code. The advice, as I recall, was to put "use strict;" at the top of our scripts and to start every function by shifting all the arguments into local variables. Eric Benson wrote the initial version of the "customer who bought this also bought..." code, and he used Perl, not Lisp. I'm sure he thought about the problem in Lisp terms, tho.

http://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/tour-de-babel
It says quite clearly in the README: "Lion is required to build and run MacGap applications."
Exactly. If you like this kind of "swift justice" you're going to love China, I guess.

The comparison between Fox News and CCTV is ridiculous as well - Fox might suck, but it's not a government channel and is only one voice in a wide spectrum of US media.

It's one thing when you read this naive BS, from entitled middle class Westerners who never even met anyone who actually dealt with the harsh side of an authoritarian regime, in Reddit or HN. To see this in the NY Times is truly disappointing.
When the conventional retirement age of 65 was established, few people made it much past 70. Social Security is in double trouble now because not only are we facing the retirement of the baby boomers, but they are living a lot longer too.
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Thanks for the guide, it looks perfect. What server/host did you use?
Those browsers show default text for me and then switch over to the font-face.
I'm not saying it's right, but convenience often trumps security. Until there's a big problem with fraud or regulation requiring increased security, most people aren't going to adopt a solution with more hoops.
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I'm not saying at all that they should get a pass. I'm saying this is a complaint via a single user from their forums which will be triaged and addressed, just not this immediate second.
"Learn at least a half dozen programming languages. Include one language that supports class abstractions (like Java or C++), one that supports functional abstraction (like Lisp or ML), one that supports syntactic abstraction (like Lisp)..."

Why learning Java or C++ if you are going to learn Lisp anyway? All Lisps I know of have their object system. If you prefer following the mature route, then Common Lisp is your best choice.

I think Assembly is missing from Norvig's list.
It's not the strings that aren't in the language that make it simple; it's the strings that are in the language. "Undefined behavior" is caused by strings that aren't in the language, and is irrelevant to the complexity of the actual language.
Excellent question. I've wondered this myself; is the real estate boom feeding the rental market, and if not, why?
"I'd be happy if my iPad would be $549 (instead of $499) AND those workers were receiving more money for their hard work."

I have thought that for years.
That's assuming that individuals reproduce throughout their lives, which is not the case. Reproduction typically stops before death by old age.
rkon is basically right. My landlord isn't selling his apartment because the prices are too high and so no one is buying, WTF? The real estate market here is incredibly bizarre and opaque.

Its not entirely clear how China will dig itself out of its current situation. On the one hand, perhaps they can grow out of these problems, but their are severe structural problems that need to be reformed sooner or later. A crash would bring those changes but it would be painful for all of us.

I naively have most of my savings in a Chinese bank. This year I'm thinking about diversifying since a banking collapse is always possible and its not clear how we would be insurancd.
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Article's espousal of moving "East" here seems a little misguided to me. I've been working in Beijing for the better part of 2yrs and from what I've seen, basically wouldn't suggest moving out here unless you're in it for the long-haul.

The "white-hot" job prospects the author talks about are mainly for English teachers. If you take a look at the job sites he listed, 90%+ of the positions are English teaching.
That is all well and good as most Eng teachers here DO make easy money, enjoy a good lifestyle, and get to explore Asia, but all the while they are really just killing time... most leave after not too long and very few are able to succesfully use it as a channel to career advancement/development.

The people who should really think about moving East are those who have developed some real skills & experience other than just being a "Native English speaker", and know there will be some kind of deep-relationship with Asia throughout their careers. I would think that these people are likely to learn the language, stay longer, and do a lot better.

For CS grads or people in tech, if you make the move to one of the larger int'l companies you can make up to 3/4 of the salary back home and live a better lifestyle, AND end up saving more.

Again, like other's have said, it's not for everyone, but for some it can be a great move.
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Quality time? The first thing I hear is my wife nagging about the kids, the kitchen, the cleaning, etc, etc.

What better quality time than to code and/or get inspired/led by other developers.

Thanks for this thread. =D
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I agree 100%. Couldn't have said it better myself. So true. Up vote this comment.
Thanks for posting that. I'm in a similar situation with a couple of apps that have done surprisingly well, and am hoping to replicate their success on other apps.

I especially like your marketing idea: qr codes on business cards handed out at a conference. Glad it worked for you!
After having lived in Asia for about 5 years now, I can relate with that post, at least in terms of optimism. Back in Europe I felt that everything was slow and stuck in time, but in Asia you get a feeling that things are actively moving forward, that there is life in the streets. Societies in Asia (I generalize on purpose) feel more dynamic overall, there is a clear sense of freedom flowing in the air.
That's a very valid point. Our problem was solved, this is just another problem. I didn't just focus on a specific city, I chose SF Bay Area- this was because most people who tested this product were interested in meeting elsewhere (such as driving to a specific restaurant or location to meet people) or attend events within a reasonable driving distance.

While I understand that choosing SF may have a lot of competition, most of the advertisers I've talked to don't have good stats on any of the surrounding cities. I'll look into this and see if there's a better alternative.

Your API idea is pretty interesting, I didn't think about using other APIs because our focus was so different.
Why? I'm confused. You'd win the internet vote in a landslide.
What will happen if SOPA passes? I don't mean the legal consequences, but rather: will we just create a new way to exchange DNS information, such as a giant hosts file distributed over BitTorrent that contains the addresses of most popular websites? Or will the geeks shrug this one off and move on, just with half of the Internet going dark?

The way I see it, the internet has always found a way to adapt in the past, and the greater the threat, the more ingenious the solution. Currently, bunch of people on Reddit are trying to build an (IMHO) hopeless mesh network, but the real need is not there yet. What happens if SOPA goes through and we can no longer use the internet as is and the need becomes urgent?
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I'm seeing the same data you are; China and the U.S. look about the same in terms of wealth and income distribution within their respective populations. Wikipedia provides a handy reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_eq...
Thanks! (original author here). Incidentally, there's ANOTHER industry conference this weekend. I got 500 business cards printed up (double sided with both my apps) to hand out. Other than that, Facebook is the only other real "marketing" I've done.
For what it can do $4000 actually isn't a horrible price. Turtle bot is cool too, but I think it's actually useful that its humanoid and seems to have character.

Are there any open source humanoid robots out there that people can recommend?
"...especially since a large amount of programming is all
about state and side effects."

Haskell provides lots of tools for reasoning about and managing side effects; it just doesn't (and, indeed, can't) allow them arbitrarily. In terms of interacting with the outside world—e.g. doing GUI work or interacting with a database—you usually have an effectful 'core' that manages side effects while a slew of pure helper functions operate on the data derived from those side effects. (This is good style in non-functional languages, as well, as it is a kind of separation of concerns.) Other functional languages are far less stringent about side effects, so both the ML family and Scheme allow state modification and side effects, although the functional style is preferred when possible.

In terms of writing algorithms, you'd be amazed at how little needs to be expressed in terms of manipulation of state. It feels natural to write stateful functions if you've spent large amounts of time programming in stateful languages, but that has more to do with your familiarity than a property inherent in the problem. If you were immersed in Scheme, you might say, "...a large amount of programming is about function definition and application", just like if you were immersed in Forth, you might say, "...a large amount of programming is about stack manipulation." You certainly could use e.g. Scheme as language for general-purpose programming, and I suspect the problems that would arise would not be problems with functional programming, but rather an unfortunate lack of modern libraries for things like Unicode handling.
Oh hello mjg59, we meet again at last :P
How would you sterilize one of these? You don't know where it's been or what's been on it.
I've written public web applications in Ur/Web (a functional language for web development, http://www.impredicative.com/ur/) and the backend for one in ATS (http://www.ats-lang.org). I've found them both pretty productive.
Are they trying to convince their future investors that they will survive, despite of the Facebook Comments social plugin? Their Alexa traffic data seems to contradict this.
Different people communicate well in different ways. There's a tendency to think there's a right way to do these things. There isn't. You have to have a way for people to chat with each other informally that works for the real people on a real team, and a work environment and culture that encourage it. Whether that can be done remotely or not, or whether it actually works better remotely, depends on the specific people and the relational chemistry of the team.
Handing out business cards for the app at the convention was a smart move. It's amazing that doing something so simple can be so effective yet I find myself getting stuck in the mindset of trying to fix things digitally. Get out of the house!
I never remember if we have 30 days or 31 in most months... nope, actually I got everything right except for May and March.

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What technologies/languages do you want to focus on?
Yes, I picked this up, and was not making any statement against that. In fact I do not subscribe to the validity of his approach. But I gave a shot at seeing if I could give code that was succinct and matched.

The requirement was to add a method that works for all collections, whether platform or language specific, while preserving type. The code I gave is an approximation of a solution - to use a rough analogy: topologically speaking the code matches but loses the geometry. The code I gave works on basically all .NET collections, whether C# or F#, string or tree - as long as they implement the interface - they are matched. That it leverages the existing organization should not count against it. The failing is that although types are preserved it is under a new geometry or structure.
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One company that's making heavy use of F# is Credit Suisse. They use it in their global modeling and analysis group.

The F# based WebSharper web framework: http://websharper.com/. WebSharper is based on the work of Philip Wadler, et al: http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/links/formlets/

Here's another article by Philip Wadler on Formlets: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/formlets-aplas/f...

Of course Microsoft uses F# for Bing data processing.
So, your landlord is waiting for the market to crash rather than find someone to buy the place and still walk away with a possibly decent profit? Or did he purchase the home at an inflated price to begin with?
Not sure how to vote on this one ... the actions of politicians certainly matter to me, but I am absolutely powerless to effect any meaningful change in the political sphere, so I don't concern myself with politics.

Perhaps "yes, but I don't vote"???
> What will happen if SOPA passes?

I'm going to close Facebook down by regularly posting links to copyrighted files and 'letting the authorities know'.

I cant wait.

edit: What a completely ridiculous situation this is
Levine takes an approach to China very much in contrast to my own. From the article, it seems he spends most of his time travelling, relaxing with other expats, and teaching students that are excited about English. As for myself, most of my time is consumed by studying Chinese (a Mercer-like feat), work, and meals with friends (the cheap food costs make dinners out an everyday occurrence, not a once a week treat).

Despite the differences, we both seem to possess the same feeling that life in China possesses a relaxed quality that is hard to find. Even though banks, train tickets, and anything requiring an ID (for instance, internet cafes) can be a complete bureaucratic nightmare, day to day life has a certain peacefulness to it. Perhaps that peacefulness stems from the acceptance that the world around you is hectic and chaotic in a way that is at least somewhat hidden in the U.S.

Of course, other posters are correct in their assertion that you pay for that life in a number of ways. Pollution, reduced wages, poor internet, drinking water from jugs, hospitals operating while still under construction...But I for one feel it is worth it.

For those who have not, I strongly urge you to visit the country. I think you may be surprised by how much it differs from your expectations.

As an aside, I find it humorous that the OWS movement inspired him to move to China. The income inequality here is arguably worse than in his own area. You can buy a scarf on the street for 3 USD, walk a few kilometers and buy one for 100 USD inside a glitzy shopping center. Those at the top live lives of princely luxury compared to those at the bottom selling roasted sweet potatoes from their bikes.
You can check the Startup Digest in Taipei
http://startupdigest.com/taipei/
http://taiwan.startuplabs.org/sponsor/startup-digest/
(I'm not affiliated, but met the guys quite a few times, and Yushan Ventures really do a lot of events to bring people and knowledge together in the field)

In general, multinational high tech companies (like Acer, Asus, HTC) supposed to be always hiring, but there are a lot more opportunities, I think. Probably the best is to come for a while, immerse in the environment and see whether you like it, whether you like the people and connections here.

It's really quick to make new local and foreign friends here.
> However unlike the US which requires that you pay taxes for 7

Not 7, "infinite". You can be a US citizen by birth, leave when you are a week old never to return, and owe tax on everything you earn in your lifetime above the ~$93K/yr limit.

The only way to completely avoid the US claiming taxes is to renounce your citizenship... although if you do that for economic reasons they can legally prevent you from ever visiting again (although I understand that's rarely if ever actually applied)

It's a mess if you're a US profesional with any aspirations of working abroad. On the other hand, our billionaires tend to stay put rather than fleeing to Switzerland so the policy does have its desired effect I guess.

The issues with the CRA are pretty much the same all over the world: people try to game the system by claiming they moved away while "really" living in their home country. If you make enough money away from your home tax authority expect to show some documentation. Even in the US this happens with people who claim to have moved to a low-tax state while still maintaining a residence in a different state; you need to prove you weren't within the state's borders for more than X days or the tax man will want their take. Nothing unusual about Canada in that regard.
I think one of the strength of Emacs, that has allowed it to grow that much compared to Vim, is that it has always had one official extension language. It doesn't have any external dependencies. If Emacs developers endorsed extending Emacs with other languages, users would have started using other languages libraries, which could have caused issues in portability and set up.
Here's a trick for that (courtesy of Shari Lewis): hold your knuckles up in front of you, index fingers together, no thumbs. Each peak represents a month with 31 days. Each valley represents a month with 30 (or 28, for February) days.
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Thanks so much for posting! I think the real key here is that you went after an underserved niche, instead of trying to build something with mass appeal. The app store is crowded for sure, but there are still tons of underserved niches out there just waiting for a good app.
Love this. Guess I missed the game when it initially debuted. But this is hella fun!
Then those will become our new research problems, and we will dream of the distant future when we overcome them and can live even longer.
Do you know if anyone actually used the QR codes? I don't know anyone who has actually used one. Did you have a way to check if it helped having a QR code on there? Or do you think it was you talking to them and your business card that closed the sale, rather than the QR code?
I don't think this is better than any of the other thousands of git tutorials that any web search would uncover.
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If the data I have read is to be believed, the biggest driver of the growth of China's GDP is real estate investment. I have read this in many places, including here:

http://www.alsosprachanalyst.com/economy/nominal-vs-real-gdp...
I think you've also got a good headstart with your wife already being in that industry. Clever marketing.

That's my next mountain, so to speak: how to market my apps. Still scratching my head on that one.