shadgregory
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10 years ago
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on: Bobby Fischer: from prodigy to pariah (2011)
I wish this "chess makes you crazy" line would just die. If anything, chess kept Fischer sane. Chess gave Fischer focus and forced him to interact with people. He only truly went off the deep end after he stopped playing.
shadgregory
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10 years ago
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on: Well vs. Equal Temperament (2000)
I had no idea that Beethoven used equal temperament. Do you have a source for that?
shadgregory
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10 years ago
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on: Ornette Coleman Has Died
shadgregory
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13 years ago
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on: Overturn laws that limit auto manufacturers from selling their vehicles directly
I'm sure that if Congress really wanted to directly regulate the sell of automobiles, they can find a way to appeal to the constitution's commerce clause. I know the courts have tended leaned more towards the 10th amendment in recent decades, but they still tend to give the commerce clause a very broad interpretation.
shadgregory
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13 years ago
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on: Java was a colossal failure...JavaScript is succeeding because it works
So which is it? Is Douglas Crockford a god or a superhero?
shadgregory
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14 years ago
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on: Ack - grep with highlighting and much more
Use it all the time. Love it.
shadgregory
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14 years ago
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on: Google+ gets a redesign
Why didn't you tell me you hated my Lisp tips! :(
shadgregory
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14 years ago
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on: Poll: What's Your Favorite Programming Language?
By voting for Scheme, I really mean Racket.
shadgregory
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What web hosting service do you use? (2011 edition)
Been using Linode for years now. Cheap enough, and you can install just about anything you want.
shadgregory
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How would you solve redistricting?
Turn each state into a multi-member district. Small states with only one rep can be combined with other states to form three-rep blocks, i.e., North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana can be combined into one election. Elections can be party-list elections. For example, Utah has 3 seats; each party puts forward a list of 3 candidates, and the voters vote for the party of their choice. There's no longer a need to redraw lines because there are no more lines.
