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True | earthboundkid | null | Hmm, let's give it a shot:
_"Siri, create an artificial intelligence!"_
_"Sorry, I don't understand 'Siri, create an artificial intelligence'._
Oh well, it was worth a try. It worked on Star Trek: TNG. | null | 0 | 1319169547 | False | 0 | c2t75n9 | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t75n9 | t3_liz3e | null | 1427761336 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Pandalicious | null | Actually the author behind LinqPad is a [big advocate](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4222524/what-would-you-do-with-compiler-as-a-service/5595342#5595342) for the Roslyn project. I wouldn't be surprised if LinqPad becomes completely free once he integrates Roslyn into it, since right now he's relying on proprietar... | null | 0 | 1319169548 | False | 0 | c2t75nf | t3_li0m7 | null | t1_c2t75nf | t1_c2sxxvv | null | 1427761336 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wickeand000 | null | >Not paying taxes
FTFY | null | 0 | 1319169605 | False | 0 | c2t75xy | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t75xy | t1_c2t62jq | null | 1427761341 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | If you get murdered, it's not my fault. | null | 0 | 1319169615 | False | 0 | c2t75zo | t3_limsz | null | t1_c2t75zo | t1_c2t73tb | null | 1427761341 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | B_S_O_D | null | U mad, bro? | null | 0 | 1319169693 | False | 0 | c2t76cp | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t76cp | t1_c2t5snh | null | 1427761345 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319169854 | False | 0 | c2t774j | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t774j | t1_c2t56p7 | null | 1427761355 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dreamparacite | null | Also, I didn't draw this in real time, had to make ovals and arc lines and such each with their own coordinates for x,y,width, and height. ಠ\_ಠ
| null | 0 | 1319169861 | False | 0 | c2t775s | t3_ljind | null | t1_c2t775s | t3_ljind | null | 1427761356 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | poppafuze | null | Too bad they're not throwing out money to un-fuck the new shell. | null | 0 | 1319170291 | False | 0 | c2t798h | t3_lje8f | null | t1_c2t798h | t3_lje8f | null | 1427761389 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Shizka | null | Is there a limited window of time for signing up? | null | 0 | 1319170373 | False | 0 | c2t79mw | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t79mw | t3_ljk4v | null | 1427761390 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | amstan | null | Nope, take as much time as you want till the deadline.
~amstan
Contest Organizer | null | 0 | 1319170416 | False | 0 | c2t79u1 | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t79u1 | t1_c2t79mw | null | 1427761391 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Shizka | null | Awesome. Thank you for the swift response. | null | 0 | 1319170500 | False | 0 | c2t7a8u | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7a8u | t1_c2t79u1 | null | 1427761397 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | day_cq | null | pattern matching is complecting?
i wish he gave more concrete examples. the talk is heard like he's making too much generalizations, explanations without relevant examples to witness what he's trying to say. so, it was hard for me to understand the point of the talk.
| null | 0 | 1319170503 | False | 0 | c2t7a9f | t3_lirke | null | t1_c2t7a9f | t3_lirke | null | 1427761397 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronla | null | Types only confuses library interfaces with the hope of catching some rare error.
Wait, didn't C's precursor, BCPL, lack types? Regressing to childhood much? | null | 0 | 1319170531 | False | 0 | c2t7aec | t3_lgjhl | null | t1_c2t7aec | t3_lgjhl | null | 1427761398 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | computerwiz_222 | null | Join #aichallenge on freenode to chat!
~aarossig | null | 0 | 1319170537 | False | 0 | c2t7afq | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7afq | t3_ljk4v | null | 1427761399 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ThrustVectoring | null | Every coin is biased. If you start with the coin heads-side up, the heads side comes up 2 times before tails does, and comes up 3 times before tails, etc, etc.
A coinflip can have a 51% chance of coming up identical to the side initially on top, depending on flipping method.
Furthermore, the initial position, movemen... | null | 0 | 1319170572 | False | 0 | c2t7alf | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7alf | t1_c2t3jec | null | 1427761409 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mappum | null | REPOST! | null | 0 | 1319170610 | False | 0 | c2t7ard | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7ard | t3_ljk4v | null | 1427761403 | -15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Rotten194 | null | What the actual fuck was going through that guy's head? | null | 0 | 1319170634 | False | 0 | c2t7av2 | t3_liz5r | null | t1_c2t7av2 | t1_c2t7382 | null | 1427761404 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Shizka | null | Webchat: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=aichallenge | null | 0 | 1319170697 | False | 0 | c2t7b47 | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7b47 | t1_c2t7afq | null | 1428191729 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Rotten194 | null | I hate to be *that guy*, but right on the sidebar...
>Memes and image macros are not acceptable forms of content.
I'd rather not see /r/prog turn into /r/pics. :\ | null | 0 | 1319170715 | False | 0 | c2t7b7i | t3_ljjy3 | null | t1_c2t7b7i | t3_ljjy3 | null | 1427761409 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | j3camero | null | Can't upvote this enough. Join #aichallenge on irc.freenode.net to join the community discussion. There's always tons of people in there discussion strategy and answering questions. | null | 0 | 1319170747 | False | 0 | c2t7bct | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7bct | t1_c2t7afq | null | 1427761412 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ihatenickleback | null | maybe he imagines the answer was:
4 - **Buy new drive**
| null | 0 | 1319170770 | False | 0 | c2t7bgu | t3_limsz | null | t1_c2t7bgu | t1_c2t5ajb | null | 1427761414 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | amstan | null | Hey Jeff | null | 0 | 1319170790 | False | 0 | c2t7bk4 | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7bk4 | t1_c2t7bct | null | 1428191727 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mappum | null | JK This one is better | null | 0 | 1319170832 | False | 0 | c2t7brv | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7brv | t1_c2t7ard | null | 1428191727 | -9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | j3camero | null | Hey Alex. Sup? | null | 0 | 1319170832 | False | 0 | c2t7brw | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7brw | t1_c2t7bk4 | null | 1428191727 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | The alternative is learning fortran. **Matlab** is python for Engineers and it's pretty easy to learn.
Edited: Sentence structure was hard to understand. Bold text is what I changed. | null | 0 | 1319170841 | True | 0 | c2t7bte | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7bte | t1_c2t1nch | null | 1427761418 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mappum | null | Hai guise | null | 0 | 1319170883 | False | 0 | c2t7c0m | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7c0m | t1_c2t7brw | null | 1427761422 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319171010 | False | 0 | c2t7cmm | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2t7cmm | t3_lhefd | null | 1427761429 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | incredulitor | null | >document.Modify();
>document.Save();
>document.Save(); // Seems to work if you do it an odd number of times.
>document.Save(); // TODO: try 5?
| null | 0 | 1319171031 | False | 0 | c2t7cpt | t3_li56t | null | t1_c2t7cpt | t1_c2t67k8 | null | 1428191724 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Dagon | null | Woah. You can have meetings without your boss? Awesome. | null | 0 | 1319171038 | False | 0 | c2t7cr2 | t3_limsz | null | t1_c2t7cr2 | t1_c2t37mv | null | 1428191725 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Google is minimally involved, from what I can tell - they had to ask Google for permission to use their name. | null | 0 | 1319171162 | False | 0 | c2t7da4 | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t7da4 | t3_liz3e | null | 1427761439 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | itsnotlupus | null | So.. how long until someone gets MAME to run on every browser using [emscripten](https://github.com/kripken/emscripten)?
It'd be a little less CPU-efficient, but many of MAME's emulators would probably run fast enough to be useful.
| null | 0 | 1319171176 | False | 0 | c2t7dck | t3_limsz | null | t1_c2t7dck | t3_limsz | null | 1427761440 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | teroa | null | It is nice to see how active github and bitbucket devs are. Hope bitbucket will follow with improved svn support :) | null | 0 | 1319171231 | False | 0 | c2t7dmd | t3_ljap0 | null | t1_c2t7dmd | t3_ljap0 | null | 1427761442 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tittyblaster | null | Can you explain further? I don't see it doing anything like that here, it's the same compared to the other add randomness functions.
void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq)
{
struct timer_rand_state *state;
state = get_timer_rand_state(irq);
if (state == NULL)
return;
DEBUG_ENT("irq event %d\n", irq);
add_tim... | null | 0 | 1319171318 | False | 0 | c2t7e0h | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7e0h | t1_c2t2snd | null | 1427761447 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmazzoni | null | Most people use MATLAB that way, though.
I think it's a difference in mindset between "solving a problem" vs "writing a program".
| null | 0 | 1319171454 | False | 0 | c2t7em1 | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7em1 | t1_c2t6u97 | null | 1427761456 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Why? PHP is a perfect case study on what factors are necessary to make a language popular. | null | 0 | 1319171515 | False | 0 | c2t7evu | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7evu | t1_c2t5g56 | null | 1427761458 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | HermanSmith | null | I believe this was the best solution. | null | 0 | 1319171557 | False | 0 | c2t7f2v | t3_lhsud | null | t1_c2t7f2v | t1_c2t345a | null | 1427761460 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronla | null | Thanks! I did not realize. | null | 0 | 1319171600 | False | 0 | c2t7f9u | t3_lddk9 | null | t1_c2t7f9u | t1_c2s4kkn | null | 1427761462 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > ...learn a language with real-world application in Python.
Actually, a number of aerospace jobs are putting matlab/simulink on their desired list. Problem is most of the people in those areas using matlab/simulink have python experience. | null | 0 | 1319171603 | False | 0 | c2t7fak | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7fak | t1_c2t4cub | null | 1427761462 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lampshadish2 | null | Nice, but what if I'm using SMTP or IMAP and not HTTP? This seems to be the wrong layer for this. | null | 0 | 1319171623 | False | 0 | c2t7fee | t3_lik7v | null | t1_c2t7fee | t3_lik7v | null | 1427761464 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gorilla_the_ape | null | You were expecting realism from Hollywood?
Let me break a few more bubbles. You can't outrun an explosion. No one can talk you through disarming a bomb over the phone. If you jump through a window, you'll seriously cut yourself. And finally, if we ever see Aliens, they're unlikely to be exactly the same as us, except ... | null | 0 | 1319171655 | False | 0 | c2t7fjg | t3_ljg9m | null | t1_c2t7fjg | t3_ljg9m | null | 1427761465 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aristus | null | Don't. There's a reason I'm putting it into a children's book. :) I think that there are a lot of things that should be easy but aren't, because we approach them the wrong way. Nearly all candidates do not get the answer without heavy hinting. I spent a few *days* figuring it out myself, after hearing the puzzle. | null | 0 | 1319171870 | False | 0 | c2t7gh1 | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7gh1 | t1_c2t649h | null | 1427761478 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | What it was developed on. Fortran. | null | 0 | 1319171873 | False | 0 | c2t7ghk | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7ghk | t1_c2t1rnp | null | 1427761478 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thisisaslongasitcanb | null | Haha the glass is three-quarters full ;) | null | 0 | 1319171903 | False | 0 | c2t7gmx | t3_limsz | null | t1_c2t7gmx | t1_c2t6ls7 | null | 1427761480 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | computerwiz_222 | null | Here is a good introduction!
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9PMN0nBx8Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9PMN0nBx8Y)
~aarossig | null | 0 | 1319171995 | False | 0 | c2t7h21 | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7h21 | t3_ljk4v | null | 1427761486 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | binary | null | The talk page exists for just such a reason (to clarify and discuss edits) and there exists tools to deal with overzealous and protective editor's too. My bet is that you've never even tried. | null | 0 | 1319172064 | False | 0 | c2t7hdm | t3_lih10 | null | t1_c2t7hdm | t1_c2t00p5 | null | 1427761490 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SnakeJG | null | I was excited to click this link, since I was pretty sure I knew the answer. I used this same system a couple of years back when I built a random number generator. Here is the design I used (if anyone cares): http://www.cryogenius.com/hardware/rng/
I used an Atmel micro-controller, and rolled my own code. | null | 0 | 1319172118 | False | 0 | c2t7hlo | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7hlo | t3_lisma | null | 1428191723 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mattetti | null | Or you can support my publish and myself by buying the ebook version (mobi, epub, pdf, kindle version) ;)
In both cases, please leave a review on the amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/MacRuby-Definitive-Guide-Cocoa-ebook/dp/B005WL6HBS/
Thanks | null | 0 | 1319172343 | False | 0 | c2t7ikv | t3_lhyw0 | null | t1_c2t7ikv | t1_c2styzx | null | 1427761518 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Have you ever used Fortran 77? | null | 0 | 1319172404 | False | 0 | c2t7iue | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7iue | t1_c2t7ghk | null | 1427761512 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | computerwiz_222 | null | Reddit Post with Contest Organizers:
[http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ljk4v/ai_challenge_fall_201](http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ljk4v/ai_challenge_fall_201)
~aarossig | null | 0 | 1319172446 | False | 0 | c2t7j1h | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t7j1h | t3_liz3e | null | 1427761514 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | broohaha | null | I'm a little wary of this, considering how I don't like what I'm seeing from the [new gmail layout](http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/20/gmail-gives-an-accidental-peek-at-its-upcoming-redesign/). | null | 0 | 1319172739 | False | 0 | c2t7ka9 | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7ka9 | t1_c2t73xw | null | 1427761531 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | teyc | null | It's going to affect all 8 people who use those features. | null | 0 | 1319172746 | False | 0 | c2t7kbb | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7kbb | t3_ljdfp | null | 1427761531 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronla | null | > but I can't resist mentioning that "square inherits from rectangle" is the canonical example of misusing inheritance
And so it will be as long as there are new programmers :)
My favorite bit is the effect LSP has when you consider eliminating read methods. Then all rectangle derives from square. Hilarity ensues ... | null | 0 | 1319172998 | False | 0 | c2t7ldt | t3_ld12r | null | t1_c2t7ldt | t1_c2rp9rj | null | 1428191720 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tmahmood | null | looks really good to me! | null | 0 | 1319173154 | False | 0 | c2t7m10 | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7m10 | t1_c2t7ka9 | null | 1427761553 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Malgas | null | You actually don't. Consider a coin with unknown bias; P(H)=x and P(T)=1-x. There are four possible results for a pair of throws:
P(HH)=x^2
P(HT)=x(1-x)
P(TH)=(1-x)x
P(TT)=(1-x)^2
Discarding any HH or TT results leaves us with just two possible outcomes with equal probability, and thus a fair coin toss. | null | 0 | 1319173165 | False | 0 | c2t7m2m | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7m2m | t1_c2t72ng | null | 1427761563 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tmahmood | null | Nooo not the stars. I use that one a lot! :( | null | 0 | 1319173167 | False | 0 | c2t7m2y | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7m2y | t3_ljdfp | null | 1427761563 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronla | null | >> Is there a way not to call the destructors of the temporary objects, should such need arise?
>No.
Which? No way to not call, or no need will arise? :-) | null | 0 | 1319173213 | False | 0 | c2t7m9e | t3_ld12r | null | t1_c2t7m9e | t1_c2s4eku | null | 1427761556 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319173330 | False | 0 | c2t7mqm | t3_liz5r | null | t1_c2t7mqm | t3_liz5r | null | 1427761571 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AReallyGoodName | null | I still don't get their solution to be honest. Base conversion is the correct way for this sort of thing.
2to6
27 random bits = 10.445 random hex digits right? straight base conversion - log6(2^27 ) .
So we have 10 whole random hex digits. If some of the bits are 0 you don't throw them away, they are 0. The 11th hex... | null | 0 | 1319173472 | True | 0 | c2t7nbf | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7nbf | t1_c2t4871 | null | 1427761576 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | splix | null | It's called `Montage`. | null | 0 | 1319173569 | False | 0 | c2t7npg | t3_ljg9m | null | t1_c2t7npg | t3_ljg9m | null | 1427761581 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jimmyhchan | null | >MATLAB is not a programming language
FTFTFTFY
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True | Taedirk | null | Actually, that doesn't look that bad. The new Docs layout is bad (but Docs has been full of UI/UX problems once you scratch the surface) and the "Preview themes" they launched on Gmail a while back were horrifying, but the full suite of changes aren't as bad as I feared. I might be willing to forgive a lot after seei... | null | 0 | 1319173774 | False | 0 | c2t7oi4 | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7oi4 | t1_c2t7ka9 | null | 1427761589 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcrbids | null | Question: could you use some similar technique to unbias a loaded dice? | null | 0 | 1319173806 | False | 0 | c2t7on5 | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7on5 | t1_c2t3p84 | null | 1427761587 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sclv | null | Do they? Link please. It would be useful to me, actually. | null | 0 | 1319173949 | False | 0 | c2t7p6j | t3_lccsd | null | t1_c2t7p6j | t1_c2t5316 | null | 1427761591 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drphungky | null | I see. Then I don't understand your explanation. Obviously I'm not the only one. Were you reiterating a clearly made point more obtusely, or were you trying to add something to the conversation and we missed it? | null | 0 | 1319174030 | False | 0 | c2t7pib | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7pib | t1_c2t3mw7 | null | 1427761596 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | plan2a | null | I kinda wish it was a standoff. "It's either I kill you or you kill me. Let's settle this right here right now." Gonna make every meeting so productive. | null | 0 | 1319174091 | False | 0 | c2t7pro | t3_limsz | null | t1_c2t7pro | t1_c2t5jr8 | null | 1427761600 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jawshie | null | If you have seen the movie, The Social Network is much more accurate than any other Hollywood movie I have seen. Not to say it is 100% (your average audience doesn't want to sit through 3 days of coding, testing, debugging) but they made a decent effort. | null | 0 | 1319174116 | False | 0 | c2t7pvv | t3_ljg9m | null | t1_c2t7pvv | t3_ljg9m | null | 1427761601 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frud | null | Hashing doesn't create entropy, but you can use hashing to concentrate it.
Say you have a 1024-bit randomly generated bit string, but it's biased and correlated so badly that there are only 128 bits of entropy in it. You can just run a standard 160-bit hash on it, discard the last 32 bits of the hash, and you wind up... | null | 0 | 1319174202 | False | 0 | c2t7q7v | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7q7v | t1_c2t4td4 | null | 1427761605 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | krzyk | null | Unfortunately the challenge with each release is more and more complicated.
I miss the days of first (Tron) one, where I was able to compete with others. | null | 0 | 1319174226 | False | 0 | c2t7qb8 | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7qb8 | t3_ljk4v | null | 1427761607 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | abattle | null | It just officially opened an hour ago. Sign-up and submissions are working. Games will start shortly. | null | 0 | 1319174334 | False | 0 | c2t7qqt | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t7qqt | t1_c2t2hq3 | null | 1427761612 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | amstan | null | Follow the [tutorials](http://aichallenge.org/ants_tutorial.php), it guides you through a few strategies, this should keep you on top for a few days until the most advanced strategies come along.
~amstan
Contest Organizer | null | 0 | 1319174429 | False | 0 | c2t7r3m | t3_ljk4v | null | t1_c2t7r3m | t1_c2t7qb8 | null | 1427761617 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | logicmaker | null | http://memegenerator.net/instance/10790070 | null | 0 | 1319174540 | False | 0 | c2t7rj4 | t3_limsz | null | t1_c2t7rj4 | t1_c2t5c60 | null | 1427761624 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jimmyhchan | null | closest you'll get is Python + Matplotlib http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
But, if you do anything where you actual care about visualizing data
http://processing.org/
and for the Javascript Inclined:
http://thejit.org/ InfoVis
http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ D3.js
Other Matrix and visualization tools:
http://cod... | null | 0 | 1319174575 | False | 0 | c2t7roc | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7roc | t1_c2t4wnx | null | 1427761624 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nilsimsa | null | What about the night elf women?
| null | 0 | 1319174580 | False | 0 | c2t7rp1 | t3_lje8f | null | t1_c2t7rp1 | t3_lje8f | null | 1427761625 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Anpheus | null | http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/isvvba/thread/4655e045-91e2-482d-bac7-b2167219eee1/
I've done a little VBA programming (ugh) and yes, they do support it. At work I have a spreadsheet that uses it extensively. In more recent (2003+?) versions of Excel you can construct a "Range" of cells, then perform ope... | null | 0 | 1319174726 | False | 0 | c2t7s9c | t3_lccsd | null | t1_c2t7s9c | t1_c2t7p6j | null | 1427761633 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | theuion | null | Matlab's new classdef is nice for structuring large codebases, but watch out for the performance hit for method-call overhead. I wrapped Cantera in a Matlab class to customize the interface, but the same code took ten times as long. I eventually found this reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1693429/matlab-... | null | 0 | 1319174940 | False | 0 | c2t7t4a | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7t4a | t1_c2t3ult | null | 1427761649 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I was not debating the efficiency of it. I was just asking why he said he
> cannot use a single return parameter when you are doing several summations or concatenations in one tree traversal.
I haven't seen a reference to efficiency, so I taught there may be other reasons. | null | 0 | 1319175158 | False | 0 | c2t7twc | t3_li56t | null | t1_c2t7twc | t1_c2t6cwt | null | 1427761657 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Terr_ | null | I think it was like that for the last one too. | null | 0 | 1319175342 | False | 0 | c2t7ukl | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t7ukl | t1_c2t7da4 | null | 1427761664 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Terr_ | null | It's probably like the last contest: It's really easy to submit a "hello world" bot, and people are encouraged to iteratively improve them.
The up-side is a low barrier to entry... the down-side is a lot of marginal bots are taking up compute-time trying to compare and rank them. | null | 0 | 1319175439 | False | 0 | c2t7uvw | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t7uvw | t1_c2t6o1r | null | 1427761667 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Reminds me of this: http://tomahawk.ytmnd.com/ | null | 0 | 1319175464 | False | 0 | c2t7uze | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7uze | t1_c2t4o2w | null | 1427761667 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | flat5 | null | Nooooooo! This practically destroyed my life last year!
| null | 0 | 1319175479 | False | 0 | c2t7v1d | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t7v1d | t3_liz3e | null | 1427761673 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | theuion | null | I use and enjoy Spyder. I use the Matlab IDE much more, but I think Spyder is a great replacement. | null | 0 | 1319175564 | False | 0 | c2t7vch | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7vch | t1_c2t6vps | null | 1427761673 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | irve | null | In the light of Amazon/Google writeup on platforms this makes so much sense it's ridiculous. I still cannot post my feeds to G+, yet reader already looses some functionality. They just don't care.. | null | 0 | 1319175594 | False | 0 | c2t7vgm | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7vgm | t3_ljdfp | null | 1427761674 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Intermediate hardware does this today and it's here to stay, regardless of what the IETF thinks. Might as well fix it with an HTTP code as opposed to keeping things the somewhat broken way they are. | null | 0 | 1319175711 | False | 0 | c2t7vwc | t3_lik7v | null | t1_c2t7vwc | t1_c2t3iar | null | 1427761680 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frud | null | He's talking about treating the die like a biased coin and using the OP's unbiasing algorithm. | null | 0 | 1319175771 | False | 0 | c2t7w45 | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7w45 | t1_c2t2c11 | null | 1427761693 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319175796 | False | 0 | c2t7w79 | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7w79 | t1_c2t6koi | null | 1427761684 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319175828 | False | 0 | c2t7wb0 | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7wb0 | t1_c2t7m2y | null | 1428191715 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | propool | null | Who the hell downvoted this guy? He was stating a fact. Since when do we get downvoted for stating facts? | null | 0 | 1319175967 | False | 0 | c2t7wt0 | t3_lje8f | null | t1_c2t7wt0 | t1_c2t62tn | null | 1427761702 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | insertAlias | null | He was *explaining* a point that was clearly made but did not include the reasoning that led to it. | null | 0 | 1319175981 | False | 0 | c2t7wuz | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7wuz | t1_c2t7pib | null | 1427761704 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jimmyhchan | null | For the love of God, if you use Matlab for data visualization...
**PLEASE: STOP USING THE DEFAULT RAINBOW COLOR MAP!**
[Rainbow Color Map \(Still\) Considered Harmful](http://www.sv.vt.edu/~rkriz/Projects/create_color_table/color_07.pdf)
[How Not to Lie with Visualization](http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/proceedings/... | null | 0 | 1319176035 | False | 0 | c2t7x1j | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7x1j | t1_c2t2yeh | null | 1427761695 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | chris-martin | null | > You'll need an average of 3.76 flips to get a Fair flip.
> This algorithm almost magically transmutes an unfair coin into a perfect, though inefficient, Fair Coin.
This author thinks expected constant time is "inefficient"?
And that a very basic probabilistic algorithm is "almost magical"? | null | 0 | 1319176047 | False | 0 | c2t7x30 | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7x30 | t3_lisma | null | 1427761695 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | golden_eternity | null | Great, linking it to G+... Should be interesting to see if it still works for me next week, since they still don't have support for google apps users on G+ and that's what I use for reader... | null | 0 | 1319176197 | False | 0 | c2t7xlf | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7xlf | t3_ljdfp | null | 1427761709 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319176464 | False | 0 | c2t7yjz | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t7yjz | t3_liz3e | null | 1427761715 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frud | null | Try starting with 3 bits.
Assign 6 of the 8 input possibilities to outcomes of a single die roll. What happens when you get one of the other 2 input possibilities? What die roll do you assign to them?
You can't assign any die roll to them because that would make the outcome nonuniform. So 75% of the time it produc... | null | 0 | 1319176500 | False | 0 | c2t7yny | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7yny | t1_c2t7nbf | null | 1427761716 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alchemeron | null | Ugh. I do not want to be forced into using Google+. | null | 0 | 1319176508 | False | 0 | c2t7you | t3_ljdfp | null | t1_c2t7you | t3_ljdfp | null | 1427761716 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | insertAlias | null | >I think that there are a lot of things that should be easy but aren't, **because we approach them the wrong way**.
Well, that's what questions like these are supposed to identify. Not necessarily the ability to correctly answer the question (since anyone could study up on programming brain teasers), but to evaluat... | null | 0 | 1319176513 | False | 0 | c2t7ypf | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7ypf | t1_c2t7gh1 | null | 1427761716 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DesertSherpa | null | upvoted for "Suck Start a Shotgun"
Matlab is an imperfect tool, but its quite empowering and handicapping at the same time. | null | 0 | 1319176617 | False | 0 | c2t7z0s | t3_livmm | null | t1_c2t7z0s | t3_livmm | null | 1427761722 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NLGardner08 | null | so this has NOTHING to do with the drink... | null | 0 | 1319176715 | False | 0 | c2t7zc9 | t3_livrh | null | t1_c2t7zc9 | t3_livrh | null | 1427761725 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | insertAlias | null | >Furthermore, the initial position, movement, and state of the air the coin is travelling through is enough to determine what side will land up.
I'm not sure that implies bias. If you can know all the forces at play, you can anticipate the outcome of a physical event. Or maybe it implies a perfect bias: that under ... | null | 0 | 1319176828 | False | 0 | c2t7zpg | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t7zpg | t1_c2t7alf | null | 1427761729 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | quayo | null | Its gonna last into December. Just like the last one. | null | 0 | 1319177060 | False | 0 | c2t80g6 | t3_liz3e | null | t1_c2t80g6 | t1_c2t4mf7 | null | 1427761739 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AReallyGoodName | null | >Try starting with 3 bits.
Edit: Oh, the lowest digit won't be random if i throw away the high bits after a base conversion. Have to throw out the result if the high digit is 1.
I get it now :) | null | 0 | 1319177069 | True | 0 | c2t80h5 | t3_lisma | null | t1_c2t80h5 | t1_c2t7yny | null | 1427761739 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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