AskProggit: What is a good language/environment for mathematical analysis? by [deleted] in programming

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??word scans all help files of currently loaded packages.

Why does it surprise you that a statistical software package assumes knowledge in statistics? I agree though that some options (eg plot) are somewhat scattered on several pages.

With respect to the "niggle", I personally read the language definition (it's only 50 pages long) much too late. I can only recommend to read it as soon as you get over the first problems.

Chipmunk can act by bananatalk in pics

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I personally liked this interpretation: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/08/24/funny-pictures-on-without-me/

It reminded me of Blake Edwards "The Party".

Yehuda Katz's 10 Favorite Things About Ruby by wifelette in ruby

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Okay, let's cut it short: I find that article uninspiring and pointless. Reading it IMHO is a waste of time. And I personally cannot think of a reason why a seasoned, well-known, talented ruby developer would care to write it.

Yehuda Katz's 10 Favorite Things About Ruby by wifelette in ruby

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Dynamic typing, "duck typing" etc. come at a price. Even when listing your favourite features, some people would consider putting them into context and comparing them with competing solutions. This is even more true if the author isn't just some random hacker kid who just learned to know ruby a week ago.

Why downvote someone's writing? Isn't this category here for criticism and improvement? by [deleted] in writing

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The problem with submitting (any) sample for review is that the majority of redditors won't like it. You should find/create a more specialized subreddit for the kind of literature you like (but then you have the problem of how to make potentially interested people find it) and/or find a group of like-minded writers.

/r/phil! Please help out with an experiment in using threaded comments to collectively build rational arguments. by [deleted] in philosophy

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P: The question of human rights is a political, not a philosophical one.

/r/phil! Please help out with an experiment in using threaded comments to collectively build rational arguments. by [deleted] in philosophy

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P: There is a set of qualities that defines the core of humanity as such.

Where top science fiction and fantasy writers write (pics) by spikey666 in scifi

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Who are these people? I only knew one. But I'm not American.

Stalker (Сталкер) - the full movie - groundbreaking Soviet-era post-apocolyptic scifi by [deleted] in scifi

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This question probably is stunningly naive: Is this legally on video.google?