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I'm Building a GitHub for Writers (madebyloren.com) 311 points by guynamedloren 2 years ago | 146 comments [http://madebyloren.com/github-for-writers]

Comment by crazygringo 2 years ago: [6296836] A lot of programmers already find it awfully hard to wrap their heads around how git works. I can only imagine how hard it will be for non-programmers to (it doesn't suprise me that the successful example used is written by mathematicians).

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Computers 'do not improve' pupil results, says OECD (bbc.com) 46 points by wj 6 hours ago | 35 comments [http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34174796]

Comment by nv-vn 5 hours ago: [10218865] I'm honestly not all that surprised, seeing as nearly every "technology in education" initiative really just amounts to using iPads for virtual textbooks. If schools used the technology to enrich education (specifically where it would be useful rather than just every single class) then at the very least it would

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Computers 'do not improve' pupil results, says OECD (bbc.com) 41 points by wj 6 hours ago | 31 comments [http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34174796]

Comment by buffoon 2 minutes ago: [10219437] My daughter has just hit secondary school in the UK. She was disappointed to find that they rarely touch a computer.

What they did do is on day one of science drop her a proper lab notebook and

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str1 = "exterminate"

str1.isupper() # False str2 = str1.capitalize() # "Exterminate" str2.swapcase() # "eXTERMINATE" str2.index('e') # 3 str2.find('e') # 3 'k' in str2 # False str2.index('k') # error str2.find('e') # -1

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Observations on variable binding

1. Each function call creates a new environment, which scopes bindings of formal parameters and values, and of local variables(those created with assignments within body).
2. Scoping often called static or lexical because scope within which variable has value is defined by extent of code boundaries.

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[Source]([http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21664146-future-countrys- north-west-hot-and-smoky-america-flames] "Permalink to America in flames | The Economist")

America in flames | The Economist

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SO BAD are the seasonal wildfires sweeping America's tinder-dry north-west that Alex Thomason, a public-spirited lawyer in Washington state, bought himself a

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[Source]([http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/11/translation-startup-unbabel-unveils- new-smartcheck-technology/] "Permalink to Translation Startup Unbabel Unveils New Smartcheck Technology")

Translation Startup Unbabel Unveils New Smartcheck Technology

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[Unbabel][2], a startup backed by Y Combinator, that combines human editing and machine learning into an online translation platform, announced a new feature

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Robert Hanks · On Putting Things Off · LRB 10 September 2015

When I hear other people talking about procrastination, I find myself getting proprietorial: surely their fleeting pauses are as nothing to mine. Procrastination is the main way I express anxiety and depression, if I can use these medicalised, dignifying terms. It's franker to say that I put things off because much of the time I'm frightened and sad (too frightened and sad for

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[Source]([http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/09/11/the-most-misread-poem- in-america/] "Permalink to Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Is Our Most Misread Poem")

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Is Our Most Misread Poem

Everyone knows Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken"—and almost everyone gets it wrong.

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[Source]([http://priceonomics.com/the-correlation-between-arts-and-crafts- and-a/] "Permalink to The Correlation Between Arts and Crafts and a Nobel Prize")

The Correlation Between Arts and Crafts and a Nobel Prize

The Correlation Between Arts and Crafts and a Nobel Prize

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