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Java: the left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable
After programming in Scheme for months, going back to Java can cause some problems as you can imagine. I encountered this error a few days ago while writing just the simplest searching loop. It’s your typical searching for the largest value loop. It’s nothing special, but then again, it doesn’t work. At least the error [...]
142 Days
On October 5th, Steve Jobs died. The company and the fans have survived the following one hundred forty-two days well. I remember on October 4th, on the day of the iPhone 4S reveal, some comments I made with some friends at the University of Minnesota. It was in my calculus class and a friend was [...]
Java: syntax error on token “else”, delete this token
Before school ended, I donated some of my time to helping out the Intro to Java kids. In that class, I realized that when you tell beginning programmers “End each line with a semi-colon,” they think you really mean it. As in, every single line with actual code (e.g. not brackets) must end with a [...]
At The Nexus & The Universe – Updates
We’re rolling in new episodes. This week, two fantastic podcasts are ready for your listening pleasure. First, we have At The Nexus #14: Super Ultra Mega Bonus Points with yours truly and of course Matthew Petschl. This week Matthew Petschl, fire-wielding extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad reveal the third annual Physics Day with dry ice and [...]
wget: background download
Here I am at the University of Minnesota and I find out that I need to download this huge 3.4 gigabyte file. I don’t need it now, but I know I’ll need it eventually. What do I do? I ssh to my server at home and start up wget. But in the past, I realized, [...]