you can't go wrong reading Norvig. Now, if only I could make it through Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence as easy as this essay.

Programming in Ten Years?

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How to Create a Startup in 10.5 Hours.

I guess it's where you start measuring from...

He didn't really program that startup in 10.5 hours, not when you include the countless hours of programming it took to be able to do something like that.

Come on dude. Be realistic. Do you really think you can create anything without having the skill to use the tools needed to accomplish the task?

Oldie but a goodie

a) Nice link.

b) Any ETA for news.yc search feature?