CmdrSprinkles

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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
I am definitely biased, but I think the includes are important and are almost part of the lesson. Teach someone how to write their own containers and classes, then show them that there is a library they can easily access that does a much be
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
As someone who has recently spent a few months in various Western European countries for work: You would be surprised In many urban areas, it is basically NYC. Which is great, and makes getting around easy. But once you get farther out, thi
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Interesting, but am I missing something or is that just a lot of fancy branding to say "We looked at twitter data"? Still, good to know REI is doing well as I do like that overpriced store. But I also wonder how important it is fo
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
And I think that is the way to go. I am personally a fan of having more sciencey programs use matlab and more "pure" CS use python as the first languages. Save C/C++ for the lower level stuff (as in OSes and hardware interfac
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
While I am all about C/C++ (even if I hate it), it makes sense HN is probably something like 99% web and app developers (I would argue that all are the former, but my definition may be a bit old). In those cases, you actively don'
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Ars is good for high level stuff and to get a recap of the major keynote speeches. Technology Review is nice, but having a hard cap on the number of articles I can read per month for free is just a huge no-go though. I get the Wired approac
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Yes. Economically, my bank account gets larger every year. Ergo, I must be saving up all my birthday cash I don't have an estimate. My point was simply to explain to you why your logic was flawed as we are nearing the limits of what Mo
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
> Would anyone choose C for a new systems project with no legacy baggage or dependencies, in a world with Rust and Go? From a professional standpoint, you might as well be asking if I have infinite money and time. Nothing happens in a va
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Google are increasingly adding offline commands
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
There is some work regarding making transistors out of different materials as a way to eke a bit more out. Similarly, there is a lot of work regarding layering circuitry to an even greater degree. And, of course, there is the usual pie in t
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Different kinds of applications. Think of it like public transportation versus owning a car. For highly parallelizable and distributable applications (anything where mapreduce makes sense), commodity clouds are awesome. Just like relying on
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
And ignores what Moore's Law is. In a (simplified) nutshell: We can fit more transistors in a given unit of area because we make them smaller. That used to just mean we increased clock frequencies (make it faster) but comparatively rec
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Keep in mind that the target demographic of this site are college students and people who are goofing off when they should be working (or are talking on a message board when they are done for the day) In my experience: Solo is best when you
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
In large part because python 3 just wasn't worth using for the first few (probably five or six) years. The big reason so many of us use python is because of the wide range of libraries and modules that no longer worked. And when sellin
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
God help them if they ever visit Chicago...
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
You're right. In fact, late 30s and early 40s is generally when people traditionally started companies. But when I say "start up culture" I basically mean "silicon valley startup culture" and HN is basically that an
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Well, the whackjob subreddit was a threat to the org because they were organizing harassment and slander/libel from there and it is a matter of time until there is a lawsuit for damages And one can argue that the trump subreddit does t
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
And then you get out of high school and you start to actually do research and learn the real answer: Primary sources are always better than secondary or tertiary, so use them when you can. But Wikipedia IS good for finding those primary&#x2
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Pretty much. Saying Reddit should be like HN is like saying that every car needs to be a four wheel drive monster able to handle actual offroad driving. HN is largely a tech site geared toward mid-late twenties individuals (the start-up cul
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
And it used to be the gold standard of the idiocy that are Reddit Detectives. There is now a new one.
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
> One seeking a managerial position isn't necessarily asked to demonstrate and perform his skills on spot, are they? Actually, they are. That is the interview. As a manager, you need to have social skills. And a lot of the questions
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
... ... ... Jesus Hubert Christ I think Reddit managed to out-detective the folk who accused a victim of being a terrorist. Thanks, I guess. That, in a way that horrifies me due to what it means about my brain, makes sense now.
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
The same reason youtube and twitch (and youtubers and streamers) seem to have so much difficulty with moderating chat Yes, getting rid of the hate and the stupid is something the owners of the site (and the content creators) want. It gives
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
No problem. And good luck. We are a fairly established firm so our approach is more "We need someone competent who can work well with others". It sounds like start-ups are a lot more willing to take a risk and think outside the pr
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Somewhat off topic and not condoning the editing of comments (I probably will condone the closing of boards once I know more) but: What the hell is a pizzagate? I saw it mentioned a few times while reading the mess that is the reddit detect
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
No... it really isn't. This is abusing power to attempt to manipulate public opinion on a message board. Stalking is a horrible invasion of privacy that has a tendency to escalate into violence. And even when it doesn't, it result
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Might not be full bible level of importance, but if you intend to do any work on Fortran and legacy science codes, "Modern Fortran Explained" by Metcalf, Reid, and Cohen is a must. Better examples and explanations than anything yo
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Be careful with it. Was dealing with credit card stuff (raising limit to go on travel) and when they were verifying my identity the policy was evidently to combine my questions with a "background check" Said background check basic
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
... are you accusing me of astroturfing? huh Do you want to know why so many of these initiatives fall apart? Because they get sold as pipe dreams. We'll just throw solar cells on every roof (what I was actually replying to) and free e
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Critical stuff you definitely double bag. But stuff like extra layers or even a sleeping mat are things that can get wet but probably shouldn't and adding the extra bulk of waterproofing them just isn't worth it (to me). True wate

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