Estragon

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by Estragon 14y ago
Expensive, though. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1651154/why-are-default-a...
482.
by Estragon 14y ago
Also, raising exceptions used to be quite slow, which could hurt for a sparse counting set. Don't know whether that's still the case.
483.
by Estragon 14y ago
It's like whitespace. Everybody has this reaction at first, then they get over it.
484.
by Estragon 14y ago
Good idea!
485.
by Estragon 14y ago
Another handy one I saw recently: varname, = [x for x in l if predicate_with_single_truth_value(x)] The comma after varname is an implicit assert that the list comprehension only contains one element.
486.
by Estragon 14y ago
> Try deleting your Facebook account sometime if you'd like > a real good mindfucking What happens? (I deleted mine in 2008. I get plaintive emails from them to sign up again, but that's about it.)
487.
by Estragon 14y ago
It's a popular narrative with this audience.
488.
by Estragon 14y ago
I've been using python since 1997, and I found the link interesting.
489.
by Estragon 14y ago
Oh, choosing activities on the basis of how they extend experience. Thanks, I understand now.
490.
by Estragon 14y ago
I agree; that is an excellent speech.
491.
by Estragon 14y ago
What mentality is he pointing to when he derides "The idea that every activity they undertake be “a growth experience.”"? Sounds like a damn fine idea to me.
492.
by Estragon 14y ago
For me, Stack Overflow's most rewarding feedback is social recognition for having been helpful, which is largely independent of the formal rewards it offers. I bet it's the same for a lot of other people too.
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by Estragon 14y ago
I would love to read that, too, but it's worth noting that the particular failure in this case appears to have been pretty boring. According to his account he was transferring operational control to a different group, and one member was re
494.
by Estragon 14y ago
Thanks, these are some interesting links.
495.
by Estragon 14y ago
Are you selling Ontology 2 ( http://ontology2.com/o/ )? It looks really interesting. Who are you trying to sell it to?
496.
by Estragon 14y ago
The advice to invest is terrible at this stage, closely akin to advising someone to buy after a significant a stock market rise. The underlying advice to get experience by some means other than founding your own startup might be wise, thou
497.
by Estragon 14y ago
Most social activity generates no revenue. It's tragic that we are moving towards a society which sees every relationship as mediated by economic utility.
498.
by Estragon 14y ago
I've had good luck with python and cython when I need to get close to the metal. I'd really like to see a comparison between C++ and that kind of arrangement, some time.
499.
by Estragon 14y ago
Almost exactly the same thing happened to me. That's when I installed Adblock and Ghostery. (Hmm, I should install Ghostery in this browser, actually...)
500.
by Estragon 14y ago
> a recent study estimated that these drugs were killing > 300,000 - 500,000 Americans each year Looks like sloppy epidemiology to me. The only way to nail a claim like that down would be to establish a control group wit
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by Estragon 14y ago
If I wanted to get screamed at, I'd conclude I was a masochist and seek therapy.
502.
by Estragon 14y ago
I really enjoyed that book, too. The main thing I took from it was that if they had put all that effort and dedication into something which directly improved people's lives, they probably would have made a lot more money. :-)
503.
by Estragon 14y ago
What were the misaligned incentives in the GAE model?
504.
by Estragon 14y ago
Is there anything like the MapDroyd app ([which keeps all the mapping info local to the phone) which also does turn-by-turn navigation?
505.
by Estragon 14y ago
It's actually relatively easy to see when it's become fad/fraud driven. The hard part is predicting when the music is going to stop, because that's controlled by the people investing. Some of the best times to invest in a bubble come duri
506.
by Estragon 14y ago
Absolutely agree that that is the first priority, but there are many factors you can keep in mind during development without slowing it down much, and this is one of them.
507.
by Estragon 14y ago
Surely designing with the eventual migration in mind will reduce the pain in the end, though.
508.
by Estragon 14y ago
I hope they do, because the slides by themselves are extremely uninformative.
509.
by Estragon 14y ago
In firefox 3.6.23, when I hit the "F.A.Q" link on the front page of Nutrivise, the FAQ page is displayed for a second or two, then the front page is displayed again. The problem may be that /faq/ is redirecting to /#faq/. HTH.
510.
by Estragon 14y ago
Seems like there might be a market here for an app which acknowledged receipt and publication of a message to the target's phone, coupled with a service which escalated to a phone call to the target if it times out waiting for the acknowled

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