Hortinstein

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by Hortinstein 11y ago
> 1. Learn the basics of how to architect a small distributed system that is fault tolerant, resilient and reliable. You can't learn it all in 11 days, but man you can make a big dent and it is to me one of the most fun and challeng
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
do you have any good intro tutorials? A chatbot that could receive pictures and describe them back would be pretty cool!
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
would you mind elaborating what your use case for docker was and how otto may have replaced it?
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
yeah, this has been at the top of my list. I found a good tutorial a while back I have been meaning to go through showing how to build a character voting app (inspired by facesmash) for EVE Online characters. It shows how to build a full s
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
or node?
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I read quite a few others that have been mentioned here, but I finally read two that hard sci-fi books that should appeal to the Hacker News crowd Permutation City: People can run simulations of themselves or entirely migrate their conscio
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
Shameless plug: I wrote a quick and dirty node.js library to re-purpose the amazon branded ones to do anything you want. https://github.com/hortinstein/node-dash-button
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
Bitcoin does have a mechanism to mirror this though. The rate of discovery halves every 4 years and only 21 million will ever be issued. When the blockchain was started 50 Bitcoins per block were awarded until november 2012 when it was hal
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
> Lesson learned: Language skills, natural and coded ones, are gateways, opening paths not just for more expression, but also to paths in life. This is a fantastic quote. I lived in Tokyo for 3 years and while I picked up some of the la
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
already online: https://fusiondotnet.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/iterating-g...
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I took Mr. Thrun's class on Programming a Robotic Car last year for part of my OMSCS classes at GA Tech. They should use classes like this in undergrad computer science to show why Linear Algebra will be so important and the amazing ap
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
Just a side question, if someone who uses Github as part of a professional organization could answer. Has the limit on private repositories ever driven publishing of open source libraries for some of your repos?
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
thanks for this recommendation, this sounds really interesting. Would you stay it stands on the level of Primer for quality/budget film making?
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I just finished this book. I loved it. Any other recommendations for books like this? I read Accelerando, and am reading Chasm City now (both highly recommended).
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> I look forward to a darkly-humorous future in which we pit poorly-paid third-world citizens against each other in wars of call center attrition. This sounds like a 10 page side story in a Neil Stephenson Book. I love it.
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I have heard of people from all backgrounds getting into the program. Totally worth your time. Many questions like this on https://www.reddit.com/r/omscs .
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I graduated from a mediocre school with a 2.99 GPA with a computer science BS. I have great work experience and had great letters of recommendation. I can email you with more details. I applied when it first opened for applications. I wa
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
meanwhile I am paying ~$8,000 for a full computer science masters from GA Tech (OMSCS). Different class of education, but I feel like I am getting a better deal.
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Show HN: Node Dash Button, a Module to Emit Events on Amazon Dash Button Press(github.com)
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
Really cool, my IoT button is on the way. FYI I wrote a node module to make programming for the regular dash button really easy: https://github.com/hortinstein/node-dash-button
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
wow on a side note. I learn to love Github more and more. Had no idea they have STL viewers built into preview panels. Very Cool
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
hey author here, thanks for posting it.
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I would check out Hyper Light Drifter. It is not out yet, but the trailer is beautiful. http://www.heart-machine.com/
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
Hahah I have literally every one of those games in cartridge form (only had FFVI not FFV). One of the few treasures I have saved from my childhood. Riding my bike to Funcoland every weekend hunting a used copy of earthbound took like a ye
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I would check out Hyper Light Drifter. Similar palettes and amazing music. It is not out yet, but the trailer on the Kickstarter page is beautiful. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1661802484/hyper-light-...
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I have not read Blindsight or Echopraxia, they are on my list, but I did really enjoy the Rifters series. It is an interesting take on the whole dystopian genre. Starfish was excellent.
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
literally came here to say the same thing, it is all about Kessler Syndrome (though I dont remember if they called it that in the book). Fascinating site and good work!
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
I would love to know this too. This one is exceptionally well designed, here is a site with some landing page templates that have some similar design themes: http://html5up.net/
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
what is your best resource for beginners?
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by Hortinstein 11y ago
just had to say I really like those totem art styles!

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