Periodic

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511.
by Periodic 17y ago
The market doesn't have to grow by 2 * PI anything. It's just a constant. Since the radius grows linearly, you can map any linearly growing series of data and you'll find it looks good in this presentation format.
512.
by Periodic 17y ago
I've always wondered this. Can an agreement like that be legally binding when it's just stuck on the end of an email and is typically not read until the content of the email has been read? They're also overly broad, often claiming copyrigh
513.
by Periodic 17y ago
That's always been the issue. Technically many computers can do this, from AppleTVs, to custom Linux Myth boxes, to PS3s. Where Boxee shines is connecting to web-based media through an easy-to-navigate interface. Have fun trying to get H
514.
by Periodic 17y ago
I'm on a laptop with a wide screen and it took me a moment to realize that the navigation links worked, I just had to scroll down to see anything different.
515.
by Periodic 17y ago
It seems that most MMOs, at least of the fantasy variety, tend to ignore physics. Mobiles have maybe three speeds, stopped, walking, and running and transition instantly between them. Jumping is just a pre-programmed arc that may have che
516.
by Periodic 17y ago
The whole rental business reminds me of some conversations I've had with friends trying to explain how the first-sale doctrine ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine ) increases the value of the books, movies, and games that the
517.
by Periodic 17y ago
Both Ruby and Javascript seem be from the camp of adding more language features and alternate syntax to make it easier for programmers to express themselves. They are happy to put in multiple ways to do something and support multiple parad
518.
by Periodic 17y ago
Both of those are fairly simple! It's refreshing. I know some python people claim that the more rigid syntax of Python helps you code better. But I wouldn't be surprised if there was some motivation from the interpreter writers.
519.
by Periodic 17y ago
I like the idea of making tiling window management more accessible. I'd be very happy if we saw more of this move into the mainstream window managers and operating systems. For example, when I open two terminals in OS X they have a habit
520.
by Periodic 17y ago
It's a bit hard to do the math in bash, but you'd also probably want to determine the mean and standard deviation for a population of checks (at least 10 or so). You could calculate it across a lot of domains, or calculate it with a lot of
521.
by Periodic 17y ago
Right, the specific code that he wrote he claims ran as fast as C++. What type of code is this? Benchmarking program language speed is a very, very tricky thing because it is so multidimensional. - Were they both multi-threaded or Single-
522.
by Periodic 17y ago
That first 80% always takes only 20% of the time, and that's the first month for you. Some languages seem to let you do that month of work in three weeks, or two weeks, or with a framework it might take a week. But that last 20% is the pa
523.
by Periodic 17y ago
I think there may be a danger in labeling yourself based on your weaknesses. It could lead to subconsciously shutting down options because they involve your "weakness". Essentially, if you don't explore your weakness and try to gain stren
524.
by Periodic 17y ago
I've heard the recommendation to never equally share power or you will risk deadlock. Always agree to either have a neutral arbiter or go with the old 51/49 split so that if it ever comes down to it the issue can be decided decisively inst
525.
by Periodic 17y ago
I think his message is not so much to trust that their statement about progress is truthful, but rather to trust that others can do a good job and get it done well. I'm sure many of us have had that feeling of, "I know I can do this better,
526.
by Periodic 17y ago
I think the author is trying to encourage the practice in general. There are certainly ways to do it right and ways to do it wrong. Just blindly asking for status emails so you have some numbers and justifications for your charts would pro
527.
by Periodic 17y ago
I end up using this template for a lot of operations. Where rename really seems applicable is when you want to do complicated renamings such that regular expressions really are appropriate.
528.
by Periodic 17y ago
Regarding the SSH tricks: If you change the port of SSH, change it to still use a port under 1024. On most Unix systems these are privileged ports that require root to open. This ensures that if there is a process listening there that it
529.
by Periodic 17y ago
I can personally attest that in the past I have spent an hour googling on a problem to figure out what to google to get a solution.
530.
by Periodic 17y ago
I have this problem with ctrl. I have a habit of making capslock act as another control key. When I get to other systems I'm constantly fumbling and turning caps lock on and off. However, I think it's pretty obvious from the speed of my
531.
by Periodic 17y ago
QA is basically your testing framework. It's there to do all the tests to make sure the software actually does what you say it does. No developer is good at testing their own code because deep down no developer wants to break the code they
532.
by Periodic 17y ago
I'm not sure that consulting would be a bad way to go. I've seen a few companies that have cut staff only to hire them back as consultants at least part time, sometimes paying more for the person than they were before (minus benefits). I w
533.
by Periodic 17y ago
Or you with your puppy featured prominently? That might draw their attention away from any of your flaws, and when they think of you they'll immediately associate your face with a cute and cuddly puppy. There's also the other idea. What i
534.
by Periodic 17y ago
One thing I often run into is that the financial people at our University regularly send Excel spreadsheets to one another. There will regularly be email chains of 3+ people that result in the same document being sent back and forth by ema
535.
by Periodic 17y ago
I work at a University. Every time I have to work with one of our admins to get something through the Oracle purchasing app I feel like I just jumped back 10 years to Windows 98 and Web 1.0. It drives me insane how many things have to be
536.
by Periodic 17y ago
Many of those quotes are 2-3 years old. Google has been consistently improving their web offerings and the speed of web apps has been getting better and better. I have changed my opinion of products and companies over a the span of years m
537.
by Periodic 17y ago
The key problem is one of cost. As it is right now the customer pays the costs of specifically linking up with a supplier for a transaction. The supplier pays for some of the costs of the customer's search via advertising, but generally t
538.
by Periodic 17y ago
Rigorous interviews will increase the number of false negatives, but decrease the number of false positives. I think your wording doesn't make that clear. When the cost of a false positive is high, e.g. a bad employee can be very expensive
539.
by Periodic 17y ago
But he's also contributed to a lot of open source software. Linux grew to the point of being "cool" among geeks due to the strength of its open source ecosystem. One of the things my wife admires about me is my proficiency with computers,
540.
by Periodic 17y ago
> It is designed specifically for minimizing latency through features such as multiplexed streams, request prioritization and HTTP header compression. They specifically say their goal is to minimize latency to make web based application

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