QuercusMax

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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   I know Google has interviewers copy down character-for-character what is written on the whiteboard for their whiteboard programming questions. Presumably this is so that their hiring committees can dispassionately review what the candidate
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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   Is anybody else annoyed by these kinds of articles confusing Fermi problems (how many piano tuners in Seattle or golfballs in school bus) with Brainteasers (why manhole covers are round, or crazy questions about perfectly rational guys on a
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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   Sounds like they'd be awful places to work.
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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   Along the same lines: it's considered good practice to perform a refactoring in a separate commit from code which changes behavior. This makes it much easier to review the code, as you can look at the changes in isolation. If you refac
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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   If it's a throwaway experiment, it shouldn't take too long to compile locally, I would think.
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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   The first lesson literally consists of "run python interpreter, then quit". How is this a useful way to approach things? He compares it to learning to play guitar - if my first guitar lesson consisted of "Open your guitar cas
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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   I saw that part. Still triggered my "maybe and elaborate troll" detector. He doesn't explain why he's doing it this way.
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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   After reading the Intro and first chapter - is this a joke?
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   by QuercusMax 12y ago

   Sort of like my feeling about politics - if the far left and far right hate you, you're probably on the right track.
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    Thanks! I'm just learning go (started last night), but I couldn't believe there wasn't a better way. It felt like a straw man example.
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    For undergrads I would highly recommend getting into a combined BS/MS program if you can. Depending on how many credits you have when you start you may be able to do it in 4 years (maybe plus a summer). It was a great experience for me
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/Notifo.com Shows it's down.
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    Weird. It doesn't work for me at all on my phone.
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    The notifo link is dead - I think the site is gone.
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    That was my first reaction as well. It's also bad because of Sirius radio. Seriously (pun intended), come up with your own name!
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    But why does it take longer? There are some stores where I'm just as fast to self-checkout as a human cashier, and others where it takes a ton more time, because the machine is super laggy. (Or deliberately made sluggish?) You're
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    Of course a better way of doing it in C is: for (char* p = s; *p; p++) { doSomething(*p); }
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    by QuercusMax 12y ago

    I nearly spit out my coffee after reading this line: "I was once a standing-desk skeptic, too. But, after I made the switch four days ago, I could immediately sense a difference in how I felt: way more self-righteous."