RKoutnik

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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Interesting, running just the number generation under node v6.5.0 gives: { '0': 340364, '1': 330093, '-1': 329543 } So we see a slight bias for zero (elements are equal) there. ~Lemme try it in Chrom
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Ah, I think I've figured it out (nothing to do with JS's RNG, sadly). It's simpler when you ignore Jeremy (sorry). For this case, we can assume `Math.random()` will output uniformly random numbers. `Array.prototype.sort` w
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
One other project comes to mind that also updates every six months: Ubuntu. Last I checked, their ecosystem was doing fairly well. I wouldn't consider Ubuntu "unfinished" unless we're talking about the state of all sof
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Kudzu and the California Marriage Amendment(linuxmafia.com)
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Glitch Art with HTML5 Canvas(thenewcode.com)
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All deals on AngelList will soon be private (plus other updates you should know)(techcrunch.com)
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Bloom Filters(jasondavies.com)
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Can Software Make You Less Racist?(blog.codinghorror.com)
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A Short Checklist for Conspiracy Theorists(bloomberg.com)
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How Hillary2016 onboards new users(useronboard.com)
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Hacking Calculords part 3: A math-free intro to neural networks(rkoutnik.com)
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Oh, good to hear. That's the one that SpaceX named their barges after? The series has been on my to-read list, I'll bump it up in priority.
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
I hadn't heard the full quote - that is beautiful. Thanks for sourcing it!
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Do you have any recommendations on modern scifi that fits the futurism bill? There's lots of great stuff (Expanse is my current favorite) that seems to be summed up as "And then things got worse"
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
I'm writing this comment from a tech conference, which seems oddly fitting. I find exactly the same problem with modern tech tooling (especially on the frontend). We, the tech community, celebrate tool builders and so we all try to bu
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The Political Process Isn’t Rigged – It Has Much Bigger Problems(fivethirtyeight.com)
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Sun-Powered Airplane Completes Historic Trip Around the World(npr.org)
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
It sounds like these issues are pretty big for you and not so much for your team. If I were in your shoes, I'd be worried that staying would impact my moral compass and I'd start thinking such things were ok. If you've join
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How TIDAL Onboards New Users «»(useronboard.com)
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The git's guide to git: Commits and their messages(rkoutnik.com)
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
You're absolutely right - Niantic's history with Google does not preclude them having crummy security practices that we aren't aware of. However, "Popular thing possibly has crummy security practices (we just don't
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Right, so not only did they spend a significant amount of time steeping in Google itself, the big G then invested a significant amount of cash into the now-spun-out company. I'd say that qualifies as 'owned'.
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
It's worth noting that Niantic Labs (the folks who licensed Pokemon from Nintendo and made Pokemon Go) are actually owned by Google [0]. This is Google giving itself permission to do Google things. Dollars to doughnuts they tried t
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
400k is market rate for top-quality bay area engineers, depending on specialty [0]. You don't see job ads for those folks, because hackers like that don't read them. [0] And even for lower-paying specialties (like UI/UX),
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Go check SO chat or read my sibling message, lemme send you that so we can get this up proper.
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
EDIT: Published! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/netmonitor/jekcpje... (under my account by AwalGarg's request [0]) The Chrome store requires a flat fee to upgrade one's account to "
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Lots of folks wanted what we were selling but the sales pitch didn't line up with what the software did. It was entirely technically possible but the 'technical' cofounder had saddled us with so much techdebt that we couldn&
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Agreed. I've worked at enough startups full of young folks powered by Dunning-Kruger [0] for several lifetimes. We've lost the meaning of 'Senior' such that the folks who do have tons of useful experience are afraid
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
> Short version: Hire the best makers you can early even if they're junior, hire the best managers you can later which means more senior folks. Interesting - this jives a lot better with my experience while still not contradicting w
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Fascinating - I've heard many variations of the "MBAs come in and apply Process to terrible results". I wouldn't hire these folks either, though I haven't worked in such regulated industries, so I can't comm

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