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by ajford 11y ago
True. But that's not always all that's needed. If I decide to flesh out an API section, it would be better to put the work in and use autodoc (which of course means I have to go make sure my docstrings are up to date). Build a TOC
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by ajford 11y ago
I love Markdown. I enjoy RST. I think, like programming, they have their own merits and use cases. Markdown is a lot less verbose in my opinion than RST. It's not intentional, nor is it insurmountable, but little things like inline cod
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by ajford 11y ago
But how does homework affect whether students are roaming the halls during class time? That makes little sense. I am in my late 20's. I remember homework. I was super excited about school when I started High School. I was in the GT pro
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by ajford 11y ago
The big reason behind the "ask X for Y" is namespacing. Otherwise it's who gets there first for a lot of things. This also allows them to sell "namespace free" triggers to corporate sponsors (I don't know if th
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by ajford 11y ago
> "96 Hours (Originaltitel: Taken)"
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by ajford 11y ago
I generate random answers that fit the question (i.e. best friend: Steven Austin, 1st Car: Hummer H3) and store them in Last Pass (or Keepass). Can use password generator too.
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by ajford 11y ago
I was taught the importance of this in my first year of Physics undergrad. Fermi approximations (or order of magnitude estimation), from Fermi problems ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem ). It is a highly valu
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Arecibo observatory director quits after funding row(nature.com)
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by ajford 11y ago
The distribution losses won't be too bad if this is at the rack/row level. Of course, you wouldn't want to distribute HV DC all over the datacenter. Though cheap high temp superconductors would be AWESOME. Can't wait :)
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by ajford 11y ago
I Ctrl-F'd. I remember reading the Google article back in 2009. Wondered if they were going to mention it in this MS centric article, and was glad to see they did.
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by ajford 11y ago
TIL... Thanks for this. I've been using SQLA for about 2 years for various side projects and one-offs, and I've never run across this. I've usually implemented things like this in python, which sometimes involves tedious loop
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by ajford 11y ago
I'm particularly fond of semi-bold. I find light is too narrow for my vision and taste. After a while of using the light version, it starts to blur together, but semibold works well. But my wife uses light and regular on her high DPI L
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by ajford 11y ago
Have you tried Source Code Pro ( http://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/ )? It's my go-to now when it comes to monospace fonts. I keep it installed on all my systems, right along side my dotfiles.
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by ajford 11y ago
I haven't looked very closely at the Parallella, but I don't think it's a direct comparison to this cluster. Parallella contains multiple cores on a single board, which seem to share common resources. There are two different
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by ajford 11y ago
Given the recent push for monetization of Reddit, it's also entirely possible that she put her foot down against some kind of hair-brained scheme for monetizing AMAs, and was summarily dismissed for refusing to go with the flow.
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by ajford 11y ago
I've seen that one before. My optics prof was planning on testing it out for the undergrad classes, where the precision was within tolerances. It was gonna free up a few grand worth of optics equipment to go into the grad level labs an
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by ajford 11y ago
Sometimes it's not just LOC. I use vim and git to manage my todo lists. I use vim to take meeting notes, and leverage pandoc to produce aesthetically pleasing pdfs to mail out. I use vim when writing my documentation in Markdown and&#x
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by ajford 11y ago
Any chance of a Linux/Windows port in the future? I saw this the last time it hit HN, and have hoped for something like this for other OSes.
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by ajford 11y ago
Can you elaborate? I'm only a few episodes in, so perhaps it's obvious when you get there. Is it the Japanese that's wrong, or something else?
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by ajford 11y ago
Location factors in to this a LOT. When I lived in south Texas, the second hand market was thriving (at least in clothes and some less expensive toys). I now live in Puerto Rico, and second hand shops don't exist as far as I can tell (
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by ajford 12y ago
That looks like an awesome technique. Thanks for the share!
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by ajford 12y ago
Do it. T-Mobile is great. And they will pay your ETFs. Customer service is great. I recently had a billing mishap (their end, ended up $30 over) and to make it up to me, they discounted my account by $30/month for a yr. This is magical
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by ajford 12y ago
Came here to say the same thing. With BadUSB and other such exploits, what a way to get pwned.
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by ajford 12y ago
I wish there was a to filter by things like the number of episodes or seasons.
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by ajford 12y ago
What I want to know is how much he would make for the same number of plays from traditional radio stations. Pandora is, in essence, a radio station. You cannot play a specific song, or restart the song, just like a broadcast station.
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by ajford 12y ago
Just realized how out of date my CV is. Last update 2012. Written in LaTeX, though I can't find my source at the moment... a little worrying. http://www.ajford.us/pages/curriculum-vitae.html EDIT: Forgot I came fr
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by ajford 12y ago
This was definitely a fun project to be a part of (the reboot, not the chrome experiment). We out here at the Arecibo Observatory are proud to be a part of this moment in history. It was a joy to work with Dennis Wingo and his team, they ar
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by ajford 12y ago
I have a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country that has such a feature. It's an extension of the "blind-spot" feature that is only active during reverse. It's saved me a couple of times in crowded parking lots with impatient an
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by ajford 13y ago
This story is tacked up on the wall inside the clock room at the Arecibo Radio Observatory. The "Keeper of the Clocks" here eagerly awaits a true atomic watch based off the CSAC SA.45s chip that @daniel-cussen mentioned.
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by ajford 13y ago
For me, it's a tie between Daemon by Daniel Suarez and The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell.

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