algorias

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by algorias 17y ago
If your code is meant to be an experiment, a headstart for someone else to build on, then that needs to be explicit. There's enough open source code out there. The problem is quality. All projects that are making an impact are doing so beca
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by algorias 17y ago
If you say you'll help someone out, then you better show up. Otherwise, you'll leave the other guy worse off than if you hadn't offered to help in the first place. So, yes, it is better to release nothing than something buggy and unsupporte
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by algorias 17y ago
You're right that there needs to be a distinction between community projects and loose pieces of code. They're completely different in nature, and that's why it's so important to make clear which is which.
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by algorias 17y ago
When you release code, there's an implicit commitment of improving and maintaining it, or at least finding someone who will when you can't anymore, unless you say otherwise from the start. The attention and effort others invest in your proj
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by algorias 17y ago
We use launchpad (i.e. bzr) for an open source project. It works and it does what you'd expect it to. Then again, it is a small project with simple needs.
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by algorias 17y ago
Each project gets its own folder that contains branches, helper scripts, release files, notes, etc. Nothing related to the project goes outside that folder... except: Working copies, demo code, samples, etc of dependencies of my projects ar
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by algorias 17y ago
> it's not as though people wouldn't know where to find them. Yes, but I'd rather not visit those sites and only read the best articles (the ones that get linked from here). HN as an aggregator works very well in that sense. I think the
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by algorias 17y ago
"I wish that, just once, some terrorist would try something that you can only foil by upgrading the passengers to first glass and giving them free drinks." That's pretty much the best summary of the issue I've ever read.
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by algorias 17y ago
> But their patent is still crap. No, the law is broken. What were they supposed to do, sit idle while someone else got the patent instead?
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by algorias 17y ago
What about collateral damage of such enforcement?
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by algorias 17y ago
Clicking the little ^ arrow does a better job of conveying that. This kind of commenting is frowned upon around here.
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by algorias 17y ago
Couldn't have said it better. Large companies have economies of scale in the operational/business sense, but they're terribly inefficient in the people sense.
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by algorias 17y ago
If a company is not making profits, it will hardly make a difference whether or not they're giving away soda. The larger a company gets, the more inefficient it becomes. A single unproductive employee is a much larger money leak than free s
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by algorias 17y ago
It's not about your compensation at all. The impact of free snacks is so tiny for the employers cost structure that the decision to offer them or not is completely unrelated to their ability (or willingness) to pay a fair salary. Would you
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by algorias 17y ago
Why do they need to go through it? free soda will always be a tiny expense in relation to everything else. Sure 10K sounds like a lot of cash for soda, but a company with 50 employees is spending millions on salaries.
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by algorias 17y ago
I wonder if they plan to offer english as well (i.e. x to english instead of english to x), considering the importance of english in the online world.
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by algorias 17y ago
If the submission can't be understood within its own context, then the title should indeed have been more explicit.
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by algorias 17y ago
This bothers me too. I don't know how tree-ring data is interpreted, but it's safe to assume that it's not a simple size of rings -> temperature mapping. How are the myriad of factors that contribute to tree growth accounted for?
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by algorias 17y ago
You make some good points... but that last line was unnecessary flamebait.
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by algorias 17y ago
Have you ever been on board a containership? It's insanely optimized for cargo capacity. It's not like they could just make a little room for passengers.
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by algorias 17y ago
MTGO3 will be replaced by a web-based version that looks a lot more promising. I think WotC are aware of their weaknesses, and taking steps to correct them.
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by algorias 17y ago
A broken link.
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by algorias 17y ago
If a lot of them like new, then why haven't they switched over to python3? You can hardly fault the python core devs for wanting to wait until users have actually caught up with the language.
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by algorias 17y ago
For translations to/from German from/to (English, Spanish, etc), dict.leo.org is pretty decent. Not sure that's what you're looking for.
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by algorias 17y ago
map, filter and reduce were not removed from python3.x, however. They'll be there for the next decade at least.
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by algorias 17y ago
If you don't have accurate data for a certain time period, it's preferable to have approximate data than none, as long as you take that lower accuracy into consideration.
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by algorias 17y ago
"you're bound to conclude that nothing any individual does can be a mistake, so long as they do it consistently." This is exactly how languages evolve over time, actually. A group of individuals makes changes ("mistakes"), and is consistent
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My question on Go(enfranchisedmind.com)
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by algorias 17y ago
One more reason to be glad I don't smoke. The fact that smoke damages the internals of a computer isn't obvious at all, I wouldn't ever have thought of it. Thanks for the explanation.
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by algorias 17y ago
Browser history also fails when you use more than 1 machine on a regular basis.

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