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   by amk_ 12y ago

   Ok sure. My point is that there should be a clear path from "I might want to use this thing, what is it about and can I give it a spin" to "ok I get it, where can I learn more." Not to say that everyone will _instantly
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   by amk_ 12y ago

   > By the way, SQL is a pretty complex formal system well grounded on theory. ... Most people don't understand SQL without training, by the way. I think lots of people understand, or can understand, the theory of SQL. It's the &
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   by amk_ 12y ago

   > We're more like mechanical engineers drawing complicated CAD diagrams. In engineering of any kind, you have functional requirements and you have outputs that you design to satisfy them. In software engineering, you may be trying t
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   by amk_ 12y ago

   I think Thomas meant that designing a lossy compression scheme inherently involves making decisions about what parts of the data it is OK to lose -- i.e., in audio processing it might be acceptable to drop frequencies outside of the range o
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   by amk_ 12y ago

   https://ifttt.com/sms Send a text message to an IFTT (If This, Then That) number with #migraine as the message body. Append the date and time as a new row to a Google Drive spreadsheet.