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by aplusbi 15y ago
The author also says "Under a scientific framework, input from intuition , tradition, experience, common sense, experts, and logic might be incorporated during the construction of a preliminary hypothesis"
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by aplusbi 15y ago
The difference is between: My intuition is telling me this is true. and My intuition is telling me this is true. Let me test it.
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I think you are taking the article out of context. At best intuition leads to a hypothesis. By itself it is definitely not a source of scientific knowledge. The author even explicitly states this: >Under a scientific framework, input
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by aplusbi 15y ago
The last time I checked there is nothing on github's TOS page stating that your code must be open source. You could, hypothetically, include a LICENSE stating that while the code is public, it is still copyrighted. Of course, I'm assuming
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I work for a financial software company and we have a lot of projects so it depends, really. Recently we've been looking for some frontend Javascript developers the project I work on. The interviews we've been conducting have reflected th
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I think the best programmers are ones who can utilize abstractions while at the same time understand what they are abstractions of. For example, someone who knows Django and SQL is probably a better programmer than someone who knows Django
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by aplusbi 15y ago
Interestingly enough no one I've interviewed has every suggested lexicographical ordering although I have implemented it that way myself to see how hard it would be (answer: it's kind of hard). That said, C++'s standard library has a next_p
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by aplusbi 15y ago
Part of our interview process is having the candidate code-review some really bad code. The only problem with it is that it is biased against students/recent graduates. I'd say close to 90% of student/recent grad candidates do pretty poor
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by aplusbi 15y ago
These questions aren't about "real world" situations, they are about problem solving and basic coding. Questions are good, as is a discussion on how and why these things should be implemented. For the split array problem I rarely ask for c
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by aplusbi 15y ago
Like I said, 80-90% of candidates can answer my questions. I am also very generous with what I accept as an answer and how much help I give. My interview is as much a discussion about the question as it is the solution. As for what I ge
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I think the key difference is the implication that Apple's sole intent is to make good products. The people at Apple just want to make damn good products. is very different from Apple makes damn good products.
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I've been involved in a lot of interviewing/recruiting especially of recent graduates. I don't have hard numbers, but it seems to me that the candidates who have masters degrees tend to do worse.
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I've never asked FizzBuzz but I do regularly ask coding/algorithm questions. They are usually more difficult than FizzBuzz. I'd say around 80-90% can at least come up with a solution in 45 minutes with some help. Probably less than 10%
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I like Noise Bridge's guiding principle: "Be excellent to each other." (which is a quote from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure).
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by aplusbi 15y ago
Most of the vitriol is coming from the "cool" generation. It boils down to narcissism of small differences - the author is uncomfortable with the idea that he himself may be a "hipster" and so looks for all the things that are hip that h
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by aplusbi 15y ago
Almost, |> isn't an operator in OCaml (although I think Batteries has something like |- that does the same thing) and printfn isn't in OCaml. Printf.printf is, but wouldn't work in this case (you'd need a format string). Also, List.ma
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by aplusbi 15y ago
This reminds me of the Richardson Spite House, which was 5 feet wide and built to block the windows of another property. http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON005.htm
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by aplusbi 15y ago
Those things sneak up on you! It's surprising how much cyclists and pedestrians rely on engine noise.
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by aplusbi 15y ago
Pedantic here - while Mickey Mouse was created in 1928, the cut-off for public domain works is 1923. Also there was a long period of time where works needed to be registered (and re-registered) so there are plenty of works that have fallen
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by aplusbi 15y ago
Technically it's not the same thing. Whether or not it is legally different is an entirely different matter - one that has not yet been resolved. If the court decides that encryption is like a safe then, regardless of how impossible it
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by aplusbi 15y ago
The thing is, the court can compel you to open the safe. You don't have to reveal the combination but you do have to open it (or face contempt charges). This is pretty much the same thing they are demanding from her - we don't want your pa
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by aplusbi 15y ago
The only reason you would want to do this is if you use the same password for multiple things. You may have signed up with some website a year ago, used it once and then forgot all about it. If they get compromised you might not even know
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by aplusbi 15y ago
There are areas of Brooklyn that rival Manhattan prices, but generally speaking the further away from Manhattan you go the cheaper the rent gets.
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I think the the fact that the dangers are mostly statistical is what makes Everest so dangerous. Not to make light of the difficulty in summiting Everest, but you can literally just hike to the top. This invites a lot of amateur climbers
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by aplusbi 15y ago
He has a tendency to blow things out of proportion and to air these problems publicly, using inflammatory language when most people would choose to use more direct channels. All of the incidents I have read about have been legitimate proble
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I don't know much about github's customer service,= but from what I can extrapolate from Shaw's rant, their service had a flaw which was likely just an oversight. Shaw never made an attempt to contact github about it (under the belief that
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I think you are misinterpreting section 6. Section 6 is about the requirements for software that use the library. Specifically section 6 is about software that statically links to the library (section 5 is about dynamic linking). If you
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by aplusbi 15y ago
I understand your argument. My point was that revealing the gag order is not self-incrimination - it is committing a crime. Technically speaking, you are only allowed to refuse to answer a question if you believe that answering will incr
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by aplusbi 15y ago
While I suppose in practice this is true, I don't think the 5th amendment would technically apply. By mentioning the gag order you are not incriminating yourself but rather committing a crime.
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by aplusbi 15y ago
The "time bomb" is mentioned in the video - handing over copyright on payment.

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