benhoyt

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by benhoyt 16y ago
Yeah, that's a better one, with more actual hacks. Most of the "hacks" in the original post weren't really hacks, but the way embedded programmers set and toggle bits every day.
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by benhoyt 16y ago
Looks like a nice little module. However, just some comments on the (lack of) Pythonicity in this function: def is_string(obj): """Tests if an object is a string""" return True if type(obj).__name__ == 'str' else False
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Translation/i18n service for .po files with an API?
1 points by benhoyt 16y ago|0 comments
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by benhoyt 16y ago
As the article's author, I'm somewhat biased :-), but I respectfully disagree. If you try to learn C++ armed with only this guide, sure. I certainly didn't write it as a comprehensive guide. But doing is the only real way to learn a lan
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C++ for C programmers, part 2 of 2 (the OO features)(blog.brush.co.nz)
23 points by benhoyt 16y ago|5 comments
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by benhoyt 16y ago
Hmmm. I suspect that would break 90% of web pages on the web. On the other hand, people would make their pages valid pretty quick. :-)
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by benhoyt 16y ago
Boy, Toto's almost exactly like something I dreamed up a couple of months ago. Except my idea was more to show how one could use version-controlled text files as your database in many simple situations. There are so many tools available a
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C++ for C programmers, part 1/2 (the non-OO features)(blog.brush.co.nz)
11 points by benhoyt 17y ago|4 comments
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Soluto - startup aims to bring an end to slow, stalling and unresponsive PCs(blog.soluto.com)
1 points by benhoyt 17y ago|1 comments
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Why I'm not moving to Linux just yet(blog.brush.co.nz)
3 points by benhoyt 17y ago|0 comments
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by benhoyt 17y ago
Speaking of employment laws, I'm curious how common "at-will employment" is in the US? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment ) I've recently been hired by a US company on at-will terms, and I understand it's much more common in
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by benhoyt 17y ago
I just read these "rules", and it looks like just good typography -- whether you're a lawyer, programmer, or something else. I like his explanations of why each "rule" is necessary, too.
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by benhoyt 17y ago
I still see this rather nasty bug on Chrome version 5, 18 months after the bug was reported. Very strange, and only seems to happen to people running XP's classic theme -- I love Chrome, but I also love my classic theme. :-)
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No checkboxes: serious, mysterious Chrome bug that's been around for 18 months(code.google.com)
2 points by benhoyt 17y ago|1 comments
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by benhoyt 17y ago
It looks like they also have a very neat and clear way to measure and visualize the speed of PyPy across version: http://speed.pypy.org/overview/ -- didn't someone say that what you can measure you improve?
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PyMite - Python interpreter that runs in 40KB ROM and 3KB RAM(code.google.com)
5 points by benhoyt 17y ago|0 comments
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by benhoyt 17y ago
I've had pretty good success with Google when using the term "quick reference" rather than "cheat sheet".
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Cool new technology: Move things with your mind(youtube.com)
1 points by benhoyt 17y ago|0 comments
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by benhoyt 17y ago
Also on Chrome 4.0 (Windows).
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by benhoyt 17y ago
Actually, all of the lines are <75 characters. But yeah, it'd be at least twice that long with a normal coding standard.
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Smallpt: Global Illumination in 99 lines of C++ (with no external deps)(kevinbeason.com)
94 points by benhoyt 17y ago|14 comments
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Elie Seidman of Oyster.com: Lessons I've learned about entrepreneurship(elieseidman.com)
1 points by benhoyt 17y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How and when to do referral marketing for your startup?
3 points by benhoyt 17y ago|1 comments
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by benhoyt 17y ago
That's brilliant! Just the other day I tried taking my almost-three-year-old's training wheels off and tried to help her go straight without falling, but quickly decided she "wasn't quite ready". Maybe she still isn't, who knows, but this m
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by benhoyt 17y ago
In any case, I've implemented your suggestions -- thanks.
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by benhoyt 17y ago
Thanks -- I've updated it.
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by benhoyt 17y ago
Thanks for the link to that Steve Yegge post -- do you know if he's still batching up and submitting resumes as per the bottom of his post? Do you have any other suggestions for networking into Google (I don't know anyone directly who works
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by benhoyt 17y ago
Hmmm, interesting point. I wonder if it really matters. I put that there only so they know I'm a U.S. citizen and hence have legal right to work there. Can you suggest a succinct alternative?
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by benhoyt 17y ago
Actually, all three are correct. From http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9#Usage_notes -- "In the US, there are three major spellings of this word: résumé, resumé, and resume. All three are in common usage and all three are occa
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by benhoyt 17y ago
That's really thoughtful feedback, thanks. I wasn't quite sure -- is your third paragraph an explanation of how to put your second paragraph ("saying a lot about Google") into practice?

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