brianto2010

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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   Thanks for the reply! I guess I was a bit one-sided on my keyboard judgment. However, could you elaborate on your emacs chording remark? How exactly is it easier? (I'm not an emacs user) This may be a bit off-topic, but I've heard stories a
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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   About two years ago, I was in a programming class with a friend who regularly uses a netbook. Whenever I tried to help him track down a bug or modify a piece of code, I always complain about the puny keyboard. For some reason, I always inad
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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   What, exactly, are the differences between this and the Netrw explorer that came with Vim? If you run :Explore <dir> and press 'i' three times, you'll get a hierarchical explorer similar to this.
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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   I believe he is trying to qualify why this article is appropriate for HN. Read the last two sentences. He is refuting the original comment by saying that this story " gratifies one's intellectual curiosity ". The AI stuff might need a bit o
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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   I wouldn't call it exploiting; I'd call it 'harnessing public resources', since most of the information collected through this service from Facebook is supposedly public . Also, how can you have a 'favorable reaction' to spam given that.
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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   The point of this service is not to contact you. If they already have the e-mails, then they won't need this service; they will e-mail/spam you anyway. It's in place because... > Such information can help you correct course before you
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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   I never said 'exactly'. I said 'similar'. Interest rates are a signal, but since the underlying micro economy is constantly changing, the derived macro economy is also changing. Therefore, the (equilibrium) interest rate is constantly chang
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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   I've heard that inflation doesn't actually 'tax' you because all nominal prices adjust so they have similar (previous) real values. If inflation increases, so do your wages, prices at stores, and interest rates (savings rate, loans rate, et
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   by brianto2010 17y ago

   Thank you, kindly!
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    May I have one? Please? brianto2010@hotmail.com
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    In that case, it's not exactly 'hate'. You seem to want to stick with your company because the value of the company as a whole is greater than greater than the opportunity cost of leaving it. You hate a given project, but you want to get it
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    Then what is the incentive for working? Maybe wanting to get the project over? More importantly, what is the incentive for staying in the project (besides pay)?
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    I have a proposal. The idea of up/down voting expressing agreement/disagreement seems standard. At least, that is what I have seen. If we try to impose a new standard (downvote -> moderation), then users will (probably) ignore that stan
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    1 Pick an Interesting Language 2 Learn the Syntax 3 Pick a Problem 4 Solve the Problem 5 Goto 3 if Done 6 Goto 1 after 1--2 Years As for problems, http://rubyquiz.com/ and http://programmingpraxis.com/ are good startin
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    > ...verses something like ruby 7.toString "7".toInt do you mean... 7.to_s # Convert to string '7'.to_i # Convert to number
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    I believe it is important to remember that Arthur Benjamin is referring to High School Mathematics . To know probability well you need to have mastered calculus. I won't argue that point itself. However, given that the audience for this
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    I think we do have it. On the login page, click the dropdown arrow next to the google, facebook, etc. login buttons. The first textbox entry you see should be for OpenID. A bit of a random question, why exactly does OpenID 'jive with the ha
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    In context, lionhearted doesn't want to 'dig deep'. Rather, he 'just thinks it'd be a neat thing to spend some hours in.' He doesn't have to learn hard topics if he doesn't want to . Plus, if he does, then it should/would be for his own
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    I would recommend R ( http://www.r-project.org ) since you mentioned your business background. R's strength is in statistics and might prove useful. As for a learning resource, Quick-R ( http://www.statmethods.net ) was an excellent guide
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    He probably doesn't have enough karma for that. From the FAQ, How do I submit a poll? http://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll This is an experimental feature so there is currently a fairly high karma threshold for submitting new polls.
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    Just be glad you are using a VCS. I know many people who still don't use a VCS when coding (and I don't regularly use any either).
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    Galloping/Hyper inflation. Extreme devaluation of the dollar.
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    Watching anime; playing Touhou and racing games.
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    > ...as if that's a distinction that is unique to porn. No, the argument was that like other media , porn is avidly pirated. However, it doesn't embrace DRM like other media . It is a compare/contrast.
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    All TI Signing Keys Factored(ticalc.org)

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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    from http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/master_and_expert.html > The main thing I noticed about the experts I’ve encountered is they are into impressing you with their abilities. They are usually incredibly good, but their need for recogn
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    > ...things like Computer Science AB... Um... AP CS AB was cut and won't be offered 09-10.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04...
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    I agree that perfectionism can be costly. However, I do not believe that the author said 'be a perfectionist'. Rather, he said 'avoid quick and dirty code'. He said avoid bad code; he didn't say be perfect.
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    There is also an ASCII drawing tool for Vim, FWIW. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=40
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    by brianto2010 17y ago

    > I don't ever see this discussed here. Nonsense :-). http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=749706 Code Complete 2 [Chapter 7] (McConnell) Test Driven: Practical TDD and Acceptance TDD for Java Developers [Chapter 2] (Koskela) A frien