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by brnstz 15y ago
Go has the advantage of being developed by Rob Pike and Ken Thompson. It also potentially has the marketing muscle of Google behind it, although the most I've seen so far is free stuffed Gophers at OSCON. Type safety, easy concurrency, stat
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by brnstz 15y ago
The CEO of Yammer is free to hire whomever he wants, but saying you're either soulless or incompetent is a false dichotomy. Just because your employer's use of patents isn't the most important factor in your life doesn't make you soulless.
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by brnstz 15y ago
More generally, how can we evaluate an autonomous car's effectiveness in avoiding an accident, if there is always a human sitting in the driver's seat? I think most drivers would instinctively take control of the car if they felt in danger,
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by brnstz 15y ago
Perhaps you just need a rubber duck? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging Joking aside, I absolutely agree with you. I enjoy working with other smart people I can bounce ideas off of.
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by brnstz 15y ago
I actually don't mind this question, even though it's a cliche. I've also been asked a slightly different version, "What is something about yourself you've improved in the past 6 months?" I see it as a two part question. 1. Do you realize s
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by brnstz 15y ago
I work like this usually. Most I do Python, PHP, Javascript, and database work. I spend the vast majority of my day in iTerm or a web browser. Sometimes I wish I set up something more "integrated" but grep ends up being good enough. When I
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by brnstz 15y ago
The top 10% in terms of IQ is not all that exclusive. It's pretty much everyone you'd consider "smart" in an American suburban public high school. Depending where you go to college or work, it may in fact include everyone you interact with
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by brnstz 15y ago
Interesting you mention Fire & Ice, I read the first three primarily on Kindle for iPhone. I did get into the habit of bookmarking my current page to reference the maps and appendix. Generally my biggest problem with "sync to furthest p
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by brnstz 15y ago
I've read a lot of non-technical books on the Kindle app for iPhone, and I haven't noticed any serious flaws. Generally I find the experience to be extremely pleasant, particularly compared to random PDFs I've tried to read through iBooks.
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by brnstz 15y ago
More driving means less walking. I try to detour from my subway commute in NYC a few times a week and walk several miles on my way home. It's pleasant, doesn't take much time (30-60 minutes), and effective. When I don't do this (the winter)
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Interesting. I rarely program in an environment without exceptions, so I haven't had reason to adopt that style. I recall that Linus has advocated the use of goto in the Linux kernel for similar reasons. And the goto version of this code do
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It was part of the structured programming dogma. One entry point, one exit point. Multiple return was lumped in with using goto. I never use goto, but I often use multiple returns similar to the examples in this article. I have sadly code r
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by brnstz 15y ago
> JSON is popular precisely because it doesn't try to solve any non-problems. This reminds me of Erik Naggum's XML rant: http://www.schnada.de/grapt/eriknaggum-xmlrant.html "If a solution is much smarter than the problem and really st