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by brooksbp 13y ago
> “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” That’s never been true of Google What about the pluto switch or the custom servers? Sure, they don't make chips or maybe don't even do PCB layout
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by brooksbp 13y ago
Corruption on a management bus; transactions were getting corrupted .01% of the time: writes turning into reads, reads turning into writes, etc. SI issues. As an embedded software engineer, you need to understand hardware nearly as much as
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by brooksbp 13y ago
Instead of spending $$$, you should work through Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming [1]--it's a great resource and should get you started on your way to building something more complex. [1] http://www.arcsynthesis.org&#
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by brooksbp 13y ago
Long time HN user and been aware of trends in DB, but don't use them in my day-to-day. Despite the controversy/misunderstanding of MongoDB, this looks like a great way (zero overhead) for someone like myself to dabble with MongoD
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by brooksbp 13y ago
For anyone interested in copper vs fiber, take some time to read Chapter 1 of Nathan Farrington's dissertation: bnathanfarrington.com/papers/dissertation.pdf As 10Gbps, and even 40G/100G, gain traction, you start running
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by brooksbp 13y ago
Yeah, nobody makes money off of linux in embedded systems..
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by brooksbp 13y ago
Why is this front page? Because he is a celebrity? If Python is the drug of choice, Flask. K? Thx, now get off my news feed.
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by brooksbp 13y ago
And target the end of month where sales is looking to meet quota. I called a few places near the end of the month asking for quotes on an exact make/model, ended up walking into both, walking out of both, and striking a decent deal wit
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by brooksbp 13y ago
As someone who doesn't eat meat for health reasons, I couldn't be more put off by this.
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by brooksbp 13y ago
The only thing that is keeping me from 100% zsh is that zsh is not everywhere and bash is. When you switch companies, sometimes admins/IT are not flexible in allowing zsh to be installed on build/vnc servers. Can anyone share some tips on
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by brooksbp 13y ago
Does anyone know anything about Ubalo's IP?
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by brooksbp 13y ago
Rewriting the code base in another language would be considered a 'rewrite'. Usually, ports are in the same language but targeted at a different platform whether that be an OS or architecture, or even something like a different graphics li
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Unsolicited Random Advice on Having a Successful Career(etilevich.wordpress.com)
3 points by brooksbp 13y ago|0 comments
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by brooksbp 13y ago
Is there a reason why those companies use a client-server service model rather than a p2p model?
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by brooksbp 13y ago
"Without the marketing, it becomes very difficult to even make a living." Isn't this less true now that we have Youtube, Facebook, Soundcloud, etc...? It's totally possible to go viral.
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Ask HN: Why is file sharing software not a cure for the RIAA disease?
3 points by brooksbp 13y ago|6 comments
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by brooksbp 14y ago
I highly recommend Mikrotik to anyone fed up with traditional consumer wifi routers/APs. I dont know how they compare to other vendor hw eg Asus + OpenWRT, but this little guy has been rock solid and a joy to use: http://routerboard.com/R
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by brooksbp 14y ago
It's all about standing on the shoulders of giants.
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by brooksbp 14y ago
There's an awful LOT happening behind those 580 lines. I'm not sure whether it is a good thing to start at such an unrealistically high level of abstraction for a 3d game.
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by brooksbp 14y ago
What about image recognition for tax documents.. auto-fill based on pictures of forms etc?
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by brooksbp 14y ago
I use Chrome because of the UI.
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by brooksbp 14y ago
I run my personal website on Racket. The documentation is great: http://docs.racket-lang.org/web-server/index.html
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by brooksbp 14y ago
Congrats. To anyone facing serious health issues: look into juicing fruit and vegetables with an emphasis on dark, leafy greens.
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by brooksbp 14y ago
What do you mean by "iterator and address stability"?
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by brooksbp 14y ago
I joined Cisco after undergrad to work on next-gen ISR platform. There was interesting work, no doubt, but too much BS. I left after 1.5 yrs and now am working on OpenFlow at a much smaller switching company. Boy, you never really know h
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by brooksbp 14y ago
Can I have your job? K. Thx.
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by brooksbp 14y ago
Buy one.
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by brooksbp 14y ago
What service do you use to download your market data?
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by brooksbp 14y ago
Do you have any book recommendations? Technical analysis? Quantitative analysis? What makes it so hard--trying to come up with a good model?
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by brooksbp 14y ago
Apple - LLVM, Clang, and that whole ecosystem is pretty sweet to be involved in now. Wouldn't say it's 2nd rate. Nicera - From working in Open vSwitch code for a while now, it's very clear that there were talented software engineers with a

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