chris_mahan

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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Agreed. I'm reading his book Creativity Inc. right now, and it's chock-full of goodness. Except that now, I question the very motives and integrity of the author, so the whole thing is completely suspect, and I might just not cont
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Could it be that the virtualization layer does something with docker?
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
The Cathedral isn't finished and it's crumbling already. Back to the Bazaar!
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
I think my comment is going to be that, from reading the parent, I understand that functional programming moves the code to the data and not the data through the code. I can't do the mental gymnastics to think about the code that way.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
That still made no sense, sorry.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
I'd like to add that I am the go-to person in my department (of 50 people) for all things python. I had a guy (a data scientist) ask me how to install and use python on his machine in the past hour...
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
For completeness, I should add that I don't know what "reduce" means in this context.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
"Edit: let's not forget your Python example uses a map, disguised as a for loop" Mmmm, really? A map? Like Google maps? Like a paper map? unfamiliar terminology. Seriously, I learned how to use for loops in 1984. Been using t
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Also, a machine with RAM that changes. Well, yes, and files that change too. I'm completely ok with that.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Thanks. I looked at the code you provided. it makes still very little sense to me. You're right though that my using python language features like lists and file open and loops is like function, but I understand those, so I can use th
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Sadly, no. It's like I asked for a tuna sandwich and you explained how to build the engine of the fishing boat to go catch the tuna off the coast of Baja. I feel like I need a masters in computer science to understand what you wrote. l
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Yeah, I don't send people there anymore, sadly.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
By the way, for those who think programs like that are too simplistic, and not a good showcase for all the FP goodness, maybe that's part of the problem. I work in the corporation, and I we do simple things.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
It's simple: the very concept of the program. I want to write a program that reads one text file, and outputs another. Let's say the first file contains a list of emails, one email per line. The second file should contain the list
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
I'm not scared. It just does not make sense to me. Just because I speak French and English fluently does not mean I can speak Japanese. My wife is Japanese, and speaks it fluently. We've been together 19 years. I've tried to
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
You mean that focus on the customer and profits are orthogonal? There's something else afoot there.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Stagnation comes from monopoly.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Prostitution, despite being the oldest profession, seems to not have had a negative impact on the development of western civilization. Western civilization seems to be doing just fine.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
It's ok. The next version of the internet won't be using DNS anyway.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
"...then it can become an unhealthy environment for employers." It's called competition.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
It's still wrong. If Google's offering is better than Amazon's for some customers, why can't the sales guy who used to work for Amazon tell the customers they should get Google's offering? Customer wins. Am I missin
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Amazon, sorry, but unless you're paying his salary to sit at home, you're just whining because Google offered a better job. You could have kept the guy, if he was so important to your business. I'm not a happy Amazon Prime cu
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
I'm old too. (45) and I have 2 cars in $30K-$40K range. I would buy the self-driving car (2 of them) because I could read in traffic, or relax while listening to music, or watching a movie. And if tired, on the way to Vegas from LA, pu
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
That's what we do. Works well. Break the build, all stops, and we huddle and fix it. Sort of like the andon cord in toyota factories.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
I am financially astute, and I've been working for small and large financial services firms. When someone talks about taking on debt, it is critical to know the interest rate charged. Also very important are whether the debt is collate
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
That's when you tell them to go read Big Ball of Mud. http://www.laputan.org/mud/ Then they start to understand.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Except, well, I use several computers, plus smart phone.
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
I'm a software developer, but I'm done trying to remember passwords for every single site. What do I do? I just don't use the sites. I've restricted, and continue to pare down, the sites that I use on the internet. It&#x
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Wait. how exactly do you transfer the encryption key to amazon? And do they keep your key? How long?
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by chris_mahan 12y ago
Will code for food?

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