cousin_it

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by cousin_it 19y ago
I blog in Russian, and have considered switching to English for a wider audience. A difficult choice.
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by cousin_it 19y ago
I consciously try to program like a newbie, moving ahead clumsily and directly. Make it work, then make it small. Code is a bridge, it doesn't need to look good, just get me across. What use is a beautiful bridge to nowhere?
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by cousin_it 19y ago
I design on paper a lot too. A new feature or big refactoring has to be absolutely clear in my mind before I start coding. ActionScript classes are syntax-incompatible with JavaScript, how did you solve this? An AS to JS mini-translator see
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by cousin_it 19y ago
On my project I put a lot of effort into scalability: the typical use case involves no running code on the server, only static content. With just tens of users so far, in retrospect I should have given more work to my PR skills.
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by cousin_it 19y ago
I'm in Russia, answered "Europe", is it correct?
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by cousin_it 19y ago
The rhythm method for development. Sounds great, will try.
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by cousin_it 19y ago
This got me thinking. Can a clever digital barter system make money obsolete? Did anyone try it?
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Nice! A bit deserted though. My project is also at this stage :-)
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Skip the learning phase, go straight to useful work. Sometime ago I had to render some maps with Mapnik ( http://mapnik.org ) which is driven by Python scripts. I didn't know any Python, so I just pasted an example from the 'net and started
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by cousin_it 19y ago
vladimir.slepnev at gmail
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Love his writing style. Pity we don't have "creative writing" here in Russia: I only recently realized that I can't write or talk effectively.
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Also, a couple of French TV show hosts pulled the same trick with physics instead of postmodernism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdanov_Affair
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by cousin_it 19y ago
I think it's Photosynth. I run a similar (but open) project, http://openphotovr.org , and wonder what the effect on us will be.
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by cousin_it 19y ago
GMT +3, Moscow
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by cousin_it 19y ago
No. Also, I try to never read newspapers or anything written by journalists. It's basically all lies made to evoke "feelings" in you. There's no shortcut to the truth, no alternative to actually learning the facts and the most extreme and s
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by cousin_it 19y ago
OpenPhotoVR is only superficially like Photosynth: I don't do image analysis, 3D reconstruction, or 3D display. And my project is non-profit. And I'm in Russia.
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Thanks! What would you do next if you were me?
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Yes, Photosynth was the inspiration, but I managed to avoid the stages of image analysis and 3D reconstruction =) The main problem right now is non-intuitive interface. It's hard to predict where the camera will go when you click. Working o
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by cousin_it 19y ago
I launched http://openphotovr.org (virtual reality from photos) very quietly yesterday night. A non-profit, my midnight oil hobby project. After two months of development I feel it's time to go online, maybe get some visitors. No rush. Al
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Why "bite"? You're not disagreeing with anything I said, you're giving reasons, and I think you're right on. Within this theory, do you have any thoughts on how to get more women hacking?
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by cousin_it 19y ago
I think grown up men are statistically better hackers than women and children. Sexist, ageist, true. Anybody have scientific evidence for equality? Before replying, please make extra sure that your argument works for women, but not children
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Not sure. Google gives me this: http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/08/uberfac...
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by cousin_it 19y ago
Long time lurker, finally registered to respond to this. On controversial matters like race, religion or abortion, no matter what your position is and how sure you are about it, there almost certainly exists someone on the other side who's