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by crux_ 17y ago
I'd be more inclined to call it a hack because it probably either crashes or gives the wrong answer when it encounters a zero. ;)
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by crux_ 17y ago
I'm torn as to whether to call that a 'hack' or not, since it's just a bit of math. [ exp(log(x)) == x; log(ab) == log(a) + log(b) ]
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by crux_ 17y ago
I think it's tough to say when that particular trend "peaked." Consider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3s8sEYzHWQ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TGQ7rGL-Q Or even: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1MgjQOR_JA ;)
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by crux_ 17y ago
Why do you presume I care about your feelings? Quite frankly, the worldview you espouse deserves to be edited out. This looks serviceable: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/bik/1329392859.html
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by crux_ 17y ago
Dear asshole, It was the black man who was edited out. Perhaps this correction will serve as a reminder not to jump to conclusions; particularly ones which match your passionately held (and, by the way, disgusting) preconceptions. Additiona
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by crux_ 17y ago
Colorado here, or I'd offer to lead. ;) (One weakness of being self-employed is that when someone wants to take the day off and go climbing with me, I have very few reasons to say 'no.')
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by crux_ 17y ago
How about this -- an alternative currency that people can use for purchases and give each other as gifts? (Yup, I worked on that one too, although very briefly.)
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by crux_ 17y ago
I worked at a consulting firm on a flameout .com (actbig) business that had a nearly identical model back in the late 90s; the big difference here seems to be the (smart!) focus on local businesses & services rather than generic goods l
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by crux_ 17y ago
Reminds me of the 'desktop pictures' from the LD48 contests. :) ( http://ludumdare.com ) The more ambitious folks record time-lapses of themselves (and their monitors).
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by crux_ 17y ago
Eh, this is better :) (Reason: conditionals + repainting the stage).
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by crux_ 17y ago
To save time for those after the paper itself (actually an extended abstract, but that's good enough for me for now): http://www.philipbille.org/files/c10.pdf?attredirects=0 Executive summary (from me, a hasty reader and a sloppy thinker)
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by crux_ 17y ago
1% daily ? I don't care how revolutionary techcrunch thinks this is; that number means they are nothing more than a gussied-up payday loan operation -- the vultures of the financial industry food chain. As usual, the people using this serv
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by crux_ 17y ago
I'm not so sure about inefficiency; in particular, most databases that I've seen can use an index for string-prefix queries, which means its performance ought to remain acceptable even for large datasets. (Assumption: subtree queries are th
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by crux_ 17y ago
I'm not advocating getting health insurance, exactly, but your life as you know it will end if you get seriously sick or injured. (Exception: if you have millions in the bank you're probably just fine.) Personally I'm paying for health insu
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by crux_ 17y ago
Hah, well, as you authored it you know what it says better than I! :) But I'm inclined to say that "they're at greater risk of implementation flaws because of their design" -- and unlike you, for me I believe that itself does actually count
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by crux_ 17y ago
Well, they found places where it ran more than the purported subset: > In the contest build, there were instruction sequences found that could jailbreak you from the sandbox. From this link, which is fascinating & thoughtful on the
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by crux_ 17y ago
Replying to myself, since editing was getting out of control. A neat property of the 2nd approach is that if you ever reach a node R where R < S you're done: all children will be matched. A less neat property is that it won't allo
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by crux_ 17y ago
I'm certain there are many approaches to be found via citation-following. But consider that you can use the linked algorithm, and a bit of trickiness, to create an index already: - Step (a): prepare another version of the document where eve
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by crux_ 17y ago
Something like this? - Regular expression searching on compressed text, http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=967612
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by crux_ 17y ago
I went to the linked site (alice.com) that the article is about and had a severe case of flashback syndrome. You see, eleven years ago I was slaving away as an intern at a consulting firm, building up mybasics.com. Which was the exact. same
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by crux_ 17y ago
I think the point here is to protect end developers: if you want to be safe from future patent issues, they are making it easier to opt out of even installing any of .NET besides the ECMA core on your development systems, thus providing a d
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by crux_ 17y ago
What JS really, really, really, really needs isn't TCO (well that too), but rather call/cc. Looking over a fairly large project here, a majority of the code is written in CPS because of callbacks to the server or delays for user interaction
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by crux_ 17y ago
Random thoughts: - Kiva (& similar microlending orgs) seems like a nice way to put some portion of that to work for good causes, without it disappearing nearly as fast as simple charitable giving would make it go. - If you own a place t
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by crux_ 17y ago
You should read the original, not the craptastic blog summary. It does indeed mention the usability differences between the two sites, then goes on to discuss how the prime deciding factor between a teenager using one site or the other is r
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by crux_ 17y ago
When you say "predictable", do you mean "repeatable?" Or do you really mean "predictable?" In the latter case, well, if you want predictable numbers you shouldn't be calling a RNG at all. And in the former, it's not good, it's broken , PRN
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by crux_ 17y ago
Counterpoint: They are available in a free version precisely because of the competitive pressures from the open source stack...
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by crux_ 17y ago
On the other hand, it will be nicely satisfying to deliver downvotes to any "10+ Years Senior Developer Must Have 20 Years Experience With Java $15/hour" listings.
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by crux_ 17y ago
"Satisfied that its security underpinnings are solid".... Wait a minute, I thought they were rather thoroughly smacked down on security? ( http://www.matasano.com/log/1674/the-security-implications-o... )
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by crux_ 17y ago
> No, I'm asking what her statement is a metaphor for. I don't believe I could say without either more context, or without just making up one of my own. I was simply pointing out that to try and take the quote literally would be absurd.
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by crux_ 17y ago
> For what? Are you saying the language in the quote above isn't loaded down with symbolic and metaphorical imagery? Or, more specifically, that it isn't drawing metaphorical parallels, rather than literal ones, between physical concept

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