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by cschneid 17y ago
I type rather fast as well, but I find dates awkward in ways that a picker solves. First, the mechanics of typing dates requires slashes. But also, it requires knowledge, like "what the hell is today" so I can then work out "what is the da
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by cschneid 17y ago
My first thought was to parse the AST, then print it back out. No string manipulation needed. (at least not fancy)
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by cschneid 17y ago
I bet it's better than elance or craigslist, but how is it different than a more traditional staffing agency? I've talked with other companies with models similar to this, where you ask for semi-skilled talent, and they provide it for a cos
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by cschneid 17y ago
Ok, I misread the process then, I can believe that.
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by cschneid 17y ago
So they're a staffing agency?
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by cschneid 17y ago
The bump part seems unnecessary in fact. "Select somebody from your contact list,then bump their phone". The bump just ensures... what exactly?
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by cschneid 17y ago
Tangent: one of my favorite programming patterns is to roughly mimic the human visual processing. This is super simplified, but humans make snap judgements based on small amounts of data, then progressively make better judgements as better
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by cschneid 17y ago
Didn't we just make fun of this article yesterday? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1193936
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by cschneid 17y ago
Of course you're right. They couldn't have done full code reviews on every app. But they do review every app to some degree. Combine that with the locked-down nature of the phone, and you get a reasonable amount of security.
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by cschneid 17y ago
Nice try blaming unions for an education system that's failing students! See how I turned that around on you? Simple answers are not to be found when talking about education. You are falling into the conspiracy theory side of an education
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by cschneid 17y ago
I'm gonna go with "probably not". The article starts with a standard argument that schools suck, then launches into a libertarian utopia forecast. I'm not sure how you can have both a information economy AND people who can't put in the time
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by cschneid 17y ago
Did this article just open with "Semantic web makes most people shut down" then follow with "Here's a basic overview of Semantic Web"? That doesn't make any sense. Also, a press release style blog post about a semantic web company isn't re
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by cschneid 17y ago
But Windows is open, and that virus .exe runs with no "authorization" from Microsoft. Your argument of insecure by default is a red-herring in the current discussion. So you have to be defensive in your use of more open systems, because any
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by cschneid 17y ago
I agree with most everything you say (open source is awesome, phones == next gen computers, and opt-in tinkering would be cool). But that last point is what I'm worried about. Windows is opt-in now sorta, but it still gets malware. The An
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by cschneid 17y ago
Turn that around, and you get a system like windows, where I can install, run, change anything (with the right permissions), and you end up with a mass of trojan software that installs itself at a low level, resists removal, and such. I li
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by cschneid 17y ago
A quick google corraborates his argument, as long as you stick to a strict definition of virus (there was that SMS one for the iphone, none came up on google for the android), although the android has had trojan software in its marketplace.
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by cschneid 17y ago
I know there have been security holes in the iphone, and there will be in Android as well. The big thing I worry about are real trojans like: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2010/01/11/banking-trojan-... Beyond that, there's another ar
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by cschneid 17y ago
You're right, the location the function/method lives is slightly different. When I said it wasn't really OO, it is because there's no data encapsulation going on. Just running methods on the output of another method. The line of code could
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by cschneid 17y ago
Am I the only techie who DOESN'T want another totally open device? I have a mac, a windows pc, another mac laptop, my girlfriend's computer, my girlfriend's mom's linux system, etc. I already provide tech support to some degree or another
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by cschneid 17y ago
The OO example works off of return values, and the next .method() is on the return value of the previous call. It's almost totally isomorphic to your example (calling a function with the output of another), and isn't even really very OO in
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by cschneid 17y ago
Hurf Durf, Computer System Probably Has .00001 Dollars On His Account. OMG, Blog Post. Lulz All Around.
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by cschneid 17y ago
The software seems to do a few things: 1) Parse the CSV 2) Google search for each term, and get the # of hits (ie. the competition), and the page ranks of the top few pages. 3) Filters out, and displays the ones that are worth going after.
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by cschneid 17y ago
There are social problems here. It's awkward sitting next to a stranger for any amount of time. Even if the stranger has headphones on and is tuned out. It might just not be worth the 20 bucks in gas compared with the awkwardness.
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by cschneid 17y ago
Irrelevant to the larger conversation: old chub comes in cans: http://www.oskarblues.com/the-brews/old-chub As does Fat Tire now. It's the cool thing to do, since it doesn't take as much energy to move cans (they're lighter). So it's "Gr
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by cschneid 17y ago
Right, I glossed over it, but even if you slip the keys in through a slightly open window, you should still be able to get in. The prius is like the iphone, it's not a very good car (like the iphone isn't a very good phone), but everything
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by cschneid 17y ago
My 2007 Prius has this, it detects the key fob within about 2 feet of the car, and there's a switch along the inside of the door handle that when you touch it (and the key is close), it unlocks the car. When I drive, my key never leaves my
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by cschneid 17y ago
More subtly, don't ignore preconditions of methods. The custom sort method needs to implement several invariants, which the Math.random() approach ignores. This confuses the hell out of the sort algorithm (in turn, leading to non-random o
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by cschneid 17y ago
I know it's not too polite to talk about flagging posts here, but come on, this is a no-content jpg on the front page of HN? Repeating a years old argument? That I saw on reddit a week or two ago? Please guys, lets not do this to another g
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by cschneid 17y ago
I'd guess that in super-low income areas, it improves health the way the article says, via access to better food. In lower middle class neighborhoods, it probably hurts health by pushing out the real grocery stores that are in the area. &#6
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by cschneid 17y ago
The kind of laws I'm referring to are like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayer_Bill_of_Rights Basically, it limits the ability to tax, so a new program (say, single payer health care for the state), that would require a tax, requires ma

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