dfranke

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901.
by dfranke 19y ago
I am, but it's for developers, not end-users.
902.
Ask YC: Including source code with commercial software
6 points by dfranke 19y ago|3 comments
903.
Why don't sports teams use randomization?(freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
18 points by dfranke 19y ago|10 comments
904.
by dfranke 19y ago
Sure. I'm not saying that sloppy writing is a necessary condition for candor. But it's a near-sufficient one.
905.
by dfranke 19y ago
I'd rather see the poorly-edited version. It gives me confidence that Zuck simply said what he meant, rather than run ten different versions through focus groups to see which one would get the best reaction.
906.
by dfranke 19y ago
If you're a visual learner, the easiest way to understand monads might be to first understand arrows -- because arrows can be explained nicely through diagrams -- and then understand monads as a special case.
907.
by dfranke 19y ago
I prefer to use my cycles for good rather than evil. For example, my 8-core system is keeping me cozily warm throughout the presently-occuring snowstorm.
908.
by dfranke 19y ago
Needs work. The web design is clunky and restriction to a single label means the selection is not the greatest. I'll keep them in mind and check them out again down the road, but for now I'm sticking with Amazon.
909.
by dfranke 19y ago
Just use SHA-2.
910.
by dfranke 19y ago
Okay, apparently I didn't quite think this one through. I wasn't claiming that GHC memoizes values , but it does memoize thunks. I thought this algorithm would be getting some benefit from that, but having inserted some trace statements,
911.
by dfranke 19y ago
It's a dual-core machine. The par annotations get you a factor of two at best. Dons is still arguably pulling a fast one, though. Even though the Haskell program looks like it should behave in more-or-less the same way as the other two, t
912.
by dfranke 19y ago
I see no indication that it's intended to be one.
913.
by dfranke 19y ago
All of these are just from the late '90s and after. What about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_sea_bubble
914.
by dfranke 19y ago
You weren't kidding about ugly. Looks like 1980s-era PCs.
915.
by dfranke 19y ago
Haskell is excellent for parallel processing -- probably as good as Erlang if you're just talking about multiple cores on one system and not distributed processing.
916.
by dfranke 19y ago
> For extra points, do the whole thing with no external server with a stable IP. Should be doable. In principle, ARP over SQS.
917.
by dfranke 19y ago
I don't claim that my personal definition should be canonical, but when I see posts that violate it, I'm going to speak out, and you should do the same. ESR said it better than I can: Odds are you'll screw up a few times on hacker commun
918.
by dfranke 19y ago
George Kirbye, "With Angel's Face and Brightness". From The Triumphs of Oriana , compiled by Thomas Morley.
919.
by dfranke 19y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=79924
920.
by dfranke 19y ago
Can we keep this stuff on Reddit, please?
921.
by dfranke 19y ago
Guys, I'll tell you the same thing that I tell to people who attack Paris Hilton: lay off. If I see Steve or Alexis make a post like this, which I haven't, then I'll pay attention. For everyone else, what the hell did he ever do to you?
922.
by dfranke 19y ago
You ought to be able to do better. At that stage I'd consider 1% and a competitive salary, or a larger stake and living expenses, but that offer wouldn't cut it.
923.
by dfranke 19y ago
> I myself have often cried out for help to colleagues who have generously made house calls, in order to unwedge my highly customized Linux system. Wow. Talk about bragging rights.
924.
by dfranke 19y ago
If all your drives support tagged queueing then it's probably okay.
925.
by dfranke 19y ago
Why am I reminded of the poison scene from The Princess Bride?
926.
by dfranke 19y ago
If I used that heuristic on email, most of PG's mail would be in my spam folder.
927.
A Bayesian filter for stupidity(stupidfilter.org)
13 points by dfranke 19y ago|6 comments
928.
by dfranke 19y ago
Um, if you need to prove that you have a high IQ, wouldn't it be a bit more straightforward to just take an IQ test?
929.
by dfranke 19y ago
Nah, I did that gig. Got into the AIME five times and one year got a 144 on the AMC. The moment you get admitted to college, nobody gives a damn about anything you did in high school. (I defer to cperciva on this matter, since he'd likel
930.
by dfranke 19y ago
I consistently got As in the most interesting classes: compilers, databases, abstract algebra, independent study, senior project. My overall GPA was only about a 3.4, though. And my GPA totally tanked in the final semester when I started

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