dmsimpkins

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by dmsimpkins 10y ago
I think you're missing the point. Sure, getting "karma" is a fun aspect of SO, but I think what's beautiful about the site is the "give and take" aspect. Every programmer brings a different set of knowledge to
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by dmsimpkins 11y ago
I've really enjoyed reading about the technology behind Jet. They are definitely doing some cool stuff with their dynamic pricing engine and advertising (see this post: http://techgroup.jet.com/blog/2015/08-17
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by dmsimpkins 11y ago
I don't know about just copying the executable, but I just copied the entire folder that contains MineSweeper.dll, Minesweeper.exe, and an XML license file over to a VM and was able to run the game from there. The folder is located und
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by dmsimpkins 11y ago
I agree. I recently converted some large files that were previously stored using XmlSerializer to use protobuf-net, and I found an 8x increase in space efficiency, and 6-7x increase in (de)serialization efficiency. It really is a fantastic
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by dmsimpkins 12y ago
This map is certainly very interesting, but it suffers as a visualization. The topographical map is nice, due to its simplicity and well-chosen color scale, but the main geological map certainly has some problems. The biggest problem is tha
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We Are Abstracting on the Shoulders of Giants(hanselman.com)
34 points by dmsimpkins 12y ago|9 comments
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by dmsimpkins 13y ago
I love the look of this, but I have one suggestion to make. If the probability for a particular round is < 1%, I would at least leave one decimal place or show "< 1%" instead of having 0%, since obviously there is still some
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by dmsimpkins 13y ago
Can you play full songs from Spotify on the app with a standard Spotify account? Since the Spotify app only allows full catalog access on mobile devices with a premium subscription, it seems strange that they would allow the Twitter Music a