doug1001

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by doug1001 9y ago
i thought this Thumbtack's vertical (which i assumed includes the vetting via ratings history, etc.)
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by doug1001 9y ago
I'm not a python or R dev (Scala dev actually whose day job consists substantially of re-factoring python and R code written by data scientists and data analysts to run on the JVM on prod servers). Sure python is easier to grok for up-
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by doug1001 9y ago
i suspect "smart alec" was chosen with exactly the intention you're expecting--ie, i'm not a native English speaker but i believe the term when used by adults to refer to other adults is benign--perhaps like the "G&
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by doug1001 9y ago
sure seems that way (who has time to be ethical and responsible when you are changing the world!)
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by doug1001 9y ago
yep--one would have hoped that this shop would have thought about the obvious consequences--ie, what is the likely effect on someone in depression who believes that they are seeking treatment and that the treatment has failed them. is this
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by doug1001 9y ago
thanks for doing this two questions: from the perspective of a Scala dev, does Rust have a solid collections library (including persistent structures such as Scala's Vector type) with mutable counterparts (eg, ListBuffer)? second, from
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by doug1001 9y ago
agreed. The gorilla cookies (which if you're from the UK, taste exactly like Hob Nobs), apple sauce, and fudge brownie also deserve special mention as among the best in MRE cuisine. but my personal favorite was the dehydrated potato pa
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by doug1001 9y ago
i'm 46 and i began programming when i was 11. Obviously no Google or SO. There were some excellent resources even at that time, but i don't recall having legal access to the internet until i was in university (from eastern europe)
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by doug1001 9y ago
don't know about the website, but "Pen Island" is/was a small shop on Regents Street in London (not far from Picadilly Circus tube station) that sold high end fountain pens, mechanical pencils, etc. Don't know if it
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by doug1001 9y ago
Willie Nelson--who must be an expert marriage because he's done it so many times (at least four times)--once said that rather than get married again, he would just save himself a lot of time and heartache by searching for the most unpl
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by doug1001 9y ago
> "This is the way of the Polish climbers, who for reasons of history and culture have earned reputations as the greatest climbers of the Himalayas in winter" take nothing away from the Poles, they've earned their reputati
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by doug1001 9y ago
that would have changed nothing--ie, the $1,000 limit is AirBnB's rule for Brazilian credit cards used to book US properties, i inferred, plus he had access to credit cards provided by family, co-workers, et al. unless you mean by &quo
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by doug1001 9y ago
even the trivial jail time of 30 days is not what he'll actually serve--that's apparently only 13 days. towards the end of the article: "The parties had apparently decided to knock the two days off what was effectively a 15-d
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by doug1001 9y ago
what do you mean by "stable work environment"? Regardless of how you've defined it, according to your definition, it's something that is (at lest sometimes) beyond the control of management ("If the nature of your b
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by doug1001 9y ago
i wonder how many here know/like MST3K. It was big two decades ago, went dark, and now seems it's coming back. i would think that the HN crowd is as close to the perfect audience segment for MST3K as one can find. the idea is simp
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by doug1001 10y ago
In case anyone doesn't know, Richard Posner is a federal judge, for the 7th circuit court of appeals (and former chief judge of that circuit) and a professor at the University of Chicago law school. RP is widely regarded as the most in
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by doug1001 10y ago
nice one--i wasn't aware of most of these. also, i remember amex had exclusive deals with a few ultra high end retailers, Nieman Marcus, for one, and those are out--eg, so up until about 10 years ago, that was the only credit card ac
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by doug1001 10y ago
The British Archive article (OP), says that the holy book of the Zoroastrians was written sometime around 224-651. Of course, the New Testament contains unambiguous and extensive references to Zoroastrianism so clearly it must be far older
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by doug1001 10y ago
version 1.0 of sbt should be released soon (latest stable is at 13.13 which has been out for several months, and 1.0 has been the parallel dev release). we have noticed major improvements in stability, in the api, and in the community plugi
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by doug1001 10y ago
i would have chosen a slightly different title, perhaps "at scale, improbable events are frequent" or something like that "at scale" of course just means more much frequent sampling; it's not some sort of alternate
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by doug1001 10y ago
no. (with a lot of statutory exceptions, i'm quite sure) i believe the applicable common law rule is this: if there's a (prior) theft in the chain of title, then you do not have good title. hence the market for title insurance and
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by doug1001 10y ago
the rubric 'unprofessional speech' is a poor choice this a student not a professional, part of the reason they are in university; the fact is that they are not a 'professional' nor do they spend the bulk of their time ar
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by doug1001 10y ago
fascinating. For instance, Casanova (who was without a doubt a real historical person): - arrested by the Venetian Inquisition and locked up in the infamous Piombi prison, from which no one ever left alive, nor had there ever been an escape
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by doug1001 10y ago
well his blog, which he has continuously published on for (at least) the last five years, is certainly impressive. His posts are practical-minded but also evidence a deep knowledge of the subject matter. The ones on applied probability theo
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by doug1001 10y ago
i read the article but with a skeptical frame of mind (ie, "if she knows her stuff, why does she need to be so 'flashy'?") plus the title just made me cringe. A 180 change after reading it (plus a quick peek at a few of
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by doug1001 10y ago
excellent idea. i'm surprised this award doesn't bear his name i'm even more surprised that his name is not mentioned anywhere in the MIT publication article
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by doug1001 10y ago
"technical friends" (which i believe was name given by the man who invented them, Ray Jardine). "Friends" is still the category name used by Wild Country, which i believe was the first shop to sell the devices. more gene
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by doug1001 10y ago
great answer--had think think about it for a moment to realize this. and still it seems it's potential is largely unrealized--eg, i wonder what would be happen to the incidence of leading chronic disease (obesity, diabetes) if the frac
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by doug1001 10y ago
just my opinion as a father of a six-year old girl: it is indeed a good lesson to learn--eventually. Whether it's a good lesson to learn now depends (or at least it would for me) on the child's age.
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by doug1001 10y ago
The University of Alberta bot has been beating top pros at limit hold'em for over 10 years. no-limit and tournament play were deliberately placed outside the scope of their poker-bot projects--at least during the period of time i was f

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