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by endtime 16y ago
Hmm, I could have been clearer...I can write a basic email, but when I have to write a long, detailed, technical email (i.e. here's what you proposed, here's how to make it work, here's the cost, here are the three problems we'd need to sol
872.
by endtime 16y ago
This seems like a kind of platitude; it hearkens back to writing 101 but it doesn't actually solve my problem at all.
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by endtime 16y ago
Interesting. I think I get stung by this as well - I've been struggling to understand why my clear, detailed, fluff-free emails aren't effective. The naive solution seems to be to pad your emails with bullshit, but I think this would ofte
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by endtime 16y ago
>No it doesn't. You can talk about upper bounds on average case running time. Hmm. At first read I agreed with this, but now I don't again. A bound is a theoretical limit. If certain inputs to a function cause it to exceed your "boun
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by endtime 16y ago
>If "overlap" means "at least one substring in common" Why would it mean that? Is it not obvious that the common substring must be the beginning of one string and the end of the other?
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by endtime 16y ago
>I suspect that you have the surprisingly common misconception that Big-O is about worst case scenarios... I appreciate what you're saying here, but I think this part of the Wikipedia page is relevant: >A description of a function i
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by endtime 16y ago
>i think it's healthier for new programmers to appreciate code as data as soon as possible. Disagree. It's important for new programmers to feel comfortable and not confused. Code as data is a relatively overwhelming concept and I don
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by endtime 16y ago
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but would an 8-9 Cascadia quake have implications for the Yellowstone supervolcano?
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by endtime 16y ago
I hate to say it, but knowing anon's sense of humor, the fact that this guy is black raises my estimated post prob that the profile is fake (or an innocent bystander). And my prior for that was already high.
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by endtime 16y ago
$ pip install django The Django admin gives you the basics for free, and it's quite easy to add admin controls to the existing pages. All you have to do is add a boolean field to the admin form (which creates a checkbox in the ob
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by endtime 16y ago
>It follows that the fastest approach should be to implement the KMP algorithm natively Not exactly - well, depends what you mean by "fastest". The KMP algorithm is optimal in the worst case, not necessarily in the average case. If
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by endtime 16y ago
>The IndexOf algorithm is also O(n) The author doesn't seem to understand big O. His indexOf approach is a linear algorithm in the average case, but not in the worst case - the author himself demonstrates this. >Computer Science (a
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by endtime 16y ago
I agree that "lack of culture" is not a good reason to criticize Dubai, but I think the fact that foreigners are damn near kidnapped and treated as slave labor in order to build skyscrapers is certainly worthy of criticism.
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by endtime 16y ago
Maybe I misunderstood this: >Seems like an instance of a common metaphor That gave me the impression that A) it was new to you (due to the "seems to be") and that B) you weren't impressed ("common").
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by endtime 16y ago
A correct implementation of A* might look simple, and indeed it's not the most complicated algorithm out there, but I wouldn't dismiss it until you've read and understand the proof of its optimality.
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by endtime 16y ago
You do have a strategy. Now that you have acknowledged the concept, you can't not have one. Your strategy in this case is (explicitly) not to engage in conscious strategizing and (implicitly) to ignore social norms which don't match you
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by endtime 16y ago
>It might sound crazy, but if I have to engage in a game to show strength in order to make someone else treat me like an equal. Then perhaps I don't want to be his equal? Frankly, that's a terrible strategy. We're mammals with mammal
888.
by endtime 16y ago
40k might be average for everyone, but for skilled and educated technical folk (which most of us on HN are), 55k is low (at least if you're living in the US).
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by endtime 16y ago
Can you elaborate upon how that answers crasshopper's question? What you're saying seems like a non sequitur.
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by endtime 16y ago
Actually, he's not advocating bargaining of any firmness. He's saying that one's personal brand (or dignity, or whatever) should have a minimum price that is not necessarily $0.01. In his case, he's decided that the amount he'd earn with
891.
by endtime 16y ago
That's a non sequitur. Look at what I was originally reply to: >In the 80's-90's there was this common meme that automation would result in a more equal world where people could use their creative potential instead of doing repetitive
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by endtime 16y ago
>I honestly believe that a rational geek has to give up some rationality in order to become a boss. Uh, that doesn't make sense. Becoming a boss might cause your incentives and perspective to change, but if "rationality" makes you wors
893.
by endtime 16y ago
Well, if Sebastian writes a book, I'll buy it. And I'll buy a copy for someone else. He's a great writer, he's thoughtful, and he's entertaining.
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by endtime 16y ago
I "get stuff done" better with git than with svn (and I used svn for years before I ever heard of git). I'm also far more productive with Python than with Java. Sometimes things become popular because they actually are better. Blindly wr
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by endtime 16y ago
I know how IQ is measured - that's why I felt comfortable making the statement. And of course 100 is not an absolute, fixed value. But, nevertheless, someone with a sub-100 IQ today is unlikely to use his newfound free time, if he's suppl
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by endtime 16y ago
>What makes you think it is "wrong"? Simply because it isn't the case now? I think that is the standard definition, yes.
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by endtime 16y ago
I don't think that meme was wrong. I think the "wrong" part was the assumption that all people have significant creative potential. Remember, 50% of all people have a 2-digit IQ.
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by endtime 16y ago
Well IE7 and IE8 work on XP. Or are you just saying they should try to force the upgrade to IE8?
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by endtime 16y ago
I excelled when I was a MS CS student at Stanford (I can go into detail if anyone needs convincing), and I did it on very little sleep - 4-5 hours/night for weeks at a time. I absolutely positively couldn't have done what I did on 8 hours
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by endtime 16y ago
I didn't learn Python from a book, I learned it by forcing myself to write something nontrivial in it...but I had prior programming experience. So I'm not sure if I can give you much useful advice here. I'll second mryan's recommendation f

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