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by epsylon 14y ago
Have you ever had contacts put on your eyes ? I think that almost anyone who wears contacts has had the same reaction as you ; I tried contacts for the first a few years ago, and I thought exactly the same thing, that I could never, ever,
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by epsylon 14y ago
In the present case, it's a massive layoff and the decision seems to have staid secret internally ( https://twitter.com/tom_forsyth/status/301586785899782144 ), so I'd guess it's a hierarchical decision, with no internal consultation.
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by epsylon 14y ago
That's a presomptuous (and unnecessarily aggressive) you are making here. I certainly don't want to pay more than 3 euros a month for the use I am making of my VPS (it's still very useful, don't be mistaken), and LowEndBox was incredibly us
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by epsylon 14y ago
Happens a lot to me on Firefox / Windows 7.
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by epsylon 14y ago
In France, there is some freedom but the civil officers who register name can refuse if they deem it offensive or harmful for the kid. It is also insanely hard to change your name (years long, costly procedures and the name change is only g
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by epsylon 14y ago
First thing I do on a new Windows machine is install Notepad2[1]. I highly recommend it, it greatly improves on Notepad.exe while keeping the spirit (simple, lightweight no bullshit editing). It can be configured to replace Notepad.exe auto
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by epsylon 14y ago
Lots of good advice was already given here, I'll just add my two cents. > You may say that I'm not speaking rationally, but reality can validate every one of my worries and regrets. If you're thinking rationally, then you should realize
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by epsylon 14y ago
Lucky you, you met Jamy Gourmaud ! My passion for science is largely due to C'est pas sorcier ...
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by epsylon 14y ago
Yep, as far as I understand that's one of the criticisms addressed to Eiffel. Covariance and contravariance in a type hierarchy both have their usefulness in a type hierarchy, though. I didn't know about Sather, I'll have a look at it. Than
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by epsylon 14y ago
Another language, whose design is imho superior to both C++ and D is Eiffel. In his book Object-Oriented Software Construction , Bertrand Meyer explains how the language is developed to fit the OO paradigm. (I recognize though, that some
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by epsylon 14y ago
"View all". Problem solved. Or "View first X00 items", where X is digit (if you're worried about performance). Just like many people here, I hate infinite scrolling with passion.
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by epsylon 14y ago
In other words, the TSA is a self-licking ice-cream cone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-licking_ice_cream_cone
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by epsylon 14y ago
Relevant SMBC: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2628
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by epsylon 14y ago
(I didn't realize there was a fall run!) As for modular arithmetic did you check out the free book by Victor Shoup (it's mentioned on the course site) ? http://shoup.net/ntb/ As for professor interaction, it is a byproduct of the MOOC for
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by epsylon 14y ago
"If you're not paying for it, you're the product being sold."
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by epsylon 14y ago
On the same subject and also peer-reviewed, there's the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy which is brilliant : http://www.iep.utm.edu/
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by epsylon 14y ago
I took Dan Boneh's "Cryptography I" course this year on coursera and I learnt a lot. The mathematical basics are covered (with references to books and free resources if necessary) and the concepts are very well explained. I would definitely
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by epsylon 14y ago
>it is useful to be nearby people you are working on a project with I can think of a few reasons why I disagree with this. - Your peak productivity can only be reached if you are not disturbed every five minutes from the work you are do
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The Dirty Little Secret of Software Pricing(electronicdesign.com)
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by epsylon 14y ago
>Here in France all train cars are "quiet cars" and most people respect that. I wish it were true... I took the train last week and was in the same wagon as 4 "rednecks" who ate their lunch while drinking wine, chewing loudly and laughi
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by epsylon 14y ago
Absolutely amazing. By the way, it also works on Firefox. (Though performance isn't... stellar )
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by epsylon 14y ago
The best resource I ever stumbled upon on the subject is NwAvGuy's blog : http://nwavguy.blogspot.fr/2011/05/subjective-vs-objective-d...
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by epsylon 14y ago
Of course it's not a coincidence. Eric Schmidt met the president of France. They don't meet every other day, so it's normal for them to talk about various issues at once.
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by epsylon 14y ago
The problem with every analogy is that it's always a simplifying (hence flawed) method of reasoning. Especially here, where it is easy to remark that there are not only two kind of motorized vehicles but a wide range of them. From small cit
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by epsylon 14y ago
I think you are exaggerating Google's impact on commodity hardware — or even the impact of the whole data-center-on-commodity-hardware trend. Estimates put Google's server count around the million mark [1]. Worldwide PC sales are estimated
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by epsylon 14y ago
Try the Learning From Data course : http://work.caltech.edu/telecourse.html A Fall run has just started (on the 2nd of oct.). It's the same version as the course given at CalTech and is more in-depth than Andrew Ng's. There is no skeleton
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by epsylon 14y ago
It's a protest of the french tax situation : the word pigeon is often used in the context of a person being extorted money.
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by epsylon 14y ago
>employees care more about vacations than getting things done That's bullshit. If you consider this a problem, you should reconsider your recruitment process.
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by epsylon 14y ago
These are NOT his opinions but the opinion of several different people who answered the original StackOverflow question. The first one, for example, is obviously a joke.
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by epsylon 14y ago
In practice lists have such poor memory locality that they should almost never be used. Use vectors. EDIT: See for example Stroustrup's discussion on the matter at the 44th minute of this video : http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative

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