eric_h

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1. 931.▲
   by eric_h 11y ago

   I've always found unit testing to be the best way to test drive small units of code, and integration tests the best way to find and prevent regressions in the integration of those units. My workflow over the last few years has been tes
2. 932.▲
   by eric_h 11y ago

   Yes, that's what I meant by "you can't pour a glass of <some obviously enumerable item>" - same principle, pithier expression of it, said in response to an incorrect usage of "less", e.g.: "He has le
3. 933.▲
   by eric_h 11y ago

   > Since the rowboat can support two people, it should definitely float to the surface, dragging them along with it. Only if the air bubble occupied the entire inner portion of the hull. If it were, say, only half the volume of the hull -
4. 934.▲
   by eric_h 11y ago

   Ideas are cheap, it's the execution and the team that matter.
5. 935.▲
   by eric_h 11y ago

   > I too am very smart. Intelligence, "smartness", and ignorance are all orthogonal. Even very intelligent and very smart people can approach an issue with extreme bias and blatantly ignore (get it ;) news, facts, etc. that cont
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   by eric_h 11y ago

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY (Stephen Fry explaining his position on this particular form of pedantry, amongst other things). It rubs me the wrong way as well, since my parents (well, my mother; my father gre
7. 937.▲
   by eric_h 11y ago

   I think it's an effective satire on the existing implementations of the gag.
8. 938.▲
   by eric_h 11y ago

   The linked in one was so easy that I felt compelled to play some harder ones - you definitely cost me a couple hours of productivity today - I've played through a couple dozen of these things... So, thanks, and also no thanks ;)
9. 939.▲
   by eric_h 11y ago

   > You'd need to access the balcony Or a camera equipped drone.
10. 940.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    aaron patterson, aka @tenderlove. rails and ruby core contributor. [edit: at least that's who I presume the GP meant]
11. 941.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    That is very cool, thanks for sharing.
12. 942.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    I think he just accidentally dropped a 0.
13. 943.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    That's a fair point. In the game of pool gamesmanship has a long history, though in that context it's called hustling. Of course, the game of pool has always had a history of gambling; the fact that we even call it pool is a refer
14. 944.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    I really have never understood the cheater's mentality, at least when it comes to these silly, artificial games we play. Yes, at the highest level of professional sports, etc. I see a clear financial motive to cheat (cue reference to t
15. 945.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    I may be picking a nit, but counting cards is legal in all casinos in the US. You are not breaking a law by counting cards, but the the casino has the right to stop providing you its service if you are, or if they even think you are (right
16. 946.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    I disagree - I think the variety of cheating techniques (not covered by GGP's tl;dr) was interesting, especially given the monikers. I found the Coughing Doctors and the Italian Foot Soldiers to be quite amusing [Edit: fixed OBOB on th
17. 947.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    works for me in an incognito window
18. 948.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    A house that can support a family of 9?
19. 949.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    I think he means "all the things that Rails handles well with default options/configurations"
20. 950.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    This reminds me of the time when I was crossing into Quebec with my parents in July many years ago, and one of the cars waiting to get across the border had Virginia (or some nearby southern state) plates and (alpine) skis on the roof of th
21. 951.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    Are you all still using linode? /edit never mind they are not as per another reply in this thread
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    by eric_h 11y ago

    That flow may explain his excellent click through rate ;)
23. 953.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    I found this article about this [1] to be rather enlightening. 1) http://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/02/17/apple-can-comply-with...
24. 954.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    Someone, not the GP, did: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10905338
25. 955.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    I've performed solo as an amateur musician exactly once (to an audience of about 100), and spoken publicly exactly once (to an audience of similar size). Admittedly a decade separates these two events, but when I performed as a musicia
26. 956.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    You're doing it wrong if you're not breathing half the time. You just inhale sharply and exhale slowly for a few strokes; it should be almost meditative.
27. 957.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    Thanks, I suspected it was more of a market than technical reason; since I know very little about the chinese language I thought i'd ask.
28. 958.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    Which I find rather odd. Is written Chinese easier to generate, computationally speaking?
29. 959.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    Sounds like it was actually a 10x multiple of his profits.
30. 960.▲
    by eric_h 11y ago

    I'm rather firmly convinced that the "they don't need native apps" was Jobs merely stalling til the SDK was stable enough to release to the public.