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by framebit 10y ago
Application performance matters, that's why these data structures and algorithm questions still matter. The issue is dogma surrounding the technicalities of data structures and algorithms. We make sure in our group to focus on applicat
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by framebit 10y ago
Wow, amazing to watch stuff go down as this problem ripples out!
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by framebit 10y ago
I worked at a company that had a great work culture. My manager was awesome, there were tons of side benefits, in general everybody worked reasonable hours and got to leave work at work. But they were bleeding talent because they weren&#x27
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by framebit 10y ago
Beautiful, thoughtful. I love seeing the intersection of science and art through such a talented artist!
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by framebit 10y ago
Touch buttons also suck for the sight-disabled, meaning the range of fully blind up through my grandpa who's getting on in years and can't see like he used to. Physical buttons are an accessibility enabler.
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by framebit 10y ago
BFA in Filmmaking with a concentration in Editing and Sound Design. Now I'm an engineer on the Watson Data Platform at IBM. I went to a conservatory film school program that was crazy hard, and through senior year and afterwards I had
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by framebit 10y ago
I have no useful advice to offer for your troubling situation, but I wanted to comment and say that the NYTimes article you linked to is scary and fascinating. I know you weren't sharing it out of interest but out of illustration of yo
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by framebit 10y ago
Scale is something of a measure of popularity. If our API serves 234 million requests per day, then presumably we're running something pretty popular and widely known. Because of the democratization of "big data" and the (rel
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by framebit 10y ago
In regards to mega companies, it's hard/impossible to talk about culture in a meaningful way because the organization is so large. For a personal example, saying "I work at IBM" is not terribly informative because IBM ha
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by framebit 10y ago
It's like asking what tool should I use for my construction project. Well, are you pouring concrete? Are you doing electrical wiring? Are you working with wood? Are you painting? Want to build an operating system in Ruby? Ok, good luck
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by framebit 10y ago
Tanis completely changed my opinion about audio drama! Got the recommendation through Reply All and I'm now on my third listen-through. It's insanely compelling and I can't get it out of my head. Gonna look into some of your
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by framebit 10y ago
I'm jumping onto a stale thread here, but to me the best use of the Echo (or Google Home, etc) is as an accessibility device for the sick and/or disabled. I got a Google Home for a relative with ALS who is fast losing dexterity in
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by framebit 10y ago
This doesn't fully answer what you're looking for, but there is a C/C++ API for working with Parquet that's not tied to JVM-Land : https://github.com/apache/parquet-cpp
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by framebit 10y ago
For work, Spark, Spark, more Spark. Also Spark. I already know how to use it, but I want to know how it works in detail from the ground up. For not work, I want to improve my oil painting and my drawing skills! I got a Pi this year and want
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by framebit 10y ago
Lone wolves can and do produce a lot of valuable output for businesses. However, on bigger teams, somebody's gotta take care of the juniors. Junior devs, interns, even moderately experienced devs can all benefit immensely from mentorin
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by framebit 10y ago
Yes, of course a dev with > 3 years experience should be able to fizz-buzz in their sleep! That's the point! It's not devs with > 3 years experience or even > 6 months. failing fizzbuzz. It's people _pretending_ to b
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by framebit 10y ago
This is a fictional short story involving a fictional poetry contest centering around the theme of Snowden. It's not an article or even an opinion column. Nothing wrong with fiction, just wanted to point this out as an FYI.
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Cool! Interested to see your take on it!
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by framebit 10y ago
State and local taxes are a big concern that didn't get any mention in the article.
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by framebit 10y ago
I'm so sorry about the cyclical vomiting syndrome. I've watched a friend wrestle with it for years, it's no joke. Her's is also triggered by positive stress, like excitement to see a favorite band in concert. I'm so
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On Not Moving to Canada(framebit.org)
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by framebit 10y ago
I've been on the job market in several industries before finding my way to software engineering. I can tell you that non-acknowledgement is absolutely the norm in pretty much any other industry, particularly in the case of online appli
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by framebit 10y ago
This problem, like many in modern day science, can in large part be traced back to unstable funding. On the Maslow's-style hierarchy of research lab needs, the need for funding is a lot lower on the scale than the aspiration for scient
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by framebit 10y ago
Building fundamental data structures and implementing classic algorithms is a phenomenal way to learn about unit testing. How else are you going to make sure your doubly-linked list is doing the right thing? It's much more difficult to
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by framebit 11y ago
I've just crossed the three week mark of no Facebook. Scrolling through my newsfeed had become a bad mindless habit, one that sucked my time and emotional energy without giving anything back. But dang, it was hard to break. This hasn&#