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by freework 12y ago
Here is an example song that would benefit from a plug in like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeIQvxSS2M8 . The guitar riff that hard pans from left to right can sound jarring when listening with headphones without a
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by freework 12y ago
I think your preference (stack or queue) is dependant on the nature of work you are doing. For instance, at my current job, I've been here for 2 years. I know the codebase pretty well. If an issue comes up, I can almost always get it r
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by freework 12y ago
This paper's conclusion (I only read the abstract) jives with my experience. Whenever I've tried to make something "intelligent" it always ends up in headaches. Now-a-days when building code, I try to stay away from havi
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by freework 12y ago
Most tips I see are not "fractions of a penny" but rather the standard seems to be 1000 bits which is like 32 cents. I often see people tip a dollar or more. Secondly, I can never understand why some people get so offended by some
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by freework 12y ago
This post makes the mistake of thinking that writing a bunch of tests will make everything better. In my experience, the only thing that will help you when it comes to expanding/fixing an existing codebase is knowin what the code is do
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by freework 12y ago
Another source for aviation data: http://ourairports.com/data/
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by freework 12y ago
def days_in_month(month_num): if month_num in [1, 3, 5, 7]: return 31 elif month_num in [4, 6, 9, 11]: return 30 return 28
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by freework 12y ago
The problem is that backing up data is fundamentally a management task. It requires skills to actually do right. People view backing up their computer in the same way they view changing the oil in their car. Just like there is no button you
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by freework 12y ago
As an experienced developer who as had to implement dozens of API's over my career, therre are two things that I care about: 1. Documentation - If I have to spend the next month doing trial+error to get your API working, thats no good.
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by freework 12y ago
I don't understand this whole controversy. The the amount of money donate to you is so small (like under a dollar over the course of a year) then you don't need to declare it on any tax forms. If a random person on the street give
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by freework 12y ago
A few months ago I had the idea of creating a project to scrape Silk Road. The idea was to parse all listings, determine the quantity, divide by the price, and then average it through the entire site. The end result would be an average pric
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by freework 12y ago
I think the biggest story here is the fact that the bug was fixed and ready to be installed via a single apt-get command within hours. To me, this is an immense success. On the other hand, if its 2 months later and a fix still has not been
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by freework 12y ago
My rule of thumb is: First build it with a database, then break things off using NoSQL/Queues/Memfs/etc. after scale increases to a point where it becomes a pain. Its never a good idea to start something built in the most opt
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by freework 12y ago
Thats what I've been doing. My resume lists the dozens of projects I've completed. Out of every 50 resume's I send out, I get maybe one interview. I don't think anyone even looks at my github. As soon as they see I don&#
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Ask HN: What has been your experience with self-taught engineers?
37 points by freework 12y ago|43 comments
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by freework 12y ago
In my experience, any kind of DB replication is a bitch to set up. Definitely not worth the time for a one time thing.
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by freework 12y ago
I've done this many times with fightlogg.in This is the process: 1. Set up new server on new host (nginx/postgres/python/everything than needs set up) 2. Wait until 3AM or whenever traffic is at a lull. 3. Put up a messa
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by freework 12y ago
... but Joel Spolsky said you should never rewrite code ever ever ever...
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by freework 12y ago
I'm not building a filesystem. I'm building a non-filesystem. Not metadata jammed into a filesystem. A whole new system that is used by the end user in lieu of the filesystem.
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by freework 12y ago
https://github.com/priestc/LibraryDSS thats an old repo from when I tried to write code for this about a year ago. Most likely if I ever get around to working on it again, I'm going to make a new repo for it.
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by freework 12y ago
A Library Item is an abstraction above 'file'. The user constructs a query then sends it to a server, the server returns a list of items that match the query. For instance this may be a query: INCLUDING artist contains "Pink
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by freework 12y ago
What I'm buoding is most definitely not a "filesystem". Those use filenames and folders and crap like that. My system does away with that. What you said about a glorified metadata search is right on. Some people share devices
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by freework 12y ago
Git is pretty much only for versioning (specifically annotation of versioning). My system is more for indexing/sharing data.
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by freework 12y ago
My system is only meant to be used by humans. Software will still use the traditional filesystem. Instead of the user supplying a filename/path for new content, they submit arbitrary metadata. When retrieving content, they query via a
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Ask HN: Has anyone ever tried building an OS that doesn't use files?
33 points by freework 12y ago|64 comments
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by freework 12y ago
Willy wasn't the only reason bitcoin bubbled a few months ago
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by freework 12y ago
One thing people keep forgetting: GHash.io is not a single entity. GHash is made up of miners who choose to be there. It is very easy for a miner to switch to another pool.
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by freework 12y ago
The difference is that if GHash.io launches an attack, miners have the choice to move to another pool. If the US government inflates the currency (yet again) there is nothing to do.
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by freework 12y ago
The word he means to use is "me". He says "nerd" in its place in the article. He's writing about why he wasn't popular in school.
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by freework 12y ago
One thing I've never gotten about these "syncing" apps... Lets say I install this software on my phone, my desktop, and my work computer. I have 100+ GB free on my work computer and my home desktop, but I only have 16GB on my

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