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by geoka9 14y ago
Yes. I haven't seen a professional programmer who calls herself a computer scientist. I think the author is beating a straw man. And theoretical computer science is a branch of mathematics. It's as much science as math is.
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by geoka9 14y ago
> In short, most webkit devs are happy about this. It's worked out well for everyone. I can't say the same about front-end web devs. They are potentially looking at yet another browser family that can have its own quirks (sure, safari a
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by geoka9 14y ago
UPDATE to my parent post: YMMV. I described what worked for me. As a teenager I learned a few chords/songs on a simple guitar that sounded dull, because I lived in a place where I didn't have any choice. Eventually I decided that guitar pla
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by geoka9 14y ago
Yes, something like that. If you are proficient with the acoustic guitar, you'll probably be able to pick up an electric for the first time in your life and play. On the other hand, if all you've ever played is an electric (with its low act
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by geoka9 14y ago
I may sound counterintuitive, but if you really want to learn, I'd recommend a high-end acoustic guitar for the following reasons: - you make a big investment (upwards of $2000) and it motivates you not to give up - it sounds good, it looks
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by geoka9 14y ago
A very good (free) book for getting started, IMO: http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/
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Concurrency Models: Go vs Erlang(joneisen.me)
114 points by geoka9 14y ago|45 comments
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by geoka9 14y ago
I wonder if the author realizes what a waste it is to drive a big car (let alone a fire truck) to the grocery store. We all love nature. We go out of our way to live in a place where it is more spectacular. And yet we do our best to shit on
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by geoka9 14y ago
Wait, no, people study those things all the time. They're difficult, but maybe he has unknown prior background in math, or is gifted in that regard. Sorry, but reading a textbook like a novel is not studying. I've met a fair number of mat
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by geoka9 14y ago
Firstly, you don't read a textbook (especially a math textbook) in one sitting. If nothing else, books like that have problems that the authors expect you to go through. They are also often based on lectures for courses that take at least a
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by geoka9 14y ago
Sorry, but after reading the following (elsewhere on that blog), I'm hard-pressed not to dismiss this as an elaborate troll. "I read a book on Number Theory in one sitting, a Differential Geometry book in a weekend, filling up a notebook in
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Obama's secrecy fixation causing Sunshine Week implosion(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by geoka9 14y ago|0 comments
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by geoka9 14y ago
Please learn how to code. Please read the old-timer's books (K&R, Pike, Unix classics and manuals, etc.). Please learn about writing useful comments, following the KISS principle, and avoiding fancy stuff just because it is fancy and ha
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by geoka9 14y ago
When are we going to wake up and realise that speaking in plain, simple, understandable English does not make us look stupid and simple. In my experience, this kind of speak is not about sounding sophisticated, it's usually about saying n
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by geoka9 14y ago
If it's an inside joke, then it's probably a good idea to explain it as such instead of downvoting the parent (not everybody on this site is an insider).
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by geoka9 14y ago
Pull requests are very convenient for code review; I've seen them used like this in closed commercial projects.
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by geoka9 14y ago
Why is there no date for the post? When I read "last Friday", I immediately scrolled up to check when it was written, but there's none.
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by geoka9 14y ago
It's huge. It permeates all levels of the society. There are jokes, stereotypes and anecdotes that are essentially part of the culture. Most (if not all) of the people have at some point been subjected to them, and even if they are not anti
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by geoka9 14y ago
going to get out of touch with the code, unless you have some phase where you are going to review them in depth I think treating comments as something that's done in a separate phase is the wrong mindset. Comments should be integral part
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by geoka9 14y ago
You can try rolling the egg on a hard flat surface applying pressure. The shell cracks into small shards and I find it easier to peel without damaging the egg.
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by geoka9 14y ago
An SSL MITM "proxy" a la Burp, but built into Firefox (or Firebug). It would be nice if it allowed re-writing (both manually and programmatically) requests and responses (including headers) on the fly, substituting files, etc.
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by geoka9 14y ago
It is, isn't it? UK is a first world country. They've blocked TPB. NK is an oppressive regime. They've blocked everything. I guess that's the modern difference between "rogue" and "first world" as far as censorship goes. The former block be
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by geoka9 14y ago
Maybe because it wants you to be in control? What they probably could do, though, is a 302 redirect to https. But that's frown upon by some, too.
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by geoka9 14y ago
What did you have? A TI-81 calculator?
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by geoka9 14y ago
Where a clerk was breaking open the sealed packages and counting out the wafers on his desk to make damned sure Intel was getting its money worth.... I find this hard to believe. At some point a person in a space suit was introducing them
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by geoka9 14y ago
And, most importantly, shake off the "agile" ethos when doing DB migrations. Just forget they exist and triple-check every character you type into the console.
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by geoka9 14y ago
Yeah, you just have to be extra careful, otherwise off with your head :)
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by geoka9 14y ago
Wow. Forcing foreign jurisdictions to follow one's domestic regulations to help enforce compliance of one's citizens is bizarre. I'd say it even trumps the regulations that are largely post-Soviet legacy in countries like Ukraine, for examp
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by geoka9 14y ago
It's a wet dark place right now, if you ask me :)
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by geoka9 14y ago
That's right, but why banks should worry about this? How does this regulation increase the cost of having an American client?

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