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by jackhack 10y ago
I like the blog post's window title better than the article caption: "I had one night to invent interstellar travel".
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by jackhack 10y ago
How curious you mention Bruno Vassel... I watched a number of his videos this week (and yes, @ fullscreen HD 1080 video it is mesmerizing!!). My goal was preparation for taking a new R/C model plane out for a maiden flight (a 3 meter A
543.
by jackhack 10y ago
It's not a pejorative. It's a common phrase meaning "the quality of your output is only as good as your input data". In this case, input data was skewed/biased/inaccurate for a number of reasons (sample choices
544.
by jackhack 10y ago
Compsci 101. Garbage in, garbage out.
545.
by jackhack 10y ago
I'm learning Elixir at this moment. As Elixir is built upon Erlang, I found "Programming Erlang, second edition" by Joe Armstrong to be a gentler introduction. After 20+ years of OO (and my mental models built upon C and asse
546.
by jackhack 10y ago
I'm suspicious based on something you said about the interviewers being disinterested and unenthusiastic. I am cynical, having seen this process played out many times, and having wasted more than a few days interviewing for jobs I had
547.
by jackhack 10y ago
I learned C from Kernihan & Richie (K&R) under supervision of experienced developers. I was really lost for a few days, the book is kind of terse. I had been developing in assembly for several years, so C felt like a really high lev
548.
by jackhack 10y ago
I wish I could like this book, but after reviewing the first chapter I can only imagine the confusion of students. I support very much the idea of breaking the book into levels, but it attempts to cover far too much, far too quickly and I d
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by jackhack 10y ago
No, that's a good point. My intention was to use it as an example of distinguishing regional dialects, accents, etc. but also native speakers from second-language speakers.
550.
by jackhack 10y ago
I'll go with Michael Savage's definition. A country is defined by language, borders, culture. Presumably, if one demonstrates mastery of language(1) and cultural knowledge(2), he can be assumed to be a countryman. 1) This practice
551.
by jackhack 10y ago
A resource for tech workers struggling with depression: https://forums.osmihelp.org/ (the former DevPressed.com ) "We are a non-profit org (just applied for 501c3) that works to improve mental wellness in the tech ind
552.
by jackhack 10y ago
Last year's technology, at tomorrow's prices. A $200 price bump for an old design? no thanks. I suspect the secondary market for good, clean, used 2011-2015 MBPs (and replacement batteries) will be booming for some time unless App
553.
by jackhack 10y ago
There has been a "hertz" war in the bagpipe world for the past 200 years with the pitch raising steadily higher over the decades. Ancient pipes' "A" were historically tuned at 440hz, but modern pipes are tuned aroun
554.
by jackhack 10y ago
This is brilliant! I've failed more than once to wrap my stupid brain around lisp but after reading your code, something clicked. I dare say I think I get it! https://github.com/marcpaq/arpilisp/blob/mast
555.
by jackhack 10y ago
Atlas Obscura - a collection of the world's most interesting/peculiar, and downright strange places. It's like a marriage of a world map + Ripley's Believe it Or Not. www.atlasobscura.com/
556.
by jackhack 10y ago
Neat idea, but I'm put off by the gratuitous profanity: >>you exercised 5 of the last 7 days. Dammmnnnnnn! Keep kicking ass. Not everything has to be edgy. Can't you simply say "Great job!" or "congrats"
557.
by jackhack 10y ago
Since we're trading "I failed" stories... I spent a weekend tying Tesseract together with Tekkotsu (the amazing open framework for the Sony AIBO) in an attempt to teach my robot dog to read. The eventual goal being to hook
558.
by jackhack 10y ago
Funny, I was thinking of Petzold's book when I wrote that. +1 for mentioning it! I still say there are that many layers of abstraction, maybe more. Individual bits, ganged as words, with logic to treat as such, and ability to store and
559.
by jackhack 10y ago
Isn't that the best? Hundreds-of-thousands of layers of abstraction, but if you dig deep enough, it all comes down to a switch being either on or off. That's it.
560.
by jackhack 10y ago
Now struggling to resist the urge to upgrade my sad old analog oscilloscope. Thanks, guys! Seriously, though, this is by far the most interesting series of articles I've read in at least 10 years. Digging in and understanding equipment
561.
by jackhack 10y ago
Similar experiences here, spoonman. A computer in the 70s/80s was a serious expense, similar to buying a nice used car, or a year of state college. My folks bought me an Apple ][ around 1980. $2500 bought : 1mhz, 48k of ram, 1 floppy d
562.
by jackhack 10y ago
I don't understand your complaint. There are mature regex libraries for C found with the obvious Google search. Source code included. Why would you not just pick and consume one, as you would in Python? Overall though I think what you
563.
by jackhack 10y ago
Brother is playing the game, too. My 3-month-old Brother MFC (printer, copier/scanner) just refused to recognize the generic ink cartridge I bought off of eBay. I had to pry the RFID(?) chip off the empty Brother cartridge and hot-glue
564.
by jackhack 10y ago
Because, from healthcare, to consumer products, to software, to books, the US is paying full price to subsidize the cost to much of the world. The US is the profit center that makes possible the steeply-discounted-almost-free sales elsewher
565.
by jackhack 10y ago
I fail to see how this is technology or startup related, and therefore appropriate to HN. Seems more political/financial so not a good choice for HN (especially frontpage). (edit: for the downvoters... https://news.ycombinat
566.
by jackhack 10y ago
Trust. Performing the exact opposite of the stated and expected purpose of the application, for money, is a violation of trust. There is an implied belief that a product should do what it claims (and its name clearly states a purpose -- ad
567.
by jackhack 10y ago
Good post which jogged a memory for me, HN discussed this very thing 7.5 years ago: five languages in 7 lines of code -- how now to do web development : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492321
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by jackhack 10y ago
I think it was brave to say, and a valuable addition to the discussion.
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by jackhack 10y ago
I have to ask -- is this almost-purely political topic appropriate for HN? I don't see the connection to technology or startups.
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by jackhack 10y ago
One simple question: Did NASA-GISS alter datasets to create a trend that is the opposite of that shown by the unmodified data?

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