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by jbarham 16y ago
> sendfile() is a system call that sends data between two file descriptors Not quite. As Pike complains, the first file descriptor must be mmap-able and the second must be a socket. I think his objection is that such narrowly applicab
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by jbarham 16y ago
For those who don't get the chickens vs. bulls reference: "If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use?... Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?" - Seymour Cray There are a lot of other great Cray quotes.
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by jbarham 16y ago
I think the key is to lower the barriers to creating minimal, working, useful, hopefully interesting programs as much as possible. E.g., start with a minimal implementation of the Unix 'wc' command in Python, walk through it explaining how
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by jbarham 16y ago
I studied CS at the University of Toronto in the early 90's and in hindsight I'm amazed that we never formally taught how to program. (The one exception I can recall is a "theory of languages" course that gave us a brief exposure to half a
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by jbarham 16y ago
> quickly get your green card This is easier said than done since Google first has to sponsor your green card application (it's not automatic with an H1B visa) and in my experience the government bureaucracy that handles green cards doe
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by jbarham 16y ago
Transferring the H1B to a different company is straightforward. However (and this happened to me) if the original company is sponsoring your green card, you will have to restart the green card application process with your new employer (
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by jbarham 16y ago
> The individuals were told first, and then there was an all-employee meeting to announce the layoffs. That was my experience. I guess that's what they learn in business school. ;)
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by jbarham 16y ago
Actually, keeping an impending layoff a secret is possible. I was part of a sizable layoff at a medium-sized publicly traded company that was AFAIK a complete surprise to everyone below the director level. Certainly no-one else at my leve
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by jbarham 16y ago
Until we had our son I would have largely agreed with this article, but our local public library has been an incredible resource for board books and kids music CDs for him (now 2 years old). My wife checks out at least a dozen new books an
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by jbarham 16y ago
I can still clearly remember being amazed when I first saw Deluxe Paint running on the Amiga in the late 80's. Poring over the latest edition of Amiga Format became a favourite weekly ritual. Those were the days!
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by jbarham 16y ago
Yeah, I didn't see that. Good discussion over there, but I think my summary is more self-explanatory.
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by jbarham 16y ago
Does anyone have experience using GWT but some language other than Java (e.g., Python, Ruby on Rails) for the server? How did it work out?
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Go Playground: Compile and run Go programs from your browser(golang.org)
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by jbarham 16y ago
Just be glad you weren't "yen cost averaging" in the Nikkei 225 which is currently 70% down from its 1989 peak: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225
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by jbarham 16y ago
> In July, a group of farmers removed the safeties from their shotgun triggers and surrounded a trailer in which a suspected house robber was hiding while they waited for the county’s last, lone squad car to arrive. Hah, that's certainl
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by jbarham 16y ago
Given that the final hire rate is less than one half of one percent of received resumes, they can probably afford to.
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by jbarham 16y ago
Incorrect. Green card holders (i.e., US permanent residents, but non-citizens) do not face "immediate deportation" if they change jobs.
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by jbarham 16y ago
Try these keywords: "flash crash" HFT
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by jbarham 16y ago
It's also worth pointing out that if your goal is to be a Professional/Certified Engineer, AFAIK you must start with a university degree before you can even begin the certification process.
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by jbarham 16y ago
Students loans have been securitized for quite a while: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset-backed_security#Student_l...
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by jbarham 16y ago
I heard my Swedish cousin complain plenty about her tax rates when she came to California (!) for a shopping spree.
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by jbarham 16y ago
When daddy eventually goes back to work he probably won't feel so blissful about paying Swedish taxes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Sweden
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by jbarham 16y ago
Thanks for the info. Things have obviously changed since I had my TN in 2006. However, looking at the green card application process on the TN it doesn't look like it's any easier than it is on an H1B.
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by jbarham 16y ago
Whereas "temporary" taxes are popular with non-wealthy people? Nice try w/ the class warfare. FWIW I live in Orange County but what really matters is what city you live in within OC.
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by jbarham 16y ago
Sure, TN is easy to get (I've had it) but there are two major restrictions: 1. You cannot apply for a green card on TN visa 2. It has to be renewed annually, and you have to demonstrate continued strong ties to Canada (bank accounts, fami
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by jbarham 16y ago
Source is the lawyer handling my paperwork. http://www.trackitt.com/ also has info by nationality.
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by jbarham 16y ago
This is lousy advice. It's not as if just anyone can "apply for a green card". You need to have a sponsor who is either a relative and US citizen, or you are already employed by a US company on a work visa and they are willing to sponsor
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by jbarham 16y ago
This doesn't jibe with my experience as a Canadian H1B visa holder who's flown into the US over a dozen times over the past 6 years. I've never found US customs agents to be rude; they are always courteous and often friendly. FWIW I usual
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by jbarham 16y ago
Source: http://www.asktog.com/TOI/toi06KeyboardVMouse1.html "We’ve done a cool $50 million of R & D on the Apple Human Interface. We discovered, among other things, two pertinent facts: * Test subjects consistently report that k
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by jbarham 16y ago
All that and they still couldn't ship Larrabee. There's only so much you can do with a haphazardly designed ISA that dates from the late 70's. ARM is overwhelming dominant in the mobile market and very, very cheap. To my mind Intel's quix

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