jderick

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by jderick 14y ago
I think the preallocate APIs sound like a cool idea. Perhaps there could also be some kind of 'my hashtable is an object' hint that could let the compiler do the same kind of optimizations on hashtables that it does on objects (assuming th
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by jderick 14y ago
Why is f(x) = 1 + integral_0^x f(x)?
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by jderick 14y ago
I've seen this implemented in a Lisp compiler before. It's surprisingly easy to do.
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by jderick 14y ago
Maybe you can contribute some of your ideas to libsvm?
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by jderick 14y ago
Where is the search box?
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by jderick 14y ago
I like the concept but when I tried it out it didn't bring up anything interesting. It seems to have a heavy bias towards 'mainstream' news sites, which I rarely like to read. It seems like it is totally missing out on the 'long tail' whi
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by jderick 14y ago
I notice this seems to be a web based portal to a linux environment? If so, anyone care to explain the advantages over say just offering a VNC server to the same linux env?
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by jderick 14y ago
If an idea can be described in one sentence, it shouldn't be patentable.
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by jderick 14y ago
Google already solved this problem. Domain names are just an implementation detail now.
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by jderick 14y ago
I hit some kind of bug in the UI, after a while adjusting the rent/home appreciation percentages didn't update the display properly.
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by jderick 14y ago
So it's just a cache?
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by jderick 14y ago
Seems cool, but isn't sharing a VNC with a real editor like emacs/vi better?
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by jderick 14y ago
I think that a lot of the math we learn in middle and high school is not that useful. For example, when was the last time I used the quadratic equation, or had to calculate a derivative using the chain rule, or had to do a geometric proof
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by jderick 15y ago
Who is the marketplace for these new crowdfunded startups?
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by jderick 15y ago
rootstrikers.org is trying to get money out of politics. I think that would go a long way.
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by jderick 15y ago
The real issue here is corruption. That's why you keep get these ridiculous bills. Lessig explained the issue in a recent post: http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/13119510676/me-mia-on-the-sopa...
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by jderick 15y ago
I think they simply substituted the PG version of the real word here.
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by jderick 15y ago
I'm going to disagree here. One important distinction with automated sharing is that it is being displayed in a sidebar, outside the main feed. It isn't just adding spam. It is allowing you to dive deeper, see some details that maybe you
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by jderick 16y ago
Concurrency is concerned with nondeterministic composition of programs (or their components). Parallelism is concerned with asymptotic efficiency of programs with deterministic behavior. Interesting distinction. My understanding is that
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by jderick 16y ago
When I read proof, I assumed you meant you proved your quicksort returned an ordered permutation, but after looking at your webpage, I see you are only claiming to have proved termination. Not sure why you posted the github instead of your
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by jderick 16y ago
It seems like event based programming would be really cumbersome in comparison to having lightweight threads ala Erlang. Perhaps Javascript needs lightweight threads?
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by jderick 16y ago
The government should create jobs to solve this problem. Unemployment is cruel and inefficient. Prioritizing reducing the national debt over employment is short sighted.
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by jderick 16y ago
There is another closely related field that has plenty of real applications: formal verification. Essentially the task is to ensure no reachable state violates some property. The problem is the same as in chess, the reachable state space
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by jderick 16y ago
Or if you've ever used a Dell computer. :)
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by jderick 16y ago
Two of my friends had successful startups from UT Austin: audiogalaxy.com (founded in the Napster days, now doing mobile audio streaming) and adtuition/adtuitive (acquired by Etsy). Maybe UT could be a better place for startups, but I never
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How an Army of Techies Is Taking on City Hall(fastcompany.com)
3 points by jderick 16y ago|0 comments
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How Netflix recommendation engine works [2006](sifter.org)
1 points by jderick 16y ago|0 comments
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Rubik's Style Sliding Block Puzzle in Javascript(reallydoesntmatter.blogspot.com)
1 points by jderick 16y ago|0 comments
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Why do Scientists Dance?(sciencemag.org)
1 points by jderick 16y ago|0 comments
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by jderick 16y ago
In computer science academia, I have not heard of someone refusing to release their code. This seems quite bizarre to me. Of course it is not usually very polished code, but still there is no justification for hiding it.

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