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RIFT.io(riftio.com)
2 points by jdowner 11y ago|0 comments
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by jdowner 11y ago
No. Not at all.
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by jdowner 11y ago
-Burlington, MA USA -ONSITE US – We are RIFT.io and we're looking for talented people. There are very few opportunities where you get to be a part of something ground breaking and on a global level; this is one of those moments. In les
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Ask HN: Typing practice app suggestions
1 points by jdowner 12y ago|0 comments
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by jdowner 12y ago
That's really cool! But there is no way I could use that at work -- our merging is a mess :D
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by jdowner 12y ago
One alias that I find really useful is, summary = !git log $(git log -1 --merges --pretty=format:%H)..HEAD --oneline This prints the log summaries on one line up to the last merge commit. If you are working on a feature/topic branch (a
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by jdowner 12y ago
I like some of these. 'wip' and 'wipe' are two operations that I regularly used. However, as I entered them into my .gitconfig I couldn't help noticing that their similarity is something that would undoubtedly bite
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by jdowner 12y ago
Alternatively, 'git commit -v' also provides a way to review the changes before you commit them. If you are not going to 'cherry-pick' the changes for the commit, this has the added benefit of showing all the whole diff
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Show HN: Python-gist (v0.2.0) for working with gists from the command line(github.com)
2 points by jdowner 12y ago|0 comments
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by jdowner 12y ago
Just a quick note that I have made few changes based on the feedback I have received. First you can install 'gist' using 'pip install python-gist', which should make it easier to install and alleviate some of the confusi
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by jdowner 12y ago
I have just pushed the feature. I hope that works for you, but let me know if it doesn't and I will see what I can do :)
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by jdowner 12y ago
Sounds like a good idea. I'll add that as a feature request :)
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by jdowner 12y ago
That is a different package of the same name.
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Show HN: Gist management from the command line(github.com)
15 points by jdowner 12y ago|7 comments
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by jdowner 12y ago
We have an image analysis pipeline at work and one part of it involves peak detection. The peak detection algorithm we were using worked for normal data. One day a scientist came to me with data that was abnormal in that it had peaks with a
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by jdowner 12y ago
Personally, I like simple things. Like my life; I like to keep that simple. I try not to lie or mislead people because I found that that leads to no end of complications and painful situations. If I were in your place (from what you have sa
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by jdowner 12y ago
Hi, This is a small library I wrote this weekend to scratch an itch. Primarily it allows you to calculate a bounding box for an SVG path but it can also be used to determine the inflection points, so it can be useful for aligning SVG paths
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Show HN: bbox.js(github.com)
1 points by jdowner 12y ago|1 comments
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by jdowner 13y ago
Completely agree. Also, some of the replies to the original article got me thinking about my own experiences as an interviewee. I realized that those engineers who have interviewed me in the past and did not ask much technically have been
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by jdowner 13y ago
One of the differences with video game piracy (at least a few years ago) is that video games tend to have a short window after release when they make most of their sales. Everyone in the industry knows that a game will be pirated eventually
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by jdowner 13y ago
I did too. So I just wanted to mention that it was exactly the same for me. Just like you said: bullrush, rugby, flying foxes, the chance to run around and be kid. I went to a catholic school run by nuns at that age, so they would walk arou
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by jdowner 13y ago
I think you may be reading more into that sentence than it says. While I don't doubt that there are programmers working 'late night, crazed, caffeine-fueled session' you're extrapolating well beyond what the author said.
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by jdowner 14y ago
http://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Mathematical-Princeton-Scien...
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by jdowner 14y ago
If you want a job as a software engineer you will need to demonstrate that you can write software, regardless of your education. So I would recommend (as others have mentioned) that you put your work out there on github or (even better IMO)
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by jdowner 15y ago
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned 'cryptonomicon' and detachment 2702 so far. Basically, Target are doing the same thing, i.e. planting information to mask statistically significant results.
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by jdowner 15y ago
I'm looking to join a team that love software and creating beautiful products. I know a bunch of languages but my top 3 are C++/python/javascript. Although I would consider working elsewhere, I am really focused on staying in Boston, MA. I'
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by jdowner 15y ago
I would say there is a good chance that a GSV would have no gravitas and that a GCU would have very little gravitas indeed.
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by jdowner 15y ago
I agree, I think this is aspect of the article is a huge mistake (although I generally agree with the rest of it). The notion that a great team has good communication seems pretty obvious. But drawing people from the exact same pool of tale
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by jdowner 15y ago
Thank you! I was approached by a head hunter a couple of weeks ago about working at bridgewater and decided to pass on it, even though the money was incredible. Ultimately, the culture sounded too extreme and really a bit creepy. So it soun
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Ask HN: What is a good alternative to techcrunch?
11 points by jdowner 16y ago|8 comments

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