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by jemfinch 16y ago
Except for two, actually: there aren't any linked lists in Python, either. Why? Because there's only one thing that a linked list is better at than a growable array: O(1) splice. Everything else is better with a growable array.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
> there's no photographic evidence that can be stored indefinitely. The machines are capable of storing the pictures, and all we have is the promise of a long abusive government agency that they are not.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Or they'll just stop letting those who decline fly at all.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
If that's a serious concern you might want to rethink your company ;)
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Ah, that must be why there's the inconsistency between Mac and other platforms here. On Windows and Linux, Ctrl-Q does nothing; Ctrl-Shift-Q exits Chrome.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Do people really not know that Chrome has an option to reopen itself with the tabs you had open last? Preferences > Basics > On Startup > Reopen the pages that were open last.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
> It makes sense for the photographer, but it makes no sense for most people who fly Most people who fly do so for business or commuting reasons. They can choose between their job and flying, or they can choose between their families a
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by jemfinch 16y ago
For those interested in a related Wikipedia odyssey, check out Water Activity < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_activity> , then hit the "shelf stable" link and move on from there.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
> I would love to see it replicated by other groups (.e.g Mythbusters) to confirm or deny the results. Why not confirm it yourself? He posted his method, and it's probably not outside your realm of competence. That's one of the best th
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by jemfinch 16y ago
That's a 404 now.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
It's Zed Shaw. That pretty much rules out it being a friendly request ;) With that said, such situations are exactly the sort that mildly unfriendly requests are appropriate for. I did the same thing when someone took my BSD licensed code
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by jemfinch 16y ago
You've rather obviously never been exposed to real great programmers. Your "can program" definition is actually describing a really bad programmer, and your "great programmer" definition describes most kids who make it past one semester
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by jemfinch 16y ago
More concise and more accurate. You're a genius!
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by jemfinch 16y ago
There is an aspect to theory that's comforting, though. I'm sure I would sleep better at night knowing that my application was using an O(1) hash table as its map rather than an O(n) alist, even if the constant factors are higher. More ha
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by jemfinch 16y ago
> You don't have to fly. In fact, you can drive between any two places in the US and never be searched or questioned or anything. The interesting thing is that air travel is far more of a natural right than travel by road. At least the
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by jemfinch 16y ago
I don't think there's anything surprising about the author being detained. I don't think there's anything unreasonable about it. It's the manner in which the interrogation was conducted that was the problem. Yelling in his face? Asking
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by jemfinch 16y ago
I'm not a terrorist at all, but if someone's yelling in my face, you'll be damned sure they'll get a rise out of me, if not a legal case soon afterward. What in the world do you think a psychologist can tell from a person's response to gett
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Gunpowder is an explosive, and gunpowder is in unused bullets.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
It's not their job to be unprofessional or abusive. People are innocent until proven guilty, even when they're crossing the border.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Sorry, you're right. To a layman, though, a "bullet" usually means the whole shebang.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Hit a bullet hard enough with a hammer or other hard surface and it will (at least sometimes) discharge.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
The Al-Qaeda that we have any reason to fear aren't idiots. The idiots will be caught whether or not they have Osama bin Laden candy in their carryons.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Do you really think the terrorists that pose a real danger to the U.S. are so inept that they'd carry a burqa, "Osama bin Laden" candy, and a round of live ammunition on a plane? Which do you think is more likely? That a terrorist secretly
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Customs agents' job is to prevent contraband and unauthorized individuals from entering the country. It is not their job to berate American citizens returning from trips abroad. It is not their job to engage in emotionally charged interro
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by jemfinch 16y ago
My belt buckle has much more metal than a shell casing, and it never sets off the metal detectors at airports. Shell casings have less metal in them than the buttons on my button-fly jeans. EDIT: I was mistaken, he did say it was an unused
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by jemfinch 16y ago
> As such, we don't care about formal education, age, gender Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but you may not want to list "age" and "gender" unless you're listing all the protected classes that you can't legally care about.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Don't forget physician/patient privilege, as well.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
If he doesn't, I'm working for the wrong company.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
I recollect reading (no citation, sorry) that Vimeo has Windows instances running in EC2 in order to transcode video from Microsoft formats.
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by jemfinch 16y ago
Wow. You seem angry, or frustrated. Did I say something that offended you? I only participated in Ning's interviews as an interviewee. I worked for Ning for six weeks before the layoffs. The only thing I'd notice when I blur my eyes a li

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