jinfiesto

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   by jinfiesto 15y ago

   Generally speaking, I do less than 20 hours of paid client work per week. On the other hand, I spend a significant amount of time reading CS material and working on personal projects.
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   by jinfiesto 15y ago

   I can sympathize with your situation. When I started programming, I felt the same way and had similar experiences. What changed? I read SICP. Programming hasn't been the same since.
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   by jinfiesto 16y ago

   I don't think the example I've given is iterative. It generates a recursive process. You're right on a different point though, this example is much more efficiently implemented iteratively. The point was to illustrate that writing recursive
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   by jinfiesto 16y ago

   I've found this to be the case too, I think telling students that recursion is difficult artificially limits their ability to comprehend it.
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   Stop Telling Students Recursion is Hard(jinfiesto.posterous.com)

   83 points by jinfiesto 16y ago|107 comments
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   by jinfiesto 16y ago

   I was more irritated by the fact that the entire movie was clearly ripped from the chapter "Harmonic Labyrinth" from GEB.
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   by jinfiesto 16y ago

   Thanks you guy! This has been very helpful!
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   by jinfiesto 16y ago

   I was going to quit soon anyways, but now that I've been placed in this situation, I'm just torn between educating myself further or diving into a business.
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   by jinfiesto 16y ago

   I've got a whole notebook of ideas, but in particular, I've been working on some studio management software for my own piano studio. The market wouldn't be very large, but turning it into a web app wouldn't be very difficult. I'm a competen
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    Well that's motivational! What kind of area are you in? Is it very urban or a tech hub?
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    Haha, I'm half asian. As a result, I grow really crappy facial hair.
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    This is where the ageism and the relative inexperience comes in. I think I have a solid foundation, but being 19 and not having a ton of work experience has gotten me laughed at before. That being said, I'm pretty sure I can pass just about
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    I would really love to do this, although since I already took some time off of school, this isn't really an option right now :/
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    Haha, I had thought about the course load. It's not really a concern. I'm pretty pro at school. I'd be a professional student if it paid real money. Although, you're probably right about the business thing being way more than full time. Tha
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    Haha, I'm not really a fan. Not because I'm anti-social, but doing dumb stuff with lots of drunk people doesn't appeal to me. That being said, I do from time to time, since most of my friends are in the Greek system.
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    No, I live in Nevada. Reno specifically. Is that an Australian thing to say?
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    I have seriously done all of the exercises in SICP. I have not worked through all of Knuth. Number 4 is on my to-do list though. Also, besides myself, Eli Bendersky has. He's written all the answers in an informative blog.
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    Ask HN: I just got laid off. Now what?

    20 points by jinfiesto 16y ago|27 comments
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    I had the same thought. Hoglund is a bamf. It'll be interesting to see what goes down.
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    As an interesting aside, the algorithm for multiplication is algebraically identical in both methods.
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    I don't recommend sitting against a wall. If you plan on meditating, I recommend investing in a zafu and zabuton. They'll provide much better back support than a wall or just the floor.
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    I meditate fairly regularly as well. It's interesting that I've seen meditation characterized very differently in this discussion so far. I've never particularly thought of it as "emptying your mind" or "letting one thought soak into the mi
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    Halfway through SICP, which of course is excellent, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Structure of Magic: NLP Change Patterns.
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    I agree. Eloquent Javascript is excellent.
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    by jinfiesto 16y ago

    Robert Bringhurst's book is fantastic, but if you're starting off, I recommend James Fellici's "Manual of Typographic Style."