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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Awesome and Awesome. Looks like today is the day that I learn clojure! ^^
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Turns out I don't seem to understand closures. I mean I use what I think are closures in Javascript, but I thought they were to 'prevent the pollution of the global namespace' (a noble endeavor). I don't get how it relates to map, reduce(fo
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
I think the problem is not the failure to admit - most entrepreneurs would admit the struggle with honesty. It is more like an availability heuristic - success stories make the news, failures usually do not, and so many people have no idea
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
OK while the title is technically correct, it is misleading. "U.S. website blackout draws praise from some bloggers in China" would be more accurate. Unfortunately this sort of headline is common. It leads a casual reader to false conclusio
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Interesting that California requires posted fees. I'd be interested to see a study of the effects. Back when I was uninsured I was very frustrated that no one anywhere ever knew how much anything cost, and frequently gave false information.
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Not hardly communist any more, actually. The other option would not be to 'starve', most likely, since there is an abundance of low-skill, low-pay work to be found. But don't be fooled into thinking the government (especially the local gove
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
I've seen this in a few buildings before. There is a keypad - you type the floor number and it tells you which elevator to wait at (for example 'g'). Worked really smoothly.
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
don't forget db admin! My first startup job I spent more time writing queries than anything else.
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Once again - another resource with almost no windows support. At least he has a todo. . . Back when I just did PHP and never used a command line having a widows box was painless. Recently I have been learning UNIX at work and Python at home
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Same here Opera - OSX 10.6
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Related: Double-deck Elevators - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-deck_elevator - At what point do these become a worthwhile investment?
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
But they still keep all my data, yeah?
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Thanks for the video - Always good to seen an interesting TED talk.
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
somewhat related: When I was in high school many of my classmates told me the 'did not like word problems.' I now realize that kids who do not like word problems are kids who do not understand what they are being taught. Ant that is most of
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Yes this is missing the oft-overlooked option of synonyms. There is no reason why the auto-complete cannot have something like this: <option value="DE">DE</option> <option value="DE">Germany</option&#
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
The first thing I saw when I looked at the page was: "95% Less Cooling Power" It took me a while to figure out that it uses 95% less power, not that is is 95% less effective. THis could be a bit more clear.
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
The conclusion presented in the title is not supported without more data. Bad news for Hong Kong factory owners, most likely, but how does that reflect on all of China? - 50,000 is what percentage of all factories in China? - How many facto
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
I wonder if free education would help? At any rate I am still more concerned with inequality than with relative mobility within quintiles. There is always going to be a larger number who stay than those who move, and the numbers here are no
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Perhaps, but list() is certainly easier to google/find in the docs than [:]
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
I hated hated hated math through to high school Pre-calculus. Algebra was a terror. I could get the concepts easily enough but I'd always make some mistake in the calculation. Calc I and II in university were difficult but fun. There was a
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
On errors: Yes, this is the main point I agree with. Fortunately most languages have frameworks with do this now. The main thing I would wish for would be a more configurable 'warning' or 'notice' level wich would indicate e.g. type coercio
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
I have a number of visa complaints, but they have nothing to do with start-ups. Fiancee visa: {% for profanity in all_profanities %} {{ profanity }} USCIS {% endfor %} I feel better now.
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Yes and worse I don't believe I've learned a thing from reading all these except maybe don't give television interviews? I guess I'll stop reading & learn more about generator functions instead. yaaaay productivity
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Hey man I'd love to help except . . . java. java java java java . . . (I only know a little java)
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
It is also worth noting, and easily forgotten, that part of 'historical' Tibet is in India. Already been one war fought along that border.
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
NO. I love my job but I also love other things. I get all my tasks done in the 40 hours (usually). I take the rest of my time to do other things I love. I have a family and many hobbies. I love to travel and take time off whenever I can jus
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
That was surprisingly legible! And I don't think it is because of my 'giant brain', considering how long it took me to understand Taylor Series in university.
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Interesting, glad I read it. I don't like to nit-pick, but I am always a bit uncomfortable when there is an implication that wealth is a "zero-sum game" And that does seem to be implied here. Wealth creation is complex. Be aware of oversimp
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Took me more than a year and a letter from my congressmen to get a fiancée visa for my wife. - Even when we finally got an interview the visa was rejected at first because I was living there, with her, instead of back in the USA, alone. The
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by jisaacstone 15y ago
Not sure this relates 100%, since the article is mostly talking about your understanding of concepts. If programmer A understands recursion and programmer B does not programmer A will write better code regardless of deadlines.

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