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by jkaptur 4y ago
I think the comment may have been edited ;) Anyway, yes, that's all true. Excel, Sheets, JavaScript numbers, Java doubles, Python floats, and so on all work this way. That's why I asked how switching spreadsheet implementations so
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How do Sheets and Excel differ in this regard? How did using floats cause some number to be odd?
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> a nice API for building queries (that actually supports all underlying database features) Honestly asking - I'm not an expert in this space: is this not just parameterized queries? It seems like anything else would have to have ex
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by jkaptur 4y ago
You and the GP are right. The original tool was deprecated early in the '10s: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/08/google-sets-will-be... and the feature survived in Sheets until 2014: http://g
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I created one of these tools when I interned at Crystal Ball (before it was acquired by Oracle. On the on hand, it really was as slick as you'd hope - like, since we used Project for the calculation engine, and Project integrates with
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by jkaptur 4y ago
Consider providing some nuance and context instead.
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The intuitively obvious approach here is to have some kind of schema-guided or constraint-guided CRDT. That is, you get the guarantee that not only do you end up with valid JSON , you get the guarantee that f(that_json) == true. I imagine
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I'll be curious if the impression of smallness continues as you gain expertise and experience.
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The point I was (perhaps passive-aggressively...) making is that I disagree with your premise that frontend is small/easy and backend is large/difficult. It's a common bias, but I honestly find it pretty insulting. Like, I co
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by jkaptur 4y ago
Funny - I’m in almost the exact opposite predicament! I’ll spare you a copypasta-like reiteration of your post and just ask you for a few book recommendations on how to learn modern backend development. I also need no recommendations for da
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Really cool! As a novice, it definitely felt approachable and fun to play against.
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Logical, fascinating, and terrifying, yes. Actually real? Maybe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_judge_effect
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No, I started with SVN and (briefly) VSS. I did use git for a while before hg, though, so I guess what you’re saying is possible.
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I switched from git to Mercurial and was absolutely gobsmacked by how much better it is. The only comparison was switching from a Blackberry to an iPhone - everything just works exactly the way I want it to. Yes, I read the manual for git,
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I think this is really interesting - I've heard "guys" used to address a group of mixed genders ("how are you guys?") but it sounds much more gendered when used to refer to a group ("how many guys are in th
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It's interesting to consider this together with Jeff Bezos's famous quote: "The thing I have noticed is that when the anecdotes and the data disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. There is something wrong with the way tha
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by jkaptur 4y ago
Yeah, the tech-nerd chestnut to bring out here is Dunbar's number. Not that that's necessarily the mechanism, but it's the thing to mention.
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Observe the percentage of people with their camera on (vs. some baseline), look at the faces you can see, watch for reaction emojis, take intermediate points to solicit questions and see how many you get, etc.
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Is there a metric that quantifies this? Some sort of market cap * daily liquidity or something?
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TIL - thanks!
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I get a little frustrated, because the web is AMAZING for this. Type this in anywhere. Anywhere! <input id=foo></input> <input id=bar></input> <button onclick="sum()">sum</bu
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by jkaptur 4y ago
> All of the online comparisons say they’re about equal, but Sheets doesn’t even have proper tables, much less lambdas or a “get yoga pose” button. I was on the Google Sheets team from about 2011 to 2018 (opinions are, of course, VERY mu
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I once spoke to someone who didn't know about formulas yet, so they just used the summary data on the status bar + copy/paste: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/view-summary-data...
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Then you need to bring your talents to bear on how to make others as good as you are at these things. Mentor, pair, teach, write, etc.
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I feel the same way - it's so interesting how the lack of a mental model causes such frustration! There's perfectly well-understood metaphors for network availability ("how many bars" and so on). I wonder why Bluetooth d
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#Early_career
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The crawler followed buttons on forms? And sent POST requests? Yikes..
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Wasn't this bridge crossed when Photoshop became popular?
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It's very interesting that by building a system that's more resilient and reliable: > high profile processes (such as POS) implement their own fallback processes to handle the possibility of issues with the SDM system in store.
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The bit is structurally similar to this routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeJxfqodQE4

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