joel_perl_prog

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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
"Actually providing a service is a cost, and therefore they want to reduce it as much as possible without driving away customers." Brilliantly summarized. I recently had intermittent issues with my crappy Comcast (only viable opti
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From Developer to Co-Founder: Please advise me
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
"No sessions available." I guess I expected a video archive, not unlike the SICP playlist as it exists on YouTube in various forms.
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Aww. I missed it. I'm not a mathematician, but did a BA Math. Algebra. Rows. However, vi for life. And I like Perl and Lisp. Lately I've grown to accept those fingernail clippings in my oatmeal.
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I've done this in the past on *nix systems, for Perl. I modified PERL5LIB from my .bashrc file, so that my project lib was looked for by default. This, rather than having to put 'use lib '../../../yikes/ug
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Wait... your mother named you arc_of_descent? ;-)
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Stevan Little, the author of Moose, is working on updating the Perl5 core to have a Moose-inspired Meta Object Protocol, called p5-mop. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZNwO-uCVg Github: https://github.co
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Brutal and incisive comment. Both in terms of the (non) value of the comic (I would extend this to every web comic I've personally ever seen), and in terms of its audience.
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
It's mostly a style guide for writing short essays that will be read by decision-makers who are too busy to read. In reading over it, I felt like I it reminded me 50 times to lead with your bottom-line main point. Also, be wary of any
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Sent!
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Great! Thanks.
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Thanks, I'm interested in chatting. No idea how to contact you though, and there doesn't appear to be any contact info associated with your user profile, that I can see.
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Yeah. I have or could reacquire comfort with those topics. I live in the Boulder, Colorado area, and I've even applied recently for a job at a biotech firm. There are plenty around here. Only saw that one job opening, though. Beyond th
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
What can I do? I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics...mostly useless, I suppose. Been writing software professionally for 15 years. I've always wondered how can I make the jump, and contribute as a reasonably skilled and expe
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I may have already missed the window where people will read this reply, but let me tell you the basic error in your thinking. Yes it's true that Old MacDonald actually does exist. He may be your neighbor. He's certainly my father&
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Interesting talk by Nick Patch of Shutterstock about Unicode, why they use Perl, and what he calls best practices for working with encodings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2FQHUHjo8M
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Nice. I'll look into it. Thank you!
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Hello. I'm super late to this party, it looks like. I only have one question: will my retina display (on a MacBook Pro) do all the right things, just as it does under MacOS and MacOS programs?
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
A little of both. If you maintain a certain number of miles per week, you will become stronger. If you actually work out, somewhere in among those weekly miles, you will become a lot stronger. "Work out" means some type of running
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I think you're on the wrong track. It's been over 6 years since I've been sick. I also eat really well. Too much stress compromises the immune system, sure. Of course. And for many people, running a marathon constitutes that
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
"A study at Boston University School of Medicine looked at the continuous impact of the foot with the ground and the commonly accepted belief that running causes degeneration of the knee and can lead to all sorts of arthritic condition
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I wore the racing flats for all road runs, including marathons, for years. Now I wear NB Minimus for both roads and trails. But the principle is the same. It's flat, flexible, light shoe. The racing flats I mentioned are designed for r
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
This isn't exactly what you're asking about (I think you're challenging swimming as a go-to activity for someone too injured or otherwise unable to run) -- but there is a related myth, which is that running ruins your knees.
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Sorry to hear about that. Anything is possible in life. Something could happen to me where I can't run anymore. In which case, I will likely take up cycling. That said, someone who is basically my running mentor right now has has been
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I had little issues like that, as well. Prior to 2010, I hadn't ever run a full marathon because I couldn't train enough. It hurt too much, basically. I was never injured, but just persistent pain and little issues while running.
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I'm a marathoner and ultramarathoner. My first running event was a half-marathon in 2007. From there, one thing lead to another over the years, and now the most recent event I ran was a 50 mile ultra. What I can say from my personal su
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I see... I'm an old man, so I don't have any homework. =)
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I do.
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
I have to laugh at this. Not because he's wrong, but because it's so indicative of the programmer's mind. Structured, orderly, formulaic. Laying down rules and procedures. Which is fine--nothing wrong with that, however... Let me offer a co
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by joel_perl_prog 13y ago
Well... I don't comment often, but as someone with a B.A. in mathematics who minored in philosophy, let me follow up on your comment: Would a philosophy class really be good for high school students? Broadly speaking, I mean, not those 1 ou

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