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by jperras 16y ago
Any resume that has been compiled to a PDF from LaTeX would score major points in my books. It's not that it requires an incredible amount of skill to do so (not to mention that there are quite a few templates available), but it does show t
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by jperras 16y ago
When there's a listing that states "X 1/2", it means that there are X rooms in the apartment. A 4 1/2 is usually 2 bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen area - the ad will usually indicate if this is not the case.
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UTSUP: Simple Team Awareness(utsup.com)
8 points by jperras 16y ago|4 comments
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Monocle - An async programming framework with a blocking look-alike syntax(github.com)
55 points by jperras 16y ago|14 comments
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by jperras 16y ago
"The first fully production-ready nonrelational, or NoSQL, database, called CouchDB [...]" It's amazing how little research went into that first, very bold, statement. There have been quite a few non-relational datastores that have been rel
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Lisphp is a Lisp dialect written in PHP.(github.com)
110 points by jperras 16y ago|107 comments
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by jperras 16y ago
HN is, in part, one giant job board.
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by jperras 16y ago
The Markov Chain: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/sqg/dads/HTML/markovchain.htm...
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by jperras 17y ago
I feel like this is a common argument against homebrew, but have yet to encounter a situation where this was actually an issue.
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by jperras 17y ago
I've been using git-up ( http://github.com/aanand/git-up ) for a while now - it takes care of rebasing _all_ of your tracking branches, as well as stashing & unstashhing any local, uncommitted changes you may have lying around.
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Eric Brewer (CAP Theorem) Joins Basho Board of Directors(basho.com)
5 points by jperras 17y ago|0 comments
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Javascript in your Erlang(davispj.com)
52 points by jperras 17y ago|4 comments
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by jperras 17y ago
An older but more thorough analysis may be found here: http://discovermagazine.com/2003/oct/featscienceof
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by jperras 17y ago
git log --graph (as of git 1.6.3) For some additional horsepower (not necessarily related to viewing merge histories), you can install Tig: http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/
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by jperras 17y ago
I've used GitX on and off, but I have yet to find a feature compelling enough to use the graphical interface over the command line. The search feature is probably the most useful, but there's not much there that can't be hacked together in
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Magnetic Monopoles Detected?(sciencedaily.com)
29 points by jperras 17y ago|8 comments
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by jperras 17y ago
A combination of Instapaper for PDFs and the like, with Delicious for everything else.
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Infiltrating a Botnet - A Conversation With a Botmaster(cisco.com)
126 points by jperras 17y ago|21 comments
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by jperras 17y ago
Scientific software development is something I've considered, and it's becoming more and more appealing as a possible alternative to me. However, I'm not very familiar with the current players in that industry. Do you know of any companies
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by jperras 17y ago
You're being slightly presumptious about me not having 'actually finished or built a damn thing, academically or professionally', regardless of whether or not that claim is true. I never once stated that I was disappointed with my accomplis
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by jperras 17y ago
Note: since the comment I'm replying to has been modified a few times, my above comment doesn't make much sense.
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by jperras 17y ago
I played the trumpet, classical and jazz, for 8 years. Sadly, I haven't had the time to play much as of late.
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by jperras 17y ago
I've been considering that as well. It might be the only way I can fit in the time I would like to devote to more academic pursuits.
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by jperras 17y ago
I never considered either of those, actually. I think reading & interpreting results from academic papers and posting 'distilled' versions to a blog would actually be pretty good, especially since I'd (hopefully) get some constructive c
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by jperras 17y ago
I never purported that my life was special - I only stated facts relevant to the discussion that I was attempting to create. Believe it or not, I am acutely aware of the fact that I lead a mediocre (albeit enjoyable) life, and I'm trying to
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by jperras 17y ago
I actually have 3 credits (equivalent to one class) in a non-science related field left to my degree, which I will be finishing in the next semester. Most of the classes I took were honours level, and my GPA was quite average. My grades suf
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by jperras 17y ago
In university, you're not paying for your seat in the class, but rather for the opportunity to write the exams and get a grade (save for lab-oriented classes, where equipment and materials are limited). It's quite easy to simply walk in and
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by jperras 17y ago
You're probably quite right. I guess that, as someone who has spent most of their teenage and adult life absorbing knowledge at a very rapid rate, it's both new and slightly disconcerting to know that I simply have less time to _learn_.
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Ask HN: Staying Sharp
53 points by jperras 17y ago|70 comments
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by jperras 17y ago
lifetagg.com evrware.com merberati.com nerderat.us yasurl.com I must confess that I registered all of these domains while intoxicated. [edit: spacing]

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