kgroll

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by kgroll 16y ago
I'm surprised nobody has provided this link yet. Perl is Dead. Long Live Perl. http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/08/perl_is_dead_l... It's an essay from 2007, but I think it's still relevant today.
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by kgroll 16y ago
I'd be really interested in seeing the numbers from Buffet's assertion. Could you provide a link please? (Thanks!)
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by kgroll 16y ago
Persistent undo is my favorite new feature. The ability to close vim, reopen a file later, and then have all of the undo history still available is awesome. (Alternatively, I used to suspend vim instead of actually quit.) To turn on persist
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by kgroll 16y ago
Agreed. I'd be more interested in seeing average salary by region contrasted with the average cost of living for those same regions, which would identify the most economical places to live in the US.
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by kgroll 16y ago
How did you process/present that data after collection? Those look like Matlab plots - did you use it analyze the raw GPS data, or just use some GPS visualizer altogether? If it would be helpful to you, I'd gladly repeat this experiment usi
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by kgroll 17y ago
I've been wondering about this a bit lately. I've so far chosen not to support the iPhone OS for the reason you mention, instead favoring Android. However, I'm ultimately interested in serving my application to the largest number of people,
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by kgroll 17y ago
What operating system are you currently using? I just transitioned from Ubuntu to Gentoo, but now you've got me wondering if I have overlooked a better alternative.
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by kgroll 17y ago
No, this is just a miscommunication. I think she's saying you _should_ sit there and watch TV - as long as that's what you aspire to do. (Just to go along with that example) In it's purest form, I interpret her message as 'You should be ac
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by kgroll 17y ago
Not only is heel planting unsustainable for long distances, it is also extremely uncomfortable when running any distance. If you're planting poorly in forgiving, modern running shoes, you can get away with it. Switch to Five Fingers howeve
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Google Maps for the Indoors(readwriteweb.com)
3 points by kgroll 17y ago|0 comments
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by kgroll 17y ago
pmorici has good recs (XBee is especially fun), but the Arduino starter kit alone can be found here: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_i...
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by kgroll 17y ago
It's kind of out there, but there's a related scene in the film `Waking Life'. "What is interesting here is that evolution now becomes an individually centered process, emanating from the needs and desires of the individual, and not an exte
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by kgroll 17y ago
Can anybody comment on the xmonad and Google Chrome combination? Since I've started using xmonad, I find myself frustrated whenever I have to reach for the mouse. Browsing with Firefox is a joy when using the Vimperator extension, yet unfor
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by kgroll 17y ago
Sometimes people laugh when I say that I attribute much of my success in the workplace to my participation in running and cycling competitions. There are very few other factors I can point to that have had such a dramatic affect on my atti