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by lloyd-christmas 8y ago
> I see a lot of people using homebrew. The major reason I don't use homebrew and don't recommend it is because it's an absolute pain to use a version manager due to where brew stores its binary files. I don't use pyt
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by lloyd-christmas 8y ago
> with some (considerable) effort disclaimer: I haven't read the book and am not sure if this is mentioned anywhere. What helped me when thinking about functional design in javascript was realizing that all js functions actually onl
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by lloyd-christmas 8y ago
> I bet you don’t use the graphical installer on your Mac though do you? Your mind reading skills are terrible. I'm not sure who or what gave you that impression. EDIT: Again, from the node site, clicking on install with package man
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by lloyd-christmas 8y ago
One reason is that there are kexts specific to each piece of hardware as well as the osx version. With 3 primary hardware components (mobo/cpu/gpu) there are countless combinations to put together. When I set mine up, I couldn&#x2
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by lloyd-christmas 8y ago
There are plenty of reasons beyond money. Some people have multiple computers. I don't feel like being forced to buy apple hardware just to keep my home and work dev environments the same. My custom desktop dual boots windows and osx w
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by lloyd-christmas 8y ago
> Node.js I'm not sure where your downloading your software, as there is (and has been for at least the last 4 years) a graphical installer on the downloads page for osx: https://nodejs.org/en/download/ Ma
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
For the languages I've used (Node and Python), I'm just comparing the ease of finding documentation on the language homepage. A typical flow is: Homepage > docs > reference/api Node is very straightforward: https:&#x
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
I'm coming from working in Typescript in Nodejs for the last 3 years and I've found it incredibly approachable. It's possible that it's because OOP is less prevalent in JS compared to the ones you mention as well as the
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
Likewise, I grew up in Scarsdale. Very few of my friends work withinin the same industry. Excluding a few people in finance, I'm working through my group of friends in my head and everyone else works in a different industry: publishing
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
> the MTA is kind of shit The organization, sure. However, the transportation complaints seem to be more of a publicity stunt than anything^. I've lived in NY for 30+ years, NYC for 10 of that. Excluding a few subsections, public t
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
In my last 4 years of working in node, I've had this issue once. I think you people need to pick better dependencies.
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
> When somebody buys something because they expect to sell it later at a higher price I guess I should dump my AMZN, GOOG, and FB stock. I can't believe what I could have been thinking when I put money in such a speculative product
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't back-propagation one of the major techniques in the AI of the 80s? It's 90% of mainstream AI today. Activision was one of the major publishers prior to the video game crash. Today it has th
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
Their comment is based on historical facts, making it apples and oranges. Your speculation has no substance, but is 'absolutely' true? I'm not sure I follow that logic.
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
> This is the reason organizations exist to regulate things around trade It's worth noting that every industry suffers from fraud. In the insurance industry, it's estimated that 10% of expenditure is fraud-related. 5% of americ
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
That article doesn't support your assertion. Those are overall exit polls, not polls of swing states. The swings states are the only meaningful measure of comparison as to "why he won". The middle class are doing very well in
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
Do you have a source for this? Historically, republican voters are both poorer and less educated (which in and of itself has class implications). However, none of those demographics are relevant if they are all located in solid red states.
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
Which deregulation? The data in this study is from 2015-2016.
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
> which is why they will NOT send their kids to these schools, instead opting to self-segregate and send their kids to private schools Blue states still have better public schools than red states https://www.usnews.com/ed
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
> Not to be flip I grew up in Scarsdale, your comments definitely aren't foreign to me. > those who live in the nyc (ny) burbs subsidize your mass transit The problem I see with this is that I struggle to consider it "your&q
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
I take the L every day from Graham to 6th at 9am. I very rarely have to wait to get on a train and the delays aren't more than just being slower compared to off-hours. I can understand a frustration trying to get on a train if you live
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
Living in NYC, I haven't driven a car in 3 years and haven't even renewed my driver license for 2. I still manage to go hiking during summer weekends and skiing during the winter. Accessibility really isn't the issue. I think
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
The cowry was used as an international currency for thousands of years and wasn't backed by any government. All it was was seashells that were a limited supply resource. In major usage, it was used all the way from Africa to Hawaii. I
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
> Even better, I should sell just a paper (well, an electronic one) stating you own some thin air. http://www.airrightsny.com/ In concept, it's obviously not the joke you're making. In practicality, it's e
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
"Bitcoin is Tulip Mania" is the Tulip Mania of 2017.
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
"over 20 years, a three-megawatt wind turbine can deliver 80 times more energy than is used in its production and maintenance." [0] Beyond that, Steel is 100% recyclable^, and that accounts for over 65% of US steel production. R
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
Interestingly, Wyoming is actually the worst pick of any state that they could choose. As of 2013[0], it was second in the nation (New Jersey) in balance of payments with the federal government (give more than take). It was one of only two
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
Definitely, but when is the last time you interviewed a PhD? If so, did you give them technical questions? The comparison is between practitioners, not academics. Beyond that, other industries DO use technical interviews. My entry-level i
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
My comment: > a similar article complaining about technical interviews From this article: "The interview will be 8 hours long and will include meeting our entire staff, as well as some practice problems to determine your problem-so
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by lloyd-christmas 9y ago
I wrote this a while back on a similar article complaining about technical interviews: Med school is difficult. An internship is difficult. A fellowship program is difficult. Undergraduate degrees are a rubber stamp, CS included. There are

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