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by mathogre 13y ago
It was the nature of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries to spy on its citizens. We, the United States, were supposed to be better than that. We were, but we're not any more. It is our choice as developers, creatives, et al t
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by mathogre 13y ago
It's too fucking late. Government, we don't trust you anymore. You're not a part of us. For once, I'm ashamed of being an American.
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by mathogre 14y ago
No one would hire him today. Companies are risk averse, given the current economic/political climate. If you can't produce and "fit in", don't bother submitting your resumé.
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by mathogre 14y ago
So what you do is you "print" it to pdf and read it that way. It's worth the effort. The insights are pure gold.
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by mathogre 14y ago
I'll echo and extend that. It isn't about production. It's about the quality of the programmer and his/her ability to think. fizzbuzz is a good example. There are people who simply cannot do it. No matter how perfect the environment, th
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by mathogre 16y ago
If they support current Big Bang theory, they're all creationist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lemaître
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by mathogre 16y ago
Not only do I think the "project management" aspect is interesting, I think it is essential! I develop s/w in an R&D environment. My users are very specific about how they use information, but know almost nothing about s/w development.
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by mathogre 16y ago
No one here or on the original page seemed to consider they should design a Monopoly game on the net to be "fun." Especially since Hacker News is about and for entrepreneurs, it would seem natural to turn an idea like that into money. Mon
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Bill Amend is a Geek.(xkcd.com)
9 points by mathogre 16y ago|0 comments
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by mathogre 16y ago
Fastest doesn't always matter in a grocery check-out lane. Look for the cashier who appears to be a Mom. She's the one who won't crush the bread or put the big jar of spaghetti sauce on top of the egg carton at the last minute. Besides, t
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by mathogre 16y ago
No.
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by mathogre 16y ago
There's no boredom. After family time, I have two areas on which I concentrate. One is algorithms, though I'm stuck on an intractable problem at the moment. (I haven't figured the way to go around it yet. I will; it will just take time.)
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by mathogre 16y ago
...and one key body of lobbied law is called the Code of Federal Regulations or CFR. It is an Executive Branch body of law, "judicially noticed" and therefore unquestionable as to its legitimacy. Regulations are drafted by bureaucrats in
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by mathogre 16y ago
If you want to actually make this happen, read the book, "Parent Effectiveness Training" by Thomas Gordon. Get over the title and understand this is about active participation in a conversation with two people. You listen. You let the ot
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by mathogre 16y ago
Absolutely brilliant. Read this.
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by mathogre 17y ago
I used mawk a long time ago, but it became stale. Last version I used, I believe, was 1.3.3. It was excellent - fast and accurate. I crunch a lot of data, and it always outperformed gawk. I migrated away from it when it would no longer
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by mathogre 17y ago
The terrible thing about pot is that it makes you two things: lazy; and happy to be lazy. It quells the fire within. Pot may be fun and may feel good, but it keeps you from being anyone.
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by mathogre 17y ago
Brilliant article. (I work in ATC R&D.)
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by mathogre 17y ago
Mac OS X is what I use at home on my iMac and MacBook. At work I use Linux on compute servers for development and data analysis, and connect to the machines via ( cough ) Windows.
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by mathogre 18y ago
Hacker News is one of the places I go to "spin plates." In some ways it's a productivity enhancement inasmuchas I keep my mind active when otherwise needing a quick break. HN is also my primary tech portal. While I still visit slashdot, I
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by mathogre 18y ago
Two things: lots of risk and the O'Reilly book, "Learning Python." I work for a company and was running a research project in air traffic control worth ~$400K. I was the principal investigator. We were going to create a tool that would r
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by mathogre 18y ago
I'll simply use something paraphrased from Voltaire's story Zadig: "Be just and worthy of having friends." Do that and everything else will follow.
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by mathogre 18y ago
Congrats and Best Wishes to the both of you!!!!!!
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Distraction or Down Time a Part of What We Are? "Is It a Cheetah?"(stephanietolan.com)
2 points by mathogre 18y ago|0 comments
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by mathogre 18y ago
I use the net to spin up the brain before working, and I use it during the day to keep the brain spinning. My work can be boring at times, and checking the net - news feeds, email, forums - keeps me up. If I'm disconnected, then I'm still
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by mathogre 19y ago
"Basically, there is no indication that people with higher IQ are able to reach the top faster. We are finding people who meet the criteria for being skilled surgeons, chess masters, athletes or magicians. Once you start looking at what mak
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by mathogre 19y ago
I turned 50 last September. Ten years earlier I started playing with Linux and learned very quickly I knew nothing about Unix. In 5 months I was rolling my own kernels, mainly out of need; apmd wasn't in the default Red Hat kernel, and I
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by mathogre 19y ago
Yes it does make me happy. With any luck, those who wouldn't find parenthood a source of happiness and joy won't breed.
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by mathogre 19y ago
Learning Python is an excellent book. It is what I found most useful for learning the language. I bought and read many books, and this one is the best I found. Conversely, Programming Python sucks, even though both are authored by the sa
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by mathogre 19y ago
I find it ironical that Google, who bowed to the totalitarian control of China, is concerned about a MS/Yahoo! monopoly. To me, Google would have more credibility if they chose to not do business in China. "It's about preserving the underl

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