mduerksen

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by mduerksen 15y ago
Not a total lurker here, but I have mainly 2 reasons why I don't participate as much as I probably would/could/should... 1. Time. A discussion typically only lasts one day, and after that its mostly silent. Alongside my job, I simply can't
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by mduerksen 15y ago
Endure one single day of blacked-out Wikipedia and Google, and gain significantly better negotiation positions when it comes to our own law-making processes. To me, that's a small sacrifice that can be really rewarding.
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by mduerksen 15y ago
Their political careers need to end that day. I strongly hope this will happen, especially for the sake of non-US countries like mine. There are a lot of comments saying that the blackout should spare non-US countries as it does not affec
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by mduerksen 15y ago
Become a composer. Your orchestra will consist of hardware, platform software, programming, architecture, UX, design, images, sound and the general idea of the product. Don't isolate those aspects. Instead, let them influence, supplement an
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by mduerksen 15y ago
Two remarks: 1. Don't 'earmuff' your stopwords, since you don't intend them to be rebound. An according guideline can be found here: http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Library+Coding+Standar... 2. You could replace (remove nil? (map d
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by mduerksen 15y ago
I think you're onto something there. Maybe your thoughts could be generalized like this: Equity split should reflect the relationship of the co-founders. (EDIT: I just saw you already wrote almost the same) Friendship based on fairness ty
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by mduerksen 15y ago
"Why do people say that they trust scientists in general but part company with them on specific issues?" I don't think that's necessarily the case. The cited study only suggests that people trust scientists more than leaders of business o
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Your litmus test ist flawed: 1. Nitpick: What if all co-founders meet the criterion (i.e. the project would instantly die if he left)? Are all CEO's then? 2. Instant vs. delayed death: Lets say if A leaves, the project instantly dies - and
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Clojure can utilize all libraries available for Java, and all invocations of those libraries will have the exact same speed any java application would have (Clojure itself isn't slow either, but that's a different topic). I never attemped
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by mduerksen 16y ago
You'll have to restrict your servers to run Windows. That's something not everyone wants to do.
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Yes, they are, even if their style is not imperative but declarative. AFAIK, there is no formal (canonical) definition of a programming language, but the first sentence of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language pretty much nail
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by mduerksen 16y ago
With hurt, I meant physically hurt, thanks for letting me clarify. Updated my post.
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Yes, in Germany, open Holocaust denial is only one form of Volksverhetzung ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung ) The reason that this is punished is not stupidity. Publicly spoken words are never just an personal opininion, b
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by mduerksen 16y ago
This decision is not so much irrational rather than populistic: There are several upcoming elections this year. IMHO, this is the best explanation for the sudden change of heart of those who decided to prolong the duration of the atomic rea
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Absolutely yes. A new language opens up a new world to you. People who would otherwise consider you a ignorant tourist change their attitude towards you as soon as you greet them in their language. The more fluent you speak their tongue, th
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Well, in my case it's not a submarine, but a train. And yes, it is great advantage that I can freely make a branch with the new feature that I just started working on, without having to summon a meeting to let everyone know that a new branc
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by mduerksen 16y ago
> Can you do the same, if not better, job with alternate, less efficient tools? The question is: Is a tool just 10% more efficient or does it introduce a whole new quality of working with it? What do you do when your already delivered
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by mduerksen 16y ago
> Devs are generally bad communicators That's a myth IMHO, there is no evidence that this is true. Besides, I don't think the author claims that "users are stupid", but that they often don't take the time and diligence to make their c
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by mduerksen 16y ago
For similar reasons, every programmer thinks he is the top 1% - including me ;)
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Ignore a common misbelief, or actively fight against it? I would say: Get successful ignoring it, and then openly "admit" that you don't share that conventional wisdom. It can be very tedious, impossible or unfavorable to convince people
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Downvoted comments are greyed out, but possibly contained links stay black. This gives them (unwanted) attention, so they should be greyed out, too.
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by mduerksen 16y ago
I'm a great fan of pen and paper "programming". Each time I do this, I am amazed once more how powerful thoughts and observations can emerge by turning away from my laptop and rethinking the problem with most basic drawings and without the
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by mduerksen 16y ago
1) Split your work, so that you don't have to be in the same room all day. 2) Do spend time with your co-founder which has nothing to do with your startup. Watch movies, relax, have fun. 3) Have other friends who are totally different.
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by mduerksen 16y ago
That's not what the author seems to mean though: Clojure's exceedingly cool, but to understand it you need to speak lisp But I agree, an uncomplicated und "Java-free" IDE would be a great gain for a low-threshold start with Clojure. Cloju
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by mduerksen 16y ago
I definitely disagree that Clojure introduces "real world nastiness" which would prevent a beginner from learning it "the clean way". Clojures data structures are very elegant and easy to grasp (e.g. you don't have to think about pointers o
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by mduerksen 16y ago
This would actually be an interesting way to learn Clojure: Follow SICP, do the examples in Scheme/Racket and immediately after that the same example in Clojure (the differences should not be abysmal). At some point though, as Scheme and
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by mduerksen 16y ago
The author seems to think that Clojure has some conceptional complexity to it that is easier to overcome by doing a intermediate step with Racket. But in which way is Racket or any other Lisp an intermediate step? I had no Lisp experience w
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Based on my own experience, I would state 2 things: 1. Time will heal, there's no magic switch to make this undone. It's natural that your startup will suffer with you for a while. Just like raising money will occupy your mind, it's inevita
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by mduerksen 16y ago
Your customer tells you: "Yeah, the game is really fun, but a bit slow. It should run smoothly for the player, even though the internet connection is unreliable." A well-defined problem. But which one was hard: Stating or solving it? The at
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by mduerksen 16y ago
I recommend clojure. I'm teaching a friend of mine to program with clojure for the following reasons: 1) clojure is functional - Someone with math background will have no difficulty to think of computation as combinations of functions. And

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