motxilo

17 ms·

121.
by motxilo 16y ago
"There is nothing unfixable but death". Bullshit, mom.
122.
by motxilo 16y ago
I'd say that applies to inspirational movies also.
123.
by motxilo 16y ago
War Games
124.
by motxilo 16y ago
"Dying Well" by Ira Byock. It shows me every time that nothing in life is important if you walk alone.
125.
by motxilo 16y ago
I was expecting some application of the Lay of Diminishing Results to node.js. Neat slides, anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminishing_returns
126.
by motxilo 16y ago
No, the JMM specification is not vague. Abridged, it provides a minimum set of guarantees in terms of data visibility between threads -happens-before rules- that the application programmer can expect. Think of it as an abstraction layer tha
127.
by motxilo 16y ago
Agreed. It's hard to discern the real value of using synchronized methods vs synchronized blocks when you end up reading: "Creating the synchronized block yielded 16 lines of bytecode, whereas synchronizing the method returned just 5". As y
128.
by motxilo 16y ago
In my case, I am currently working through SICP (mid Chapter 4) and I use a highlighter to mark the key concepts presented in the book. Once I'm done with a chapter, I have a Google spreadsheet where I maintain lists of the concepts explain
129.
by motxilo 16y ago
SICP and The Selfish Gene (R. Dawkins).
130.
by motxilo 16y ago
"How to design programs"[1] might be a good fit for you. There is a detailed justification for it in [2]. [1] http://www.htdp.org/ [2] http://www.ccis.neu.edu/scheme/pubs/jfp2004-fffk.pdf
131.
by motxilo 16y ago
1. Reading SICP. Doing all the exercises. 2. Doing my bed on a daily basis.
132.
by motxilo 16y ago
Practice some team sport.
133.
by motxilo 16y ago
That's really helpful. Thanks!
134.
Ask HN: Study Roadmap
2 points by motxilo 16y ago|2 comments
135.
by motxilo 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1711179
136.
by motxilo 16y ago
"What you'll wish you'd known", by Paul Graham, intended for high-schoolers: http://paulgraham.com/hs.html
137.
by motxilo 16y ago
One of the great things you can do to make some friends when moving to a new location, is practicing any kind of team sport. This alone can make up for any other socializing issue you may have, e.g. language.
138.
by motxilo 16y ago
While I get my hands on a new technical book, I keep all the new terms and concepts that show up in a Google Docs document, just a list of them. Every now and then I take a peek at such list. It helps me increase and/or reinforce my knowled
139.
by motxilo 16y ago
"The PERFECT practice makes a man perfect".
140.
Swapping two variables(ticsblog.com)
2 points by motxilo 17y ago|1 comments