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by msluyter 15y ago
Agreed. For a newcommer, the question "which framework is most worth my time investment" has has become rather daunting. Seems like the safest choices are the big ones like Rails or Django, but there always seems to be something tempting an
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by msluyter 15y ago
Heh, neither, but I'm pretty sure I got it (or terms like ObJoke) from some usenet group back in the day.
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by msluyter 15y ago
It saddens me to see that sugar costs less than fat. ObReference to "Good Calories, Bad Calories."
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by msluyter 15y ago
Note: I got a google malware warning when clicking on this link.
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by msluyter 15y ago
The author doesn't seem to be taking into account the fact that the "work" involved is front-loaded at the moment, because everyone's joining G+ simultaneously. Once a certain equilibrium is reached, our circles won't change that rapidly ov
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by msluyter 15y ago
Amazing predictions, IMHO, except for the last one: The study also predicted a much greater diversity in the American political power structure. ''Videotex might mean the end of the two party system, as networks of voters band together to
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by msluyter 15y ago
What I especially hate is that where I work, executives will send out e-mails about something with the body "please see the attachment about blah" and then include the actual message content in an attached word doc . On the upside, I've le
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by msluyter 15y ago
I agree, and I disagree with their rationale. IMHO, just because every line of code is covered by a unit test doesn't imply that the product is adequately tested. Errors can occur at more systemic levels via integration of well tested compo
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by msluyter 15y ago
I'm curious if you have any evidence to back up your assertion that high end restaurants are calculated in the averages? In any event, this generates a more detailed breakdown: http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/savings/moving-cost-of-l..
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by msluyter 15y ago
The idea that New York cost of living is much higher is just false. You can sacrifice a bit of space and maybe the location and pay the same amount as you’re paying now. This seems objectively false. By definition, if it costs more to buy
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by msluyter 15y ago
I have a question for anyone out there who understands the domain: in the pre-iPhone days, how much would you have paid for the separate instruments that this app simulates? I'd have to guess at least a few hundred bucks, right? It amazes m
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by msluyter 15y ago
I recently got a combination sit/stand desk and I feel that when I stand I tend to move more overall, however, so "motionless" might be less of a factor. I sway back and forth a lot, or rock on my heels slightly, etc... I've found that brea
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by msluyter 15y ago
Marshall Brain wrote the very interesting (IMHO) "Robotic Nation" in the exploration of your question: http://www.marshallbrain.com/robotic-nation.htm And, to save time, here are the standard HN responses: 1. Marshall Brain commits the Lu
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by msluyter 15y ago
I agree, in particular, that the image of how the stack works is critical for really understanding the problem. The hotel analogy is nice, but doesn't help much in generalizing or extrapolating to other issues.
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by msluyter 15y ago
I'm surprised to see that Oracle even has as many mentions as it does, given how rarely you read about it here on HN. We're locked into it at my workplace, and every time I'm reminded of this PG quote I cringe a little: "The more of an IT
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by msluyter 15y ago
Am I alone in thinking that -- whatever their merit, generally -- these techniques will be far less effective in mathematics courses? You could write out a one page note compression for, say, calculus, but then still be unable to solve word
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by msluyter 15y ago
I know that's an off the cuff one-liner, but this idea has gotten some serious consideration. Particularly vis a vis the availability of online porn and the decline in rape. For example, the paper "Porn Up, Rape Down": http://papers.ssrn.c
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by msluyter 15y ago
I don't see how this is particularly inherent to new programmers. I feel that 90+% of my code is either glue code or mucking with configurations.
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by msluyter 15y ago
The company I work for tried incorporating Groovy into several of our projects, but we started getting random permgen JVM crashes as a result. I believe this is due to the large number of classes it creates behind the scenes. This left a ba
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by msluyter 15y ago
I think the general aversion to nuclear is explained in part by our tendency to overestimate the risk of rare, catastrophic events and underestimate the risk of everyday events. This is precisely why we tend to fear flying more than driving
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by msluyter 16y ago
Your post brought back some memories. I'm also an ex-classical musician (flutist) who made a similar transition, at a similar age. I was half-way through my master's degree, actually, when I decided to switch to CS. I think I got my first a
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by msluyter 16y ago
FWIW, I find myself up/down-voting less without the scores. I guess I mostly tend to vote to rectify imbalances. If a comment has a lot of upvotes already, I probably won't upvote (I figure once it's near the top, it doesn't matter much any
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by msluyter 16y ago
What are the castling rules in this variation?
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by msluyter 16y ago
But didn't these studies control for exercise? But now, researchers are beginning to suspect that even if you engage in regular exercise daily, it may not be enough to counteract the effects of too much sitting during the rest of the day.
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by msluyter 16y ago
Is the intended formula "make something unpleasant palatable by pairing it with something pleasant?" Because I think the effect is actually "make something cognitively challenging even more so by pairing it with powerful distractions." I al
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by msluyter 16y ago
In answer to her question ("what does it mean to be educated"), Robin Hanson, an economist/blogger, suggests: The claim I’m most confident of: school is mostly not about the material taught in classes. I’m less sure to what extent it is ab
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by msluyter 16y ago
Python is often recommended, and a great starting point is Zed Shaw's popular "Learn Python the Hard Way:" http://learnpythonthehardway.org/index
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by msluyter 16y ago
<joke> Good: comments I agree with. Bad: comments I disagree with. </joke> And if I left it there, I'd rate my own comment poorly (#2, below). So, now I'll try to be serious: 1. Comments I consider to be high value tend to r
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by msluyter 16y ago
Not sure if this was your issue, but we started using a little Groovy in some of our webapps, and started getting Tomcat crashes due to running out of java permgen space. I believe this is a side effect of Groovy's meta-classes. I think all
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by msluyter 16y ago
Actually, if you read his blog, you'll find lots of articles that, at least indirectly, indict rice (and basically anything that spikes your blood sugar, which includes all grains). For example: http://www.heartscanblog.org/2010/07/what-in

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