pachydermic

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by pachydermic 13y ago
Of course, that's just a corollary to "the future is hard to predict." Honestly, what group of people gets it 'right' with any kind respectable frequency?
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Weird post - he's definitely a smart guy, but clearly not an expert in this area. In fact, he sounds a lot like my dad. Why do we care what he thinks here? I am a big android fan, but I definitely see differences in quality between App
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by pachydermic 13y ago
I am lucky enough to have a "Safari books" subscription from my employer, so I have been able to look at some books - I know that one's supposed to be seminal, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Any other recommendat
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Awesome! For as popular as JS is, I've found it pretty difficult to find good tutorials and resources online for it. I guess I was looking in the wrong places? Google was just failing? My google-fu isn't as good as I think it is?
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Question: Why does Java have so many security holes? Is it really worse than any other language, or is it just so ubiquitous that it presents itself as a good target?
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/895/
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Sickens? I think it's kinda cool... Not sure if I'd like to see it on every page from now on, though.
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Wow. I'm really not sure if I'm going to renew my economist subscription. Things like this make me wonder if the paper is dumbing itself down. I haven't been a reader for long enough to know, but I don't want to pay $100
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Dude why the hell would you do that? If you have a family and stuff to look out for, you should definitely diversify your portfolio. It can't possibly be worth the risk! But if you're young and have no family... best of luck, man.
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Do those keyboards really make a difference? I'd be happy to try them and give it a fair chance, but I'm not okay with a 455 pounds gamble. The pedals look like a good idea (I'm an emacs user)... but they do seem pretty goofy
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Yeah, but I think his example of good code was pretty confusing. I still think it's a good idea to section off your code into smaller modules - each module should complete one 'step' of the process (whatever that means for yo
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Well the structure of the book is supposed to be like a JS Bach song - so in the end, what you get is a combining of all the familiar themes and sometimes it feels a bit repetitive and boring. But if you've read that far, it's wor
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by pachydermic 13y ago
No, man . You just don't get it! He's a master of the game . He's thinking 12 cards ahead and is going to uno your bishop with his Washington Post before you can even bingo your king of spades! It's so crazy it might j
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by pachydermic 13y ago
It's hard to find good, well thought articles that lack the sensationalism and ideological bias many of us (myself included) are more likely to click on/read. I can't speak to whether the news has always been like that (altho
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by pachydermic 13y ago
The H2G2-42 thing is pretty funny! On a more serious note... Can anyone shed some light on the hackability of this piece of hardware?
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Anyone could be nominated for the prize. It just means some guy wrote a letter to the committee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize#Nomination If I'm reading that correctly, any recognized professor co
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Anyone know who they're getting hit by yet?
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by pachydermic 13y ago
I'm highly suspicious of Mark Shuttleworth and the Canonical guys... hopefully that suspicion is misplaced. It's true that they've done an immense amount of good for desktop Linux - hell, I'm not sure I ever would have g
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Who cares about the gimmicks? Samsung galaxy s phones have generally good hardware compared to the competition as well as a few really important hardware features which their competitors don't have (all of the features at once, that is
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Interesting point. From my own experience, though... I'm doubting you. I really don't think these people see a problem with what they're doing and wouldn't care even if they did - so why would they ask for help? You&#x27
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by pachydermic 13y ago
I have seen some horrible shit. Terrible, awful, fucked up stupid undocumented code. I have worked in psychophysics shops (go figure). What makes you think it would be any better had they not used MATLAB? I actually like MATLAB. It really e
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by pachydermic 13y ago
We don't use simulink or anything like that - we just use the typical linear algebra stuff: Markov chains, finding eigenvalues, solving linear systems, etc.
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by pachydermic 13y ago
Here's what MathWork's website says: ---------------------------------------------------------- MATLAB® is a high-level language and interactive environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming. Using MATLAB,
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by pachydermic 13y ago
I really don't like the hate for perl. Sure, it's got some stuff which can be a bit difficult to understand at first, but that flexibility is nice when you just want to whip something up quickly. It reminds me of how people love t
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by pachydermic 13y ago
I'm just learning JS - I've had plenty of experience with more technical scripting languages, but I'm still a JS newbie. Is that a bad practice just because that kind of code is optimized for desktop use or is it just bad pra
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by pachydermic 13y ago
It is. I think the reasons for it are pretty simple: They didn't experience a huge housing bubble (like Spain) They don't have a big productivity problem (like Greece) Their government's finances weren't totally unsustainable (like Spain or