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Processing Lots of Text Files with Python(hundredminutehack.blogspot.com)
1 points by pcote 11y ago|0 comments
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by pcote 11y ago
"Choosing" is the keyword tricky phrase here. At my last job interview, the "what do you plan on doing 5 years from now?" question came up. After talking up things that interested me that could fill 5 years of time, he
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by pcote 11y ago
>> hosting is often one of the biggest expenses for early stage companies. I don't understand this claim, at least when it comes to services like Digital Ocean and Linode. Maybe it's a statement made out of selection bias.
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by pcote 11y ago
>> First, can’t practice itself blind us to ways to improve our area of study? Research reveals that the more we practice, the more we become entrenched — trapped in familiar ways of thinking. The only way practice traps you in famili
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by pcote 11y ago
Yes, you do need to be likable to get hired. Speaking as someone "born without social genes", I can accept this. In a way, this is a good thing for me. Getting a job isn't part of the equation. There is only one good reason
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by pcote 11y ago
Picture a visual arts world where all the art scouts were totally blind. To get a job at a studio, all you have to do is pass a multiple choice quiz and get the scout to like you. Your portfolio is not considered. That's what most of
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by pcote 11y ago
I don't blame these people for leaving. Self-governance is hard. Most kids are taught to obey their authority-figure teachers. They eventually grow up to obey their authority-figure bosses. So when a company like Zappos goes flat l
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by pcote 11y ago
Nobody is shitty here. Just human. Stupid things sometimes can slip into anybody's blog post, mine included. It doesn't take away the value of what you were communicating here about accessibility. I loved your post. The blind
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by pcote 11y ago
>> The stereotype of a programmer as a solitary eccentric who’s allergic to human company is unfair and inaccurate. As a group, we’re a very social bunch. I'm a disabled programmer too. In my case, it's autism so statements
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by pcote 11y ago
As I said, "things that interest me". Social clubs, traveling, and world historical landmarks are great if that's what interests you and I'm happy for people who enjoy those sorts of things. Learning new things is one
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by pcote 11y ago
The downside to "don't wait to do the things that matter" is what to do when you empty that bucket list early. I've covered the geeky bucket list stuff. (making video games, blogging, open source contribution, IT jobs,
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Code Scribbling with Fizz Buzz(hundredminutehack.blogspot.com)
18 points by pcote 11y ago|2 comments
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by pcote 11y ago
> However I do want to note that in general these things do have real concrete negative impacts on the bottomline of the organization. Not true. Sometimes, things that have concrete negative impacts can BENEFIT organizations. U.S. priso
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Using Decorators to Validate Flask Views(hundredminutehack.blogspot.com)
2 points by pcote 11y ago|0 comments
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by pcote 11y ago
Losing in that context is this. You concede with the skydiving instructor and drop zone safety officer that you aren't cut out for the sport. You walk away from it with body physically in tact and take up something else. At least th
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by pcote 11y ago
You might just lose indeed. But there are so many interesting things you can lose at, you'd be crazy not to take that chance. I've "lost" at skydiving, stage improv, novel writing, screen writing, foreign language acqu
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by pcote 11y ago
>> If something really is unnecessarily complex, better alternatives are likely to arise, perhaps suddenly. (This assumes people are free to choose alternatives, not prohibited by law, for example.) Not being free to pick alternatives
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by pcote 11y ago
Complication kills, not complexity. Complex systems are made up of simple independent pieces. Those pieces work together naturally often leading to new behaviors. Because they are independent, they can also adapt easily to changes in the
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by pcote 11y ago
If we were to start from scratch? Every kid should learn to be themselves. Let their individual educations naturally sprout forth from that.
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by pcote 11y ago
Not entirely true from what little I know about Haskell. Haskell might put MORE of the burden on the compiler but it doesn't put ALL of it there. The following generates a runtime exception. (not a compile time type error) head []
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by pcote 11y ago
The simplest thing English speakers could do is get rid of the spoken words for 10 - 19 entirely. But what would you replace them with? Tenty-one, tenty-two, ect? No. It sounds two much like twenty-one, twenty-two, and so on. Replacing t
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by pcote 11y ago
It's not so hard. The easiest way to start is with the place you live. You just pick out the most notable aspects of different parts of the rooms and start matching items to them. Like anything else, it takes practice. Over time, t
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by pcote 11y ago
I can vouch for spaced-repetition being an excellent training tool. It isn't just for words though. My uses for it range from individual terms to small training exercises. When I find a new solution to a problem I have, I often make
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by pcote 11y ago
What I like about SQLAlchemy is that it gives me a choice. I went with Core because I wanted the sense of security from building SQL queries with a library instead of out of strings. Since the ORM wasn't forced on me, I was able to co
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by pcote 11y ago
There were debuggers in the electronics shops that I remember. They were called multimeters. You debugged by deducing where voltage, current, and resistance levels were in your circuit. I've also made my share of brittle programming
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by pcote 11y ago
I think the name "Pixar in a Box" sounds like a neat play on words on the term "Particle in a Box" from quantum mechanics. Sometimes, it's called an "infinite potential well". So the title appears to come
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by pcote 11y ago
You can mutate closed-over variables in Python. Here's an example.... def some_function(val): def say_stuff(): print("message is: {}".format(val)) def mutate_me(new_mutation): nonlocal val
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by pcote 11y ago
At first, I was confused. The goal of most software projects is to cut costs and increase revenue for some line of business. How does bringing more women into programming help? I asked my wife this question. Her answer.... It achieves th
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by pcote 11y ago
What interests me the most is how some states seem to almost repel the kinds of startups that would post on HN. The northern midwest looks particularly bad on this map.
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by pcote 11y ago
Example from something I added today.... -------------------------------------------------- Front: Setup a flask view that requires basic authentication. Use the httpauth extension. Back: How did it go? ------------------------------------

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