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541.
by randlet 12y ago
Starting Strength stands out for me too. Starting a strength training routine has been a wonderful experience that I would highly encourage to everyone.
542.
by randlet 12y ago
"For weather, we tend to use whichever measure sounds more dramatic: Fahrenheit for hot summer days" Strange...I never hear that in Ontario! Whereabouts in Canada are you?
543.
by randlet 12y ago
"very year we take the company overseas for a month (on your own dime, sorry)" You make your employees pay to travel for work?
544.
by randlet 12y ago
A quarter billion dollars on a provincial software project. This is absolutely mind boggling. Between this and the Presto boondoggle[1] we are probably closing in on a billion dollars being lit on fire in Ontario alone. [1] http:/&#x
545.
by randlet 12y ago
I would be highly interested in knowing what the risk is for a population of mature riders, who wear proper gear all the time with 50000+ miles experience is. I'm sure my insurance company has the numbers on file...
546.
by randlet 12y ago
riding 4,000 miles a year for 40 years gives you a 4.2% chance of dying in an accident No, it doesn't give me a 4.2% risk of dying. That 4.2% (assuming your math is correct) is a figure for the entire population which doesn't
547.
by randlet 12y ago
Riding a motorcycle is not crazy. It is a risk/reward decision. The risk can be mitigated by always riding with gear (ATGATT - All The Gear All The Time) and making smart decisions about how & when you ride. For me the reward of b
548.
by randlet 12y ago
It probably varies. In my experience working construction this was absolutely not true. There was definitely some down time here and there but the majority of days we worked close to flat out from 7-4:30 (2 15min breaks + 30min lunch). D
549.
by randlet 12y ago
I hadn't seen that yet so thanks for the link. Amazing gains by him!
550.
by randlet 12y ago
kyllo, you didn't say exactly how long you did SS for, but it's my understanding that gaining even 20lbs of muscle in 6 months is virtually impossible: "Under the best possible circumstances (perfect diet, training, supplemen
551.
by randlet 12y ago
The MyFitnessPal app is great and includes a barcode scanner which makes it super easy to find the calories/macros for a big chunk of your food. It also allows you to set your goals for your macros (fat/protein/carbs) which
552.
by randlet 12y ago
It's pretty standard to use r as a position vector in physics.
553.
by randlet 12y ago
I'm only 34 but already I'm finding most developer job ads target much younger developers who like to work hard and play hard . At some point Beer Fridays, foosball and video games stop being appealing "perks" and ac
554.
Netflix refuses CRTC demand to hand over subscriber data(cbc.ca)
124 points by randlet 12y ago|92 comments
555.
by randlet 12y ago
I've had similar experiences with the opposite result. A number of times I've believed I've solved a problem with a eureka moment in a dream only to wake up and realize my dream-solution was complete nonsense.
556.
by randlet 12y ago
I don't have numbers to back it up, but I suspect there are a huge number of programmers who work in mega-corps where the office is empty by 5pm.
557.
by randlet 12y ago
Yes Ottawa is a great city but the climate is really bad (even when compared to somewhere as close as Toronto). The end of May/beginning of June and late Sept are usually ok... I must be one of those aggressive drivers because I can&#
558.
by randlet 12y ago
On the topic of IDE's, WingIDE has an interesting approach where you can add `assert isinstance(your_var, SomeClass) to the beginning of your functions to help Wing analyse your code[1]. It's more verbose than type annotations an
559.
by randlet 12y ago
We used a combination of Goldstein (a classic as another poster pointed out) and Marion & Thornton's Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems (which was good but not great).
560.
by randlet 12y ago
Me too. Lagrangian mechanics are almost the only thing about my physics undergrad where I still recall thinking "wow this is awesome!"
561.
by randlet 12y ago
Yes, very fond memories of using Turbo Vision in the late 90's came flooding back to me as soon as I loaded the page!
562.
by randlet 12y ago
I bought one but ordered too small a size so I'd be in for purchasing another if someone were to make this happen. It's a nice shirt and I want one that fits!
563.
Bringing Matplotlib to the Browser(mpld3.github.io)
3 points by randlet 12y ago|0 comments
564.
by randlet 12y ago
I don't currently have a use for this library, but I'm going to bookmark it anyways because it looks like a nice introduction to writing a module in C. It does something non trivial but still is simple enough to grok quickly. Tha
565.
by randlet 12y ago
Note you still need to convert your regex match to a datetime object which is likely going to add some significant overhead.
566.
by randlet 12y ago
You've got an off by one error in your link! http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000063....
567.
by randlet 12y ago
This would be hugely welcome at conferences for me! I'm hearing impaired and while I can usually hear the speakers (with hearing aids), I sometimes struggle to understand the actual words they are saying (poor speech discrimination)
568.
by randlet 12y ago
Ha...was coming to ask the same thing. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why there was so much activity on the shore of the Hudson Bay!
569.
by randlet 12y ago
Reading that just made me feel sick to my stomach and my heart goes out to the poor gal/guy that pushed "Go" on that one. Shit happens, but a screw up that big can be devastating to ones psyche.
570.
by randlet 12y ago
Yup this appears to be it. I just changed my password and can now use a longer password with special chars (no spaces though).

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