sgdread

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by sgdread 10y ago
You must count the fact that computers these days were luxury and one simply cannot afford one like we do nowadays.
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by sgdread 10y ago
John Carmack?
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by sgdread 10y ago
$70 feels significantly overpriced: IntelliJ gives you full-blown IDE for $89. Switched to atom for simple text editing. IMO fair price is $15.
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by sgdread 10y ago
I usually prefer DejaVu fonts [1]. One of the best fonts for terminal and coding under free license. [1] http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page
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by sgdread 10y ago
I wish academia took more time to explain things in digestible way instead of dumping loads of dry papers in rigorous form. For instance, my life would be so much easier if I saw just this thing below [1]. Alternating current described in c
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by sgdread 10y ago
I read about this algorithm when playing with Hashicorp's vault. Very elegant solution to a problem. [1] https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/concepts/seal.html
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by sgdread 10y ago
There're random factors you can't control. Good example is post-partum depression. Every child birth is 20% chance; once happening, it can significantly change both partners.
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by sgdread 11y ago
You might harden policy files for Java process to prevent usage of Runtime. Not sure about any attack vectors, but I can execute linux commands. Also interesting that you allowed threads. import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOExce
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by sgdread 11y ago
There was a nice article [1] on how De Beers succeeded beyond even its most optimistic expectations in Japan: "Until 1959, the importation of diamonds had not even been permitted by the postwar Japanese government. When the campaign be
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by sgdread 11y ago
Some CEPs even have query languages which look very like SQL (Esper [1]). But... it's different: 1) it's push model vs pull in database (you toss data in meatgrinder and see outcome on other side as stuff goes in vs going to data
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by sgdread 11y ago
Another couple books for inspiration. I read them one after another (huge contrast in a way to run a company): - Brad Stone's "The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon" [1] - Richard Branson's "Everyth
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by sgdread 11y ago
I really liked Ben Horowitz's "The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers" [1] The book is not focused on failures, but it's full of really good advices on what to do when a comp
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by sgdread 11y ago
Very interesting way to start a blogging career: never learn about subject (SHA-1 and it's role in git), call creator moron and then rant on security issues with SHA-1 without realizing SHA-1 is just hash and has no security function i
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by sgdread 11y ago
The second Microsoft will try to lock down distribution of software from platforms like Steam and GoG to gain competitive advantage and profits, they will be sued by Steam, EA and other platform owners. Apple with 10 major book publishers t
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by sgdread 11y ago
The coolness factor points that it's a pretty nice art performance.
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by sgdread 11y ago
The chair he has in a picture (IKEA Markus) gave me a huge back pain also it is not very good at supporting you in 135 degree position.
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by sgdread 11y ago
I buy lots of technical books in early-access programs like MEAP from Manning and read chapter as they come. Since price difference between eBook and eBook+print is just $10, I usually buy paper book too (for backup). In MEAP chapters come
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by sgdread 11y ago
You can't avoid identity theft, because you not in control of all your data. Anthem/OPM/lastpass will get breached or Experian will sell your data, etc. etc. The only thing you can do - harden each line of defense avai
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by sgdread 11y ago
I can tell when I'm crossing 162bpm (I think it's my personal aerobic threshold). If my HR below that I'm recovering; above that - fatigue starts to build up. Also I can tell when it's above 171 - itchy feeling from lact
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by sgdread 11y ago
Threadmill lies to me pretty much all the time. In most cases it doesn't even work for me. Unless you have a medical condition, it is very unlikely that you'll get 180bpm from 5km/h walk (mine usually don't go above 150
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by sgdread 11y ago
My practical experience: optical trackers almost always lie to me when I do intervals training (though, I haven't tried expensive high-end dual-wavelength devices), while wet chest strap is pretty accurate. As instructions say: just pu
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by sgdread 11y ago
I liked old site: it was warm and fuzzy.
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by sgdread 11y ago
If there's no single language lock-in, then using polyglot approach, you can get best of both worlds: write DSL parts in Clojure and other parts in Java. We did this recently in one of our porjects (Clojure piece was responsible for in
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by sgdread 11y ago
To close standard libs gap, let's assume I have static functions for odd() and take() as well as Java8 stream APIs statically imported. After this, it looks pretty compact and readable: take(10, i -> range(0, i)
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by sgdread 11y ago
I had idea to use something like this in our test data, but then decided to use "John Malkovich" instead. Indeed, it worked really good when test system accidentally sent data to prod system: everyone was immediately alerted, but
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by sgdread 11y ago
If you're reimbursing personal licenses, it's actually violation if EULA [1] [1] https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/200544871-5-Ca...
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by sgdread 11y ago
Now you paying not for upgrades, but the fee to use. No payment - you can't use it.
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by sgdread 11y ago
The main difference is what happens after year term expires: - old model: you keep using latest version you paid; no new updates; - new model: you stop using the tool
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by sgdread 11y ago
It is "SORRY, OUR PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER PIXMAP"
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by sgdread 11y ago
The big question is how good was latency/jitter over that cable.

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