svachalek

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by svachalek 14y ago
I wouldn't. Debugging js is quite easy, overall probably more straightforward than dealing with Xcode. And there are tons more choices in the js world, having both more developers and a more free-as-in-speech mindset. The big downside is th
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by svachalek 14y ago
Exactly. 1999 was a lot like now. In 2001, I was calling recruiters and they literally had nothing. It's nice to think you'll never want for work and you can run out and find a great gig whenever you feel like it, but in reality you never k
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by svachalek 14y ago
The odd part is not that they're willing to pay the recruiter, it's that they're not willing to pay the candidate.
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by svachalek 14y ago
I haven't seen any studies that guarantee the safety of wearing cotton clothing or rubber shoes, both of which have vague effects on electromagnetism as well. Not having any evidence that it's unsafe is good enough in my book. We've had a c
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by svachalek 14y ago
I saw discussion of this a while back but unfortunately can't find the original link. The essence of the argument boils down to the purpose of privacy settings on postings; the concept of an "everybody can see this except Bob" setting is co
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by svachalek 14y ago
Seriously, who else immediately thought of Dr. Evil demanding "one MILLION dollars"? Makes a good story but sounds bogus to me.
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by svachalek 14y ago
You've brought pachinko to mind: "Directly gambling on pachinko is illegal in Japan. Balls won cannot be exchanged directly for money in the parlor. The balls are exchanged for tokens or prizes, which are then taken outside and exchanged fo
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by svachalek 14y ago
I think part of the problem is that if you know what a Bernoulli sequence is, there's no need to read that. It's a useful abstraction for building things at the next level, but not for teaching things AT that level. (I have a EE degree and
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by svachalek 14y ago
Hmm, I often find myself using my phone in restaurants in ways that don't exclude the people I'm with (See this photo I took of you earlier? Oh I think that movie is playing, should I check the showtimes? I can stay a little longer, let me
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by svachalek 14y ago
But today I learned that #$x is not broken.
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by svachalek 14y ago
How exactly are they promoting a dinner arranged through their site as "unplanned"?