svrocks

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by svrocks 15y ago
that graph looks awesome. thanks for introducing me to flot also: http://future.rouli.net/?query=cubs win the world series
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by svrocks 15y ago
"ignorantly slam some code together and nugde it until it works" haha pretty sure I still do that most of the time...followed by rewriting everything and calling that "refactoring"
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by svrocks 15y ago
Does anyone else think it's a travesty that the AP Computer Science curriculum is taught in Java? Java was my first programming language and I've spent the past 8 years trying to unlearn most of it
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Poll: Standing Desk or Exercise Ball Chair
8 points by svrocks 15y ago|10 comments
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by svrocks 15y ago
Standing Desk
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by svrocks 15y ago
Exercise Ball Chair
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by svrocks 15y ago
Other
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by svrocks 15y ago
what do you guys think is better for long term health, an exercise ball chair or a standing desk?
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by svrocks 16y ago
ooh cool idea. you could also specify significant factors like gender, smoking/non-smoking, bmi, etc. Good excuse for me to get into arduino
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by svrocks 16y ago
After I discovered AirBnB I was hoping someone would implement a food-based version. Well done! I like the photosharing idea and your home page setup has that minimalist feel that's trendy right now. I'd get rid of the uninspired "Most Like
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by svrocks 16y ago
Agree completely, coding >>> poker although it is possible to merge the two by making a bot. Anyone curious enough should check out http://code.google.com/p/openholdembot/ that eliminates all the nuts and bolts of botting (scr
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by svrocks 16y ago
SICP: Enterprise Edition
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by svrocks 16y ago
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/brownie-husband... can this tide you over until that gets implemented?
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by svrocks 16y ago
We're not really in a bubble until Color.com (NSDQ: COLR) IPOs at a $500MM valuation and quadruples on its first day of trading. And then we're not REALLY in a bubble until Air.com, the leader in the social breathing space IPOs at twice tha
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by svrocks 16y ago
Hopefully this will drive X-25 prices into the $1/GB range for those of us that think reliable 350/100 MB/s read/write is already blazing fast
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by svrocks 16y ago
This was the first thought that popped into my head too. Gift cards exist because they mitigate the risk of an unwanted gift while also mostly avoiding the paradox of choice and the taboo of giving cash as a gift. A universal gift card woul
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by svrocks 16y ago
To try to answer my own question, I believe the asymptotically decreasing inflation in bitcoins is compensated by its increase in value against traditional inflationary currencies. For example, on the surface it looks like a bad deal to len
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by svrocks 16y ago
I really like the idea, but I have a question about how transaction growth can be sustained once all 21MM bitcoins have been generated. In order to support borrowing/lending IMO you need an increasing supply of currency. Otherwise where wil
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by svrocks 16y ago
Matt made assembly language and multithreading entertaining to learn and accessible for undergrads, which was no small feat. So those of you bashing his teaching need to step off
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by svrocks 16y ago
You don't have to go to college if you are self-motivated. I actually think it's detrimental because it fills the time and gives you an excuse for being lazy. "Oh but I'm going to school already, I don't have time to hack together X with al
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by svrocks 16y ago
the fancy boarding school i went to had a monopoly on book-selling. Every year students would pay full price for textbooks in the fall and sell them back to the bookstore for a fraction of the cost at the end of the year. I decided this was