thomasballinger

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A string of unexpected lengths(hackerschool.com)
45 points by thomasballinger 12y ago|6 comments
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by thomasballinger 12y ago
Basically it's great, and matches up well with bpython: I wrote up some comparisons at http://ballingt.com/2014/09/30/prompt-toolkit.html (bpython-curtsies author here)
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by thomasballinger 13y ago
Another facilitator here - I'm two weeks behind in responding to emails asking for feedback after being rejected, but I'm getting to them soon, and appreciate that folks are asking.
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by thomasballinger 14y ago
Would you send a note to admissions@hackerschool.com with the email you used on that application so we can sort that out? We certainly don't mean to ignore any applications, and if you didn't hear back by the date stated on the app when you
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by thomasballinger 15y ago
I get exactly this with white noise, subtle chime sounds on a pentatonic scale. It made me want to do the realtime frequency analysis to see if I wasn't imagining it.
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by thomasballinger 15y ago
I don't think it's a stretch though to call this "need-based aid for women" as Nick does in the post. The term is often used in this way by traditional educational institutions. I felt very fortunate to have the money lying around to take t
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by thomasballinger 15y ago
Thanks James - I remember reading that comment three months ago and being encouraged by it to apply, and it's been a stupendous experience so far. I was one of the lonely programmers Nick describes in the post - it's been fantastic to spend
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by thomasballinger 15y ago
After three years of writing CRAPL-worthy code at an academic institution, I'm convinced this needs to be required of academic research. I've made plenty of mistakes that could have dramatically upset experimental conclusions - I assert tha