tjalfi

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   by tjalfi 10y ago

   My upstairs neighbor is quite noisy after midnight. I would like an alternative to sleeping pills or ear plugs.
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   by tjalfi 10y ago

   Reactive Extensions
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   by tjalfi 10y ago

   Here are a few questions that I was asked in a Microsoft interview: Write an interpreter for first order logic. Define an algorithm for reordering the x87 floating point stack.
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   by tjalfi 10y ago

   I document my programs in .c format.
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   Founder Stories (2007)(web.archive.org)

   1 points by tjalfi 10y ago|0 comments
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   by tjalfi 10y ago

   Alcohol use isn't an intrinsic quality of the legal industry but it might as well be. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736291/ The following excerpt is the first sentence of the conclusion.
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   Paranoid Programming – Techniques for Constructing Robust Software [ps](ftp.stratus.com)

   99 points by tjalfi 10y ago|26 comments
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   by tjalfi 10y ago

   Here are a few recommendations: Greenshot Open Live Writer System.Collections.Immutable PerfView If you want advice about how to use the framework then I would recommend Framework Design Guidelines.
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   by tjalfi 10y ago

   The dataset is at http://cp.match.com/en-us/singlesinamerica/pdf/2016-Singles-...
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    This reminds me of Les Earnest's story ( http://web.stanford.edu/~learnest/les/crypto.htm ) about being investigated for espionage as a teenager during WWII.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    I'll second the recommendation for djb software. http://perl.plover.com/yak/qmail/ has slides from a presentation about qmail internals.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    I've been using C# and .NET for about 18 months. Here are some of the books and other materials that I have found helpful. Framework Design Guidelines - how to design libraries that anyone from Jon Skeet to Mort can use successfully. T
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    I drink two cups of coffee and one cup of half decaf/half regular during the work week.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    This is a common (if not universal) practice for large law firms. My employer has software that enforces ethical requirements and triggers alerts when people open, export, or email too many documents.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    "SharePoint is like your ex - it's their fault not yours." I heard the line above from a Sharepoint consultant who worked on our intranet.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    I wish there was a book on Swift and iOS for experienced programmers that is about the length of K&R.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    Carlos Bueno's Lauren Ipsum ( http://www.laurenipsum.org ) is probably the next best thing.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    "On a beach in Mexico with a bottle of tequila, a girl named Juanita, and $5 million in embezzled funds." I saw the quip above on http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.162121.... and have been savin
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    Employees receive a substantial amount of money for training every year. Most people don't take advantage of it, though.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    It's called the Fundamental Failure-Mode Theorem - "Complex systems usually operate in an error mode". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemantics has more rules from the book. It's worth the read.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    The British had a 99 year lease - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a-lease-no-one-thoug... .
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    Here are a few ideas: Use an extensible compiler and targeted optimizations. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/automatic-algorithm-recogniti... is an excellent book on this topic. Use a cluster to evolve the best setting
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    I have an excellent example of this. I worked at a small technical training company in early 2001. We had an in house application which was used for scheduling classes. If you entered a trailing space the program would beep 3 times and disp
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    I respond to undismissable email popups by entering abuse@theirdomain.com as an email address. I'm sure their network operations team doesn't want to miss out on the incredible rewards.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    The Internet of Things will continue to be a tire fire.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    It may be a client requirement. Some of our clients require that only U.S. citizens have access to their data.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    Register windows help with code size but bring along other costs. http://yarchive.net/comp/register_windows.html explains some of the tradeoffs.
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    There is a similar quote in one of Poul Anderson's Flandry novels. "Crime is entirely a matter of degree. If you kill your neighbor and steal his property, you are a murderer and a thief. But if you gather together an army of lust
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    Here is my advice. First, decide whether you want to finish your degree or look for work. The opportunity cost of finishing your degree is much lower now, tuition rates will only increase, and it will open doors. Your department will have c
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    by tjalfi 10y ago

    The Yaron Minksy talk Effective ML ( https://vimeo.com/14313378 ) has examples of using pattern matching and algebraic data types.