wsmith

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How to Criticize with Kindness(brainpickings.org)
2 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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by wsmith 10y ago
The new garbage collector should be based on well-researched and proven algorithms, together with a couple of thoroughly evaluated innovations, where appropriate. The real innovation should be in the specific mix of techniques, forming a c
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by wsmith 10y ago
>Things still felt very new then, like Christmas. The excitement and freshness was like that. > I had hit a ceiling in terms of what I was learning and I got bored, to be totally honest. I wish more companies understood how common thi
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by wsmith 10y ago
You may want to try using an ML algorithm called association rules, which produces rules automatically. Though acccounting for the sequence of events would be harder.
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by wsmith 10y ago
I once reduced the running time of a report from 45 minutes to 3 seconds (900x improvement) by moving the code inside the database. If a programming language wants to stay fast it must eventually become a database. I realize this is an unpo
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by wsmith 10y ago
A friend proposed another theory, inappropriate as it may seem. That it's a way to draw attention to Reddit needing to make money, and Steve, being the CEO, has to find a way to do it and take blame for it. If so, he deserves to be app
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by wsmith 10y ago
I don't see a Twitter clone getting enough users any time soon.
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Are you too old to be brilliant?(keithsawyer.wordpress.com)
2 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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by wsmith 10y ago
I want to get a job within 3 days, not 3 months.
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A benchmark to compare synchronization techniques for multicore programming(github.com)
11 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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Why Native Apps Really Are Doomed(medium.com)
10 points by wsmith 10y ago|3 comments
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On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit [pdf](journal.sjdm.org)
3 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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Top high-frequency trader Teza to quit proprietary trading(ft.com)
2 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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Tesla seals 2B Solarcity deal(bloomberg.com)
2 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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Self-awareness in social media(medium.com)
1 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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Get paid what you deserve throughout your career(paysa.com)
4 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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by wsmith 10y ago
by relaxing constrains, constant expressions became so powerful that a C compiler can be implemented in! I wonder how long it will take before C++ accidentally becomes a Lisp.
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Cointent: Sustainable Ad-Free Web(kickstarter.com)
1 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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by wsmith 10y ago
There are similarities. A database is also a way of processing data. For the kinds of processing both Spark and MemSQL do (e.g. join operation) is Spark faster than MemSQL?
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by wsmith 10y ago
Is Spark faster than MemSQL?
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Letter to my younger self(theplayerstribune.com)
1 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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by wsmith 10y ago
Quantopian will bill you immediately for the first month's subscription. How much does a month's premium data subscription cost?
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by wsmith 10y ago
Can you give an example of something you want this system to understand?
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MenuetOS(menuetos.net)
3 points by wsmith 10y ago|0 comments
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by wsmith 10y ago
No. I once used an obscure, powerful language that was the only language that offered a framework to solve a particular kind of problem. Other languages didn't offer it. It's probably because of how powerful the language was that
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by wsmith 10y ago
Also note Thiel added remarks to the article at the bottom, including: It would be absurd to suggest that women’s votes will be taken away or that this would solve the political problems that vex us.
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by wsmith 10y ago
> When you learn something, blog about it. People admire and trust those who educate others. So true.
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by wsmith 10y ago
Which is better, generics or macros?
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Bored people quit(randsinrepose.com)
3 points by wsmith 10y ago|1 comments
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by wsmith 10y ago
That's a little misleading. What they did well was keep the bot simple.

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