zedshaw

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961.
by zedshaw 17y ago
I don't have any money, only mouth. :-)
962.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Yes, the SEC has recently suggested that all banks encode their financial calculations in Python. But, tell your girlfriend that if she ends up working for a bank I will cry and take my book away from her. :-)
963.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Thank you, I hope it works out that way. I may do other books, especially since this is turning out to be easy enough to do. First though I need to write this one.
964.
by zedshaw 17y ago
While I admire the desire to immediately get a new programmer productive and into the industry where they can be a useful member of society, what you suggest would be for much later in their learning.
965.
by zedshaw 17y ago
I think it's great. It will be in the list of books to read next for sure, especially since it's free.
966.
by zedshaw 17y ago
If you do, take notes, and let me know every part they have a problem with. Usually there's some "magic word" or missing bit they didn't know, or that exercise is just total crap.
967.
by zedshaw 17y ago
I'd like to know what you think is less good.
968.
by zedshaw 17y ago
I'm actually looking for a simple editor that works on all platforms, doesn't look totally like ass, and is easy to use. I'll then change things up so people just install that. Basically a GUI cross platform pico would be perfect.
969.
by zedshaw 17y ago
My thinking is actually this: Python is a weird language that sits between C and Smalltalk It has odd idioms from C and strange constructs from Smalltalk which you don't really find in other languages. It's also very easy to type with a
970.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Thank you. Even though I complain about things, if I think I can fix it I usually do.
971.
by zedshaw 17y ago
You (possibly) think rhetoric should always be a cohesive proof and therefore fail at logic.
972.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Right, just put up with it like a REAL MAN! I'll shrug it off, and like a real man, bust out that masculine hand sanitizer just like mommy uses. It's not about just the cleanliness, it's about going out of your way to rudely put your damn
973.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Oh, my bad, I guess he just reduced scope until it worked.
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by zedshaw 17y ago
Yes, because a 10 paragraph rant full of hyperbole about something I found funny is totally a description of my mental health. Truth is, most guys are disgusting pigs. If you think that what I wrote is totally alright, then you're just p
975.
by zedshaw 17y ago
I prefer Emperor Nero as a good model of future-crazy-but-maybe-brilliant. :-)
976.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Well, you got loads of class dude. But you know what? At least my blog works: http://blog.jrock.us/
977.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Damn! I forgot to put that back in the headers. Thanks man, I'll add that.
978.
by zedshaw 17y ago
That's interesting, because I remember David working like a dog on Rails both before and after it became popular while also working on your applications. Sounds workaholic to me, so why didn't you fire him?
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by zedshaw 17y ago
Looking at your comments you like The New Yorker. I would respectfully say you are not in my target demographic. I'm looking for people who have something we like to call "a sense of humor". The problem is, the New Yorker has trained you
980.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Hey, using 7 dirty words worked for George Carlin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words Now, your rewrite is entirely boring and would make a horrible blog post. You may have a problem with "profanity" (are you 65?) but most of
981.
by zedshaw 17y ago
What version of Safari? I've done it on all the pages so far, but I'm thinking I'll have to get "creative" on that damn sm2 loading.
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by zedshaw 17y ago
I just fixed it for Firefox and Safari. It was a load order problem between flash and javascript (SM2 needs a stupid variable set so it can find it's flash plugin or it barfs). Try it out again.
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by zedshaw 17y ago
Actually it looks like I broke something since it was working a little earlier. Seems it only works on Firefox now. No chrome or safari. I'll fix it up tomorrow.
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by zedshaw 17y ago
That'll work, if you have access to 100% of the timings for 100% of the requests and can get that information without having your measurements also modify the results. Otherwise, it's just easier to do samples and then collect meta-statisti
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by zedshaw 17y ago
Don't hate the player, hate the game. :-)
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by zedshaw 17y ago
Alright, let's see you do better. I see in the comments you've come around to realizing that what statistics needs is more explanations that work for regular folks who have to apply them. Why not write your own blog post that's better tha
987.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Nope, that's not me. AlphaMonkey is definitely not me.
988.
by zedshaw 17y ago
Well, if your instructor is good at running the class you shouldn't be getting hurt any more than incredibly sore from using new muscles and some scrapes and bruises. Nothing broken or torn unless you aren't paying attention. Most of the
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by zedshaw 17y ago
I'd say that concept is much more on becoming and expert. Actually, he reference "Novice To Expert" at the end of that which should be a good indicator. But, don't ask me what becoming a master looks like.
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by zedshaw 17y ago
You didn't really read it did you? Your last sentence pretty much proves it.

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