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by AndrewO 13y ago
I especially liked the frantic-nerds-with-energy-drinks picture that this article painted in my mind. Top-notch reporting, Miami Herald.
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by AndrewO 13y ago
@jasonlotito did great job saying what I'd already planned on saying. I'll just add that it can be easy to write off signs, or to say you can cope with it, especially when one is successful. I was surrounded by clear ADHD cases gr
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by AndrewO 13y ago
Old, but good, and apropos given the Prop 8 and DoMA discussions in the US Supreme Court. While it uses gay marriage as an example, it's really good rundown of several things that may seem "fixed" in any database schema design problem and h
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Gay marriage: The Database Engineering Perspective [2008](qntm.org)
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by AndrewO 14y ago
Looks interesting, but can we get some background about why it's particularly remarkable? I haven't heard of the author, and though it's an interesting topic, there seem to be a lot of other textbooks in the same field. What's special about
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by AndrewO 14y ago
I feel like something similar could have been said about Xmonad. Yet, through its configuration and extension mechanisms, it's become a gateway for a lot of people wanting to learn Haskell. This niche isn't likely to fragment as long as it'
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by AndrewO 14y ago
I think the author and Armstrong have significantly different ideas of what a "type" is. That's not a huge surprise—depending on background, you'll often get several definitions from different people. One way to see types are things with fu
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by AndrewO 14y ago
Or, if the masters are too hard at first, see if their pupils have written annotations. I tried Turing, couldn't even understand why what he was talking about was important (or why his "computers" seem so much... lamer than the ones I was u
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by AndrewO 14y ago
I love Trello. I've been using it to plan my wedding. At first my fiancee was worried that it would add too much overhead. (She was never overly concerned that it was spectacularly nerdy to be using a software project planning suite—and tha
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by AndrewO 14y ago
I'm only a somewhat familiar with the geography there, but IIRC, it's similar to what's described here: "Cables almost never land in industrial zones, first because such areas are heavily traveled and frequently dredged, second because of p
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by AndrewO 15y ago
I put in a zipcode and it just took me to the same page I was on. Pretty page, but it didn't seem to do anything.
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by AndrewO 15y ago
Anyone else having trouble finding a good definition of "Structured Dialogic Design"? Apparently it's been used in the Cypriot peace process, but I can't find a good description of how it differs from "getting a bunch of people in a room to
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by AndrewO 15y ago
How would you describe the attention to craftsmanship of software in scientific computing? The most illuminating thing about Climategate to me was the state of the software: is this kind of code widespread? Is there interest in improvement?
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by AndrewO 15y ago
I'll admit I'm struggling not to anthropomorphize Spirit too much here. Maybe it's the face-like features of the mast mounted pan-cam. Maybe it's that XKCD strip from awhile back... Or maybe it's the compelling story of excellent engineerin
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by AndrewO 15y ago
I'm not sure why "encourage" is in quotes. If you mean, "inspire the next generation of city planners and architects to design places that people want to actually live" you're right. But I'm reading a more dismissive tone and I'm not sure w
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by AndrewO 15y ago
So any word on if it'll be closed or open when it's done? I wouldn't mind paying (especially if that would speed delivery of a usable product), but I'd be worried about it becoming abandonware a couple years later ( cough TextMate).
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by AndrewO 15y ago
I never realized this, but he reads like a very bizarre "Old Spice" ad.
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by AndrewO 15y ago
It never ceases to amaze me how "easy" everything is for Tom Friedman. Especially given his complete lack of any real experience. It was just a couple of months ago that he was talking about how "easy" it was to design a product in the US,
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by AndrewO 15y ago
As a bit of meta-commentary, I have to say: it's exchanges like the one's between you and jsdalton and you and pakeha that make me love HN. It's pretty rare to see such honest conversation and useful, constructive criticism both given and t
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by AndrewO 15y ago
First off, I think this is pretty well-reasoned. This part struck me as interesting: "I believe tests should be written in the language most natural for the problem... I have never coded my way through a surfing session." To take that a st
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by AndrewO 15y ago
Thanks, I've been looking for a crank adjustable base like this. The motor-operated ones seem overly complex for a task that could easily be accomplished manually and the OP's 2 person solution struck me as horribly inefficient.
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by AndrewO 16y ago
IIRC, Redis uses skip lists in its implementation of sorted sets. Good rundown of the data structure.
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by AndrewO 16y ago
Definitely not a new idea—I remember something like this running through the dorms in 2000. Still, it's a good example of using the existing notoriety to pivot and the Facebook integration is certainly something we didn't have back then. In
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by AndrewO 16y ago
Although I agree with the statement in general, I have to ask: is polarization really a good measure of declining quality? With ticket prices these days, maybe a higher percentage of audiences are more likely to think it was good so they do
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by AndrewO 16y ago
Jees. Talk about sour grapes... If EE wants to know why they weren't picked for the Q&A site pow-wow while StackExchange and Quora were, they should look no further than themselves. Let's take a look at one of their current top answers:
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by AndrewO 16y ago
You know, I reread what I wrote and it does sound like I was calling you out. Sorry about that. Let's just say Portland's awesome and if he gets a chance he should go. :)
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by AndrewO 16y ago
There's plenty to see in the Bay Area, but if you need to get out, there's a lot of natural beauty elsewhere. When I visited, I rented a car and drove down the Pacific Coast Highway[1] to Big Sur and it was absolutely amazing. Dramatic view
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by AndrewO 16y ago
Portland's one of my favorite cities in the country (and I'm a lifelong East Coaster) and it's definitely worth a visit. That said, if Stanford and Berkeley are in the mix, I don't know if any schools in Portland can quite compete.
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by AndrewO 16y ago
I know what you mean. Every time I hear something like this (but especially when it's within 10s of light years) I think "Time to bring back Project Orion!"
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by AndrewO 16y ago
In the discussion of the previous article posted a couple of days ago, a lot of people complained that he initially didn't provide source code of the tests or go into details about the Mongo's configuration. Some felt that as someone who's

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