Benjo

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by Benjo 14y ago
GDB's not the only debugger out there. I think the real limitation is lack of debug methodology in general. I've discovered numerous features of proprietary debuggers just by thinking "I wish the tool could do X" only to find out that it al
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by Benjo 14y ago
Me too. Though it's more expensive than flash memory, it can support a much higher number of erase cycles.
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by Benjo 14y ago
If you'd prefer to read something with more rigor: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=Z...
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by Benjo 14y ago
No, the binaries may be easier to disassemble, but it's still machine code. I don't have to include the assembly source if I don't want to.
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by Benjo 15y ago
Yes, in much the same way that any given number could be random, pseudorandom or nonrandom given its context, it can also be in violation or accordance with copyright law depending on its legal context.
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by Benjo 15y ago
Alternatively, they just spend more money to reelect those politicians until their positions switch. It's not like SOPA proponents won over those constituents to win the support of their reps. Or is this supposed to be a principled stand?
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by Benjo 15y ago
On his 12/13 post, he gave a floor. Presumably it's in the same ballpark as well. Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been paid by a large company to
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by Benjo 15y ago
Visible means "able to be seen." You can see things that emit or reflect light. Abstract concepts don't emit or reflect light. Real objects can only approximate a circle. The pedantic definition of a circle in this context is being used to
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by Benjo 15y ago
Then it's the photons that are visible. A circle is a set of points, and a point is an abstract concept. Having a photon centered on a point does not make the point visible.
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by Benjo 15y ago
Software is just massively complex. Some day, someone will come along with the resources to redo large parts of the technology stack "correctly." If they do it right, it may even be an improvement. But make no mistake, the investment requir
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by Benjo 15y ago
Yes, Joel is very funny, but not in an overbearing, obvious way. In an old essay on software specs [1] he states: one of the easiest ways to be funny is to be specific when it's not called for I've noticed that he does this a lot. All the
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by Benjo 15y ago
This may be a subcategory of "financial reasons," but health care is probably a big factor for a lot of people in the US.
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by Benjo 15y ago
There's an unanswered question on this in the class's internal forum: http://www.ml-class.org/course/qna/view?id=17
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by Benjo 15y ago
Brene Brown is a researcher who believes that true happiness can only be found in establishing meaningful, deep connections that leave you vulnerable. She has a popular ted talk here: http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.h
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by Benjo 15y ago
There is a website scraping based API for realtime data in for the Minneapolis/St. Paul area here: http://metrotransitapi2.appspot.com/ Source is on github
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by Benjo 15y ago
I'd love to see an rss feed on the pledge site.
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by Benjo 15y ago
Usually in this sort of situation you would withhold all IP until he's made good on his verbal agreement. Is that possible?
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by Benjo 15y ago
The two routes don't come to the same stop. I'm looking for an easy answer to "Should I wait on Hennepin or Nicollet?" without waiting for multiple pages to load on my phone. I'd definitely pay $1 if I thought the app would address those tw
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by Benjo 15y ago
I use it to check bus times on my way to and from work. There are two different buslines I can wait for, and no easy way to check which one will be coming first - I have to load each page and compare. Also, loading the site on my android ph
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by Benjo 15y ago
The Metro Transit system in Minneapolis/St. Paul realtime info: http://www.metrotransit.org/nextrip.aspx The timing isn't perfect, but it gives you good sense of "Is there a bus coming soon." I've been thinking about coding up my own UI a
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by Benjo 15y ago
You could just as easily say it should be " Software Design Secrets for Engineers" right?
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by Benjo 15y ago
It’s almost unheard of for a child to show up hungry or homeless. I don't see how this author can fail to make any mention of the vastly different demographics in Finland as compared to the US. Certainly the US system has problems, but ac
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by Benjo 15y ago
Related: Amy Hoy on "Help Vampires" http://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires/
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by Benjo 15y ago
Yes, I like nature sounding noises like beach or wind. http://simplynoise.com/ has decent brown noise.
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by Benjo 15y ago
I agree. I've had better results listening to white noise.
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by Benjo 15y ago
This or a hundred other solutions. There's no political will to do it, because designing more efficient systems does not get you reelected.
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by Benjo 15y ago
There are lots of things we could do to end the recovery. They won't happen because they are not in the best short term interest of the politicians making the decisions. Natural selection has weeded out the congressmen that make decisions
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by Benjo 15y ago
Discussions like this strike me as pointless. It's pretty easy to imagine a better patent system. We don't have one because incumbents who benefit from the current system have disproportionate influence over the politicians who could reform
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by Benjo 15y ago
I agree that feature wise, Google Plus has more overlap with Twitter. So why do people keep comparing it to Facebook? Because it feels like Facebook. The feeds seem like Facebook feeds, the mobile app seems like the Facebook app. Google a
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by Benjo 15y ago
Agreed. It's not ideology, it's partisanship. It's the illusion that it's okay for the country to suffer now, because it will benefit my party and after the next election my party will make up for it with the great legislation we will b

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