coffeenut

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by coffeenut 15y ago
The theory behind the technical questions is not whether you can reverse a linked list, but rather: -Do you know basic computer science concepts -How are your problem-solving skills -Can you move beyond "obvious, yet flawed" answers
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by coffeenut 15y ago
I've tried and failed twice. However, I did gain one lasting benefit. I taught myself how to reliably fall asleep within 2 minutes. That's a pretty awesome skill.
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by coffeenut 15y ago
Same here, I've tried it twice and both times gave in about day 3. It's not that I couldn't physically stay awake, just that my resolve and willpower trended towards zero.
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by coffeenut 15y ago
If I calculated correctly, that's only about .0025% faster than c. Practical implications?
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by coffeenut 15y ago
Belltown actually is kinda sketchy at night these days. South Lake Union has a much safer, 'yuppie' feel to it. For something a bit quieter you might consider east of the lake. There are also some nice neighborhoods (not sure of prices) clo
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by coffeenut 15y ago
I live just south of Lake Union (2200 Westlake building). There are several condos around that have some rentals available. They'll be a much higher quality building than an apartment of similar price. If you want more of a social thing, th
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by coffeenut 15y ago
That's like asking 'would you ever pay for sex'? Lots of people do it, but nobody will admit to it.
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by coffeenut 15y ago
I for one love myself.
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by coffeenut 15y ago
Yeah, we can all take a bong hit and crank out some pseudo-science babble. Doesn't make it HN-worthy.
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by coffeenut 15y ago
Woohoo, you mean all I need to do is carry around a 175lb antimatter backpack and I can float free! ;)
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by coffeenut 15y ago
FWIW, parts of Windows Server 2003 were written at Starbucks ;)
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by coffeenut 15y ago
It's great that he posted this. Most of us may not agree with his philosophy, and have questions about his basic technical and leadership competencies. But right or wrong, he's being very transparent about their hiring and development phil
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by coffeenut 16y ago
"The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World" - Niall Ferguson
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by coffeenut 16y ago
Oh, can't believe I forgot about Egan. Definitely mind-bending. Good call.
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by coffeenut 16y ago
The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell. Hands down one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read. Oh, and anything by Neil Stephenson (except Zodiac).
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by coffeenut 16y ago
This is decent basic advice for generic advice on landing a job at any number of tech companies. His advice on how to answer questions, however, fell short. Just saying "I don't know" to questions is a sure-fire way to terminate the interv
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by coffeenut 16y ago
I don't know, but just thinking about it gives me a piloerection.
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by coffeenut 16y ago
Leverage existing equity as collateral and purchase one or several investment properties (very carefully of course). There are some incredible deals to be found right now.
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by coffeenut 16y ago
God I sound like a preachy SOB :)
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by coffeenut 16y ago
Replace the soft word "warez" in your description above with "stolen property" and it might help make the issue less morally ambiguous. It's theft, plain and simple. Why would you want to work for them? If they believe this is ok, it's on
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by coffeenut 16y ago
I hear where you're coming from. I'm actually surprised at the 30% efficiency number; I would have guessed more like 5%-10%. I suppose it varies by industry. I expect minimum-wage workers are more efficient (they're almost always doing wh
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by coffeenut 16y ago
It is not a fixed constant, however, but rather a cell in a spreadsheet linked to any number of continually fluctuating economic indicators. :) It currently sits at around $20 million USD.
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by coffeenut 16y ago
Marshall Brain, the founder of HowStuffWorks, wrote a short story taking just this topic to its absurd conclusion. The first part of the story begins with the elimination of this sort of inefficiency by using relatively dumb software to m
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by coffeenut 16y ago
You know, they start waking up at around 1 Petaflop.
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by coffeenut 16y ago
Stupendeous. Absolutely life-changing. My wife had it done about 5 years ago. She went in to do Lasik, but due to thin corneal tissue had to go with PKR. She could barely recognize my face from a few feet away. Now she has 20/20 vision.
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by coffeenut 16y ago
Hmm, this might be a good way to look at it (or it could be wildly inaccurate!). 1) Assume for the sake of argument that your friction through the air is the same as your friction of sliding on the ground (this isn't very accurate, and is v
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by coffeenut 16y ago
The key point that's missing in this headline is that it attains that speed 'directly downwind'. Going crosswind is easy to attain speeds like this. The confounding 'magic' is that it can do this directly downwind. As a mind experiment to
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by coffeenut 16y ago
I agree with a couple of points in the article regarding scalability and inconvenience. However, there are a couple of points that aren't real blockers: 1) employees handling your smartphone - In reality, the couple of times I've tried thi
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by coffeenut 16y ago
I've always thought something like turtle graphics (e.g. http://www.sonic.net/~nbs/webturtle/ ) is a neat way to teach kids programming/algorithm basics. It's simple enough to understand the basics, yet powerful enough to be engaging enoug
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by coffeenut 16y ago
It's a conundrum. I have noticed the factory-line feel and don't like it. I do like getting my coffee quickly, however. There doesn't seem to be a lot of consistency with process between Starbucks stores, so I don't think this will last.

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