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by echohack 12y ago
...and I'm surprised there's a whole section on using recursion in Python, considering Python guards against recursion depth. (tail recursion is especially applicable here). The author seems to have a solid understanding of Python
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by echohack 13y ago
Here's an experiment: Get a random set of pie charts without labels on them. Get a large group of people. Now get those people to go through the pie charts and add what % of the pie chart they think each slice represents. Now, get a se
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by echohack 13y ago
As a computer scientist, it's a joy to discover when you're wrong about things. So I'm enjoying being on the wrong side of the discussion for once, because I'm learning lots. Thank you for your replies tptacek, I've
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by echohack 13y ago
I want to call particular attention to the author's point about Apple's pie chart. Not only is Apple's pie chart used for telling lies here, I would argue that all pie charts are used for telling lies. The only thing a pie
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by echohack 13y ago
Apologies. Perhaps I'm being a master of the obvious here, so I'll restate more simply: When people try to implement security without actually thinking about what the system is doing, it creates weaknesses in the security, not due
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by echohack 13y ago
On the contrary, "It has not been broken" is exactly what I would expect a programmer to say. If the security of an algorithm is weakened, then it's important to evaluate the use of the algorithm and make efforts to implement
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by echohack 13y ago
Put the documents on bittorrent and let the world mirror it for you.
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by echohack 13y ago
Experienced Twitch streamer here. I've been streaming for almost 2 years now to Twitch. On Profitability: In the gaming space, it's all about the sponsorships. Yes, Twitch ads are going to be nice cash for them, but I would ultima
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by echohack 13y ago
The reality is that you need BOTH. This is how modern news articles are written: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/24/4698382/second-lifes-stran... Some people will skim and get the information. Some people
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by echohack 13y ago
This plugin is actually really nice. Thanks, this will help. :)
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by echohack 13y ago
This looks really awesome. We use Jenkins heavily for deploying applications from build all the way through production. I'll look into this and see what I can get out of it.
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by echohack 13y ago
You can track changes in Jenkins configurations?
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by echohack 13y ago
This is a great illustration that demonstrates why gasoline engines NEED to die and be replaced by better, more efficient engines.
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by echohack 13y ago
The huge problem with this suggestion is that society is built around the idea that you have a "High School Diploma" and a "College Diploma", so just up and quitting school isn't a good solution. I think the best so
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by echohack 13y ago
You mean the TSA?
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by echohack 13y ago
Ah acryonyms, the death of us all.
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by echohack 13y ago
RE #3: They could also already have the data and simply be querying Facebook to establish a "backwards chain of evidence". Hilariously, I'm reading Cryptonomicon right now and that's exactly what Sergent Shafto and crew
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by echohack 13y ago
Nice. I can see lots of room for improvement. Great start, especially using Requests will streamline things. I'll work in some changes tonight. Let's start with PEP8, shall we? :)
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by echohack 13y ago
What all of this fails to mention is that Jannard was essentially forced to sell Oakley to Luxottica ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica ). Luxottica has a gigantic monopoly on the eyewear industry and one day refu
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by echohack 13y ago
This this this. And what is the turnaround time on getting new servers provisioned for development? Are they using Docker, or are they stuck in Windows land where there's no open source private PaaS solution that makes any sense? How m
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by echohack 13y ago
This data might be interesting for folks who want to do language tutoring for foreigners.
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by echohack 13y ago
French Creole in Tennesee? What's up with that?
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by echohack 13y ago
https://github.com/holman/spark You'll like this then.
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by echohack 13y ago
Sounds like a good time to pull out A Random Walk Down Wall Street again, for the uninitiated: http://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/039333... I wonder how well tulip bulbs are doing these days.
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by echohack 13y ago
Rule #1 of security: There is no such thing as perfect security. Of course there are still problems with two factor authentication, but it's better than the alternative. If you lose your phone with two factor auth the provider should g
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by echohack 13y ago
I think demonstrating a set of features like this between a large number of langauges: say 20 to 50 would be a grand demonstration.
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by echohack 13y ago
That's funny. I clicked it too. It just does a goog--^H^H^H^H NO CARRIER
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by echohack 13y ago
Tester #3420 here, reporting in: Your message for disabled Javascript is really, really weird. > Either you have Javascript disabled, or you're using an unsupported browser, amigo! That's why you're seeing this old-school
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by echohack 13y ago
I don't think anyone here will disagree with you that the large problem of hunger is a problem and should be solved. But how can you solve it? That's a huge problem! In engineering, and particularly with software, we seek to answe
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by echohack 13y ago
Then they should say that's what it's for. I think that would be simple enough.

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