jared314

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by jared314 10y ago
> Babbage considered using number systems other than decimal including binary as well as number bases 3, 4, 5, 12, 16 and 100. He settled for decimal out of engineering efficiency - to reduce the number of moving parts - as well as for t
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by jared314 10y ago
"It’s ridiculous, but most companies demand an astronomically higher quality of work experience than they give out." Why programmers can’t make any money: dimensionality and the Eternal Haskell Tax - Michael O. Church [1] [1] htt
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by jared314 11y ago
http://react-components.com
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by jared314 11y ago
Resurrecting the "cars of the future" of the past[1], with an all electric powertrain, also sounds like a neat idea. [1] Example: https://i.imgur.com/KSOjCEJ.jpg
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by jared314 11y ago
> I had no idea how far ahead of node on es6 features io.js was That is because io.js upgraded to a current, and maintained, version of Google V8. This was one of the reasons for the fork. io.js: V8 4.1.x node.js: V8 3.28.x
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by jared314 11y ago
> They are going to support JavaScript soon Whoa. Slow down. They have only confirmed replacing their custom configuration language with JavaScript and hinted at an official JavaScript module [1], as opposed to the existing third-party m
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by jared314 12y ago
I have an alternative, and potentially equally silly, hypothesis. Many programmers are young and have just enough money, time, and knowledge to get into trouble. This is compounded by the growth rate of the programming field. New, young, pr
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by jared314 12y ago
> which means I probably won't be asked to demonstrate them in situations where others would. I have yet to meet anyone who would take internet points as IRL credibility / experience (to my disappointment).
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by jared314 12y ago
> I call those tests the airplane test. "Work sample test" is the traditional name for what you describe.
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by jared314 12y ago
It's the Blub Paradox, but with people. This is why I believe that you, the interviewer, cannot interview someone above your "experience level" without some kind of objective test.
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by jared314 12y ago
It's been said that the population of programmers doubles every ~5 to 10 years. And, that loosely correlates to the hype cycle of "hot technologies". I don't think it's possible to avoid a pop culture with that many
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by jared314 12y ago
> The mathematics of space-travel is very simple - it's just calculus. You need to be accurate, but it's easy to quantify and well controlled. We're not talking about calculating our way to the moon. We're talking abo
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by jared314 12y ago
> The moon landing really was nothing compared to this. I used to believe that, but I have slowly moved to the other side. Things are complicated. There is no doubt about that. But, landing on the moon was a fight against nature (gravity
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by jared314 12y ago
Is this a front end on top of the current government provided resources [1] [2] [3], or does this include other sources? [1] http://www.recalls.gov/ [2] http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/ [3] http:&
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by jared314 12y ago
> So we're talking baout knockoff frames. Actually, I'm not. I'm talking about printing frames as opposed to buying them from Luxottica.
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by jared314 12y ago
Please note my other comment. I'm talking specifically about the overpriced frames, not the lenses.
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by jared314 12y ago
From the article: Consumers do not get a break. At LensCrafters, the average cost for a pair of frames and lenses is about $300. You may think -- well, there's choice in the mall for other glasses. But Luxottica doesn't only own
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by jared314 12y ago
The metal frames.
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by jared314 12y ago
Single material. Customized for each client. This looks like a good place for 3D printing to start chipping away at traditional manufacturing. [Edit] I am talking specifically about printing the overpriced frames sold by Luxottica. Not the
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by jared314 12y ago
> My screen's big enough where visual noise isn't an issue. > I've got good headphones You may not have issues with open-office plans, but you did find a way to add the walls back.
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by jared314 12y ago
> This seems like bit of a short sighted move ... Leaving the JVM means you abandon the decade of libraries Pixie is not officially connected to Clojure in any way . The creator has been involved in Clojure's development, and is re
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by jared314 12y ago
> Part of the problem with not admitting publicly that you were fired is that people inevitably assume you're moving onto something bigger and better I thought the issue with admitting it was that people would now question your reli
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by jared314 12y ago
Just negate the lesson. Teach them that people say "moss on trees can be used for navigation" and that it's not completely accurate.
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by jared314 12y ago
> Say, you want to teach kids that moss on trees can be used for navigation Just make sure you are teaching them things that are accurate and generalizable. Moss does not only, or generally, grow on the north side of trees. When it does,
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by jared314 12y ago
> Let's not forget that string-based programming is the source of many many bugs Since the parser generator compiles the EBNF into an executable function at runtime. The solution is the same as writing code in Ruby, JavaScript, or a
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by jared314 12y ago
Calling the Clojure api directly from Java would look something like the following: import clojure.java.api.*; import clojure.lang.IFn; import clojure.lang.PersistentVector; public class Core { public stati
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by jared314 12y ago
> but isn't a good DSL (think Parsec) a nicer answer than passing in a string. EBNF is a DSL. I happen to like it more than many apis because of it's history, stability, and my experience with it. But, that's an opinion.
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by jared314 12y ago
The biggest news here is the existence of a current ClojureScript port: https://github.com/lbradstreet/instaparse-cljs
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by jared314 12y ago
> Let's look further at this short selling behavior as it scales. I'm not talking about general short selling. I'm talking about this specific case. He discovered the company was a fraud, shorted the stock, and then expose
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by jared314 12y ago
If you listen to the story, he shorted the stock, knowing it was a fraud, and then exposed it. He knowingly created more victims of the scam.

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