jimeuxx

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by jimeuxx 11y ago
> These Western men do not really have to learn the language or try to fit in. Their Japanese girlfriends or wives will take care of the majority of things for them. This part is glossed over, but kind of telling. Not learning the langua
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
If you're familiar with online courses, then you probably know Coursera, but there are two decent algorithm courses that cover a lot of good stuff about data structures and algorithms starting again in the new year. You can check them
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
I started learning React recently. I really like the way the code is laid out and I enjoy writing it so far, but trying to use jQuery animations with React seems to pretty much ruin that neatness and readability. I did try the experimental
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
I hope developers make good use of the changes to the title bar. It completely breaks the flow of the design of a lot of apps, and kills precious vertical space on my 13-inch MBP. A keyboard shortcut to toggle the menu bar would've bee
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
Udacity has a good video course taught by the Android team at Google. Ignore the stuff about $200/month tutor support. All the materials are free. Edit: here's a link https://www.udacity.com/course/ud853
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
Thanks for the link. Looks like you've put together some useful stuff.
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
It's borderline if you live by yourself in the city, especially if they don't cover travel expenses. There's a chance your health insurance and pension will be deducted from that too, assuming they cover it. If you're wo
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
I think this book is a little too basic for anyone who's already studied any OOP. I'm no expert, but what I learnt from this could've been condensed into a blog post. I think it'd make a great introduction (a word that s
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
Do you know of any resources or examples that demonstrate basic animation techniques like this? The canvas examples I've found so far seem to be for fluid animations or games, rather than interactive scenes or visualisations that can b
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
I've used Anki for years to learn Japanese. It made learning to read relatively painless. You do need discipline to get far with it though. I managed to get my vocab deck up over 10,000 words, but leaving it for even a week is difficul
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
There was a little study about this last year I believe [1]. Most of what comes out of your A is happy living at 37°C, so I'm sure it doesn't mind an extra 3°C or so. [1] http://www.tested.com/science/life&#x2
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by jimeuxx 12y ago
I've found this to be a bit of a nightmare with Japanese and English. Japanese DVD and CD titles often have a mix of both languages, so length becomes next to meaningless when comparing Japanese strings even against themselves. The fee
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
I'm already signed up to this. I'm hoping it'll go beyond what I picked up messing around with Capistrano and AWS. I've enjoyed other courses on the edX platform. My problem is that there don't seem to be any resour
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
I'm not a big fan of infinite scrolling, and when it breaks standard desktop functionality like CMD + Up Arrow, as in the case of Google image search, I could really do without it.
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
Fair point. Replace lettuce with nuts, sweet potatoes, milk, lentils etc. None of them in any quantity are a logical extension of refined sugar.
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
All this is fun for experimenting, but none of it proves that we need to remove sugar from our diets. Food is complex and shouldn't be reduced to macronutrients. Maybe the protein in the bacon or the nitrites challenging your bowels co
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
I have no reason to defend Kern or his views on being healthy. The point in question here is Lustig's physiology credentials. Kern isn't the first to bring them into question, and if Lustig's science isn't reliable, then
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
The willing ignorance of East Asia is part of it, but it's more that a lot of the keto diets I've seen draw people in with tirades against refined sugar and starch, yet it ends up with the dieters counting the carbs in their lettu
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
I don't think the idea that junk food is bad for you is surprising to anyone, even if Lustig paints it as a revelation. Have you tried 500 calories worth of apples? The closer people move to actual food and sanity, the further I feel w
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
Lustig could no doubt write some great posts here about growth hacking and selling your product, but if there's one thing he's proven about nutrition, it's that he's no one to be taken seriously when talking about it. On
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
I have no background in science, and was totally sucked in by one of Gary Taubes' books precisely because of that. A lot of these authors are incredibly biased and happy to filter science to you in a way that's profitable for them
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
People like Attia live in a parallel universe where there are healthy populations on Earth that eat no carbs and East Asia doesn't exist. My Japanese is good enough now to explain to my wife's active octogenarian grandparents why
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
The Windows Japanese IME is awful. I never gave OS X's one a chance though, since I've used Google's ever since I found it.
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
I'd be interested to know what "less magical" things the author went on to pick up within less than a week to become more productive. CakePHP, Yii, Symfony 2? It seems a little bit too convenient to leave this part out. I&#x2
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
I can read Japanese fluently, and Amazon.jp is no problem to navigate (it's a dream compared to Rakuten), but I still find many Japanese sites to be a cluttered mess. I've noticed some nicer ones recently that seem to be on the Bo
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
Trying to find a way to change my full name into a nickname on YouTube made me a Google+ "user". I've also received Google+ recommendation e-mails without ever willingly joining or participating in the service.
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by jimeuxx 13y ago
I was surprised account duplication wasn't mentioned as a disadvantage. If a user taps the wrong button on their tablet, then they can end up with one or more duplicate accounts if the e-mails are different. I currently have an e-mail