mattexx

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Oakland Housing Emergency(eastbayexpress.com)
3 points by mattexx 10y ago|0 comments
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by mattexx 11y ago
The best-case outcome of many efforts of data scientists is an artifact meant for a machine consumer, not a human one. I posit this outcome is absolutely necessary for any data science project to be worthwhile in any organization. In the
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by mattexx 11y ago
Hacking != Software Engineering
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by mattexx 11y ago
I downloaded today and played a couple rounds on my c2007 MacBook Pro. I did notice occasional lag in 2 player mode but nothing horrific. I didn't see anything that felt like a bug. Very nice!
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by mattexx 11y ago
Sounds like Rails for Devops. Works great until it doesn't...
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by mattexx 11y ago
meh
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by mattexx 11y ago
+1. We review pretty much all code at Climate Corp (even science code) but code review seldom reveals design flaws. I still think code review is incredibly useful. It makes all of us better coders. It just isn't everything.
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by mattexx 11y ago
...and monkeys might fly out of my butt. :-D
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by mattexx 11y ago
There were plenty of RVs on Duboce under the 101 in the Mission when I worked there ~2010. And on International Blvd when we left Oakland last year. I'm sure there are plenty of other undesirable neighborhoods around the bay area. Not
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by mattexx 11y ago
This all begs the question, "What kind of car do you drive?" :)
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by mattexx 11y ago
Peer review is a huge part of our culture here at Climate. It's often unreasonable to expect a single reviewer to review a complex paper, so we sometimes address this by assigning each reviewer a domain. Something like: Reviewer 1: Rev
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by mattexx 12y ago
I agree that using exceptions as flow control is b-a-d. This is an easy fix in this case, set `:throw-exceptions false` in your http call and check the status code, rather than catch exceptions.
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by mattexx 12y ago
http://openag.io/