mdwhatcott

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by mdwhatcott 9mo ago
> There are real tigers in those woods. Nice little nod (on a post about Golf) to Tiger Woods.
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by mdwhatcott 11mo ago
> Congrats to Mike... It's actually Matt :)
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by mdwhatcott 1y ago
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by mdwhatcott 2y ago
From the episode: "You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why--you're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machine
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by mdwhatcott 2y ago
Very cool, thanks!
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by mdwhatcott 2y ago
> "I build separate, small HTML pages for each “interaction” I want, then I let CSS transitions take over and I get something that feels better than its JS counterpart for way less work." I'm not understanding how you are
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by mdwhatcott 2y ago
What exactly do you mean by "part of the same context"?
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by mdwhatcott 2y ago
Best part: a go.mod with 0 dependencies!
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by mdwhatcott 2y ago
Yeah, this advice doesn't hold up--even the OP mentions learning the clarinet, which is a B-flat instrument. I also play the clarinet and developed the same ability to detect each note by its timbre. I also think there is a kinesthetic
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by mdwhatcott 3y ago
Also not a bad thing to remain childlike in some ways.
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by mdwhatcott 3y ago
I knew it was too good to have been original.
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by mdwhatcott 3y ago
To coin a phrase, "Go 2 considered harmful" :)
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by mdwhatcott 5y ago
I likewise hope for Michael Fogleman's participation: https://github.com/fogleman?tab=repositories&q=advent
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by mdwhatcott 5y ago
Check out a few problems from a previous year to get a feel for the difficulty. Generally, the puzzles get harder as the month progresses. Here's last year's calendar: https://adventofcode.com/2020
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by mdwhatcott 6y ago
The lack of discipline doesn't scale even more than discipline.
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by mdwhatcott 8y ago
> The other bit of good news is that you can't unknowingly ignore a returned error, like you can with an unchecked exception. The compiler will force you at a minimum to declare the error as _, and tools like errcheck do a good job
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by mdwhatcott 9y ago
It was about 10 years ago that I read Norvig's "10 years" post: https://michaelwhatcott.com/10-years/
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by mdwhatcott 9y ago
If you feel the global challenge is out of reach, you can setup a private leaderboard for you and anyone you give the 'join code' to, localizing competition and points to your own circle of "AoC" friends: http:/&#x
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by mdwhatcott 12y ago
What are your requirements? I'm one of the owners of the GoConvey project and I'm happy to answer any of your questions about that project. Ginkgo and Goblin are great choices as well.