michaell2

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by michaell2 13y ago
there is math, and then there is math. In Russia they have a saying "beat a rabbit long enough and it will eventually learn to take derivatives, but integrals are another matter". For many people areas involving spatial reasoning like colle
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by michaell2 13y ago
or perhaps the silent majority of the "HN community at large" mostly agrees with me, but a small, entrenched, vocal minority successfully bullies its way to impose its own view of what is and is not "inspiring" on everybody else. "Gimme mon
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by michaell2 13y ago
I can name quite a few low score threads in the "New" section that are more interesting and relevant to the hackers amongst us than this. IMHO there is something rotten about the outcomes of the HN frontpage promotion mechanism nowadays.
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by michaell2 13y ago
the website organization seems targeted to "special education student at incompetent guidance counselor's office" level of intellectual ability. People who have the smarts to do any serious contribution to Mozilla probably prefer reading me
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by michaell2 13y ago
Hacker News and Slashdot are doing fine, thank you. HN, in particular, must be providing some benefit to its owners even though it contains no overt ads of shampoo or anything else.
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by michaell2 13y ago
two thumbs up. Next time these Purdue kids dare make a stupid video, they better hit the right counts for all the demographic tokens. Also, from now on the assistant dean for diversity should review all student videos and other publications
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by michaell2 13y ago
well, the latter two of them seem to have created their domains from scratch, back in the day. Now that they are done with the trailblazing and lots of other smart people crowded in, who knows where they stand in comparison to the right tai
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by michaell2 13y ago
in related news, "Report: Unemployment High Because People Keep Blowing Their Job Interviews" http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-unemployment-high-be...
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by michaell2 13y ago
yep, that's why my comment mentioned using a text file for notes, not paper. I usually edit it using IDE rather than text editor to take advantage of the convenient cut-paste a line of text with CTRL-X / CTRL-V without highlighting by mouse
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by michaell2 13y ago
why does managing classes in basic computers and administering school servers require 2 years of python experience?
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by michaell2 13y ago
IMHO it's strange that we are discussing hiring Mr reality distortion field for a technical position here. If he were reincarnated and looking for a job now, he would probably go into sales. What do they care more about in sales, team playi
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by michaell2 13y ago
one of the tradeoffs involved is between general expressiveness of the framework and ui unobstrusiveness. E.g. direct manipulation "naked objects" interface with fully automated objects placement on screen is quite generic but fairly ugly.
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Show HN: Nestgrid tree structured extensible user interface (GPL, w/ flash demo)(nestgrid.wordpress.com)
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by michaell2 13y ago
don't know of any such tools, so instead I perform the task manually. If I want to better understand how some feature works, I write down in a text file what methods are involved, what method calls which etc. That way at any given time I ha
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by michaell2 13y ago
so have I got a deal for you :) Anyway, my recently published "nestgrid" framework is precisely that (among other possible uses). A mix of xml editor, spreadsheet, direct manipulation of objects ui, and all around cool thing; flash demo inc