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by nerme 14y ago
We write software for humans. The same humans who can't tell the difference between instantaneous events and events separated by less than a few milliseconds. The same humans who won't be around for long enough to recognize the difference b
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by nerme 14y ago
There is nothing quite like trolling a bunch of nerds with the opinion that the entire study of pure mathematics has been a wasted endeavor for mankind... You deserve a round of applause! (Also, mods, where are you?)
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by nerme 16y ago
There is a fair bit of composition going on, albeit all based on a single melodic phrase, so it is far from just being any old random combinations of tones from the C major scale. It is definitely a canon, meaning the same phrase played at
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by nerme 16y ago
Have you looked at how we write code? It is directly related to the hardware architecture. Operators over here, memory over here. Why wouldn't there be a benefit in having the hardware mimic the type of software they plan on using, namely,
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by nerme 16y ago
Nokia sells LOTS of phones. You've got to remember than not everyone lives in the Bay Area and has a Twitter account... People living in Sub-saharan Africa and central Asia still need cell phones and the majority can't afford some flashing
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by nerme 16y ago
I really like the RFID entrance I get when traveling back to New Zealand... especially after a 13 hour plane ride! The tourists and kiwis with old passports all line up in a giant queue, while myself and a few others walk up to some machine
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by nerme 16y ago
OUR way of life is better? No, dude, YOUR way of life is better. If these people are brought in to our culture they're fucked. Plain and simple. What do you think they're going to do, move to the Bay Area and start a social media company? T
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by nerme 16y ago
Outside of the lisp machine, it was pretty trivial to find examples of those technologies that are still being made and sold. I'm sure some nerd out there is making a lisp machine in his garage this very moment. :)
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by nerme 16y ago
Schema version is at 200. Developer A creates a migration numbered 201. Developer B creates a migration numbered 201. They push their code, pull, and get conflicts. So instead, they use a timestamp based system. Developer A created his and
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by nerme 16y ago
For one, I list open-source projects that I contribute to and plan on using and enhancing as part of whatever business objectives I'm being hired to work towards. Also, I add in a clause that states I will more than likely release aspects o
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by nerme 16y ago
Put it in your contract! I modify every contract I sign to include stipulations for open-source software. Most companies couldn't care less about releasing bits and pieces of their code base as open-source projects. Business schools have be
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by nerme 16y ago
The biggest point that he is making is that there are a LOT of areas where the US is overspending on health care. Which, if the effectiveness of this health care was in line with the increase spending, it would be alright. Unfortunately, it
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by nerme 16y ago
What is his hypothesis? He doesn't seem to have any sort of agenda other than saying that it is a complex issue that can't be solved by a political one-liner like "tort reform" or "fixing big pharma".
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by nerme 16y ago
This is true, but it only accounts for a very small slice of the over-spending pie. This is outlined throughout the series of blog posts. I recommended reading all of the posts in the series, it is well worth it.
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by nerme 16y ago
How much did you know about the industry? Did your company know any promoters or booking agents? Could you get a band that signed up to do business with your company an opening slot on a tour? Could you get them a write-up in a music magazi
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by nerme 16y ago
When I lived in NYC, I built recording studios and did noise abatement in a number of bars in Brooklyn and Manhattan. There are plenty of places to pick up supplies Also, there are TONS of specialty shops. Canal Rubber is my favorite, as I
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PageRank Explained with Javascript(williamcotton.com)
21 points by nerme 16y ago|3 comments
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by nerme 16y ago
The more you interact with women, the more you get to know women. There is no method. Think about throwing a baseball. No professional pitcher looks the same. They each have their own peculiar windup, delivery, and follow-thru. They each ha
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by nerme 16y ago
Anecdotal evidence: My band's website is the highest ranked page for the search term "red blue yellow". No meta headers, no keywords, no <strong>, no <h1>... nothing, not even <html> or <body> tags. In fact,
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by nerme 16y ago
Apple Inc. (previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh
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by nerme 16y ago
"ascii art"
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by nerme 16y ago
If there are two guys, one guy working on server-side code and another guy working on client-side code, either side could get held up waiting for the other guy to finish his part of the project. Even if people aren't waiting around for some
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by nerme 16y ago
“Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.” Actually, Zuck, that has nothing to do with integrity. I would hope to hell that there are things that you feel comfortable saying around some people that you don't
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by nerme 16y ago
If you're checking email a few times a day, you're not on vacation. You're just working remotely.
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by nerme 16y ago
Companies like FourSquare remind me of pop songs. They're catchy, it's hard to describe exactly what makes them work, and if you're lucky, you'll write one your entire life. What I don't get is why a "hit song" can be considered an entire c
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by nerme 16y ago
The people who sell illegal drugs don't advertise the fact on the web, at least not for very long.
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by nerme 16y ago
It is a shame that so many employers have it in their heads that they need 100% of their employees lives. Why can't people work less hours for less money? Why must they give all of their will-power? Why can't people have a job with medical
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by nerme 16y ago
It is like a bugle or any of the brass instruments. The tone produced is dependent on the vibration of the player's lips as well as the length of the tube. I haven't played one, but I'm sure you could play numerous overtones like you can on
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by nerme 16y ago
Well, there WERE competing currencies in place for a time. The advent of paper currency comes from privately issued banknotes, which were legal in the UK until the Bank Charter Act of 1844. The reason they pushed for it? Basically, private
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by nerme 16y ago
MapReduce is already being applied to graphs. Spectral graph theory, ie, the construction and manipulation of graphs that are described by matrices, has been around for quite some time. Two types of matrix representations are typically used

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