sethkojo

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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   I've been in the same boat and I've discovered that the way to get better at programming is to get better at computer science. Most books on programming usually contain a lot of basic knowledge about language constructs. It's
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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   Nope, I personally think it's bad design in that there is too much color in too many places. I don't know which stories are important and which aren't. Worse yet, I can't even read the headlines because the pictures are
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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   It's not really about impact, but about context. If someone writes something that turns out to be obviously wrong, given the time-period, you could excuse them -- quite a few great physicists come to mind. Without that information, you
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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   Maybe you're over thinking it? It sounds like you're already doing the right things. All the details might not be filled in, and there are surely things I overlook from the high-up view, but for the most part I already envision t
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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   One problem is iOS devices won't play any videos with hidden controls.
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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   Node's event loop is very easy to work with since all the standard tools are async from the start. It's not like eventmachine where standard Ruby calls are synchronous and they can throw a wrench in your logic. There's no nee
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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   I recently got a bunch from sillysaurus2 ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6345990 ). I personally feel like he has great taste, so he's a pretty good filter for interesting papers.
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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   It can be the other way around too. What if you feel so strongly about your company's role in society that you rationalize socially destructive practices in pursuit of attaining/maintaining that role? I doubt passion for business
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   by sethkojo 13y ago

   I use Sublime. I prefer an editor over dedicated software or a blog mainly because of the indenting; it's also the most powerful text-manipulation tool I know. I have a certain indented writing style that helps structure my thoughts --
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    by sethkojo 13y ago

    I'll probably have some questions after looking over some more of the papers. We seem to have a healthy intersection of common interests. What's the best way to get in touch?
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    by sethkojo 13y ago

    Thanks for this. I actually like that it's not curated, it's a good way to discover things I didn't know about. The fluid simulation stuff looks especially interesting.