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by sray 2mo ago
It’s an expression of surprise or disbelief, in the same vein as “oh my goodness.” It’s a bit old-fashioned; nowadays you’ll mostly hear it in cartoons and the like, uttered by little old ladies. No shade to DamnInteresting; I find it quite
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by sray 4y ago
The Git book does a perfectly good job of this: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 I always recommended reading chapters 1-3 and skimming chapter 7 to people who are just getting started with Git.
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by sray 4y ago
The author of the post is aware of this. They explicitly say that is not the point of the question.
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by sray 4y ago
“Nobody [does thing] anymore” is a common euphemism for “very few people [do thing] now, compared to in the past”. The author is correct about this with respect to cursive, at least in the US. I think you know this as well, as you acknowled
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by sray 5y ago
My favorite response to “How are you?” comes from a Russian former coworker: “Average. Worse than yesterday, better than tomorrow”.
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by sray 7y ago
Except it’s not like a flea market in the parking lot. It’s more like Walmart had a flea market, but mixed all of the items in with their own, inside of the store, and made it difficult for a casual buyer to tell the difference.
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by sray 12y ago
I liked the article, but, as a game developer who does not specialize in graphics, I really liked one of the comments: Joe Kilner - One extra issue with games is that you are outputting an image sampled from a single point in time, whereas
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by sray 12y ago
> So if you manage to keep tabs on the industry through your colleagues and you're excited about what you're working on at work, then the personal projects are much less important, but you need to demonstrate that. I disagree.
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by sray 14y ago
1. There's no indication that account belongs to the Bill Nguyen in question. Nguyen in one of the most common surnames in the world, and Bill is an exceedingly common first name.
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by sray 14y ago
They're selling like gangbusters: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/31/lego-frie...
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by sray 14y ago
The best part of the article is the response from Avalanche, the studio that developed the original game. Rather than try to shut the project down, they praised the authors and invited them over for a visit. Awesome! When companies act like
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by sray 14y ago
Did you even read the post? The author is hardly freaking out, never worries about passing classes, and never once claims that his lectures are boring. He's simply asking his fellow students to respect each other and the classroom, which is
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by sray 14y ago
Thanks, but you didn't really explain anything. In what specific ways does it fail to scale well?
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by sray 14y ago
Can you explain your reasoning? Isn't high scalability one of MongoDB's key features?
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by sray 14y ago
I'm with you. Accidents happen, but most can be prevented if you just treat your expensive device with care and respect. I find that people really don't like that advice, though!
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by sray 14y ago
Isn't that the kind of not-valuing-food mentality the article talks about? Your reheated vegetables are going to be overcooked and your fried-and-sauced Chinese will get soggy, but they're still edible. They still provide sustenance. I love
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by sray 14y ago
I was the youngest in a tiny family, and never had much exposure to children younger than myself. As such, I grew up not liking kids very much - I thought they were obnoxious, loud, selfish little creatures. Then, about 10 years ago, I met
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by sray 14y ago
This is, to use a word I never use, delightful! Great concept, whimsical design, and wonderful execution. Well done! Now, if I could only stop flipping the pages and get back to work...
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by sray 14y ago
Constructive criticism: After reading the description, I don't understand what this application does. I am not initmately familiar with indoor mapping/positioning or WiFiSLAM. The term "indoor mapping showcase" is vague to me. I think it le
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by sray 14y ago
The OP's interactive panorama is extremely cool, but I prefer the original you linked here. With the color shift and distortion, the interactive one feels dreamy and imaginary. The original is just so raw, real, and powerful. It makes me th
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by sray 14y ago
It all depends on the person, and there's no way to tell without asking. If someone doesn't want to talk, it's quite easy to tell from their response to the question. If that's the case, you end the conversation there, and nobody cares. Ane
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by sray 14y ago
That's a curious world view. People should be embarrassed by things you personally find disgusting, even if they're within accepted social norms? And you are amazed that people do things are socially acceptable? Pardon me if I say that I fi
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by sray 14y ago
That little program is what got me interested in programming as a kid. I played games nonstop on my (parents') Apple II, and loved it. But seeing those two lines of code produce "Hello!" over and over on the screen blew my mind. You see, I
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by sray 14y ago
Just to make sure that I understand what you mean here - are you saying that games have no value?
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by sray 14y ago
This ongoing "Learn to Code" discussion reminds me OWS. Ask ten different people what it stands for, and you'll get ten different answers. If you try and argue against any part of it, someone will tell you that you "just don't get it." In t
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by sray 14y ago
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/fizzbuzz-the-progra... Pertinent passage: FizzBuzz was presented as the lowest level of comprehension required to illustrate adequacy. There's no glory to be had in writing code that establishes a
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by sray 14y ago
> A developers are the ones whose idea of a "puzzle" is solving the fundamental business problem via software. B programmers think that super elegant engineering is great, and don't care about business so much. I couldn't agree with th
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by sray 15y ago
This reminds me of And the Rock Cried Out , a short story by Ray Bradbury. The story revolves around two American tourists who are in South America when the US and much of Europe is wiped out by nuclear attacks during the Cold War. With th
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by sray 15y ago
I think you're missing the point. It's not about becoming great at something. It's about being exceptional at one thing. It's about spending every moment of your life either practicing or thinking about that thing, to the detriment of eve
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by sray 15y ago
I think this is really cool from a technical perspective, but I don't understand the purpose of the guided recipe tool. Why would I want to create a recipe with the tool in the first place? If I'm just submitting an existing recipe of mine

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