tmsam

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by tmsam 9y ago
Nested ternaries, ungodly amounts of repetition, ZERO tests, hardcoded sensitive info... this code wouldn't pass code review anywhere. I don't care when it was written, any day it is used to send people to jail it should be the be
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by tmsam 9y ago
But... start ups still pay engineers salaries that dwarf teachers, retail, and many other industries. Should people in those industries not have kids? Are they being irresponsible by not making 6 figures?
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by tmsam 9y ago
What fundamental problems does it solve that layer 3 networking has been unable to tackle? Not pushing back - just ignorant and want to learn!
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by tmsam 10y ago
Campground host. Camp all day every day. Be nice to everyone. Rest for years...
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by tmsam 10y ago
Don't forget init.ai, Botkit, Chatfuel, Chatflow, Last Mile...
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by tmsam 10y ago
As a former teacher, who ran a programming club at a middle school and taught an advanced 8th-grade math class included programming, I have some perspective on this. I would say, be wary of "fundamentals" and "doing things th
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by tmsam 10y ago
That relationship makes so much sense to me in the form Dog - ADHD ~= Cat - Autism. Brilliant!
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by tmsam 10y ago
A family member is a lawyer in the Worker's Comp, SS, and Family Law space. THE software for lawyers in this space is called A1 Law. It solves a lot of real problems lawyers in that space have (form letter generation, calendar integrat
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by tmsam 10y ago
For contrast, I went the other direction. I taught middle and high school math, then got an MS in math (really enjoyed TAing) and started programming. I really appreciate the intellectual stimulation; I love the fast pace with which ideas e
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by tmsam 10y ago
I only started using Hangouts a few months ago, and find the macOS experience acceptable and think the iOS implementation is dead on.
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by tmsam 10y ago
Has anyone used hook.io as an alternative? I have only built toy projects with it, nothing substantial, so I can't speak to important things like error handling, but so far I really like it and find it substantially easier to use than
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by tmsam 10y ago
I will make that for you if you want
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by tmsam 10y ago
In the chart of trends in how people meet, there is a suspicious uptick in "at a restaurant/bar" in the last few years... that is totally just a cover for people who met on Tinder and then got serious.
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by tmsam 10y ago
I am a big fan of Linear Algebra Done Right, if you are looking for an actual, dead-tree book with good explanations.
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by tmsam 11y ago
The "fundamental building blocks are too flawed" argument is so strange to me. Too flawed for what? To become, by far, the most popular platform in history for running applications? Because it's already done that. This is a c
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by tmsam 11y ago
Elementary education is mandatory, but the curriculum is only mandated for public schools. The rules vary from state to state, but here they are for California: 1. File an annual private school affidavit. 2. Maintain an attendance register
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by tmsam 11y ago
Did you read the whole article? I was composing a similar comment in my head, but then got to "switching from conventional milk to organic milk would increase omega-3 intake by only very small margins... protein levels were lower in or
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by tmsam 11y ago
So, after "[announcing] $7.67 million in fresh funding... TinyOwl was reportedly offering post-dated checks to [the laid off employees], which concerned them as previously laid-off employees had yet to receive their payment." And
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by tmsam 11y ago
As a trained, but non-practicing, physicist, I would like you to elaborate about your first paragraph. I am used to using units where c=1, I think that is what you are referencing: a "meter" of time is the time it takes light to g
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by tmsam 11y ago
I would like to point out that homeschooling and unschooling are not the same thing. From: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/homeschooling/unschooli... "Unschooling is a branch of homeschooling that p