trapper

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by trapper 17y ago
Find out what the problem is first. A stand-up desk may make it worse.
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by trapper 17y ago
Look up Montessori.
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by trapper 17y ago
It's such a shame they don't offer encrypted sql databases like adobe air, it would make life so much easier for many applications.
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by trapper 17y ago
What? Anyone who understands the evidence for evolution should accept the theory, because it's just that compelling. If there is another explanation for all of the data & experimental confirmations then let us know, I'm sure you've go
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by trapper 17y ago
Of all the true geniuses I have met none are "on the internet", or if they are, are passive observers. They tend to be too busy doing amazing things than writing about it. I have no doubt that each would be a "superstar blogger" if they so
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by trapper 17y ago
That's a pretty big claim to be implying - that TS has less exits than YC and are second string. Do you have the numbers in front of you, or was it a guess? I've heard otherwise, so wonder where you get your information from.
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by trapper 17y ago
Performance under extreme pressure is by definition what sorts out he great from the average in other disciplines: sports, music, performing etc. If you haven't experienced sport (or similar) at the highest levels you probably won't get h
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by trapper 17y ago
They would be pretty rare on youtube I expect, the sensei's i have encountered have always been pretty secretive. I would suggest just starting up (they love helping beginners) and going to the first grading to see what it's like.
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by trapper 17y ago
Eclipse + java6 would make a marked difference, agreed.
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by trapper 17y ago
>Not the easiests of problems though. Do you know what statistics you would apply? There are many ways. Off the top of my head: - to focus on speed of development you could use a practice or warm-up > provide each with a practice in
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by trapper 17y ago
One impossible study: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1016762
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by trapper 17y ago
I refer you to: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1016762 What's wrong with that as evidence for lisps superiority?
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by trapper 17y ago
This is what statistics are for, and is exactly the same situation that many other disciplines find themselves in where treatment a influences treatment b.
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by trapper 17y ago
This is a testable hypothesis due to the number of popular open source projects around we can draw from.
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by trapper 17y ago
If the effect size is large (i.e. the magnitude of difference between the means of lisp vs non-lisp programmers) the size of problem should be irrelevant. Many thousands of programmers spend hours each week in pissing matches online. Why i
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by trapper 17y ago
Now that is interesting. I personally agree with the hypothesis that lisp is a step forward, but often wonder why it's an anecdotal argument than one that is data backed. This paper although makes me think they compared programmers not la
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by trapper 17y ago
It's computer science not computer woo. I'm asking for evidence not anecdote :) Surely, there has to be at least some evidence in it's 50 years? Especially given the claimed huge effect size.
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by trapper 17y ago
That's the same explanation psychics give. If the effect size is large (as is claimed), it should be an extremely simple study. So why has no one done it? Why don't the lispers organize a RAD competition between lisp and all-comers, surely
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by trapper 17y ago
Surely if lisp makes a programmer N times more efficient then it would be easy to study scientifically. Have there been any studies comparing productivity? Why is it that in RAD application competitions, "mainstream" languages often win? Al
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by trapper 17y ago
The last time I was employed I got frustrated with this having deployed 5 applications to customers in a few months on my own, and simply negotiated a contracting role. We came up with a fixed price for each job, bugs included, and I tried
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by trapper 17y ago
I'd like to know, does anyone actually do all these "productivity" methods? I've never known anyone who tries all the things you read on blogs and sticks with it for very long.
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by trapper 17y ago
Agreed. We had the same problem with flash charts, it was like the most requested feature so we just ripped them out and replaced with a server side generated chart.
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by trapper 17y ago
As soon as you need to embed an image of the chart in a pdf you may run into issues with these libraries.
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by trapper 17y ago
blueprint by lombardi is pretty good https://blueprint.lombardi.com/
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by trapper 17y ago
If this were true we would see a reduction in visit times, costs per visit, patients per doctor, patients per nurse, medical errors etc. Instead we see the opposite. The point of the research is that none of these benefits are supported by
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by trapper 17y ago
I don't follow. If you mean url to talk to a sports scientist you will probably need to just call into your local sports institute/academy and have a chat.
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by trapper 17y ago
Let's not continue this here. If you are really interested, go talk to any local sports scientist involved in professional or olympic level sport and ask them their expert opinion. Or, put your email on your profile and I'll fill you in pri
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by trapper 17y ago
It's a common anecdote. Where do you think fish out of water comes from? You may be skeptical about the biking but it's a fact, I work with these people :) In an ideal world height is directly related to strength obviously. Weightlifters sp
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by trapper 17y ago
http://puredanger.com/tech/2009/11/18/closures-after-all/
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by trapper 17y ago
Did you even read the attached article? This is not an isolated case, as I mentioned with the olympic swimmers who were unable to ride a bike. I'm not sure where you get your info from about "tall" people are stronger, perhaps you should te

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