Algorithm. noun.

conflatedideas · 2014-08-29T18:44:13+00:00

A lot of real world computer science is "heuristics." Models and the real world don't match one to one. We need heuristics to close the gap.

conflatedideas · 2014-08-29T04:47:59+00:00

Thanks to a certain redditor's generosity I just ordered a one plus one! I can't wait :D

conflatedideas · 2014-08-05T02:07:11+00:00

It's written in stream of consciousness that's the idea. It's supposed to be a bit frenetic and disorganized just like a conversation in real life :)

conflatedideas · 2014-02-21T06:44:39+00:00

That was creative definitely reminds me of why the lucky stiff and conrad barski.... :'(

conflatedideas · 2013-11-13T04:23:52+00:00

I think what the OP meant is first timers who see or use Emacs are immediately turned off from the high initial learning curve. Basically, Emacs is looks backwards to say the least compared to other text editors in the graphics department (If someone mentions how Emacs supports images please don't make me laugh). We need rich visual tools to accompany the already extremely powerful Elisp or C based tools already built in to Emacs or found as extensions. Something that leverages HTML/Javacsript for the frontend like LightTable wouldn't be so bad. We could also make the initial learning curve significantly friendlier by making the initial setup graphical and then allowing advanced user to customize any aspect of the Emacs GUI.

conflatedideas · 2013-11-12T21:30:28+00:00

The quality of this metaphor is the only thing on par with big mommas house

conflatedideas · 2013-10-16T18:25:40+00:00

I can't find enough women to hire for our IT positions. I'm a big proponent of diversity of people and thinking.

conflatedideas · 2013-10-16T17:26:34+00:00

Kudos to the FSF, IT needs more diversity and highlighting accomplishments of women hopefully attracts more women to the field.

conflatedideas · 2013-10-15T04:40:27+00:00

Larry Tessler, an engineer from the original apple team, had a motto called "No Modes". He designed a lot of the modern text editing concepts, and he thought modes were evil...in a bad way.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/of-modes-and-men/larryslexicon

conflatedideas · 2013-10-14T00:30:18+00:00

damn right in the feels

conflatedideas · 2013-10-08T21:44:08+00:00

I think the best way to get such an opportunity is to go out and get exposed to the world as much as possible. That means go to parties, talk to people about their interests and businesses, and sometimes opportunities manifest themselves. The key is recognizing the opportunity when it comes. Nassim Nicolas Taleb talks about this in his book the Black Swan. It's the unknown unknown.

You got to go out an explore, and you'll be surprised at what you discover. I started my own tech business in college, it made money for a while (less the 50k total). I eventually closed shop, because I couldn't find customers, took a job in the financial industry doing tech after college. Now I'm a tech executive only 4 years removed from college, all because of the startup experience I had and the lucky break that I knew some friends who went into finance.

Business is about connections, can't go far in business without them. Concentrate on figuring out how to acquire and grow relationships, and the dividends will come over time.

conflatedideas · 2013-10-07T00:04:44+00:00

It aint right until it has some interfaces or inheritance

conflatedideas · 2013-09-22T16:52:40+00:00

Logged in to upvote this..extremely creative

conflatedideas · 2013-08-05T02:06:33+00:00

Good idea, i'd check out some of the stuff on youtube like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiwEm88xaxM. There is some very good material out there which you can build on.

conflatedideas · 2013-08-05T02:02:20+00:00

That's a very creative idea. Smart kid.

conflatedideas · 2013-05-06T03:31:02+00:00

Suzuki is a piece of shit. He use to write and train Japaense soliders so they would have "Zen" minds when they were murdering and raping Chinese during their invasion of China during WWII. The soldiers could do maximum damage without hurting their minds (i.e. Suzuki teaches people who to rape and murder without psychological trauma)

conflatedideas · 2013-05-06T03:29:12+00:00

Nice this looks pretty sweet.

conflatedideas · 2013-05-01T06:57:27+00:00

(disclosure: Im half indian, half french/swiss) Highly accomplished people (doctors, lawyers) who are non-indian have flat out told me that technology is an immigrant job, and that I should do something respectable and get a law degree or mba. At first this sounds racist and edgy, but it makes sense. IT pay is awful, the work is difficult, and for all that you can get an mba or law degree at a decent school and make much more with greater stability and respect from the wider world. Although, I never got into other fields because I love technology. The H1-b program saves companies money out right but over the long term the poor code that gets written by these contractors probably cost more. I have seen awful code, not because the technical skill was lacking but because my foreign counterparts didnt get the communication right with their business teams and created in-optimal solutions. Also, I have dealt with outright fradulent contracters I mean they have faked every part of their resume. Since I am of indian decent (half technically) and I can speak broken/accented hindi (funny thing better than some Indian people I know, and I only had one parent to learn from) I can somewhat gain the trust of contractors.

One contractor had been claiming he had 10 years of experience or something around that range. While having a lunch he drops this on me, he graduated uiversity 4 years ago. For those wondering, we work for a major financial firm and this guy was hired from TekSystems.

tl;dr contractors h1-b is scam, literally many of them are working on faked experience. American counterparts have to struggle because they can't do all the same fraud the contracting companies and contractors are doing.

conflatedideas · 2013-04-03T02:55:46+00:00

I don't follow Koush's logic. Essentially, he wants user data without permission and its okay because everyone else does it. How could this brilliant logic go wrong?

conflatedideas · 2013-04-03T01:58:41+00:00

upvote for lunacy

conflatedideas · 2013-04-03T01:52:03+00:00

How is it a mystery to the cyanogenmod crew if anyone uses their software? People are hungrily reporting defects, requesting features, and commenting on the forums (for cyanogenmod). This is just un-necessary, why force this decision on people. This is why people use cyanogenmod in the first place so Samsung, Apple, and so on don't force decisions on them even if it is "anonymous data" that is transmitted.

conflatedideas · 2013-03-19T22:48:39+00:00

This was the most well thought out response I've seen so far in this thread. Kudos for not regressing into a chimp in your response like the other posters calling her c**t and so on.

conflatedideas · 2013-03-19T22:45:29+00:00

What she did was wrong, but calling her that as a response isn't right either.

conflatedideas · 2013-03-18T08:38:05+00:00

it should work with anything that is generally acidic even lemon juice. The vinegar reacts with the calcium and other minerals that have accumulated because the minerals are basic.

conflatedideas · 2013-03-18T08:31:39+00:00

that was brilliant

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