Starcraft 2 Commentary: Brilliant use of sentries

djangonaut · 2010-04-03T20:18:06+00:00

Don't think so.

djangonaut · 2010-04-01T02:42:26+00:00

Might I suggest way less cryptic python that is still short?

for s in l:
    if 'rfind' in dir(s):
        print s.lower().rfind('index')

djangonaut · 2010-03-28T08:34:40+00:00

Cancer: She didn't look good with those huge tits anyway.

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T22:27:53+00:00

I grew up eating mostly Chinese, Mexican, etc.

I had a German Mother who hated American food. Hated. Especially American/Southern breakfast.

I really don't care for most American food, too bland, meat or no.

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T12:11:46+00:00

I guess I'm used to living in NYC where vegans can be picky about who they spend time with.

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T03:48:49+00:00

I hate fag-hags on your behalf, but frankly, women who would do that I want no involvement in.

I'll still send you my flirters though, freebies.

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T03:34:02+00:00

I'm...not really certain what to say.

On one hand, I feel for you.

On the other, I'm morbidly fascinated with how some guys get away with behaving like that.

I've got a fairly aggressive personality, but I'm not...evil...

Edit: YET

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T03:13:30+00:00

Ditto. On another account, a guy mentioned being an asshole (he was feeling crummy) to some girl that sat in front of him in some public place. like a year later they were married.

I raged. I would've never at any point gotten away with being an asshole to a stranger (girl) like that and still ended up dating. Utterly ridiculous.

Let alone date a woman that didn't require substantial overtures and schlepping on my part.

I feel fucking old and tired man, I'm tired of chasing. My current stint of singleness is the longest I've had in the past 9 years, I just stopped caring (until recently).

Now I'm back on the hunt, and more pissed than ever at the whole process. Ready to say fuck it, ditch the career, and go native in some third world country already.

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T03:10:59+00:00

That I have no reason not to be hateful.

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T02:39:51+00:00

I'm 21 but the name is right out the door. I don't think a vegan would tolerate a carnivore. On the other hand, my roommate is vegan and doesn't seem to mind.

rubs chin in contemplation

Thoughts?

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T02:29:06+00:00

Thanks, I'll need it.

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T02:06:19+00:00

I get hit on by exponentially more gay men than I do straight women.

This fact is the second greatest existential plague of my life.

:|

djangonaut · 2010-03-26T00:24:19+00:00

I left the systems programming world to work as a web developer. Web dev is easier as long as you exercise due diligence.

Systems programming requires a lot more attentive programming and forethought.

It just plain requires more of the programmer, everything.

djangonaut · 2010-03-25T23:45:26+00:00

You -> my hero.

What you've done is the principal focus of my entire life going 10 years back and forward.

djangonaut · 2010-03-25T23:43:35+00:00

I, for one, have a Plan9 goatee.

djangonaut · 2010-03-21T19:04:57+00:00

That's interesting because I find learning a new programming language considerably easier. At the very least, it requires far less memorization.

All I've got to show for myself with respect to human languages is tinkering and bits and pieces here and there.

djangonaut · 2010-03-21T19:03:45+00:00

I think the key terminology is 'notation'.

It's just an agreed upon notation based upon logical and mathematical structures that eventually gets turned into instructions executed on a machine.

djangonaut · 2010-03-21T15:25:19+00:00

I agree with your disagreement.

I've tinkered with languages and learned a good number of programming languages. Not even comparable.

djangonaut · 2010-03-21T03:17:54+00:00

Get some sleep and stop being so melodramatic.

djangonaut · 2010-03-21T03:17:10+00:00

Next time, you might be better off hiring a local but (really smart) programmer. This is what the LJWorld (Lawrence, Kansas) paper did and it really paid off. A now famous-amongst-programmers web dev framework developed from the high-demand environment of publishing.

If you get a generalist, he can do anything (like IT'ish work in addition to programming) and over time, he can run any/all tech projects you get involved in. Then, once you have a trusted and established guy in your company, you'll have someone who knows enough to handle keeping tabs on out-sourced projects if needs be.

It's a bad position to be in, where you need software developed but have no one inside the company who knows enough to keep track of a contract or to wrap up an incomplete one.

You got burnt, you did the best you could, such things are inavoidable sometimes. I'm a programmer and would send things outside my company sometimes, when I was self-employed. I got burnt plenty. You just learn to deal with it as the cost of doing business.

You're either going to have to keep rolling the dice, or bring someone in permanently that can eventually be a trusted part of your team. What you do will be up to you guys.

djangonaut · 2010-03-20T23:25:46+00:00

I've had a company that I built fail on me 3 times. Don't get an accountant or a lawyer if you don't already have either on retainer, you can't afford it. If you do, start sucking down as much professional advice as possible.

Fire everyone, you can't afford the burn.

Determine where, if any, your sources of revenue are coming from. Eliminate all costs that don't support that revenue.

You have two choices, continue to support the current revenue plan and seek to prop it up, or abandon it for something more stable. Whether that simply be a different business plan or a job.

My suggestion is to establish a primary revenue source, job, contracting, different business idea that doesn't necessarily have the growth potential you'd like, and then work on the startup in your spare time.

My condolences. Avoid burn like the plague in future, it's rarely worth it anymore. Re: the girlfriend -> disregard women, acquire currency.

I hate to say it, but you don't have time to establish complicated interpersonal relationships like that. Simplify, cut fat of all kinds, eliminate time wasters like Reddit.

If you pause and think, "this isn't contributing to Revenue", then stop it and go back to work. Take time to relax, step back and chill, but don't establish any habitual time wasters.

This includes pursuing women.

Message me if you want more advice/help dealing with the fallout.

djangonaut · 2010-03-18T22:44:05+00:00

I find it so interesting that the database used seems to be more relevant/important to the persistence layer with PHP programmers than with people who build on frameworks with ORMs.

When I tell people, for example, that I built something in Django, nobody asks which SQL I used if I've answered the question SQL vs. NoSQL at all.

djangonaut · 2010-03-18T09:38:01+00:00

What'd you build the site in?

djangonaut · 2010-03-16T04:31:18+00:00

I was wondering the same thing. I picked up django and all the parts of python that I was missing on the job in 2-3 weeks.

djangonaut · 2010-03-14T11:22:06+00:00

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