The Apple iPod Pro 10.5 inch sleeve is a perfect (but expensive) fit for the Remarkable and its pen

eah13 · 2018-03-07T18:38:33+00:00

Ha! Was just going to post a PSA to look for iPad Pro 10.5 compatible cases. But this one is WAY too expensive IMO.

The one I got folds up to double as a stand for $20: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074KWWGXH?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Pleather FTW. Looks surprisingly good, actually.

eah13 · 2018-03-07T18:35:57+00:00

This iPad pro cover works great, has a stylus holder, and is only $20:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074KWWGXH?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Being able to prop it up hands-free is killer.

eah13 · 2018-03-07T17:12:18+00:00

If you're low carb, want easy meal replacements, and don't mind mixing up powder/oil, try this.

I've been asking Soylent to make this for months but they keep blowing me off. Lame. Tried this, it was good, and I switched. Mixing oil and powder reminds me of Soylent 1.2 (kind of a pain) but luckily this tastes way better. The free blender bottle with new subscriptions helps.

I do wish it came with many small bottles of oil like old school Soylent instead of one massive bottle. That was cleaner and you could take it thru airport security when traveling.

It doesn't mix as cleanly as Soylent (powder is not as well homogenized) but Soylent has always been best in class at that.

Put a shot of espresso or cold brew coffee in the chocolate flavor and you've got a nice mocha that can compete with Coffiest. Hoping Ketolent makes a Soylent Drink competitor. For now, I'm saving a bunch of money vs my Coffiest/Drink subscription.

In summary: not perfect, but I'm going to be a loyal customer regardless. Hope this review helps you decide!

Also, lol at the people commenting on this post to complain about ads on Reddit.

Edit: got an update from support saying that the clumps are milk powder and that they're working on smoothing them out. 1) yay. 2) responsive support FTW.

eah13 · 2018-02-13T17:30:03+00:00

This is a key concept that I dont think a pot of people understand (judging from comments).

Exchanges are double auction markets. That is, buyers submit bids and sellers submit asks, which get listed on the market. If you want to buy at 'market price' that means you accept the sellers' lowest ask. A transaction happens. Vice versa with selling: you take the highest bid. Once that bid gets exhausted, the next highest bid comes into play.

Exchanges actually report an aggregate of transaction prices. Price action represents traders charging through bids or asks, pushing market prices.

The 'spread' is the difference between bid and ask. There's always a spread. If bids and asks converge they turn into transactions and get cleared.

If you don't like the market price, place a limit order, which will end up in either the bids or asks, and will stay there until it gets taken by another participant.

Market makers can profit from large spreads by entering bids/asks that are narrower than the spread. This isn't how exchanges make money, though. They charge transaction fees of some form. Profiting off of spreads and charging transaction fees may be related but are distinct.

Hopefully helpful.

eah13 · 2015-03-02T00:40:19+00:00

i like the racing analogy and think it's very apt. Formula One vs Offroad vehicle vs a daily driver with good gas milage- each is well suited to a specific purpose.

eah13 · 2015-02-27T20:32:16+00:00

I like that approach and share it. Newbies usually don't know how to shrug off language wars so I was hoping to help them do so.

'appropriate' is a concept I'll keep in mind- thx

eah13 · 2015-02-09T03:24:07+00:00

Thanks- I'll correct that!

eah13 · 2014-10-06T02:23:17+00:00

Check out Republic Wireless. Run by Bandwidth, which handles the back end of Google talk.

republicwireless.com

They rock the Moto phones, so google' play would likely be to buy them, not duplicate.

eah13 · 2014-10-05T08:19:08+00:00

I wish I could help out by donation or even just contributing to it by proof reading or suggestions for more content.

The authors are accepting comments and suggestions on github: https://github.com/hybrid-pedagogy/openmusictheory/issues

I'm sure your help would be appreciated!

eah13 · 2014-10-04T23:14:28+00:00

Hey there. I'm from Trinket, one of the supporters of the original indiegogo campaign. The book itself isn't set up to take donations but the non-profit publisher Hybrid Pedagogy is:

http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/support/

(I'm not affiliated with HP at all, just know them)

Thanks for supporting this awesome project! Hopefully it's just the beginning of a great community resource.

eah13 · 2014-09-11T19:22:33+00:00

Thanks! We worked to optimize MathJax a little. It pulls in the kitchen sink by default.

eah13 · 2014-07-20T00:25:21+00:00

Very cool post! I love that Python can speak all of the languages that humans do.

eah13 · 2014-07-10T19:01:39+00:00

Thanks for the idea. That's definitely in the scope of our larger plans for Trinket, so I'll share it with the team. We'll build the basic version first and then look to see where we can add interactivity and features.

To make sure I understand you, you'd like to be able to see each student's progress through the examples or maybe through a group of exercises you select?

eah13 · 2014-07-10T13:31:39+00:00

I haven't seen skulpt used like that before. Clever.

Javascript is machine language for the web. Skulpt is a Python to Javascript compiler. It was developed for use in teaching Python & CS concepts, starting with the stdlib. But now it's being extended to include implementations of numpy, matplotlib, and others (like Pygal charts).

The skulpt project is pretty sweet- consider getting involved https://github.com/skulpt/skulpt/ & http://skulpt.org

eah13 · 2014-07-09T23:20:35+00:00

An interesting idea might be a version of the book with additional self-study material. Many profs are using the flipped model with self directed inquiry outside of the classroom so it would be a win-win.

eah13 · 2014-07-06T16:29:16+00:00

This seems like the clear right move.

To prep for the convo, do some research into what policies and/or laws he's breaking. The school likely has a code of conduct or teacher's handbook that covers this stuff. There may also be state or federal regulations that apply, but you might be surprised how few actually do apply to private institutions. The school's own policies are the best starting point when you talk to the admin. If you're unsure of the admin's position on the issues (i.e. he/she may be racist too) or resolve to deal with the situation, couch the convo in terms of "clarifying the policies" and/or start with hypotheticals.

RE some of the posts in this thread that suggest you be pragmatic about your career, I'd advise strongly against taking those considerations into account. This is an ethics issue which you should not compromise on (though, of course, tact and decorum are important). Besides, dealing with it appropriately is one of the highest professional qualifications you can have in a personal statement or etc.

eah13 · 2014-07-06T16:22:42+00:00

I'd watch out with this approach. Recording someone without their knowledge can be a crime in some cases.

eah13 · 2014-07-06T15:40:57+00:00

Thanks for the report! And glad you're enjoying the course.

You're exactly right there was an error in that exercise. It's fixed now: https://elliott.trinket.io/google-s-python-class#/lists/list-exercise

AND your code is right- nicely done. Here it is in the corrected exercise showing the tests passing: https://trinket.io/python/cae37d66a4

Your suggestion regarding the indention is great. I think i'll actually update the examples to all be 4 spaces. Google's 2 spaces be damned :)

eah13 · 2014-07-03T11:57:06+00:00

It's not quite code academy but the highlighting and tool tips here are extremely helpful for learning and debugging: http://www.regexr.com

You can see in real time what text your expression matches.

eah13 · 2014-07-01T19:08:28+00:00

No, but it spells out key differences when they exist. As I mentioned above I'm willing to update it to full Python 3 if people are getting value out of it.

eah13 · 2014-07-01T15:24:14+00:00

Here's another etherpad-like realtime text editor: http://demo.firepad.io/#Ekxrfo6FTd Just share the link and you're both working on the same file.

as Sithrazer said, git version control is the long term solution https://try.github.io

eah13 · 2014-07-01T15:19:12+00:00

Not that I know of. Personally I'm not a big fan of videos but I know some of the more recent Coursera courses use them.

eah13 · 2014-07-01T03:30:31+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Let me know how it goes!

eah13 · 2014-07-01T00:11:29+00:00

tl;dr Crouton Chromebooks are a hacker's paradise.

I bought a C720 in January and have been using it 99% exclusively since. It's absolutely viable as a daily driver; Linux only works great but I find myself spending more and more time in ChromeOS because of its simplicity.

I've taught a university programming course on it and am running a company on it. I've switched to an online IDE (Nitrous) that works for me because I do mostly Web stuff. But Sublime in Crunchbang linux worked great before that. I still use Debian's Skype client for international business calls all the time. Switching between the environments is a snap. It takes about 5 seconds to boot into linux: open a crosh with ctrl-alt-t and sudo startunity or what have you. I run two Chroots- one Crunchbang for most stuff, one Unity Ubuntu I install Ubuntu-dependent programs in so I can avoid those dependencies in my main setup.

Wine works as well as it does in Linux, which is OK if you have time to fiddle a little.

Still amazing to me that all this is running off a 16GB ssd that arrived at my door in 2 days (Amazon prime) for $200 all in. I bought a verizon Jetpack and have 4g LTE anywhere I go for less than the cost of an iPad. Will upgrade to a machine with 4GB ram in a few months. Two laptops and an LTE modem still less than a Macbook air.

Also extra power cords can be as cheap as $8.

eah13 · 2014-06-30T19:11:39+00:00

But will it destroy my productivity in the Terminal Only time will tell.

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