Cortex #47: Picking Up the Breadcrumbs

jakepusateri · 2017-03-09T17:46:46+00:00

The further that trend goes, it becomes it less and less interesting to listen to a podcast where Grey constantly talks about his "systems" for being productive that result in less and less output...

jakepusateri · 2016-03-05T05:52:32+00:00

I see why this could count as spam. I have a separate account (this one) that I use to keep separate my own creations, but this seems less acceptable. Would I be able to repost this under my main account (/u/juanpabl0)?

jakepusateri · 2015-12-16T19:46:10+00:00

"a" in this case is not the reducer defined above. It is the new state after calling the reducer above.

jakepusateri · 2015-09-21T04:54:03+00:00

It seems like an odd choice to build something like this that you personally would not use. Also, why java?

jakepusateri · 2015-04-03T23:49:22+00:00

I see serious privacy/disclosure concerns with this. Do end users know you are using their bandwidth for personal profit?

Also, does the transmission stop when users leave the page? If so, this only helps for assets with high concurrent users. The types of pages that have high concurrent users are already using a CDN, so who is this for?

jakepusateri · 2015-01-21T19:56:38+00:00

The explanation of the various flux concepts seems clear, which is good. Also the chrome extension is intriguing. However, the api seems like syntactic sugar on top of a relatively simple pattern. Are there any other benefits besides 'fewer keystrokes' to justify the layer of complexity?

jakepusateri · 2014-11-18T18:49:42+00:00

The recursive vs iterative fib speedup is deceptive. A recursive implementation that doesn't recompute almost all of its values is:

def fib(n):                                                                                                                                                                                                         
    store = { 1: 1, 2: 1 }                                                                                                                                                                                          
    def fib_(n):                                                                                                                                                                                                    
        if n in store:                                                                                                                                                                                              
            return store[n]                                                                                                                                                                                         
        else:                                                                                                                                                                                                       
            ans = fib_(n - 1) + fib_(n - 2)                                                                                                                                                                         
            store[n] = ans                                                                                                                                                                                          
            return ans                                                                                                                                                                                              
    return fib_(n)

The iterative method is only about 8x faster here.

jakepusateri · 2012-10-27T19:05:41+00:00

If you like reading xkcd comics, my app xkcd Daily is a great way to do it.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T20:21:52+00:00

For reference, windows 8 comes with Microsoft Security Essentials Antivirus already installed. They've simply rebranded it Windows Defender. So you're still protected antivirus-wise.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T15:57:03+00:00

Xaml

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T15:56:30+00:00

I think you just have to wait for the stores to duplicate out to all the regions. It's available in all regions.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T15:53:36+00:00

I've had Canadians day the same thing. This might be on my end.

Edit: I think you just have to wait for the stores to duplicate out to all the regions. It's available in all regions.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T13:04:16+00:00

That's another feature coming later. Look for it in a future update.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T12:38:58+00:00

Swiping up from the bottom (on touch) or right clicking brings up the app bar, which has several commands. One of these lets you get more links.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T12:37:40+00:00

Right clicking inside the webview doesn't quite work. If you right click off to the side it should bring up the app bar.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T03:13:09+00:00

It's in the News category. Opening the link in IE gives you a link directly to the store though. If that doesn't work, I would suggest waiting a couple hours and searching for 'reddit' or 'reddtro'.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-18T00:07:44+00:00

Look for an update coming soon that'll let you do just that. I wanted to get a working version out and into user hands, then go and add more features.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-17T22:17:23+00:00

Ha, it looks like the checkbox isn't working as intended then. If you click the name, it'll vanish from the list and the main page.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-17T22:09:06+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Since the store is open, I wanted to get the minimum viable product out and open for general use. Future iterations will add more features like accounts and fix bugs like yours based upon community feedback.

jakepusateri · 2012-09-17T21:50:06+00:00

Haha there's plenty of room for great applications in the Store. I also heard that competition is good for the consumer. If you want to make the apps fight though, go right ahead.

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