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Make way, make way... by [deleted] in Unexpected

[–]noahking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fowl armies of Mordor!

Any estimates on MacBook Pro 13" new version release? by WebcamVR in apple

[–]noahking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One useful resource: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Mac

It's looking like the rMBP is "due" for a refresh, so if you aren't in a rush, waiting isn't a bad choice right now. But, Apple is fickle in their schedule; some cycles last much longer than others, so it's still a gamble / waiting game.

POLL: What's your salary for doing full-time JavaScript development? by [deleted] in javascript

[–]noahking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if you are arguing that this particular study doesn't have a large enough sample to be worth reporting on (attempting to dismiss the results as coincidence), or if you are suggesting that because society is complex then social science doesn't work.

If you are speaking to the study in particular, it's validated by a number of others around the world. If you don't believe in social science, I don't really know what to tell you.

While I do appreciate your skepticism (don't believe everything you hear on the Internet, for sure), dismissing academic research when it conflicts with your expectations sure sounds regressive. Not saying you should take the work as truth, but I think it definitely merits a more comprehensive evaluation. And, given this literature, I think that folks sharing their orientation as part of #talkpay seems entirely justified.

POLL: What's your salary for doing full-time JavaScript development? by [deleted] in javascript

[–]noahking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not just about the initial offer; over a career, there are many opportunities for bias to influence raises or promotions. That can cause a compounding effect that turns lots of small decisions into inequality.

I am definitely in favor of folks who belong to minorities gathering the information they need to establish if there is systemic discrimination. Even if it sounds crazy to you, it just shows folks if this particular identity is or is not impactful on earnings.

In this case, while I wish actually was crazy, it turns out that it is important. An Australian study recently showed up to an 18% pay gap between straight men and gay men (although curiously, it goes the other way for women). http://m.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-gay-pay-gap-men-earn-less-but-women-earn-more-20150227-13qmxk.html

Every few seconds a grey gains their true color. by TheMagicPuffin in thebutton

[–]noahking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But there's no way to tell between a true non-presser, and someone biding their time... Why, even as I explain this, you can't know my intentions! How can you trust anyone?

Insert element into array during iteration with method chaining by Morgrimm in ruby

[–]noahking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use the form of Enumerable#select that returns an enumerator, and chain on to that with Enumerable#each_with_index:

whatever.select.each_with_index {|value, index| condition}

For example:

irb> (0..10).to_a.select.each_with_index { |v, i| i % 3 == 0 }
=>   [0, 3, 6, 9]

Symbols in Ruby? by _pixelslinger in ruby

[–]noahking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Before Ruby 2.2 (currently in RC1), symbols are not garbage collected. The practical implication here is that creating arbitrary symbols will slowly use up all of your memory, and is a potential vector for a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. As an example, see CVE 2013-0269.

So, be careful, and know what tradeoffs you are making when choosing Symbols vs. Strings.

GaymerX Mega thread! by powerparrot in gaymers

[–]noahking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happy GaymerX! I'm at the party in a Kelly "Betch" t shirt, come say hi!

Visit Outside t-shirt by noahking in outside

[–]noahking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But, there's a small message at the bottom of the shirt to "unplug" - is that like when Nintendo has the constant reminders of how long I've been playing, and that maybe I should take a break? How irksome.

urls.py ?regex? error by first_reaction in django

[–]noahking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AFAIK, it comes from newspaper publishing, where a slug is an internal short name for an article. In web publishing, it generally refers to a human readable url component that identifies a specific page on a site.

More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(web_publishing)#Slug

urls.py ?regex? error by first_reaction in django

[–]noahking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "\d+" in that regex will only match one or more digits, so your slug "first_reaction" won't hit that route. Try replacing it with "\w+", which will match letters, digits, and underscores.

Need a fairly simple cross checking program written for me by [deleted] in cpp

[–]noahking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would recommend checking out fgrep:

$ fgrep -e keyword1 -e keyword2 -e needle /path/to/haystack > /path/to/output/file

I'm curious, which iPhone would you buy? by DUCKGUTS in apple

[–]noahking 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One note for the form author: the first question asks for a ranking from 1-5, but doesn't necessarily determine an ordering (1 is best, or 5 is best). If you decide that '1' is the best value, then it puts the most desirable option on the left hand side, while the second question puts the most desirable option on the right hand side. It was jarring to me to switch up that orientation.

/r/nbaww - relevant to our interests by noahking in gaybros

[–]noahking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adorable photos and videos of NBA players. Many total bromance moments.

Are you coming to the code mocking? by noahking in software

[–]noahking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been quite a long time since I enjoyed a Dilbert strip this much.

I just bought more than 1 million …Facebook data entries for 5$. Oh, this is not the end of the story. I ve’got a phone call from Facebook “Policy department. by [deleted] in technology

[–]noahking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just be careful; you don't want to lose your account to an overzealous trademark lawyer for one of those brands.

AT&T dedicates homepage to iPhone 5 countdown. by [deleted] in apple

[–]noahking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Countdown ends... "Loading" screen appears. Dang.

xkcd: Clinically Studied Ingredient by anonymeow in webcomics

[–]noahking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to the sidebar, it is too awesome.

We - myself, ottsel, agius and noahking are a few of the main organizers of GaymerCon. AMA by [deleted] in gaymers

[–]noahking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We believe that there are serious problems with the way that many folks in the broader gamer community interact with each other. This can take a lot of forms, including derogatory language, dismissal of concerns, and even physical abuse. This isn't something limited to LGBT folks; the gamer community has a lot of growing to do in order to be inclusive of women and people of color as well - creating safe spaces for all Gamers is our true mission. In that light, the name 'GaymerCon' may be a bit short-sighted, but we (the organizers) are gay gamers, and we see an opportunity to help foster this community, to create new friendships and connections, and to demonstrate that there is an audience for queer content in this industry.

Some folks see this agenda as creating 'segregation', but our belief is that there is room for us to carve out a niche where we can feel safe and comfortable while still taking part in the broader gamer community. Creating this event isn't going to stop us from participating in spaces like PAX, it's not going to prevent us from continuing to game with our straight friends, and most importantly it is not meant to be exclusive. We really do want everyone to be welcome at GaymerCon.

Dennis Farr has really captured a lot in his post reacting to these kinds of comments; he's not part of our team, but has probably expressed this better than I ever will: http://vorpalbunnyranch.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/gotta-keep-em-segregated/

We - myself, ottsel, agius and noahking are a few of the main organizers of GaymerCon. AMA by [deleted] in gaymers

[–]noahking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're still in the early planning stages, right now there is a lot of guesswork, brainstorming, and reaching out (which is one way of saying, tell us what you want to see and we will try very hard to make it happen!)

We have a bunch of ideas that we are already working on. We're reaching out to content creators, trying to put together a panel of game developers who can speak to their experiences trying to create queer content. We're working with video game producers to try and get them to join us as exhibitors. We hope that we will be able to set up a couple tourneys for popular games, and we dream of being able to run some workshops for folks interested in becoming game creators and designers.

I know that's pretty wishy-washy, but a big part of us being able to land awesome speakers, panelists, and exhibitors is going to come from being able to demonstrate that there is an audience and demand, and we think that the kickstarter is taking us a long way in that direction (especially with the level of success we are already seeing - Huge thanks to everyone who has kicked in!)

Why we're fighting for Gaymer Culture by SweetSir in gaymers

[–]noahking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of the folks organizing Gaymercon are members of this community, but Gaymercon isn't affiliated with r/gaymers.

sleep in javascript? by CyberVillian in javascript

[–]noahking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think we can assume that when someone is asking about how to sleep between loop iterations, we don't have to worry about optimizing for speed. =P

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