February 2012
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“When I was in the Air Force, there was one civilian structural engineer that...”
– ComicOzzy, commenting on “Change Control Process Rage”
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Master of none.: Hamming codes →
aepokh:
Today in my general CS class we learned about Hamming codes. I regret that we only had fifteen minutes to learn about it but the professor had a meeting that couldn’t be rescheduled.
Last semester, when the C programming prof said that recursive functions are functions that call…
That’s kind of awesome
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My Friday night
Installing GitlabHQ, a really cool web-interface for git servers, on my Linode. I don’t really need a personal git server (I have a student account with Github), but it’s interesting to set up.
The real reason I’m doing this is because I’m on the Project Hosting team, and I want to get this working so we can mess with it. If it all goes well, it might end up being used at...
“Today’s sysadmin todo list:
0. Get corporate membership with EFF.
1. Identify...”
– foxylad on hacker news
Today’s sysadmin todo list:0. Get corporate membership with EFF.1. Identify all … | Hacker News
(via fred-wilson)
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Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking →
There is one iOS “tip” that I keep hearing and it is wrong. Worse, I keep hearing it from supposedly authoritative sources. I have even heard it from the lips of Apple “Geniuses” in stores.
All those apps in the multitasking bar on your iOS device are currently active and slowing it down, filling the device’s memory or using up your battery. To maximise...
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endofunctor:
random fact:
at the start of 21, the movie about the MIT blackjack team (which replaced most of the asian students with white people), someone says something about having a 4.0 at MIT
which uses a 5-point GPA scale
Going to rewatch this Friday.
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I open-sourced a game and it was awesome
Not trying to be a jerk, but you break a lot of Ruby language conventions. I would add improving that to the top of your list.
The first response to my Reddit thread about my CYOA engine. This was probably the best response I could have hoped for.
I’ve been pushed to open-source my code many, many times. Usually I don’t listen — mostly because I like keeping certain...
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boxhopkins-deactivated20120309 asked: I'm a cs major at UNF. This past year has been my first programming in any capacity. I was always interested in learning but I was hesitant about self learning. Now that I'm in in the program, I have found that I LOVE it.. At least for now lol. Currently I'm taking cs ii, which is learning object oriented programming with java. Sorry for the long intro, but my question is this:...