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The best-case outcome of many efforts of data scientists is an artifact meant for a machine consumer, not a human one. I posit this outcome is absolutely necessary for any data sci…

Hacking != Software Engineering

I downloaded today and played a couple rounds on my c2007 MacBook Pro. I did notice occasional lag in 2 player mode but nothing horrific. I didn't see anything that felt like a bug…

Sounds like Rails for Devops. Works great until it doesn't...

meh

+1. We review pretty much all code at Climate Corp (even science code) but code review seldom reveals design flaws. I still think code review is incredibly useful. It makes all of …

...and monkeys might fly out of my butt. :-D

There were plenty of RVs on Duboce under the 101 in the Mission when I worked there ~2010. And on International Blvd when we left Oakland last year. I'm sure there are plenty of ot…

This all begs the question, "What kind of car do you drive?" :)

Peer review is a huge part of our culture here at Climate. It's often unreasonable to expect a single reviewer to review a complex paper, so we sometimes address this by assigning …

I agree that using exceptions as flow control is b-a-d. This is an easy fix in this case, set `:throw-exceptions false` in your http call and check the status code, rather than cat…

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