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Location: Honolulu, HI Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (Within US) Technologies: Java, Scheme, Python, C, C++, dabble in Rust, Git, Atlassian Tools (usage and admin), Spring F…

Almost all laptops these days come with SSDs and last I checked, OpenBSD doesn't support TRIM. Has this been fixed? Is lack of TRIM a non-issue?

I've made small code contributions to Firefox and Servo, both Mozilla projects, and I have nothing but good things to say about everyone involved with the two projects. As a newcom…

I'm wondering the same thing. In the announcement, they say "two more than MBP" so I'm hoping it's a quadcore

The comparison bewteen the total LOC across all of Google's products against just one of Microsoft's is a bit unfair.

It's been discussed before, but that's not really quicksort though (since it's not in-place)[0] 0: http://stackoverflow.com/q/7717691/1235548

The Berkeley AI class on edX[0] covers this, and other related algorithms, like alpha-beta pruning. It's a very fun class; recommended for anyone interested in this sort of thing […

Isn't the first example undefined behavior? I always thought you shouldn't assign data to a union using one member, then access the data using a different member.

Yep, that's what Disruptor is for. Here's a blog post by one of the devs giving more details about the ring buffer where she specifically mentions that objects are pooled to avoid …

IIRC, LMAX Disruptor[0] uses the same concept with its ring buffer to avoid GC-related slowdown. [0]: https://github.com/LMAX-Exchange/disruptor

Very cool! I've been working on the microcorruption CTF myself, and it inspired me to work on a MSP430 emulator. From the newsletter that the folks at Starfighter sent out a few we…

I've had the opportunity to sleep in a lot lately, and I've found that I feel physically and mentally the most rejuvenated around the 9 hour mark. Shorter than that and my thinking…

Just out of curiosity, how much of TAOCP have you worked through in terms of exercises? I'm currently working through Concrete Mathematics and while it's a very good book, I'm also…

It reminded of how pickup artists market their books/seminars[0], which gave me a little chuckle. Nevertheless, I'm excited about this, and signed up immediately. [0]: www.blueprin…

I recently switched over to making cold brew coffee at home. It's incredibly easy to make a week's worth at time, tastes great, and just as convenient as instant coffee.

I enjoy reading well-written C code, and in my opinion, two very good examples are redis and the Quake 3 source (the same goes for all other id/Carmack code). Reading the Quake stu…

I can't say enough good things about SICP. I'm currently working my way through it, and it's such a joy. Watching Prof. Abelson and Sussman's recorded lectures from the 80's is equ…

'How to Solve It' looks to be just the book I've been looking for. I would say I'm fairly good at problem solving, but I've always felt that I do a lot more stumbling around than I…

I had a similar experience, but it was solving Tower of Hanoi.

I second the "War of Art" recommendation. It is one of the most important books I've read in a long time as a far as impact on my life; really kicked my ass and got me into gear.

Thank you for this; cloning it now

The author says he turned to Coursera, but doesn't mention the course(s) he took, but I'm going to guess it's the the 'Compilers' class from Stanford[0]. I've heard good things abo…

Chromium itself moved (is in the process of?) to git, so I'm inclined to think it's the latter.