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paulbunn

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About paulbunn

Software Engineer in South Africa. Varied technical interests - web tech, data science, functional programming. I am platform/technology/language agnostic.

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    Comment #5600695

    I totally agree. A lot comes down to the individuals ability to adapt and remain relevant, regardless of age.

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    Comment #5531045

    I got it. :-)

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    Comment #5298497

    Thanks! I was hoping there weren't any good ones - it would have made my next hardware purchase decision easier. It might sound a bit ridiculous, but I really enjoy the workflow, a…

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    Comment #5297506

    Are there any decent tiling window managers for OSX? A quick google doesn't seem to reveal anything as awesome as AwesomeWM (or its counterparts).

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    Comment #4871049

    At the age of 30, I still get a sense of excitement when I see Lego. I don't know of any engineers who never played with Lego as a kid (or even Meccano to a lesser degree)

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    Comment #4822143

    Oh you will be suprised! I think that some people suffer from a fear of learning something new and pushing the boundaries of their knowledge out further.

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    Comment #4782611

    I suspect it might be the local business entity, Google South Africa.

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    Comment #4663518

    I'm also learning Clojure and have been playing with Incanter. Seems quite a decent statistical library/environment. I had a few issues with lazy evaluation with the dynamic charti…

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    Comment #4385107

    I'm giving Asana a long term evaluation - at least 3 months. So far I really like the following: Its very keyboard friendly (I havent played with Trello long enough to assess how k…

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    Comment #4385100

    Was a bit disappointed - this is generally just good advice/best practice for any sort of programming task not just machine learning R&D. It is however very good advice taken in th…

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    Comment #3678839

    what developing nation is that? (I ask because I also live in a "developing" nation which has some of the highest per capita broadband charges in the world)