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I use VM's on a MacBook Pro circa 2006 and they worked fine - a little slow on harddrive intensive operations (e.g. startup, building large applications) but useable. Then I got an…

To continue with your analogy, I would assume most people would be very irritated with a compiler which only reported that you made an error but didn't give you any context into wh…

I think the main issue is the disconnect between "Computer Science" and building computer programs (computer programming, software engineering, etc.) I think Computer Science has t…

The Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) is exactly what is seems to be: a single python interpreter only allows one thread to run a one time regardless of the number of CPUs or cores ava…

In any non-trivial project there comes a time when code becomes... complicated. No matter how well designed the code and no matter how often the code is refactored, reality imposes…

In the long-run, it's about balance. It might take years to balance out but the balance must exist. I've done the geek thing and I've done the social thing. They are both interesti…

I went with my friend to the convenience store on the weekend. He spent a couple of minutes chatting with the clerk behind the counter while I watched. It seemed like the most natu…