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tcgarvin

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About tcgarvin

Rapid prototyper at PwC. ML, Blockchain, others.

Previously a developer at IBM UrbanCode. Lots of Java and Javascript. Previously a developer at protectus.com. Making The Sentry. Python, Node, Debian, Mongo, Javascript.

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    Wow, this seems like a great tool to help teach basic data structures. I'll be excited to try this out with my son.

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    Comment #22973007

    Using common functional tools can be a great way to simplify code like the example here, but as with most programming techniques, it can easily backfire in real-life scenarios. The…

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    Comment #22676852

    Moving spacing concerns to the parent is an interesting idea, would be fun to try out. That said, I almost didn't read the post simply because "Considered Harmful" is the most obno…

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    Comment #22467646

    Looks interesting, excited to see where it goes. It feels to me like something a motivated open source project could do well, too. What's the thing that will get people to pay for …

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    Got stuck at the paywall -- Do they link out to or otherwise name the dataset? When my kids start thinking about what they want from their post-secondary education, this is the sor…

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    It hadn't even occurred to me that there were serious academic attempts at visualizations of this sort. In addition to OP, this whole discussion is full of great alternatives to d3…

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    Comment #17830394

    I believe you're incorrect, Johnny five supports both runtime models. Was playing with Johnny Five yesterday (while they were releasing 1.0, fun to watch), and was deploying my nod…

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    For those who aren't familiar, Gerrit (the code review system used by Android at this point, think GitHub Pull Requests but better/worse) uses "Anonymous Coward" naming for those u…

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    Comment #17299729

    Longtime D3 (even Protovis) user here. I think you're very correct in that D3 itself is not a good choice for "a simple chart or graph". If that's all I needed, I'd stick with High…

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    Comment #15601495

    Relevant mailing list discussion: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2017-Septembe...

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    I read this question as "How would one go about quantifying the level of stress at work?", which is what I was hoping I would read about after the click. In a world where metrics a…

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    It's asyncio native. Also I think syntactically it's different.

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    Does this work with uvloop?

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    Comment #9997564

    IBM UrbanCode | Downtown Cleveland OH & Raleigh NC | Java & JavaScript Software Engineer | All experience (and pay) levels | ONSITE UrbanCode is an enterprise DevOps solution creat…

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    Thanks for the candid feedback. We've had a variety of CSU grads even this year come on board. That being said, there have been hiccups around things like the Netmedia site. That's…

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    Comment #9639233

    Some common components are Dojo, Jersey, Hibernate. Git. Selenium, JUnit. A few in-house frameworks/libraries, as you'd imagine. Regular fiddling around with newer things as well. …

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    Comment #9639104

    IBM UrbanCode | Downtown Cleveland OH & Raleigh NC | Java & JavaScript Software Engineer | All experience (and pay) levels UrbanCode is an enterprise DevOps solution creator acquir…

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    Comment #9460886

    There is no better way to get to the top of HN than by writing something so deadpan sarcastic that all parties think you're secretly on their side.

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    Chrome has an option to remember self-signed certs

    My primary usability reason for switching to Firefox is gone. chrome://flags/#remember-cert-error-decisions

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    Comment #8458557

    I haven't used Moloch myself, so I can't judge with complete accuracy, but here's my take: 1. Use case: Moloch, with it's focus on PCAP, is a cool network forensics tool, to be sur…

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    Hi! I'm one of the developers of the Sentry. Someone suggested I do a little intro bit here, so here goes. The Sentry stemmed from over a decade of doing traffic analysis (from a s…

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