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shop.evilmadscientist.com 10y ago

AxiDraw – Personal Writing and Drawing Machine

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www.kickstarter.com 12y ago

Pixy (CMUcam5): a fast, easy-to-use vision sensor

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github.com 13y ago

Ngrok - Introspected tunnels to localhost

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code.google.com 13y ago

Update on GC issues in Go 1.1 and beyond

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arstechnica.com 13y ago

Google’s Go has some coders raving

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groups.google.com 13y ago

Go 1.1 RC1 is out

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ernestmicklei.com 13y ago

Hopwatch – a debugging tool for Go (HTML5)

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golang.org 14y ago

First commit in the Go source tree was in 1972

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elazungu.wordpress.com 14y ago

Pycel: Compiling Excel spreadsheets to Python

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spectrum.ieee.org 15y ago

Next Generation Supercomputers (via IEEE)

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neopythonic.blogspot.com 15y ago

GvR: Asynchronous RPC in App Engine Today

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neopythonic.blogspot.com 15y ago

Google App Engine Datastore API proposal by GvR

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dabeaz.blogspot.com 15y ago

Telnet to a Superboard II using Python and the cassette ports

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googleblog.blogspot.com 16y ago

Google admitting defeat in 'direct to consumer' model phone sales

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www.youtube.com 16y ago

Google Chrome Speed Test Final

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aturingmachine.com 16y ago

A Turing Machine in the Classic Style

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grathio.com 16y ago

Rock Paper Scissors Playing Glove

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www.philhassey.com 16y ago

Xkcd “Self-Description” solved with python+pygame

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www.kickstarter.com 16y ago

MakerBeam: An Open Source Building Kit

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phandroid.com 16y ago

Layar Reality Browwer for Android

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python-history.blogspot.com 17y ago

The History of Python

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blogs.zdnet.com 17y ago

Android: Worst. Bug. Ever.

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I would like a tool that does something similar to this but on a more ad-hoc basis. i.e. to track my own explorations and understanding for fixing a given problem in a code base.

I'll also admit that I had a hard time understanding exactly how it worked.

It wasn't completely clear for each 'slide' what code was being referred to, I think the highlighting of the code being explained needs to be much more defined or the dimming of surrounding code needs to be more pronounced.

I think it would also be better if there were markers directly in the code side of the window that you could hover over to highlight parts of the slide that are relevant. It would also be beneficial if it also worked the opposite way. i.e. when clicking on a marker in the slide, scroll to the relevant code.

I also think your datapipeline example doesn't really show the value of the tool. i.e. it seems like a very straightforward piece of code that could just be read directly.

How are you planning to keep the slide information in sync with the files on github as they change?

I may not be the target audience for this because I would like it to work with code on my local machine and would only publish if I wanted advice from another programmer and then I would push up my branch and provide a link to the codeflow.

Google Maps Hacks 6 years ago

presumably your intended existing route was already on the main roads? while in navigation mode you can hit the search icon (magnifying glass) to search along the existing route. it won't be perfect but it should work for your use case.

this tool is fantastic. I have a custom written script to unload pictures/movies from an SD card and it copies them to a date based directory structure.

I added this right into that workflow and now newly downloaded pictures are immediately backed up to a google storage nearline bucket. I haven't done it yet but I could also target my home NAS so I would have our photo archive in 3 places.

They are completely worthless for the reasons you stated. A few months ago I connected with a colleague from ~ 15 years ago. He endorsed me for skills that weren't even invented when we worked together.

Recommendations are even more unreliable.

Case in point: A manager who was on the same level as my direct manager contracted an 'Architect' to come up with a high level estimate for a big project. The guy basically drew pictures in Enterprise Architect for 6 months and barely interviewed any stakeholders or technical folks. I was in the meeting where it was decided that it was a worthless exercise and big waste of time/money. We let him go right after he turned in the project plan and scrambled to redo the work. The manager that hired him wrote him a very positive, over the top, gushing recommendation on LinkedIn. I don't know if it was 'quid pro quo' or just the manager trying to save face but it definitely showed me that they are worthless.

I'm not sure I understand your syntax. Graphs are typically specified as relationships (edges) between nodes.

  a->b
  b->c
  d->c

  { name: "a", inputs : {}, outputs {"b"} }
  { name: "b", inputs : {"a"}, outputs {"c"} }
  { name: "c", inputs : {"b","d"}, outputs {} }
  { name: "d", inputs : {}, outputs {"c"} }
???

I've played a bit on my desktop browser and it's fun! Can't wait to show it to my kids. I've looked for similar things a long time ago and only found Java apps/applets. I like that this is browser based.

Do you have a TODO features list? I don't know Coffeescript but this would be a good learning experience for me. I can think of at least one feature I would like to add.

Physical write-protect switches on USB drives used to be common. I have 2 or 3 low capacity drives in a drawer with the switches.

A google search for

write protect switch flash drive

lists several drives that explicitly state they have a write protect switch.

[dead] 13 years ago

"Biggest concern about moving to SV *" should probably read 'Austin'