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I do not have advice on how to manage your time so you can be prolifically productive, but I do think you've touched upon motivation being one of the main factors for deciding to continue on projects after work, projects that may even become your work. But discipline is the hardest yet simplest piece: you may not always be motivated, by discipline / consistency ensures exposure, ensures you apply yourself to your project(s) very frequently.

I suggest you read Coders at Work if you haven't already. It is a good compilation of interviews with living legends of computer science and famous software projects, and the interviews give insight into how each approaches his/her life. You might find some of it inspirational and insightful.

http://www.codersatwork.com/
I was learning a bit about OpenCV (bought a book about OpenCV with Python) and found EmguCV while surfing some "computer vision" pages.

And because my company uses .NET heavily, I thought it would be cool to let it work with .NET.

And this is it...just wanted to share my experiences. :)

Maybe it can be of some use to others.

Cheers,
Harris
I wonder if we could employ similar technology for lice, bed bugs and roaches. Would be awesome not to have to deal with those pests.
It might be killing fetuses. That would show up in elevated levels of miscarriages - do they track that though?
Ask HN: How can I become smarter?
I like to think of myself as a fairly well rounded individual in most things. In saying that, I'm wanting to pursue a living in web/app development and design, as I'm already trying to do so. I want to be able to create great products and contribute to the lives of everyday people. I want to be the master of my own domain, able to get things up and running without having to spend hours looking at tutorials, or asking some pretty basic questions on Stack Exchange without looking out of place. I want to get better at the things I already do, and be able to learn and pick up new things at a decent pace.

I see my peers excel at what they do while I constantly wonder "Why can't I do that?" or "Why can't I be as smart as X in Y?", or "What's stopping me from doing that too?"

How can fully unleash my potential if it hasn't already been reached?

While I'm asking this, yes I know everybody is different in how they learn things, and you shouldn't compare yourself to others, as you're your own individual, but can't I compare myself to others to help motivate me? Is my answer to read more books on topic "X" or to dive into "X" and break things?

What can I do to find my own path for learning?
the other difference is that Zero Dark Thirty is domestic propaganda, aimed at perpetuating the GWoT.

Torquing the Soviet Peoples Art Commisars, and maybe fooling a few wealthy collectors, is pretty innocent by comparison.
When it comes to making headway on important projects, there is no substitute for putting in the hours. It requires extended periods of uninterrupted time. Unfortunately, you only have a few hours a day available to you in which your mind is firing on all cylinders.

The answer, then, is to find a way to work on these projects in the course of your job. That's what I do, and my best guess is that that's what the people you've heard of do as well.

Find some project that your employer really, really needs, get permission to open source it, and spend your most productive waking hours on it.
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Condoms don't really work for preventing pregnancy though, the failure rate is too high for that. They have success at reducing pregnancy rates, but not at stopping it.
> I'll add that there is a very good "excuse" why universities treat adjuncts how they do: because they can.

That's very true, and current and potential adjuncts should wisen up. That being said, just because you can take advantage of someone doesn't mean you should.
If you seriously look at the Erlang syntax you will find it is very simple, concise and consistent. We wanted to keep it simple. Yes, it different from most OO languages, most functional languages look different, but that is not surprising as the semantics of Erlang and other functional languages are very different from the semantics of your typical OO and imperative languages like Jave, Ruby and C. If it is doing different things why should it look the same? That would just be confusing.

Also, if you again look seriously at the syntax you will see there is actually very little Prolog in it, most of that disappeared along the way when it became functional. What is left are variables, atoms and lists. Records are a bit messy although they are very logical and consistent (again) but no one has come up with an alternative that works. They also fit the language semantics.

Also I personally don't see the problem with learning another syntax. I know and have used about 9-10 so far so what is really the problem?

And I rather like Prolog syntax, it simple, concise, consistent and truly homoiconic though with operators.
First of all, this is really comparison of regexp packages. PCRE (am I correct that it's used in perl?) written in C vs re2 written in Go.

On related topic, in this case utf8 is not needed so switching to []byte oriented api is good idea (and as an added benefit - slices are cheaper to copy then strings) - see comparison https://gist.github.com/tumdum/83581aee2693a60f5133
Yep. When you flood two generations with easy college money and tell them they have to go or they're a failure, don't be surprised when a disproportionate number of people are exposed to post graduate options and they seem like their best choice.

Even so, stuff like this reminds me not to take too romantic a view of "non-profit" higher education.
That your comment and @cryoshon were down-voted shows how some of us feel about these things

The CIA and others like it, like our elected officials, is a reflection of who we are. They are a mirror.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10955285
Thanks for that, should have read a little further.
It would also help if they weren't the locus of indignation at corporations for not treating workers well enough.
>because the depth of field is much smaller,

Why? It isn't immediately obvious to me why the FILM would have an effect on the depth of field.
A blog post about shaders without any screenshots of shaders :(
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To repurpose an old joke: You might not believe in the problems of distributed systems, but they believe in you.

It sounds like your problem is more IAASy. For which you might tinker with BOSH. Or if you just need to run remote commands, there are a lot of systems that'll piggyback on SSH for you.
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You have to also take into account that getting your work done 40% faster lets the system go to sleep 40% sooner. Getting the CPU into an idle state tends to dominate everything else.

In my experience, it's very rarely worth choosing a slower algorithm out of power consumption concerns. Use all the silicon available to you to get the work done and go to sleep.
When Dirty Harry came out, Roger Ebert called it a fascist film: the rogue cop out violating people's rights and murdering members of the public was the hero and the courts, defense lawyers, etc were villains trying to stop him from "getting the bad guy."

But Dirty Harry became an archetype in American film. Now there are hundreds of films with the protagonist being a "tough guy cop" who "doesn't play by the book." It's no wonder how our society has become what it is.

Here's Ebert's review: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dirty-harry-1971
This also tremendously affects human culture. While the information you need to perform a piece of classical music can easily get stored for ever (high quality, archival grade ink and paper plus loads of copies from time to time, stored in a save area) there is no such thing for recorded music.

There isn't even a future proof way to capture a simple house beat. For instance, the drums are sampled from vinyl then go into a 12 bit sampler then got digitalized a decade later. Finally a row of skillfully tweaked digital effects gets applied to the individual hits and the sequence as a whole.

All this is necessary to make a simple house beat sound/feel the way it does. But there is no notation for the process you have to go through to achieve this result. Drums in a different style of music that use the very same simple drum pattern have a very different feel to them.

You could argue that there is no need for a notation as there are ways to preserve the files of your DAW and thus the process is sort of documented. But whether or not you can open these files in the future depends entirely on economic interests of hard- and software manufacturers.
This statement definitely has a tension with the oft-repeated mantra "Ideas don't matter." What is a strategy except for a well-considered set of ideas strung together?

I think it is healthy for people to take a step back from the "Ideas don't matter" ledge and consider that execution applied aimlessly also may not matter.
Does anyone know if getting sick with Zika produces lifetime immunity?

Because if so then women should get sick on purpose, wait to get better. Then not have to worry anymore.
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It sounds like you want to become more competent, not necessarily intrinsically smarter. That's good, because becoming more competent is much simpler than brain-hacking! Not easy, but simple.

Here's all you need to do: 1) Read everything that interests you. Read copiously, in general (or study via whatever medium works best for you -- audio or video can also be effective). 2) Pursue projects. Build things. Tell people about them, and ask for help/advice.

That's it. Results take time, though.
How do you know that's true about Dengue? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510884/ (from Indian J Med Res. 2012 Sep; 136(3): 373–390. ) says:

> The epidemiology of dengue fevers in the Indian subcontinent has been very complex and has substantially changed over almost past six decades in terms of prevalent strains, affected geographical locations and severity of disease. The very first report of existence of dengue fevers in India was way back in 1946[15]. Thereafter, for the next 18 years, there was no significant dengue activity reported anywhere in the country. In 1963-1964, an initial epidemic of dengue fever was reported on the Eastern Coast of India[7,16–20], it spread northwards and reached Delhi in 1967[21] and Kanpur in 1968

then continues with many more recent epidemics of Dengue in India throughout the decades.

I can think of several other hypotheses, besides a rise in mosquito-transmitted diseases, which can fit your observation:

1) you didn't pay attention to it 15-20 years ago, or your memory has faded, 2) other diseases, like polio and malaria, were more significant so played a larger role in health reporting, 3) people and news sources talk more about health issues now than then, 4) official counts which were deliberately under-stated are now becoming more realistic.
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It completely froze my 2011 MacBook Air with the latest OS X and Chrome.
Not sure if he comes here, but Sindre Sorhus[1] is quite prolific. The answer, though, is not satisfactory: He doesn't work. He moved to Thailand and lives off savings.

Here's the answer you are looking for: https://github.com/sindresorhus/ama/issues/167 and you can search more related questions in the issues.

[1] https://github.com/sindresorhus
It's going to be really interesting to see the response of the RC church to this.
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It doesn't have to cause any change. They could say "In order to preserve life and health, use birth control during this crisis. But otherwise don't."

After all, most people use birth control for economic reasons, not health reasons.
I thought they all must be java.
Paying them more would increase tuition. Maybe colleges should shift the funds from elsewhere but that not as simple as just paying them more.

What is never talked about in these articles about the plight of the adjunct is that adjunct professor is supposed to be a fun side gig. Almost charity work. You are supposed to do it for the experience. I'd had many adjuncts at northwestern when I was getting my law degree. They were partners at major law firms. They mad millions a year. They would have done this job for free. Maybe they did.

My wife considered adjuncting at her old college for the same reason.

It seems a huge part of this problem is some are treating these jobs as real, life supporting careers. They aren't meant that way. Maybe colleges are taking advantage. But these adjuncts are also taking advantage of themselves willingly.
I haven't seen the movie and I don't know what's depicted in it, but I'm pretty sure torture can be morally justified in some cases. Consider a real-life example of torture described in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.[1] At a gas station, a woman briefly leaves her car to pay for fuel. In the minute she's gone, a man hops in and drives away. Unbeknownst to the car thief, the woman's infant is sleeping in the back seat. The thief soon discovers this and ditches the car. Police quickly catch him at a nearby train station. He's carrying valuables from the car. There is video of him stealing the car. Despite his denials, there is no question this man is the car thief. It's over 100ºF out. The police need to find the car before the baby dies of heat stroke. A police officer describes the incident:

> In the police truck on the way to the police station: “Where did you leave the Hyundai?” Denial instead of dissimulation: “It wasn't me.” It was—property stolen from the car was found in his pockets. In the detectives' office: “It's been twenty minutes since you took the car—little tin box like that car—It will heat up like an oven under this sun. Another twenty minutes and the child's dead or brain damaged. Where did you dump the car?” Again: “It wasn't me.”

> Appeals to decency, to reason, to self-interest: “It's not too late; tell us where you left the car and you will only be charged with Take-and-Use. That's just a six month extension of your recognizance.” Threats: “If the child dies I will charge you with Manslaughter!” Sneering, defiant and belligerent; he made no secret of his contempt for the police. Part-way through his umpteenth, “It wasn't me”, a questioner clipped him across the ear as if he were a child, an insult calculated to bring the Islander to his feet to fight, there a body-punch elicited a roar of pain, but he fought back until he lapsed into semi-consciousness under a rain of blows. He quite enjoyed handing out a bit of biffo, but now, kneeling on hands and knees in his own urine, in pain he had never known, he finally realised the beating would go on until he told the police where he had abandoned the child and the car.

> The police officers' statements in the prosecution brief made no mention of the beating; the location of the stolen vehicle and the infant inside it was portrayed as having been volunteered by the defendant. The defendant's counsel availed himself of this falsehood in his plea in mitigation. When found, the stolen child was dehydrated, too weak to cry; there were ice packs and dehydration in the casualty ward but no long-time prognosis on brain damage.

I think the actions of the police are unimpeachable. Had they not tortured the thief, an innocent child would be dead. Now, does that mean I think torture should be legal? Of course not. Do I think the CIA has committed atrocities and violated human rights? Yes! But that doesn't mean torture doesn't work.

1. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/torture/#CasStuBea
My wife and I like to watch shows like Blacklist and White Collar. There are casual 4th amendment violations several times per episode. It's infuriating.
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If you watch almost any superhero show, even the ones that are explicitly for children, you'll see that a huge amount of "investigation" into crimes is done by threatening to kill criminals and often by torturing them. Look at Batman.

The idea that torture works is bedrock in the entertainment world, partially because it's a narrative shortcut and shows how far the "hero" is willing to go.
> Funny how well it works in most other places to put shared infrastructure in the hands of the public.

You use the word "funny" in a way that suggests it's a coincidence, but let me introduce a different explanation:

In a landmass controlled by imperialistic government, as the USA is today, "public" and "government" have little discernible overlap.

That may explain why public services (I'm thinking especially of health care) work so well in present-day Europe but not in the USA.
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Thanks for your input. It's much appreciated. I understand what you're saying totally. I guess part of me is that I want to learn something, on a large scale, by tomorrow, and I need to realize that it's not possible to do that.
No, it's mainly insects that wig me out. Tarantulas... not so much, but I'm not keen on spiders big enough that I can feel their weight.

In the house if a spider is found, I generally try to save it and put it outside.
This tack is a good start, for sure, a shift in how people think about the drugs problem. Yet, it's only the beginning. Physicians need to understand the ramifications of what they prescribe. They should be better equipped and trained to determine when use of drugs goes from treating one symptom to becoming a problem in itself.

When someone comes in for painkillers for hip problems, etc and the time passes where it was either effective or not, but the drugs are still prescribed because the patient claims the issue persists way beyond the normal timeline, it's then time to reevaluate the usefulness of the drug's initial prescription.
Perhaps "academic overreach". As an economy that is driven by innovation we need to be hypersensitive to the origin of our technologies and ideas. If academia is failing us we need to act accordingly.
sorry for the late response but stupid HN doesn't notify me when i get a response. I will bitch about this until they implement it :)

You guys bring up a ton of great points. I do want my kids to be aware of other "classes" not to grow up in a bubble but I don't have to live next to a poor neighbor for them to understand poverty and care about the poor.

I grew up middle class most of my life and I have a lot of empathy (I think/hope) mostly because my parents taught me that. I remember when I didn't finish my food as a kid my dad would say "there are children starving in Ethiopia and you want to throw half your plate away" (no offense, i grew up in Egypt as a kid and there was a famine in Ethiopia at the time). Or when a button on a shirt falls off, my mom would fix it instead of just throwing away the entire shirt like many people in the USA would do (I assume). Or collecting money for a struggling family in our church... These are all small examples but they helped me understand that not everyone had it as good/bad as we did.

My point is, you can teach your kid empathy and compassion. Take them to feed the homeless, have them donate money to the poor. make sandwiches for a shelter. etc. etc...
> How is one going to implement such a policy ?

You're asking how they will implement a policy to recommend something? Probably with some advertising and public service announcements I guess.

Why does that puzzle you so much?
Well, that's just a semantic shift: by "water anarchy," I meant a lack of any large, central authority, be it private or public.

If there's one thing that we can all agree is a moral infraction, it's polluting the life blood.
I know of them... I think I know where the Alien "facehugger" idea came from. =\
Simple kits for testing both water and painted surfaces go for $10 and up at Home Depot. The less expensive ones have two tests. You should test at least a couple of fixtures because older fixtures often contain lead. Getting a positive may mean that you need only replace that fixture. Testing the paint isnt a bad idea either. If you get a positive then you need to have the water tested by a lab. It isnt very expensive to get a kit and mail a sample back to the lab. Your city or county water department should be able to help you find a reliable lab.

I am not an expert in the area, but I did serve on the board of a small mutual water company in the hills above Silicon Valley. We were required to do daily tests for things like coliform bacteria and monthly tests for other possible contaminates. Every few years we handed out lead testing kits to a few households on the various branches of the system to make sure lead wasnt leaching into the water. All of our samples had to be tested at county approved labs. A county inspector also took samples during the year. The testing for larger water systems were even stricter.
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Using the SIMD units vs scalar units increases power consumption

True, but only slightly. If SIMD works for the problem, the overall efficiency can be much greater. This paper has some good numbers: http://kentcz.com/downloads/P149-ISCA14-Preprint.pdf

I wonder if this is actually a net loss.

No, on modern processors SIMD is usually a big win. The basic summary is that "fixed costs dominate variable costs". Increasing vector width (if the problem allows it) translates almost directly to increased efficiency: "Doubling the SIMD width with AVX instructions doubles performance and only increases total power by 4.3%, which results in a 1.9x improvement in energy efficiency." (quotes from the paper)

More generally, higher Instructions Per Cycle (IPC) means higher efficiency. The overhead of the processor is a big factor. For computationally intense problems, working faster and finishing in fewer cycles makes for higher energy efficiency.
Sweet! Software I once helped develop (in the 1990s) was used to create protein/ligand image.
Thanks! A lot of great advice.

I'm really good at public speaking. This is one of my greatest strength so it is a no brainer how to do a presentation where i communicate my vision. But i never had to "close a deal". That is where i'm struggling. So how much does it divide from that?

Can you recommend any online resources?
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Roman is a simple library written in Swift that lets you convert back and forth between Roman numeral strings and any type that conforms to IntegerType.
Well, they don't have any problem with correcting hereditary problems in the womb[1], and it appears okay to straight up not have kids if you know you have a problem that's going to affect the fetus as well[2].

What they absolutely aren't okay with is finding out the child has microcephaly, and aborting as a result.

It's my own personal read on canon law that giving birth in such an environment, to the point where the civil authorities are saying "please don't", would present an unacceptable risk to the child, and thus be immoral, and thus be a sin.

[1]: http://catholicstraightanswers.com/what-is-the-churchs-posit...

[2]: http://www2.loras.edu/~CatholicHE/Arch/Sexuality/Genetic_dis...

Don't expect a sudden 180 on birth control. The advice for people will be to abstain.
I'd suggest you read "You and Your Research" by Hamming - it's easy to find with a Google search.
"Any female." "Any phone."

Something's wrong with this.
... which is valuable if you want "intelligence" to launch the next war.
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