January 2011
i’m still trying to lose that holiday weight… http://flic.kr/p/9e8EHm
There are so many predictibly “original” people out there (especially in art and music)…it really makes me laugh! #ItsAllBeenDoneBefore :)
If zappos were any faster, the UPS guy would be at my door the second I click the submit button. How is their service so fast? Black magic?
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Become a Command Line Ninja With These Time-Saving... →
The command can be quite powerful, but typing in long commands and file paths gets tedious pretty quickly. Here are some shortcuts that will have you running long, tedious, or complex commands with just a few keystrokes.
is there an easy way to figure out all of my medical expenses from this past year? i broke my arm, paid a fortune and want the deductions!
Wow. I had an EXCEPTIONALLY good first day of classes! I’m so excited for the amazing opportunity that has presented itself. Life is good!
I just finished the last episode of The Wire…what an amazing show. I enjoyed every second of it! Now I can finally have my life back!
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Time Complexity of Python Data Structures →
This page documents the time-complexity (aka “Big O” or “Big Oh”) of various operations in current CPython. Other Python implementations (or older or still-under development versions of CPython) may have slightly different performance characteristics. However, it is generally safe to assume that they are not slower by more than a factor of O(log n).
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Writing Forwards Compatible Python Code →
For web applications the safest bet currently is to stick with Python 2.x even for new projects. For the simple reason that right now we don’t have enough supporting libraries for Python 3 yet and porting some of them over is a huge step. But with all the people telling one that it’s hard and painful to upgrade to Python 3, how does one make this upgrade easier?
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The Alternative History of Public-Key Cryptography... →
Over the past twenty years, Diffie, Hellman and Merkle have become world famous as the cryptographers who invented the concept of public-key cryptography, while Rivest, Shamir and Adleman have been credited with developing RSA, the most beautiful implementation of public-key cryptography. However, a recent announcement means that the history books are having to be rewritten. According to the...
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Happy Friday all! This song is getting me hyped to head to the Warriors game tonight… (thx to @MylesInSF): http://goo.gl/E6n17
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Gilbert Arenas To J.J. Redick: "We're The Two Best... →
This really is an amazing quote, and I have no idea what it means. Some points to consider:
1.) J.J. Redick isn’t the best white shooter in the NBA. 2.) Gilbert Arenas is neither white nor much of a shooter. 3.) This is sort of like Tom Chambers saying to Larry Nance, “We’re the two best black dunkers in the NBA.” 4.) Except that this is a lot more like Jon Koncak...
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Riley explains W's plan for Lin →
Here’s a little more about Jeremy Lin being recalled on Monday and his contract becoming guaranteed for the rest of the season on Jan. 10…
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Do any of you happen to own The Wire on DVD or Blu-ray? Are you willing to share?? Netflix is just too slow…I want a marathon!!
I thought it was Sunday all day yesterday and I haven’t gotten out of bed before 10 in well over a week…life’s pretty damn good right now!
