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Re:Google Eyeing Mission Bay for San Francisco Move? on Thursday November 14, 2013 @01:05PM (#6734057)
The new Google space will actually be in West Loop.
Re:Poll: How many hours do you sleep? on Monday December 05, 2011 @12:14AM (#3313216)
sleep and exercise. You got to do it.
Re:Give 100 Percent? on Friday August 05, 2011 @11:19PM (#2852850)
This blog post echoes what is said in the book MindSet (http://mindsetonline.com/). Never praise children because they accomplished a task. Always praise the effort done to do so.
Re:Machine Learning Fairy Dust on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:28AM (#2776651)
Agreed. The use of ML is highly dependent on the data. Having a something like the Prediction api is fine, but seems like the use-cases would be rigid.
Re:Github is Your New Resume on Thursday July 14, 2011 @11:22AM (#2763419)
I certainly believe this to be a trend. I have been interviewing with different startups and they all have seemed to respond more to my github page than my resume. They all want to hear about personal projects and your thought process through them. Maybe I'm biased towards startups though.
Re:Ask HN: ______ is to Python as K&R is to C? on Saturday April 30, 2011 @11:54AM (#2500853)
Dive Into Python would be perfect for the OP's requirements. I touches on many aspects of python with code samples and is done in a concise way.
Re:Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures on Friday April 29, 2011 @01:20PM (#2498137)
I was thinking the same thing. The catalog of algorithms at the end of the book is indispensable.

This site does seem to cover a much broader range of algorithms though.