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1. This is not a "do my homework for me" thread. If you have specific questions, ask, but don't post an assignment or homework problem and expect an exact solution.
2. No recruiting for your cockamamie projects (you won't replace facebook with 3 dudes you found on the internet and $20)
3. If you can't articulate why a language is bad, don't start slinging shit about it. Just remember that nothing is worse than making CSS IE6 compatible.
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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
June 03 2017 18:38 GMT
#17721
oh, that's smart but obvious after hearing it
thanks!
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17728 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-06 14:24:50
June 06 2017 10:49 GMT
#17722


Very interesting presentation for anyone who's into web dev.

Edit:

Uh, oh! Someone had to have a lot of fun writing that


def call(*args, &block)
tuples =
if hooks?
prepared =
if curried?
apply_hooks(before_hooks, *(curry_args + args))
else
apply_hooks(before_hooks, *args)
end

result = prepared ? execute(prepared, &block) : execute(&block)

if curried?
if args.size > 0
apply_hooks(after_hooks, result, *args)
elsif curry_args.size > 1
apply_hooks(after_hooks, result, curry_args[1])
else
apply_hooks(after_hooks, result)
end
else
apply_hooks(after_hooks, result, *args[1..args.size-1])
end
else
execute(*(curry_args + args), &block)
end

if one?
tuples.first
else
tuples
end
end
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Thaniri
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1264 Posts
June 07 2017 18:55 GMT
#17723
Just got a DevOps job starting in September. I've got about 3 months to become a master of Linux/Bash. Company uses Ubuntu so that's what I'm gonna be installing on my PC.

Anyone have any advice on how to learn this shit as fast as possible?
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
June 07 2017 22:45 GMT
#17724
the current homework im doing is probably the hardest anything ive ever done, lmao

gonna upload it if any brave souls are willing to review in a couple hours
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-08 00:00:25
June 07 2017 23:51 GMT
#17725
okay i actually don't want to upload my pdfs right now, but I can put what answers I got

i didn't do the challenge question (yet)

http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/summer2017/cmsc351/hwk2.pdf

my solutions

+ Show Spoiler +

1a: n-1

1b: [sum of k=1 to n (sum of i=1 to k: of k-i)] + n-1
eventually after a lot of simplifying and some tricks I had to find online I arrived at 1/6(n-1)n(n+1)


2a: n

2b sum of i=1 to n-1 of i + sum of i=1 to n-2 of i + n-1
after simplifcation = 2n(n-1)

2c: still working on it, having some trouble. I have a formula for a given case i,j where i is the left index and j is the right index, but the problem is I need to generalize it for the average i, j
gotta figure out how to do that... but have a pounding headache



can I generalize it with the sum of j=2 to n of the sum of i=1 to j-1 of: whatever the rest of my work is
and then divide all of that by the total number of combinations [i think n(n-1)/2 ?... yeah, n choose 2]

CecilSunkure
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2829 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-08 00:08:32
June 08 2017 00:07 GMT
#17726
read post wrong
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17728 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-08 06:42:25
June 08 2017 06:30 GMT
#17727
On June 08 2017 03:55 Thaniri wrote:
Just got a DevOps job starting in September. I've got about 3 months to become a master of Linux/Bash. Company uses Ubuntu so that's what I'm gonna be installing on my PC.

Anyone have any advice on how to learn this shit as fast as possible?


I don't think you can become master of anything in 3 months... Especially DevOps...

I don't want to discourage you but you'll have to acquire a TON of knowledge. It's not just Linux and Bash, you'll most likely need to also know how to set up routers, firewalls (entire network stack basically, from intranet to distributed cloud systems), automated backups, databases, Docker, ssh, LDAP, continuous integration, continuous delivery, high availability, high recoverability and what not. Also, working on servers is quite different than working on desktop in Linux.

A good starting point would be setting up another comp that would work as a server and playing around with that. You might also learn some Python/Ruby for scripting purposes and vi/vim because you'll almost exclusively work from a console and you might need a good editor (nano just doesn't cut it in the long run).

Here are some books for starters:
https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592
https://www.amazon.com/DevOps-Handbook-World-Class-Reliability-Organizations/dp/1942788002
https://www.amazon.com/DevOps-2-0-Toolkit-Containerized-Microservices-ebook/dp/B01BJ4V66M
https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Vim-Edit-Speed-Thought/dp/1680501275

More resources:
https://github.com/Leo-G/DevopsWiki
https://www.fullstackpython.com/devops.html

I think you should start here: https://github.com/Leo-G/DevopsWiki/wiki/Devops-Interview-Questions

Just work the list and educate yourself on each topic.

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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18265 Posts
June 08 2017 07:58 GMT
#17728
On June 08 2017 08:51 travis wrote:
okay i actually don't want to upload my pdfs right now, but I can put what answers I got

i didn't do the challenge question (yet)

http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/summer2017/cmsc351/hwk2.pdf

my solutions

+ Show Spoiler +

1a: n-1

1b: [sum of k=1 to n (sum of i=1 to k: of k-i)] + n-1
eventually after a lot of simplifying and some tricks I had to find online I arrived at 1/6(n-1)n(n+1)


2a: n

2b sum of i=1 to n-1 of i + sum of i=1 to n-2 of i + n-1
after simplifcation = 2n(n-1)

2c: still working on it, having some trouble. I have a formula for a given case i,j where i is the left index and j is the right index, but the problem is I need to generalize it for the average i, j
gotta figure out how to do that... but have a pounding headache



can I generalize it with the sum of j=2 to n of the sum of i=1 to j-1 of: whatever the rest of my work is
and then divide all of that by the total number of combinations [i think n(n-1)/2 ?... yeah, n choose 2]


Your answers seem right.

Re 2c: the average case is that they are half a list apart... that should help
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
June 08 2017 11:36 GMT
#17729
On June 08 2017 16:58 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 08 2017 08:51 travis wrote:
okay i actually don't want to upload my pdfs right now, but I can put what answers I got

i didn't do the challenge question (yet)

http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/summer2017/cmsc351/hwk2.pdf

my solutions

+ Show Spoiler +

1a: n-1

1b: [sum of k=1 to n (sum of i=1 to k: of k-i)] + n-1
eventually after a lot of simplifying and some tricks I had to find online I arrived at 1/6(n-1)n(n+1)


2a: n

2b sum of i=1 to n-1 of i + sum of i=1 to n-2 of i + n-1
after simplifcation = 2n(n-1)

2c: still working on it, having some trouble. I have a formula for a given case i,j where i is the left index and j is the right index, but the problem is I need to generalize it for the average i, j
gotta figure out how to do that... but have a pounding headache



can I generalize it with the sum of j=2 to n of the sum of i=1 to j-1 of: whatever the rest of my work is
and then divide all of that by the total number of combinations [i think n(n-1)/2 ?... yeah, n choose 2]


Your answers seem right.

Re 2c: the average case is that they are half a list apart... that should help


You sure?
That's not what I found.

For example, list {1, 2, 3, 4}

There are 3 ways for numbers 1 apart to swap
2 ways for numbers 2 apart to swap
1 way for numbers 3 apart to swap

3+4+3 = 10
10/6 = 5/3 apart, but half a list would be 2 apart


even for 3 numbers
1, 2, 3

2 ways 1 apart
1 ways 2 apart
=4/3 but half a list is 1.5

I ended up just doing the sum of all left indexes to all possible right index:

(j is right index, i is left index, inner sums are using the same idea as 2b)
the sum of j=2 to n of:
the sum of i=1 to j-1:
(the sum of z=i to j-1 of z + the sum of z=i to j-2 of z + (n-1))

this eventually ended up simplifying to 1/6n(n^3+n^2-4n+2)
then I divided by that (n choose 2) combinations

and was left with (n^3+n^2+4n+2)/(3n-3)

which looks about right but I don't know how to possible verify it
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18265 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-08 12:58:54
June 08 2017 12:54 GMT
#17730
Err yeah. I derped. The expected distance between two points is (n + 1)/3, not (n +1)/2 as I derpingly thought for a sec.

E: and here is a stackoverflow explanation of why. Just replace the integrals with summations, and because your minimum is 1 and not 0, you will get the +1 in there. https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/195245/average-distance-between-random-points-on-a-line
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
June 08 2017 12:58 GMT
#17731
Ah I didn't even put that together actually. I probably could have done it easier with that.
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17728 Posts
June 08 2017 15:32 GMT
#17732
Can we have a separate thread for math please? Surely more people could contribute there and we wouldn't mix concerns here...
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Thaniri
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1264 Posts
June 08 2017 15:33 GMT
#17733
Thanks Manitou, super helpful.

It's an entry level job, so I got in on the basis that I know routing/switching, Bash, and programming.

I don't want to show up and make a fool of myself though.
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
June 08 2017 18:52 GMT
#17734
Looks like the time has come. My math is no longer wanted here

I suppose I'll make a big math thread.
CecilSunkure
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2829 Posts
June 08 2017 19:10 GMT
#17735
I really like the sound of the big math thread. Please make it.
bardtown
Profile Joined June 2011
England2313 Posts
June 08 2017 22:22 GMT
#17736
I feel like learning a new language, maybe Haskell or Rust, but I can't justify it except as a purely 'for fun' distraction. For game development there's basically no substitute for C++ and for AI/Biology there's nothing as good as Python. Any ideas for a fun project that makes proper use of Haskell's featureset?
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17728 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-09 05:43:12
June 09 2017 05:42 GMT
#17737
On June 09 2017 07:22 bardtown wrote:
I feel like learning a new language, maybe Haskell or Rust, but I can't justify it except as a purely 'for fun' distraction. For game development there's basically no substitute for C++ and for AI/Biology there's nothing as good as Python. Any ideas for a fun project that makes proper use of Haskell's featureset?


If you have experience with gamedev in C++ you could try it out in Rust. Easier transition than to Haskell in my opinion and more opportunities to do something that's actually useful outside of purely academic field. If you want to do some AI stuff than you could also go with Lisp or Prolog.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
June 09 2017 06:08 GMT
#17738
OK, I've gotta ask because it's driving me a little insane:
I'm taking a python course @ edx (python for data science to be specific), and the instructor keeps creating variables named after built in functions (for example: list = [1,2,3], or sorted = np.array(unsorted)).

.... I thought this was a very basic "don't do this" thing? Or am I wrong and it's not a big deal at all?
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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18265 Posts
June 09 2017 06:33 GMT
#17739
On June 09 2017 15:08 Liquid`Jinro wrote:
OK, I've gotta ask because it's driving me a little insane:
I'm taking a python course @ edx (python for data science to be specific), and the instructor keeps creating variables named after built in functions (for example: list = [1,2,3], or sorted = np.array(unsorted)).

.... I thought this was a very basic "don't do this" thing? Or am I wrong and it's not a big deal at all?

Definitely a big don't do this. It'll work in Python as long as you don't use a reserved word, because of scoping, but it's horrific coding practice.
dsyxelic
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1417 Posts
June 09 2017 06:57 GMT
#17740
would cs algorithm/problem discussion go in the math thread?

say.. for example leetcode/interview-esque problems

asking for the future since I feel like there is programming thread -> math thread with a missing 'CS thread' in the middle which would better suit that
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