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chromoose | 16 years ago | on: SciPy - the embarrassing way to code

After spending most of the last night trying to model and fit a bunch of data with scipy, my main bottleneck was my understanding; working out what I needed to do. Once that was done, everything could be implemented in a single call. I don't think that's a particularly bad bottleneck at all.

There was some good discussion about this last time this was posted, and also current discussion over on reddit.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=182676 http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/a2xzj/the_embarrassi...

chromoose | 16 years ago | on: What time is it?

Nice stuff. As mentioned at the bottom it is based off a production version by Biergert & Funk (http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/biergert-and-funk-qlocktw...) But it is worth noting that an instructable on how to make a lower cost version can also be found here :http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Word-Clock/

chromoose | 16 years ago | on: Google's Chiller-Less Data Center

Google did actually file a patent based around floating data centers. There is an article on it here : http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9937

chromoose | 17 years ago | on: A jQuery inline form validation, because validation is a mess

While the submitted link is a great example of what you've made, a little context never hurts.

Seeing as you've already written a write up on your blog, why not point to that instead?.

http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/jquery-form-valida...

chromoose | 17 years ago | on: Ask HN: Which of those services would you pay $5/mo to use?

I'd be much more comfortable with a yearly rate - $20 a year is a much easier price point for these types of services (look at flickr, I think it nailed the subscription service model).

I don't want to worry about monthly bills.

chromoose | 17 years ago | on: Arduino hardware hacking: Part 2

As someone who just built a monochrome Arduinome, I wish you the best of luck.

Arduinos are great for rapid development, no doubt about it. There is also pySerial which is great to use in conjunction with it.

chromoose | 17 years ago | on: Is A Nomadic Lifestyle Cheaper Than Living In One Place?

Likewise it isn't really honest to look at UK mortgage repayments versus rest-of-the-world renting costs.

chromoose | 17 years ago | on: Poll: How much do you bill per hour?

Cheap histogram as of 4 hours after posting:

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chromoose | 17 years ago | on: Review our startup, Emotiv Control: focused on electronic vehicle stability control.

http://eemotiv.com