mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Disrespect in Education (2014)
If you're interested in a student's perspective on a Sudbury school, I went to/help to found one from 7 to 16. My email is my username at gmail if you have any questions.
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mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Automating Tinder with Eigenfaces
I met my current girlfriend on Tinder. We've been together a year as of the end of this month.
I had tried OkCupid as well and had no luck, though I'm not sure that was the fault of the site.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: If you're “ridiculously in love with Python”, do you even know it well?
Alright, thanks. I'll give Clojure a shot at some point.
I've played around with lisp a tiny bit in the context of reading SCIP, but that's about it.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: If you're “ridiculously in love with Python”, do you even know it well?
I'm not quite sure what I want to do, other than I don't want to do front-end development.
The other language I have any experience in is Delphi, which is a compiled language.
I have heard a lot of good things about Go, maybe I'll give that a shot.
I'd love to learn a functional language. I've looked at Haskell, and ouch. As someone with no formalized CS training, a lot of the type theory stuff goes right over my head. Is there a less crazy functional language you would recommend?
Yeah, I've looked a little at Rust, and it looks like it'll be interesting in a couple years.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: If you're “ridiculously in love with Python”, do you even know it well?
As someone who is currently "In Love With Python", I'm curious what other languages you recommend? I'm always looking to learn new stuff.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Show HN: Python library for creating ACH files
This is my first contribution to OSS.
Figured I'd share it here and see if it was helpful for anyone.
Also, I welcome any and all pieces of constructive criticism.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy: The Science of Misheard Song Lyrics
I've always liked "Wrapped up like a douche" (Revved up like a deuce) in Blinded by the Light.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: The anarchic experimental schools of the 1970s
Do you mind if I ask where you're from? That sounds like the one I went to. Also, my email is on my profile if you have any questions.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: The anarchic experimental schools of the 1970s
As someone who went to a Sudbury school as a child, I highly recommend at least giving it a look.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: The anarchic experimental schools of the 1970s
I went to one (not the one in MA, but one of the bigger ones) as a child and I highly recommend the model.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: The anarchic experimental schools of the 1970s
If I can evangelize for a sec, I went to a Sudbury[1] school and I would highly recommend it. It's a very free environment and, as someone who is fairly self-motivated, it was amazingly helpful for me. There aren't a ton of locations, but if there's one near you, I'd recommend at least checking it out.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Is WPF dead: the present and future of WPF
Only once a week? Can I have your job, please? I get to use that and 5 on a daily basis.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Is WPF dead: the present and future of WPF
I still use ADO and ODBC (oh, and the BDE, remember that one?) on a regular basis. I wish I didn't, but I do.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Android 5.0 Lollipop
Awesome, thanks.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Android 5.0 Lollipop
Anyone know if there's a way to find out if my phone (HTC One M8) will be able to upgrade to 5?
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: The Kitchen Network: America’s Underground Chinese Restaurant Workers
>If this story were about something else, it would be about something else.
Wow. Can't say that I thought of that.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: Why Microsoft's engineering changes will be the real Windows Threshold story
I assume OP is referring to the fact that the name Asimov isn't well known for being part of Halo. At least, I hope the writer would be considered more popular.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: E La Carte Raises $35M to Expand Pay-at-the-Table Technology
Yeah, that's the biggest advantage for me. Once I'm done eating I generally want to at least go outside to smoke/vape, if not leave right away, but far too often it takes a solid 20 minutes to wait for the bill to arrive, wait for the waiter to return the bill, and then wait for them to return with my card. When I've used one of these systems, we finished eating, I swiped my card, and then we left.
Plus, the one I used had the ability to arbitrarily split the check without having to have the waiter remember the random dollar amounts to put on 4 different cards.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: E La Carte Raises $35M to Expand Pay-at-the-Table Technology
I've used one of these systems before, and I gotta say, I really like it.
mpthrapp | 11 years ago | on: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus: Preliminary Benchmark Results
(S)he's talking about running a custom operating system on their phone. Check out xda-developers if you want a overview on the topic. I haven't actually done it myself, but they're the people to talk to.
Side note, I'm confused, you bought an Android phone because you wanted a non-Android smart phone? HTC Sense is still Android, just with a custom skin.
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