pdwetz
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Full stack web programmer. https://www.wetzdev.com/
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Comment · 1 year ago
For generating puzzles it's really useful since it lets you determine if a randomly generated puzzle has only one possible path to solving it (exact cover problem). And it's fast so adding it to a pipeline doesn't incur much if any overhead.
Comment · 3 years ago
Does that have blackouts for "local" teams? I'm 1-2 hours (traffic depending) from the Mets and MLB subscription in the past was useless for live games due to blackout restrictions.
Comment · 3 years ago
There is a whole world of employers who need tech folks who aren't google and friends.
Comment · 6 years ago
That's just been the case for 2.1 and 3.1, future versions will jump a version each year (next is v5) with every other year being LTS. Of course, we'll see if it actually goes as planned. I don't think I've seen them change course from the announcement last year.
Comment · 6 years ago
All Altra shoes are zero-drop, so heel and forefoot are at the same level. It doesn't mean there's no padding.
Comment · 7 years ago
Visual Studio itself also does that (I forget when it was introduced; a few versions back I think?). I haven't used Resharper in a long time, so I'm not sure how it compares now, though.
Comment · 7 years ago
Is making your own an option in the UK? I have a few friends in the US that love it, but I think you need easy service for the canisters. More effort to be sure, but at least then you can use whatever syrup you like.
Comment · 7 years ago
Since this comes up every year, might as well point out this isn't an isolated case.
Tweet thread covering various ones (as of last year): https://twitter.com/mikemayerMMO/status/1013295573779312640
Comment · 7 years ago
Remote work? I rarely have in-person client meetings anymore. And honestly at my old job it had offices around the country so even then there were people I'd worked on projects with for years and had never met in person.
Comment · 7 years ago
Backtracking as a strategy definitely seems... underwhelming. But it does have its uses. I wrote a few solvers, and they all served a different purpose. One was based on Norvig's python post on the subject; I used that to generate many puzzles very quickly. Then I used a backtracker (using Knuth's Dancing Links) to reduce the set to puzzles with only a single solution. The last solver was a "human" solver that used various known strategies; this let me grade difficulty without having to manually attempt every puzzle (although I still found it useful in my app UI to tag puzzles as being too hard/easy). The human solver is incredibly inefficient, but the one with the most room for growth (new strats, etc).
Comment · 7 years ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote/Westchester, NY Area
I can prototype new ideas, research technologies/trends, extend/maintain an existing system, or quickly build out a one-off microsite/console app. I can work solo or in teams with equal ease. I'm a full stack programmer primarily using C# (.net core) for backend work on linux VMs and Azure appservice. Front end work is mostly jquery/bootstrap with some Vue experimenting of late. Reporting via PowerBI.
Portfolio - https://wetzdev.com/
Email - my user name on gmail
Comment · 8 years ago
How much of that is luck/genetics? As a Mets fan, David Wright is an easy counter example of someone who was known to work hard and then struggled with injuries.
Comment · 8 years ago
For my site I use a backtracker to find a large number of single solution puzzles (rather fast). Those are used as a test base for my "human" solver (pretty slow), which are used for scoring and difficulty levels. I find that it's a nice balance.
Comment · 8 years ago
Not quite; from same link, "President Abraham Lincoln and the United States Congress introduced in 1861 the first personal income tax in the United States." It was declared unconstitutional in 1895 by the Supreme Court, prompting the constitutional amendment.
Comment · 8 years ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote/Westchester, NY Area
I can prototype new ideas, research technologies/trends, extend/maintain an existing system, or quickly build out a one-off microsite/console app. I can work solo or in teams with equal ease. I'm a full stack programmer primarily using C# (.net core) for backend work on linux VMs and Azure appservice. Front end work is mostly jquery/bootstrap with some Vue/React experimenting of late. Reporting via PowerBI.
Portfolio - https://wetzdev.com/
Email - my user name on gmail