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deepaksurti
3,145karma·720submissions·October 23, 2014
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* A polyglot programmable programmer.
* Currently, Graphics Engineer and ML Practitioner.
* Experienced in games, scientific visualisation domains, AR.
* Own work I am proud of: - http://github.com/dmsurti/AssimpKit - http://www.isongames.com.
Note: Any comments on this site attributed to me are my opinions and not those of any current, past, or future employers/clients. Consider yourself so notified.
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>> it's so interactive that it almost never crashes I learnt game programming and OpenGL from the ground up using CL. If it were not for CL, I probably would not have the patience to hang a…
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>> just settling at a 100% output level is a great way to get identified as a slacker Agreed. But I think the OP first needs to touch 100-110 and that in turn can cause him to either start enjoy…
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You can try: https://www.codementor.io . They also have the option for long term mentorship.
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>> I feel very unmotivated and unproductive at work We usually feel that when our potential is not satisfied and usually I think people who have worked on their own end to end projects in compan…
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To see a miracle, be the miracle - God (Morgan Freeman) to Bruce (Jim Carrey) in 'Bruce Almighty'
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Two subjects that I think are missing yet important though in the practical and not theoretical context: 10. Software Engineering 11. The Art of Shipping Shipping is a crucial skill to learn, if you d…
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>> There's no point in shipping There is a lot of point in shipping, and as somebody else pointed out that something made in 2 hours can also be shipped. What shipping has taught me is to r…
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Thane, India
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If you pitch it directly to the team who have (most likely) done their own homework about moving to micro services, that it is not a good decision, even though your point could be valid, may not be we…
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>> how did you get this "written exemption" 1. Your current job and or job situation (company not doing well, layoffs on the horizon etc) is hopefully not one which you are desperate t…
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>> The vast majority just don't have much to show, having spent their years working behind walls on closed software. So how do you handle the minority who have much to show on Github? Do yo…
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I have a Mac Mini, my main work machine and an MBP, used when I travel. I backup both my Mini and my MBP to Lacie Thunderbolt SSD drives using Carbon Copy Cloner which kicks off the backup procedure e…
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>> This skill is super valuable - anyone having similar problems and ideas on how to improve it? In my very limited experience, I think this skill is made up of two components: finer details [1]…
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Whenever I have had to work on an existing Common Lisp code base or even my own CL code that I come to after a time, I use dtrace.lisp [1], [2]. I just choose to trace the application package/s a…
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Have a look at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~10701/projects.html for project ideas. Project A1, A2, B etc listed on the page. You can then apply the toolkit you used in the ML course a…
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>> they didn't compromise and instead waited it out Genuinely hope that Apple or any other company does the same about VR tech. Thanks for the detailed post, very informative reading.
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Picasso said "Good artists copy, great artists steal" which is quoted again by Steve Jobs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU Even to do something like a simple lib…
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Relevant to your question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13613551 . -- For a rigorous learning plan: http://web.archive.org/web/20101102120728/http:&#x…
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Good developers are 'hardly working' and bad developers are 'working hard'. Good developers are striving for the simplest solution in the realistic time frame in the given context …
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For a rigorous learning plan: http://web.archive.org/web/20101102120728/http://measuringme... , don't forget to read the section "Straight into the Deep E…
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Hey Amanda, I would list the following:
1. Intelligent profile: shows my top 6 active repositories, ability to mark work I do as salient so that shows up on the dashboard in summary instead of my rece…
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>> 2:41 – GitLab values boring solutions: our product should be exceptional Exceptional products have exceptional UX. Gitlab IMHO has the worst UX of all git based products out there, I much rat…
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Hats off to you. Most don't even complete this once, you have re-read it. It will be great if you can tell what made you re-read this one?
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>> But his cost is high and doesn't justify his output. I read this as the cost is affordable to the company but not worth his output. >> He's hardworking but simply not able to …
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And if you are learning from mistakes and trying again after fixing those mistakes, then also firmly believe, "If what I wish doest not happen, then something better is going to happen" to p…