My favorite paragraph: And TerribleTony told us of his incredibly intriguing product: “I’m working on a 36-core SoC design. 16 of the cores are 6510’s, 10 ten are Z80’s, two are Hercules Graphics Adapters, two are FM synthesizers I pulled off of old SoundBlaster Pro or Adlib cards (whatever I could find at Goodwill), three are 8088s, and the remaining three are actually people doing jobs it offloads to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.” ...
Can I get some place like this in Santa Monica? Links No Joke: This 380 Square-Foot Apartment Actually Feels Spacious | Wired Design | Wired.com Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez
Seems obvious but I don’t know many CEO’s who get this. Links 7 Qualities Of A Truly Loyal Employee | LinkedIn Shared with: Public
Links to https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130718105059-13518874-fly-to-the-top-the-30-30-30-10-rule/ by Steve Tappin.
Linux is finally winning on the desktop, but it wouldn’t have happened this soon without the DoJ slowing down the monopoly. Links In Case You Don’t Appreciate How Fast The ‘Windows Monopoly’ Is Getting Destroyed… Shared with: Public
Executive summary: Perl is awesome, Java sucks, and there are also some other programming languages. This certainly fits with my experiences. They’ve been a bit more scientific and pedantic. Enjoy. Links Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, C, C++, Lua, tcl, javascript and Java comparison Shared with: Public, Paul Fernandez +1’d by: Brandy Butler, tony d, Paul Fernandez Comments Paul Fernandez - 2013-07-17T04:39:28Z As a Perl lover, this is great. As a skeptic, I wonder if this is all on the level. He seems to have pro-Perl/anti-Java bias…Chicks, did you write this? :) ...
My stay in Santa Monica has been extended for SIX more weeks. I’ll be here until the end of August or so. Let’s do a game afternoon in Santa Monica. The Virtu offices are right next to the pier and there’s plenty of beverages and nearby fabulous restaurants. I have lots of games.
In case you were wondering about how I maintain my youthful figure. #420 Links Study: Marijuana Smokers Are Thinner And Healthier Than Non-Users Shared with: Public +1’d by: Brandy Butler, Paul Fernandez Comments Paul Fernandez - 2013-07-16T00:49:55Z I thought it was all of the flan and chocolate croissants! :D Paul Fernandez - 2013-07-16T00:49:55Z I thought it was all of the flan and chocolate croissants! :D Christopher Hicks - 2013-07-16T01:30:39Z I suspect the combination is greater than the sum of its parts. :-P Time for more science! ...
This is the perfect thing to read on Saturday morning. My whole weekend will be better now. Call me when there are hacker-friendly skype servers. Don’t ban me bro! :) Links Skype Hacked, Source Code Released Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez
Location: Aviation / LAX Station Address: United States Biked 20 miles from Santa Monica to get here! Aviation / LAX Station Address: United States Shared with: Public +1’d by: Scott Francis, Paul Fernandez Comments Paul Fernandez - 2013-07-05T18:17:39Z Pics of bike? I’m cross that I was not consulted in this purchase! You know how much I like helping people spend their money! :) Christopher Hicks - 2013-07-05T19:01:44Z I also ignored the advice of several folks that told me to go to craiglist. I went with a hybrid from REI. They adjusted a few things before my second day of riding and now I’m up to ~70 miles on the new bike since Wednesday when I bought it. Bru-hahahaha. Pictures have been taken and will be uploaded. I’ve got 600 pics from the new camera to sift through.I don’t feel like I’m trapped in Santa Monica now that I can get to the light rail. I made it all the way to Barnaby’s Wednesday night by bike/train/bike. To get to Costa Mesa I punted for the last 10 miles so it ended up being bike/train/bike/taxi. I rode the Green Line for the first and probably last time. :) ...