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paulbunn

7 karma · joined March 8, 2012

Software Engineer in South Africa. Varied technical interests - web tech, data science, functional programming. I am platform/technology/language agnostic.
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paulbunn··on The Tech Industry’s Darkest Secret: It’s All About Age
I totally agree. A lot comes down to the individuals ability to adapt and remain relevant, regardless of age.
paulbunn··on Top Coders Can Now Get Agents
I got it. :-)
paulbunn··on A month with Dell's Project Sputnik
Thanks! I was hoping there weren't any good ones - it would have made my next hardware purchase decision easier. It might sound a bit ridiculous, but I really enjoy the workflow, automatic layout of windows and keyboard centricity offered by AwesomeWM.
paulbunn··on A month with Dell's Project Sputnik
Are there any decent tiling window managers for OSX? A quick google doesn't seem to reveal anything as awesome as AwesomeWM (or its counterparts).
paulbunn··on Lego Finds Discontinued Set For Boy Who Saved Up For 2 Years
At the age of 30, I still get a sense of excitement when I see Lego. I don't know of any engineers who never played with Lego as a kid (or even Meccano to a lesser degree)
paulbunn··on Nomadic programming
Oh you will be suprised!

I think that some people suffer from a fear of learning something new and pushing the boundaries of their knowledge out further.

paulbunn··on Google threatens court action against South African man
I suspect it might be the local business entity, Google South Africa.
paulbunn··on Matlab, R, and Julia: Languages for data analysis
I'm also learning Clojure and have been playing with Incanter. Seems quite a decent statistical library/environment. I had a few issues with lazy evaluation with the dynamic charting functions, but I think that has more to do with my inexperience with Clojure than a problem with Incanter. Also, I'm not to sure how active the project is?
paulbunn··on Trello vs. Asana - what is your favorite collaboration tool?
I'm giving Asana a long term evaluation - at least 3 months. So far I really like the following:

Its very keyboard friendly (I havent played with Trello long enough to assess how keyboard friendly it is)

I can create tasks in a project by emailing them in (lets you forward emails to Asana and turn them into tasks)

paulbunn··on Software design patterns for Machine Learning R&D
Was a bit disappointed - this is generally just good advice/best practice for any sort of programming task not just machine learning R&D.

It is however very good advice taken in the correct context.

paulbunn··on Apple releases Ipad 3
what developing nation is that? (I ask because I also live in a "developing" nation which has some of the highest per capita broadband charges in the world)