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debugging | Daniel Stutzbach
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How to debug a program. Debugging is a fundamental programming skill. It's also one of the least fun and least glamorous tasks a programmer faces. In order to reduce time spent debugging, I've invested time in examining my debugging methods. Below, I've documented the techniques that most reliably lead me to a solved problem. I'll avoid getting into the gritty details of particular tools and instead stick to basic principles that can be applied in almost any situation. Read the rest of.
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humor | Daniel Stutzbach
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Field Reports from Tatooine for @darthvader. I have to wonder how Darth Vader felt upon reading the field reports from the stormtroopers on Tatooine in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Days 5 and 6 must have throw him for a loop. Day 1: Located droid parts near an escape pod, and two sets of tracks leading away from the pod. The tracks appear to be from an astromech droid and a bipedal droid. Based on the gait, the bipedal droid is likely a protocol droid. Read the rest of. February 2nd, 2010 Tags: humor.
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exercise | Daniel Stutzbach
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Around New Year's, when other people were posting their goals for the year, I meant to post some health and fitness goals for myself. And by New Year's, I actually mean New Year's 2008. I think it's a little late for me to post fitness my goals for 2008, or even for 2009, so instead I'm going to grade some of the tools that have and haven't worked out. Read the rest of. August 21st, 2009 Tags: exercise.
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food | Daniel Stutzbach
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New Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA. The USDA released their new nutritional guidelines. Updated every 5 years). I thought it was interesting to read directly from the source, rather than filtered through the media. For those with only a little time, you might just want to read the executive summary. A few things that I found interesting:. Potassium reduces the effect that salt has on blood pressure. Go bananas! Read the rest of. New Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA.
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nutrition | Daniel Stutzbach
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New Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA. The USDA released their new nutritional guidelines. Updated every 5 years). I thought it was interesting to read directly from the source, rather than filtered through the media. For those with only a little time, you might just want to read the executive summary. A few things that I found interesting:. Potassium reduces the effect that salt has on blood pressure. Go bananas! Read the rest of. New Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA.
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New Hampshire | Daniel Stutzbach
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Back from the annual Stutzbach family camping trip in New Hampshire. This year's menu included:. French fries (from scratch). Chocolate chip cookies (baked on-site). Homemade marshmallows (vanilla, chocolate chip, and root beer). Green eggs and ham. Bruschetta (with mozzarella made on-site). What can I say? Several years ago, Dad picked up gourmet cooking as a hobby and now we're all spoiled! Read the rest of. August 3rd, 2009 Tags: camping.
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movie | Daniel Stutzbach
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Adywan, a Star Wars fan with video-editing skills and way too much free time, has re-edited the original Star Wars film, fixing a wide variety of minor continuity and visual glitches. And choosing the best of the Special Edition and original footage (Han shot first, no Jabba scene, etc.). He also made some more ambitious improvements. Below, check out the amazing job he did improving the pace of the Kenobi v. Vader lightsabre battle. This is what Star Wars: Special Edition. August 17th, 2010 Tags: movie.
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C# | Daniel Stutzbach
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A Scriptable Equity Calculator. For all of your programming poker players out there, yesterday I made the Poker Sleuth. Scriptable with bindings for C/C , C#, and Python. If you have easy install or pip set up for Python, you can just do “easy install pokersleuth”. It requires a 32-bit version of Python for Windows. Pokersleuth.calculate equity('3d5c9d', ('JJ', 'Ad5d'). 048225, 0.51775]. Read the rest of. A Scriptable Equity Calculator. June 24th, 2010 Tags: C#. DefaultValue Attribute as Initial Value.
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health | Daniel Stutzbach
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New Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA. The USDA released their new nutritional guidelines. Updated every 5 years). I thought it was interesting to read directly from the source, rather than filtered through the media. For those with only a little time, you might just want to read the executive summary. A few things that I found interesting:. Potassium reduces the effect that salt has on blood pressure. Go bananas! Read the rest of. New Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA.