Peter Hunt Welch's Blog, page 7
March 18, 2016
Make MongoBot Great Again!
This is MongoBot.
MongoBot is what reddit refers to as "Yet another IRC chat bot." MongoBot is another child in a long line of tools and timewasters created by people who still know what IRC is and can leave it open in their terminals so it looks like they're working, because no, it's not worth ...
MongoBot is what reddit refers to as "Yet another IRC chat bot." MongoBot is another child in a long line of tools and timewasters created by people who still know what IRC is and can leave it open in their terminals so it looks like they're working, because no, it's not worth ...
February 29, 2016
5 Reasons Waiting Tables is a Horrific Job
Everyone thinks that being a doctor, a lawyer, a software engineer, or a real engineer is difficult because "I don't understand it" is synonymous with "gee it must be hard" in any context where it's not synonymous with "kill it faster."
When professions use normal (or meaningless) terminology, non-practitioners ...
When professions use normal (or meaningless) terminology, non-practitioners ...
February 15, 2016
Shut Up About the Universe
The story so far
13.something billion years ago, something weird happened. In the next few very small increments of time something fieldy doubled in size. Then it did the same thing about 80 times, which may not instantly seem like a lot, but it's too big a factor of change even to fit on one ...
13.something billion years ago, something weird happened. In the next few very small increments of time something fieldy doubled in size. Then it did the same thing about 80 times, which may not instantly seem like a lot, but it's too big a factor of change even to fit on one ...
February 3, 2016
Quantum Lens is the Worst Book I've Ever Read
Preamble
"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" is a piece of advice from my parental and semi-Quaker upbringing I try to follow, even though I fail.((A lot.)) I try to save the bulk of my vitriol for the obviously abhorrent fringes of society, or at least the people ...
"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" is a piece of advice from my parental and semi-Quaker upbringing I try to follow, even though I fail.((A lot.)) I try to save the bulk of my vitriol for the obviously abhorrent fringes of society, or at least the people ...
January 31, 2016
Positions Available
JavaScript Ninja
Are you passionate about JavaScript? Does Nodejs get you hard or wet, despite that whole null is an object but not really thing? Check out our team of front-end ninjas, who are as comfortable deploying Backbone models as they are severing the c2 vertebrae on an upstart warlord!
Do ...
Are you passionate about JavaScript? Does Nodejs get you hard or wet, despite that whole null is an object but not really thing? Check out our team of front-end ninjas, who are as comfortable deploying Backbone models as they are severing the c2 vertebrae on an upstart warlord!
Do ...
January 20, 2016
Generation Byte
On April 15th, 1980, Jean-Paul Sartre died, after spending a lifetime wondering how people deal with being disconnected from each other, and laying the groundwork for irritating conversations among future college sophomores. In October, Hans Asperger would also exeunt life, not knowing that his ...
January 11, 2016
When Gods Die
I can't stay in bed fully conscious for more than half an hour without having a panic attack. It's gotten worse as I've gotten older, and started to pay for my poor judgement. I can't leave my mind idle for long, before it wanders down one of the many short paths to mortal terror.
I distract myself ...
I distract myself ...
December 30, 2015
Interviewing is Broken
Dumb puzzles
First question: "So, if a monster attacked Manhattan, how would you evacuate it?"
"...."
Last question: "So, you have a scale and nine identical looking balls. One of the balls is slightly heavier. Using only two weighs, how would you determine which ball is the heavier ball?"
(Three ...
First question: "So, if a monster attacked Manhattan, how would you evacuate it?"
"...."
Last question: "So, you have a scale and nine identical looking balls. One of the balls is slightly heavier. Using only two weighs, how would you determine which ball is the heavier ball?"
(Three ...
October 4, 2015
The Mad Spitter of 23rd Street
A few days ago, a crazy homeless person spit in my face, and I immediately thought of my friend Matt.
"What were you doing?" or some variation of that was the first question from several people after I announced this to the office as a prelude to my going home for a scalding shower and a change ...
"What were you doing?" or some variation of that was the first question from several people after I announced this to the office as a prelude to my going home for a scalding shower and a change ...
April 11, 2015
God's Not Dead: A Film Student's Review
I popped God's Not Dead on the Netflix to have a laugh while I ate my dinner and scribbled in my private journal about how awesome I am. Now I can't look away. I have found Jesus. It comes right before the wide-expression of disbelief and the "fucking ... (this is a really long pause) ... Christ, ...
