Here is a question I was answering on Reddit recently:
Say you have 2 algorithms and you determine both are O(log n) (or anything else that's the same). Does this mean both algorithms are just as good as one another?
Absolutely not. One algorithm might run 30x faster than …
Posted Sun 17 July 2022 by mcherm in Programming
This Tuesday we have a primary election coming up here in Pennsylvania. I've reviewed the candidates on the Democratic ballot in my locale and here are my thoughts on the candidates.
SECON is Capital One's internal software conference. It is held once a year (it's been done remotely during the covid-19 pandemic) and has a good number of speakers from across the company. I have spoken before at SECON, but this year I did something different: I was one of the …
I've been looking at a few financial companies lately, and I wanted to talk about some clauses I consider unreasonable that are found in the legal agreements they expect you to click through. I mean, I'm sure that nearly everyone clicks through these sorts of things without reading them (much …
For some time now, I have been interested in journalism, especially journalistic ethics. And today I find myself encountering such an issue.
There is a conflict between two sources of information I have respect for. One is the New York Times. The other is a blogger who goes by Scott …
Posted Tue 23 June 2020 by mcherm in Journalism