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Allocator2008

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February 26, 2008 (18y ago)
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I am a software test engineer in Austin, Texas. I am experienced in JUnit, XMLUnit, CPPUnit, and Borland's SilkTest, in addition to being experienced in shell scripting. My main interests are the application of theory to business problems, and therefore I have always enjoyed playing with concepts like genetic algorithms, when I don't happen to be working with systems which implement them on a day to day basis. My (largely political) blog is: http://blogkinnetic.blogspot.com. See bio there as well. :-) EOM
  1. Software bug may have brought down AF 447 (time.com)
    1 points -1
  2. Larry King "Interview" with LHC (huffingtonpost.com)
    1 points -1
  3. Link to full Simpsons episode with Jody Foster as Maggie "Howard Roarke" Simpson (hulu.com)
    1 points -1
  4. Dan Dennett Lecture on the Evolution of Religions (youtube.com)
    1 points 0
  5. How to catch a microscopic black hole (newscientist.com)
    1 points 0
  6. Jody Foster as Maggie Simpson delivers Howard Roarke speech adaptation (huffingtonpost.com)
    2 points 3
  7. Ask HN: Is a hacker by nature pre-disposed towards Objectivism?

    I really am not trying to start a "fire fight" over Objectivism, but it occurs to me the individualist nature of the prototypical "hacker" is consistent with the values of Objectivism - self-reliance, work for one's own…

    4 points 9
  8. Next time you want to write a poem, just poegle it (poegles.com)
    1 points 1
  9. UFO Filmed Above London (blogkinnetic.blogspot.com)
    1 points -1
  10. UFO Resembling Octobus Filmed In Brazil (blogkinnetic.blogspot.com)
    1 points -1
  11. Ayn Rand is right (blogkinnetic.blogspot.com)
    7 points 13
  12. Ask HN: Can software qa skills translate to telecommuting gigs?

    Say if somebody had 6+ years of QA experience, primarily on the automation side of it including unit test experience with things like JUnit, what if they wanted to transition into some kind of telecommuting gig? Is this…

    1 points 1
  13. Quantum Computers might be able to erase their memory and end up in parallel universe (newscientist.com)
    1 points 0
  14. Hawking hospitalized (news.yahoo.com)
    3 points 1
  15. The Singularity is here and she goes by Cadie (cadiesingularity.blogspot.com)
    3 points 3
  16. Ask HN: Colleague has schizotypal personality disorder - should I advise therapy?

    I recently learned a colleague of mine has schizotypal personality disorder (i.e. he scored over a 50 on a 0 - 74 test for the thing, STP-A I think it was). Apparently it is a schizophrenia-like disorder but more mild,…

    5 points 9
  17. Ask HN: Is there a way to define classes at runtime in any language?

    I was just thinking about chatbots, and the ability to make logical deductions. Like Men are Mortals, Socrates is a man, so Socrates is mortal. So Mortals could be the superclass, men could be the subclass, and Socrates…

    3 points 5
  18. My estimate of possible defect rates in cryonics (blogkinnetic.blogspot.com)
    8 points 17
  19. Ask HN: How do I penetrate the hosting market?

    Just for fun, I recently purchased a domain, www.kinnetekhosting.com, and set up a reseller hosting service on there, basically reselling hosting plans and grabbing a commission from it, in theory. So now I am wondering…

    5 points 4
  20. Top browsers felled within hours at hacker contest (theregister.co.uk)
    1 points 0
  21. Blogger who insulted Ayotollah dies in Iranian prison (cnn.com)
    10 points 3
  22. 'Minor' head injuries can turn serious rapidly (cnn.com)
    1 points 0
  23. Invertebrate nervous systems (faculty.washington.edu)
    1 points 0
  24. Let's all get into the markets just to stick it to Comedy Central (blogkinnetic.blogspot.com)
    1 points 0
  25. Bill Lumbergh soundboard (phydiux.com)
    4 points 0