Comments for David R. MacIver

Comment on Rank Aggregation in The Right Tool by David R. MacIver

David R. MacIver — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:56:11 +0000

[...] looking up hilariously close to the algorithm I threw together in an hour from a random paper for The Right Tool (now Hammer Principle) a few years [...]

Comment on Story concept: Dead man walking by Al

Al — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:34:28 +0000

Have you read The Raw Shark Texts? There’s a little sub-story in there about a Victorian guy called Mycroft Ward who attempted something similar in a steampunk kind of way.

Comment on Story concept: Dead man walking by @ndy

@ndy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:44:09 +0000

Oh dear… I’ve been thinking about implementing something that will manage my calendar and answer my eMails…

Comment on Butternut squash, coconut and chickpea curry by @ndy

@ndy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:15:31 +0000

I used garam massala quite a lot in cooking, especially in soups and currys. It always makes everything taste of “more”.

Comment on Integer sets with O(1) range allocation and O(log(n)) deletion by david

david — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:12:06 +0000

Hm. That’s a good question. I’ve not needed to do that, so haven’t worried about it yet.

Set removal and intersection don’t look like they’d be *too* awkward, but I’m not sure you can do them with sensible bounds because you can’t easily ensure both argument shrink when recursing. I’m not even sure what union looks like at the moment.

I’ll have a think about it.