Uncategorized – The Continuing Adventures Of Space Monkey

Rustonomicon

It turns out that Advent Of Code has been a great tool for learning Rust. I was able to solve the Day 23 puzzle building a pseudo linked list using indices, but a true linked list might have performed slightly better. Unfortunately, it appears that there is no good way to build linked lists inContinue reading “Rustonomicon”

Advent of Rust

I’ve been using the 2020 Advent Of Code challenge as a motivator to teach myself the Rust programming language. I’ve been uploading my solutions to github, and my README file has become a blog of sorts of the lessons I’m learning along the way.

California Propositions 2020

👎 NO on 14: Funding for Stem Cell Research We approved a similar bond in 2004 in response to President Bush cutting all federal funding this kind of research. That was an exceptional circumstance, and there’s no need for this industry to be singled out again for special treatment. 👍 YES on 15: Fair taxesContinue reading “California Propositions 2020”

Here we go!

“You’re a loose cannon, jonmayer. A maverick, a disgrace to the department! I’m gonna need your badge and your laptop. Put them both in this pre-paid fedex box.” Today was my last day at Google. I’m sad to go, and excited to do what’s next.

An ending, a beginning

Friday, August 21st will be my last day at Google, where I’ve been for over fifteen years. It will be my first span of unemployment since high school. My intentions for the next few months are: to improve my physical health, to ride my bike every day, to teach myself Rust and migen, to getContinue reading “An ending, a beginning”