bballbackus

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by bballbackus 14y ago
> as someone who has kept track of their skittles color distribution over the course of a year I mean did you not expect someone ask why? Also, why?
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by bballbackus 14y ago
The script-markup mixture used by DoubleDollar or Backbone is really just a necessary quirk to achieve templating functionality. I haven't seen it done better honestly. Try it, you're refusal to "get past the need to mix markup and code" i
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by bballbackus 15y ago
They don't consider it inhumane, because it lies around the general treatment these people will get for the majority of low wage low skill jobs in China. This unrest is good though, as it compliments the already staggering turnover rate Fo
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by bballbackus 15y ago
Who says we're here to learn?
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by bballbackus 15y ago
This is due to one of my least favorite traits about reddit: the hivemind criminalizes the rich and powerful by defining them as naturally evil. I don't know how this mindset got started on reddit; I would love to find out. It seems to b
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by bballbackus 15y ago
I think most programmers and engineers have personalities that constantly question their own competency. This is predominantly a good quality as it leads to much more rapid talent development, but it also leads to irrational actions like r
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by bballbackus 15y ago
> Black Hat Independent security consultant Stefan Esser... Is it correct to be calling him "black hat"?
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by bballbackus 15y ago
Although I have taught myself a decent amount, I always just thought that I would wait until I had a proper CS degree. Plus I don't have much free time. I'm working 40+ hours a week for a startup now, learning the environment and what it
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Ask HN: How can you achieve the mental energy and stamina to do great things?
16 points by bballbackus 15y ago|11 comments
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by bballbackus 15y ago
Smaller changes, smaller cakes.
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by bballbackus 15y ago
I don't like that Coffeescript requires a compiler to create the actual javascript, but that they don't offer a cross-platform solution for this compiler. Yes, you can get the compiler working on Windows with Cygwin, but a better solution
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by bballbackus 15y ago
The combination of BeautifulSoup and mechanize also makes tasks incredibly simple.
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What makes Gmail the best webmail client?
1 points by bballbackus 15y ago|0 comments
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by bballbackus 15y ago
Can we avoid these types of submissions in the future? This article isn't trying to educate the readers with anything in particular, HTML5 is just a buzz word and by dumping a ton of links about the topic they can drive traffic to their si
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by bballbackus 16y ago
I fail to pickup on how the personality in the interview seemed strongly female. Could you give an example?
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"There's a Slide For That" - Generic Slides to Avoid in your Pitch(navfund.com)
41 points by bballbackus 16y ago|9 comments
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by bballbackus 16y ago
My main sources of news are: 1) HN for news about technology, startups, and some programming 2) Reddit mainly for entertainment now, maybe a tiny bit of news, psychology articles 3) New Yorker for interesting articles about topics I would n
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by bballbackus 16y ago
As a high schooler, I'm fascinated with a similar paradox that I've observed. In my opinion there are four defining types of students, smart with a strong work ethic, average intelligence with a strong work ethic, smart but prone to procra
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How to Hack the Psychology of Student Motivation(calnewport.com)
1 points by bballbackus 16y ago|1 comments
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by bballbackus 16y ago
So is there an ideal case for selection sort that isn't shown or does it just suck? Edit : Never mind they explained: From the comparions presented here, one might conclude that selection sort should never be used. It does not adapt to the
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by bballbackus 16y ago
Something occupying /r/politics adds no merit to its political status.
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The Future of Education(navfund.com)
1 points by bballbackus 16y ago|0 comments
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by bballbackus 16y ago
The idea is that the MPAA or someone hired a company that executes DDoS attacks against torrent websites. It is in fact a immature retaliation. At the end of the day, even if the RIAA and MPAA are sometimes behind the times, they are enfo
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by bballbackus 16y ago
Haha I see your logic. Guy creates ytinstant.com, gets hired by google. You create App Store Instant, and (hopefully) get hired by apple.
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by bballbackus 16y ago
What an awesome blog name...
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by bballbackus 16y ago
I hate to say it, but this is what happens when you have a bunch of people, who have no idea what early stage investing is like, and have them invest in an early stage company. It results in: * the wrong amount of money being given * extrem
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by bballbackus 16y ago
So...? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&#3...
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by bballbackus 16y ago
Do you really view Israel as the only one in the wrong in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
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by bballbackus 16y ago
Good design, easy to share with friends. Very specific demographic, so it will be hard to market to the general public. Possibly allow people to upload other people's pictures (i.e. celebrities or friends), and then have a best of and worst
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by bballbackus 16y ago
I also initially read the url as iSwearing...

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