gharbad

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by gharbad 11y ago
That statement doesn't follow. See Brooks' law.
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by gharbad 11y ago
Peter Thiel used the word 'unfair' as you would expect, in the context of saying that monopolies are successful for exactly the same reasons that they are unfair. And that, as a founder, people should be looking to build monopolie
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by gharbad 11y ago
By "skirting around" do you mean "blatantly flouting"? Because that's the truth of it.. Uber, Lyft, et al are just central dispatch for gypsy cabs. I don't see any reason they shouldn't get massive fines o
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by gharbad 11y ago
FFIV had a remake with poor 3D graphics on DS. It later had a remake with excellent 2D graphics on PSP.
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by gharbad 11y ago
It would be great if we had more people like Woz in the world. Though he didn't teach in public schools until after making truckloads of cash.
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by gharbad 11y ago
There is a very strong case for that line of thinking. The bureaucrats and politicians created an environment where society valued the work on Apollo as well as a very significant budget. Without the politics, the Apollo missions wouldn&#x2
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by gharbad 11y ago
It's somewhat obvious, but when you lose your job, you're unemployed. I got dropped about two months ago. They didn't handle it well; failed to provide a written notice of any kind or immediately provide my final wages. Since
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by gharbad 11y ago
Portal: Narbacular Drop Wolfenstein 3d: Catacomb 3d Note- I'm not certain that the games on the right are the originators of the genre of games on the left, but they certainly came prior.
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by gharbad 14y ago
cost(false_positive) >> cost(false_negative)
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by gharbad 15y ago
It's a series where you dictate written programs and then debug them. http://learncodethehardway.org/ If the question were about sports, then yes, it would be similar. (eg: football) If your child is passionate about football, begs to wat
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by gharbad 15y ago
If your son is passionate about technology and computers, direct him to learning to code the hard way series. Or pick up a book that will teach programming by creating a series of simple games. If he his not, stop trying to live vicariously
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by gharbad 15y ago
From what I've seen, the problem is that HR only knows what to look for from the job description given by the hiring manager. Typical HR personnel don't have the technical background to properly identify candidates, so you get to play buzzw
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by gharbad 15y ago
It's all about the form-factor. That Apple recognizes this and is attempting to capitalize on it is fully expected.
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by gharbad 15y ago
At a large scale, it approaches $0/user.
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by gharbad 15y ago
If you want to learn anything on a technical level, learn about big-O bounds on runtimes. This will give you an understanding of why some things can't realistically be done by machines. You don't need to hack things together, but you should
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by gharbad 15y ago
>9000
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by gharbad 15y ago
"I am not a coder." Then don't force your coding styles down your technical team's throat.
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by gharbad 15y ago
Alternatively, you can set up Vim to play more nicely with Haskell and clojure. I assure you that you don't need to use <editor X> to program in <language Y>.
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by gharbad 15y ago
It's a job title. It really doesn't mean anything other than that they are likely making a bit more money than mid-level. I've worked with junior/mid-level devs that are amazing and senior developers that couldn't string three lines of code
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by gharbad 15y ago
This was a great class when I took it during my undergrad.
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by gharbad 15y ago
The only problem I see that this guy has is, "I don't know of any good tools for Javascript". These tools exist. Emacs, Vim, Komodo Edit/IDE, ... Visual Studio might even have support for Javascript at this point.
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by gharbad 15y ago
or you could make the small changes that would allow your game to be marketed and displayed in real outlets.
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by gharbad 15y ago
Knowing the people I work with, a comment like that might actually exist in the code.. Typically I use /^$^ I believe the proper way to do it is :noh
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by gharbad 15y ago
I think it lies in the the additional concerns we have as female entrepreneurs. I don’t just worry about my companies’ success, our cash flow, next steps and networking. I also worry about staying in close touch with friends, making sure I
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Source Indexing - Viably Debugging Old Code(gamasutra.com)
2 points by gharbad 15y ago|0 comments
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by gharbad 15y ago
white text on black is no better or worse than black text on white Try dimming your display to a reasonable level and improving the lighting around your monitor(s).
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by gharbad 15y ago
Can the two of you build your vision without (trivial) outside help?
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by gharbad 15y ago
We have had other stories today. It should not be surprising that the death of such an influential person in technology would generate a lot of buzz. Do we really need to have someone re-engineer the site because a few people get annoyed on
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Remembering Steve Jobs(blog.stephenwolfram.com)
18 points by gharbad 15y ago|0 comments
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by gharbad 15y ago
irc.freenode.net #hackernews

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