jmau5

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Ask HN: Run a monthly box subscription service? Let me help you with that.
1 points by jmau5 13y ago|0 comments
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Bill Nye's Open Letter to President Barack Obama(youtube.com)
1 points by jmau5 13y ago|0 comments
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by jmau5 13y ago
I'm not familiar with the SWEBOK guide. I'll definitely look into it though, thanks! This looks like it could provide a solid foundation for the project!
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by jmau5 13y ago
I've read some of Joel's posts in the past and will definitely keep this in mind.
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by jmau5 13y ago
This is actually the thing I dislike most about getting into software development and something I want to fix. Initially, it seems like the best approach would be to find a few well-run open source projects that would agree to mentor users
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by jmau5 13y ago
What do you mean by quality control innovations?
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by jmau5 13y ago
It's interesting that you mention this, because I hadn't even considered it. This is especially important advice given the insane number of privacy issues going on these days. Thanks!
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by jmau5 13y ago
Advice taken and implemented. :)
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Ask HN: What should every software engineer know?
8 points by jmau5 13y ago|16 comments
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by jmau5 13y ago
Just because someone is passionate doesn't mean they will do a good job. It is much more likely that you don't understand what makes a startup successful and thats why you don't understand why certain companies are rejected.
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by jmau5 15y ago
I'm registered for CS101: Building a Search Engine and CS373: Programming Robotic Cars over at Udacity. Both classes are scheduled to start in a few hours and I highly recommend you get over there and join the fun. Both classes are being le
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by jmau5 15y ago
The point of the competition is that correct edits will, in fact, be integrated into Google Maps.
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Google Map Maker University Mapping Contest for the US and Canada(sites.google.com)
1 points by jmau5 15y ago|2 comments
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by jmau5 15y ago
Unfortunately I doubt I'll have that much money to spare on a monthly basis. Unless I can come up with a solid job, I don't think I'd be able to do it. Mountain View sounds like a decent place and there was a post on the front page last nig
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by jmau5 15y ago
One of my biggest reasons for moving to the valley is so I can throw myself into the software and startup scenes. Is San Jose a good place to do this or would I be better off some place else? All I've heard is that there are a ridiculous am
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Ask HN: Where are the cheapest places to live in the Bay Area without a car?
6 points by jmau5 15y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: Startups in the search/information retrieval space?
1 points by jmau5 15y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Where do you find current blogging platforms lacking as a developer?
1 points by jmau5 15y ago|0 comments
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by jmau5 15y ago
I figured I'd need roommates to make things work. What I didn't think of was how far Berkeley is from Menlo Park/San Jose. Seeing as I may not have a car for a while, I might have to consider moving to San Jose.
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by jmau5 15y ago
The Burger King comment was a joke. I hope I wouldn't have to settle for that. (Not that there's anything wrong with working in fast food) I'm working on a project now (stack includes Python, Bootstrap, postgresql eventually) that I hope wi
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Ask HN: Moving to the Bay Area as a Student
1 points by jmau5 15y ago|4 comments
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by jmau5 15y ago
You must be against the advancement of the human race. Don't we all spend enough time on Reddit already? Just kidding, this is excellent. Great job!
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by jmau5 15y ago
James Brewer here. I'm a American citizen in my 2nd year of CS at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Since I lack any professional experience, I don't yet know what it is I'm interested in. I like math and I feel that working wi
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by jmau5 15y ago
Would appending the scripts current location to PATH be a better idea?
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by jmau5 15y ago
argparse is such a cool module! Whoever knew that command line arguments could be dealt with in a such a beautiful way? I've integrated it into reddit.py and it made the `if __name__ == "__main__"` block look much more professional.
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by jmau5 15y ago
Update: 1) I've conformed setup.py to distutils, so it's a lot prettier now. 2) I tried using the print [this for this in that] style, but that didn't work out as planned. The actual list itself was printed and the colors didn't work. 3) I'
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by jmau5 15y ago
That was incredibly eye opening, I never realized that where you placed something could actually be important. Thanks for the link, have some karma! :)
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by jmau5 15y ago
I'm reading through a bit of the Python docs right now, but after I finish I'll check out argparse. Much appreciated. :)
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by jmau5 15y ago
I've included the cosmetic/pythonic changes and I'm going to take some time to read through the link you left me. Do you have any recommendations for what I should use other than sudo? This was meant to work under Ubuntu (my OS), but I'd li
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by jmau5 15y ago
Done! Thanks :)

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