phektus

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by phektus 5y ago
"Any application that could be done on a blockchain could be better done on a centralized database." The scientific community will disagree with this. The whole culture of independent peer review process assumes there is no centra
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by phektus 7y ago
> Admittedly, I have no clue if the management realises that ! Well, that's the key thing in many places: it's management that decides whether to hire and how much to offer, not you :) The first instinct would be to put 'r
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by phektus 8y ago
Even in a team of specialists, some of the work they do can be off-loaded to a full-stack developer to free them up for tasks that require more of their expertise. For example, a front-end specialist would be better off optimising the slow
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by phektus 9y ago
Find the entry point of the program then go from there. Use grep for function calls or event listeners. Get some background of the framework used, if there's any. Skim the issue tracker to add more perspective.
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Watch Hackers Sabotage an Industrial Robot Arm(wired.com)
2 points by phektus 9y ago|0 comments
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by phektus 12y ago
Strangely reminds me of learning :P
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by phektus 12y ago
"I do not have experience due to which I cannot find a job and I cannot get a Job as I lack experience. Its like a dead-lock situation" Nowadays, whenever a programmer says this a cat dies in the other side of the world. We develo
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by phektus 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis
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by phektus 12y ago
NBA star player.
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by phektus 12y ago
Try Express or SailsJS. You'd be surprised.
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by phektus 12y ago
"I tried to learn Python for a bit, and wasn't successful" Kindly define not being successful. If you mean you gave up, then next time don't. Also, quit your job if you have to.
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by phektus 12y ago
Filipino here. I used to live somewhat near that place, and we used to joke about going to Germany or Australia when what we really mean is going to one of those streets instead of the actual country. These are suburbs where the real estate
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by phektus 12y ago
Whenever I wait for Xcode to build I doodle random stuff on my notebook. It helps me relax throughout the day.
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by phektus 12y ago
Since you have been reading a lot, you may want to try the old method. Just start a new project (with new technology) and learn along the way instead of picking up a book first.
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by phektus 12y ago
I got recommended into the medical fields. Interesting, as I've always dreamed of being a doctor when I was young.
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by phektus 12y ago
This is gold. I remember a quote from a prominent game programmer, I think it's John Carmack but I'm not sure, that when thinking of an approach to a new game engine he would start on the basis of an imaginary computer with instan
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by phektus 12y ago
Well, HN itself is a poll.
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by phektus 12y ago
Get a 9-5 job, take a breather, save some money, then try again after two years.
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Mozilla Appoints JavaScript Creator Brendan Eich As Its New CEO(techcrunch.com)
2 points by phektus 12y ago|0 comments
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by phektus 13y ago
>> Mithril allows developers to support browsers all the way back to IE6 and Blackberry. > Wow! This should IMO be on the home page. Agreed! I'm in!
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by phektus 13y ago
You accept the fact that life is't fair, and that you deserve only that which you bargained for. Plus the fact that people are emotional creatures.
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by phektus 13y ago
Well at least something they and the States can agree about. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bea-edwards/the-us-and-austral...
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by phektus 13y ago
Sounds great, can you share what ]helped you become a top earner?
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by phektus 13y ago
Because they only really affect the dev team. The clients are virtually exempt, which destroys any process.
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by phektus 13y ago
>Jobs was good at recognizing when the right time to bet on a technology was. When you are filthy rich, you can turn this talent into a license to print money. When you aren't already rich, it just makes you the average person on HN
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by phektus 13y ago
I was surprised to have used nodejs in my work throughout the year, so now I'll skip the advanced (functional) javascript and go retro with c/c++/c#.
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Ask HN: What new skill or tech you intend to master in 2014?
18 points by phektus 13y ago|28 comments
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by phektus 13y ago
Then just release it. You will never reach 100% anyway, unless you totally quit the project.
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by phektus 13y ago
Project euler then implement in javascript.
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by phektus 13y ago
A 3d printer for food. Now that would be disruptive.

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