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by shanked 15y ago
I've had three programming jobs out of school and have never had that experience. Though, others in the same positions have shared the same experiences as you. This leads me to believe that it is more about the person than the job (although
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by shanked 15y ago
I don't think anyone is arguing that none of these technologies exist, but saying that the average person shouldn't be overly concerned with any of this. I don't really care if companies, the government, or my family know what sites I visit
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by shanked 15y ago
The higher-education system is in trouble the way I see it. I was a business major (Management) and spent ~5 hours each week on average (5 courses/semester) and graduated with decent grades. I've since enrolled in graduate CS program. Takin
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by shanked 15y ago
Up/down arrows are not synonyms for agree/disagree but are supposed to reward people for providing valuable additions to the conversation. Too many times have I seen people downvoted because they provide an unpopular perspective on a topic.
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by shanked 15y ago
I think that attitude is a bit harsh. Does it make him a bad person? I disagree. While I can't imagine doing such things, I understand that people have vastly different values regarding many topics and aren't trying to be evil regardless of
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by shanked 15y ago
I think the point is that it is risky to design before you fully understand the problem you're solving. From my interpretation of the slides, they are often working on tasks they have little experience with. Instead of spending time thinkin
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by shanked 16y ago
I had almost received my B.S. Management when I was offered a entry-level job as a Requirements Analyst at an eight-person software company. At this point I had probably written 1000 lines of code in my entire life (JavaScript/PHP, mostly
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by shanked 16y ago
I think a lot depends on the teacher. If there is a really good teacher which challenges their students then any course can be a great learning experience (even beyond the material covered). Obviously, it will always be different between
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by shanked 16y ago
With a quick and easy modification of your code, you could make a 0 handed clock where the current time is always lined up at the top-center of the screen. That way, you only have to look at one place to find the time.
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by shanked 16y ago
Could it be that the information in the chat logs are sensitive and he/Wired is avoiding the legal nightmare that may be caused by publishing?
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by shanked 16y ago
In Fall 2009, with only 1 year of experience with high-level web programming and no computer science background (BS in Management), I created the goal of working at Google within 3 years. I enrolled in graduate school pursuing M.S. Computer
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by shanked 16y ago
According to the author, Apple should have never developed the iPod, iPhone, or iPad....
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by shanked 16y ago
Well, I had an idea for a web application that I'd otherwise create in Python. I figured I'd use Lisp to get some experience using it (also, my AI class next semester uses Lisp). While it will probably cause some additional hurdles of comp
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by shanked 16y ago
I'm just beginning my road down the path of learning Lisp. My plan for learning is: 1. Read the Practical Common Lisp chapters which introduce Lisp features. 2. Write a web application using Common Lisp (Hunchentoot/Postmodern). After all,
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by shanked 16y ago
Thanks for the initial responses. Most of my experience is web development related, and my language of choice is Python (although I've used Ruby, C#, Java, PHP, C++, C). Though being a web developer isn't necessarily what I'd look for (I w
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by shanked 16y ago
Somewhat related... As opposed to Berlin specifically, how should an American software engineer get a job in a different country? I'd like to experience different cultures and I'd like to move to another country (after finding a job) but I
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by shanked 16y ago
I've had a couple herniated discs in my lower back for over eight years now, so I've spent significant time focusing on improving my posture while sitting. Here are a few tips: 1. Use a lumbar roll -- you place this in your lower back and i
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Why Ctrl-C doesn't kill multithreaded Python scripts, and how to fix it(snakesthatbite.blogspot.com)
3 points by shanked 16y ago|0 comments
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by shanked 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I think I definitely need to address some of the issues you've raised. One of my apprehensions to posting my "Review my App" post is that my app doesn't instantaneously provide any functionality (other than viewin
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Review my App: BetaBoom - Connecting developers with testers
3 points by shanked 16y ago|2 comments
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by shanked 16y ago
Yes, my App will be on the list of Apps accepting testers! :)
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by shanked 16y ago
#2 I've been working on for 2 months and will be releasing in a week or two... I'm still debating what the name should be, any ideas?
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Ask HN: Web app pricing... to charge or not to charge
2 points by shanked 16y ago|3 comments
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by shanked 17y ago
My definition is merely a company that is 'starting up'. It doesn't matter if it has created its own market via innovation or entered a mature market, I consider all new companies startups. All companies exist in volatile markets regardles
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by shanked 17y ago
I took a break for a week after spending the previous 3 weeks focusing on the prototype in most of my free time. This past weekend I started on the prototype again. If not accepted in S10, I hope to re-apply for W10 with a deployed beta as
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by shanked 17y ago
I see a lot of classic board games being very fun to play on an iPad. Risk, Monopoly, etc... you can zoom in/around the board when necessary and zoom out to see the entire board. I can see it being much more successful than PC/handheld bo