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by svec 1y ago
Who are the authors for the content of the first month's issue? The articles on the site don't list an author, which makes me think it's all written by Edwin Nagle, which makes me wonder if anyone else will contribute to the
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by svec 2y ago
I highly recommend Scratch! I wrote a post of the resources that my kid used. It's the lowest friction way I know of to get kids actually creating something fun, with a pretty fast fast feedback loop. https://chrissvec.com&#
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by svec 3y ago
Are there any other dev commentaries you recommend (other than the mentions in your post)?
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by svec 3y ago
Uri Shaked, the creator of Wokwi, is interviewed here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/396
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by svec 3y ago
If you like his games, or that book, check out this great interview with Sid Meier as part of the Designer Notes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/designer-notes-23-sid-... It's 4 episodes long (
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by svec 5y ago
I offer old hardware to local charities that reuse/recycle it, or on a “buy nothing” Facebook group where people will almost always take it and (hopefully) make better use of it than I will.
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by svec 6y ago
Pike himself says "there's a 6th rule": https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/998681790037442561?lang=... (6. There is no Rule 6.) And points to the best source he finds for it on the web: http:&#x2F
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by svec 6y ago
iRobot | Bedford, MA ONSITE | Embedded Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/about-irobot/careers I'm hiring an experienced embedded software engineer for my team at iRobot in Bedford, MA (just outside of Bo
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by svec 8y ago
iRobot | Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE | Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/ iRobot (maker of the Roomba, among other robots) is hiring many types of software engineers for our Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA of
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by svec 8y ago
iRobot | Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE | Software Engineers | https://www.irobot.com/ iRobot (maker of the Roomba, among other robots) is hiring many types of software engineers for our Boston, MA and Pasadena, CA of
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by svec 9y ago
Zoom.us is GREAT! Video and audio quality are great, hiccups are rare, the screen sharing features are good, and it integrates easily into our physical offices with a decent iPad app. (I've tried hangouts, hipchat video, appear.in, and
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by svec 9y ago
+1 Here's a link to Norvig's (self annotated!) github repo: https://github.com/norvig/pytudes
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by svec 9y ago
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Linux-In... I haven't used the Linux client, but many others at my company use it.
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by svec 9y ago
Re: "This one is freely available -- and quite good." All of the chapters/essays in the "Architecture of Open Source Applications" volumes 1 and 2 are freely available, in case that's not clear on the AOSA webs
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by svec 9y ago
"Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry" by Susan Lammers. https://www.amazon.com/Programmers-Work-Interviews-Computer-... This book is from 1989, but it's a time
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by svec 9y ago
Unfortunately the answer is 'no' to both. (I use glassdoor.com to answer questions like the 2nd one...)
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by svec 9y ago
No, it's pretty low actually - we have a high growth rate! (company $/product growth, that is)
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by svec 9y ago
iRobot | Software Engineers | Bedford, MA (near Boston, MA) and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite the opposite, really. If you want to work with a b
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by svec 10y ago
Apple ][e is going all the way this year!
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by svec 10y ago
The phrase "self-driving arm" alone is worth the time it takes to listen to this podcast. (the rest of the podcast is good too)
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by svec 10y ago
It was a live commercial: http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/25/news/companies/snickers-live...
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by svec 10y ago
iRobot | Software Engineers | Bedford, MA (near Boston, MA) and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite the opposite, really. If you want to work with a b
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by svec 10y ago
Lisp and C: for robotic control software.
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by svec 10y ago
iRobot | Software Engineers | Bedford, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite the opposite, really. If you want to work with a bunch of friendly h
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by svec 10y ago
iRobot | Software Engineers | Bedford, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite the opposite, really. Most positions are for our Bedford, MA headqua
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by svec 10y ago
Funny timing: I just suggested those guidelines, and several related ones, in a post over here: http://embedded.fm/blog/2016/11/3/resources-for-software-bes... (Check out "Rules for Defensive C Prog
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Resources for Software Best Practices(embedded.fm)
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by svec 10y ago
Both of the people that we hired through my iRobot posts are embedded software engineers (both on my team, actually). I'm sorry that we didn't get back to you, though - I saw that I replied to you when you asked about your status,
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by svec 10y ago
Other side of the table: we've hired at least 2 people from the "Who's Hiring" posts at here at iRobot.
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by svec 10y ago
iRobot | Bedford, MA and Pasadena, CA | ONSITE iRobot is hiring software engineers like they're going out of style. Which they're not. Quite the opposite, really. Most positions are for our Bedford, MA headquarters, which is just

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