BrandonM

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by BrandonM 16y ago
OK, point taken. It might have been more difficult, but it could definitely have been possible to give him a strong endorsement without the rest of the post. Then he could have sent Patrick an email with the rest, indicating that the blog p
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by BrandonM 16y ago
That's why I voted the submission up. Reading that post made me think of my own skills that need developed and promoted. I am a smart guy with some unique abilities; I'm confident that with some focused effort, I could be capable of providi
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I would be like, "Wow, thanks for the advice and the ringing endorsement." The guy is obviously trying to help Patrick out in multiple ways. The author is trying to make him realize how amazing he is and tell as many people as possible how
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> I have absolutely no idea how drone programmers behave/get motivation/work. Very nice resorting to name-calling. Because you can't conceive of someone who likes and is good at programming, but who enjoys other things in his leisure ti
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> If all of the software in the world that was created out of passion and love for the craft suddenly disappeared overnight the world would be a much worse place. That is a problem in my opinion. If someone is creating that much value,
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> Sorry, but you're kinda proving my point. The fact you don't want to spend more time on hacking rather than spending time with friends, means you'd make a bad employee for a startup. When did we start talking about startups?
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I was riding on the sidewalk in San Francisco along a pretty busy road once. If I was around anyone, I was slowing to a crawl. One guy -- a total stranger (no one else was around) -- stepped right in front of me, stopping me to tell me that
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by BrandonM 16y ago
...and now you're a discriminatory hirer. Don't get me wrong. I love to build things. I love writing programs that improve my life in some way. I love that I can see a difficulty in someone else's life and tangibly improve it (for free if i
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I find it rather funny that there was just a submission two days ago answering precisely that question: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1708777
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Are you really comparing typing on a PC keyboard to typing on a BlackBerry? My thumbs can only "type" so fast, but sitting at a keyboard I'm somewhere around 100 wpm. It feels like two completely different activities. At a keyboard, capital
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Definitely this. I got a BS in Computer Science and started along the path of Software Engineering while working towards my Masters. Learning some good fundamentals helps, but my code was still a mess. Writing code that you'll actually have
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Learning to program is pretty darn fun. Learning brand new paradigms is pretty awesome. Building things in new, better, easier ways as you get knowledge and experience is wonderful. Learning how to program in a language with a similar amoun
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by BrandonM 16y ago
BlackBerries automatically capitalize the first letter after a period, so that theory doesn't really hold.
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> why would someone in the group or at the dinner admit to the collusion? He mentioned that they were uneasy with the direction the talks had taken. I could definitely understand a couple of them seeing this admission as a good way to g
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I wasn't disputing you... as I said, I worked in a grocery store; I know exactly what you're talking about. The poor in my state get WIC and the Ohio card. WIC is a federal supplement (for Women, Infants, and Children) to any state progra
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by BrandonM 16y ago
My state offers food stamps as well. Several of my friends have been on them, and they have more money to spend on food than they can eat. I want to say it's something like $50 per week, but I'm not positive. And I used to work at a grocery
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I agree... being robbed induces sharp feelings of rage and helplessness that don't fade for a long time. That said, I voted the grandparent up (from -1) because there are a couple good points in there.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
When you add features as useful as set() datatypes, if-else expressions, generators, and comprehensions, people are going to use them. Python 2.2 code nearly always runs without modification on Python 2.3+ (the only exception would be colli
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Good point, but I was responding to this quote: "You wouldn't watch that show unless it had a lot of humans in it, preferably attractive ones, showing their faces." Not sure why I deserved a downvote.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
You might want to edit that comment to link to your project since the comment will probably now rank higher than your repo for that hypothetical Google user.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Exactly. How can he call this "not much of a response?" As you pointed out, the message said, "I'd also like to extend an open invitation for you to come in and meet the team." To me, that sounds like a free trip to give direct user feedbac
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Of course you are right, but there are also several shows that spend a lot of camera time on up-close shots of the food and the food preparation process, only occasionally showing the host. Those are the ones that I was referring to.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
> Venture capitalists were smoking pot in my backyard and passing out on my couch. This is the west coast, right? You could replace "smoking pot" with "drinking booze" and the surprise level doesn't change all that much for me.
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The food network also has a lot of shows that rarely show faces. Ditto anything on Animal Planet.
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Two things stand out to me: 1. Your goals and ideals seem far different from mine. You were taught obedience; while I was also taught to obey my parents and teachers growing up, I realized that everyone is fallible and authority figures are
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Really? I've had no trouble sharing files between Wordpad, cygwin, and unix while using Wordpad.
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3) The world needs a new type of word processor, where editing is done by structure. Users should then be able to render that data in different ways - styled for printing, or for the web. At the moment data is very brittle. TeX solved thi
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I recently went through financial difficulties that involved problems paying 5 different credit cards. Bank of America was by far the most helpful company, actually recommending that I enter into debt management to allow me to pay off m
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> I think we're agreeing. Yep. Sorry if my sarcasm broadcaster had a weak signal
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I love Chicago... that sounds good to me.

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