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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
Even seasoned developers (I have 24 yrs experience), are overwhelmed by the huge number of different frameworks and languages. The guy that wrote this article simply needs to focus on JavaScript, and forget all other languages and framewor
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
Less attractive faces carry more information (visually) because they are not as symmetric, have distinguishing blemishes, malformed shapes, or whatever, and therefore trigger more neural pathways than the "average" face does, and
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
Because some idiot in Hollywood declared Fanny Packs to be "out of style", now people are forced to step it up to something larger, so then people say, well I may as well fill up this big bag with junk if I'm being forced to
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
There definitely IS a steamroller. However you have to be in your 40s to be able to look back and see it fully. The article was about the grand scheme of things over decades. If you're under 25 you've only really experienced a
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
But the problem is if somebody has 10 years of COBOL, the only job they will be able to get is a COBOL programming job. That's the real problem here: Employability. If you let your resume get too stagnant, you're in trouble. On
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
Mind blower #2: How many different shapes can a brain with 4 neurons recognize? 94. Evolution of vision neurons actually would have started out using a "chance built" circuit that could solve this 94-item 'recognition' p
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
Traveling Salesman Problem... Will this algorithm work? Algorithm: 1) Take a square space and divide it into 4 squares. 2) Find all 94 quadrilaterals that the 'nodes' can form. 3) For each quadrilateral, that has points in common
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
I didn't do this, but was the one who figured out what happened. I guy wrote an installation utility for internal use to automate certain software setups. Part of the program had to clear out a certain directory, where you had to ent
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
This is sort of why I always just put everything in a shell script. Creating a text file with .sh extension is not that difficult, and I almost never use the command line interactively. Plus I use a GUI and just mount folders I need to bro
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
I hesitated to mention LifeLock, because people would immediately assume i'm doing advertising for them. I'm not. If I were shamelessly plugging I'd ask you to try meta64.com which ACTUALLY IS my own site, and also happens t
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Job Recruiters asking for Last 4 of SSN. Scam?
2 points by ClayFerguson 13y ago|3 comments
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
At least they didn't censor you when you posted the note saying they edited your content. If they wanted to they could have just deleted that too. I think any sort of censorship at all, once the word gets out, will be damaging to Hac
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
You may just be trying to learn too much too fast. Set small goals for a side project and focus only on that, without getting distracted. Like anything else, you gotta put the time in, but if you don't "genuinely love it" you
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
I think both HackerNews and Reddit are great for both the consumers of content, and the creators too. Without sites like these it would be a lot harder to get the word out about a new site or service. For example, i'm promoting my own
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For Hipsters to Geek Out on Gadgets - meta64.com(meta64.com)
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Meta64.com - Entertainment News (updated every 4 hrs)(meta64.com)
1 points by ClayFerguson 13y ago|0 comments
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
I consider lip-movement during reading a mental disorder. It means your cerebral cortex is connected to your motor cortex in a flawed way. It's a significant 'brain wiring' issue, and would severely limit how fast one can r
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
Thanks for the links. I needed this help promoting my site product!
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
You are offended that someone shared a link they own? Who appointed you the authority to censor people?
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by ClayFerguson 13y ago
IMO it boils down to how to give uses a 'reputation score' in a fair way that lets in new users, but detects 'rude people' so that their negativity can be filtered out. It's the most challenging problem in social m
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Technology News For Geeks (and other Caged Animals)(meta64.com)
1 points by ClayFerguson 13y ago|1 comments
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Meta64.com - Great News Aggregator(meta64.com)
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Meta64.com - A new Social Engine for the Web(meta64.com)
1 points by ClayFerguson 13y ago|0 comments