Cyranix

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by Cyranix 14y ago
I'm quite surprised at the amount of vitriol for DDG in the comments here. I switched many months ago -- probably nearing a year now -- and haven't looked back. I definitely appreciate the effort that has been put into privacy and simplicit
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by Cyranix 14y ago
Slightly off-topic, but is there a way to bet against Facebook? If one were to accept the premise that Facebook is Ponzi-like, would it be possible to make money off its assumedly forthcoming collapse (indirectly, as collateral of the colla
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by Cyranix 14y ago
The sound bite that stuck out most to me was For instance, it is a small step from "job creator" to "The Creator". We did not accidentally choose this language. Weird leaps of logic and data that don't directly support an arg
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by Cyranix 14y ago
Assignments that require you to extend beyond the covered material can indeed be extremely effective, though I'd qualify that with "for the right person." The COMP 201 course at Rice University (intro comp sci for non-majors) was the experi
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Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a better government(ted.com)
5 points by Cyranix 15y ago|0 comments
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by Cyranix 15y ago
Not having a prominent direct link to the website of the company near the top of the profile seems like a gaffe. Why hinder access to the very company you're profiling?
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by Cyranix 15y ago
As a guy who met a girl on OkCupid and married her, I found the author's list of faults in existing online dating systems to be rather puzzling. Most of them seem like a) perils of dating in general or b) perils of interacting online in gen
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by Cyranix 15y ago
Here's the question I have for Bagcheck: what happens when people have the same name? Since these are human names and not unique usernames, you're bound to get collisions. Are you relying on users identifying themselves from a tiny profile
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by Cyranix 15y ago
Direct subscription isn't the only revenue stream. I would imagine that ad revenue is a significant source these days.
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by Cyranix 15y ago
The Connexions platform has been around for a while now, and as I recall students whose classes used it were happy with it, from both a price and usability standpoint. Glad to see that the program is getting more ambitious -- the move ties
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by Cyranix 15y ago
In illustrated fashion: http://xkcd.com/936/
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by Cyranix 15y ago
> How junior? I had one year of programming experience when I was hired at MyEdu. I was desperate for a job so I actually signed on as a member of the automated data collection team, which only involved writing lightweight scripts. Afte
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by Cyranix 15y ago
I'm going to drop a small plug for my former employer, MyEdu (an Austin startup) -- they frequently hire people into junior roles, and I feel fortunate to have had such an opportunity myself. I'm not saying that everything is sunshine and r
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by Cyranix 15y ago
Dreamhost is definitely fantastic for customer support, but after a recent email exchange, I learned that they don't have a timeline for when they'll upgrade their password system, which does not use one-way hashes. Password reminder emails
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by Cyranix 15y ago
Somehow I don't think that doing a secondary authentication over SMS would help much in the scenario you're outlining.
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by Cyranix 15y ago
If you want to expand the search, NCES might be a good way to collect additional sites to try: http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ Do you have any hypotheses about a common vector for the hack? In addition to run-of-the-mill vectors, the
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by Cyranix 15y ago
On what basis can you possibly conclude that we have exhausted our options in terms of discovering novel animal models? The article itself states that "[i]n 2009, a Japanese team created a transgenic line of marmosets—the first time that ha
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by Cyranix 15y ago
I don't appreciate the assumption that my time and attention are commodities that others inherently deserve to profit from. When I want to find a product that fits a particular need, I'll go looking for it intentionally; when I have other p
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by Cyranix 15y ago
I haven't torrented anything in probably two or three years (only used it for non-US releases and before I had significant income), but I've never needed to fuss with codecs/formats after using the Combined Community Codec Pack. I had no id
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by Cyranix 15y ago
Articles like this make me sympathize with Aaron Swartz a little more. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2813870
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by Cyranix 15y ago
I've actually been using the PHP... perspective?... for Eclipse and have found it to be pretty decent. (The author is right, some of the terminology is amusingly abstract.) Configuring the program just-so and learning to accept the slow boo
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by Cyranix 15y ago
I am a gamer, and I will be a gamer in a couple years when I'm over 30. But one mistake that I've seen a lot of gamers make when getting riled up over this issue of perception, including the author of the linked article, is making a faulty
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by Cyranix 15y ago
That's fair. I feel like Jason may have been using the former word to describe the latter situation.
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by Cyranix 15y ago
A counterpoint opinion: although "I deserve it" may be a rationale to which many greedy or self-entitled people cling, there does exist a point where a well-balanced person can make a reasonable value judgment about the worth of their effor
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by Cyranix 15y ago
I was eating at one of the better known food trailers in Austin, TX (Odd Duck) and the guy sitting across from me had a Cooking for Engineers shirt on; I had known about the site previously, so I asked him about it... and found out that he
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by Cyranix 15y ago
I gave this as a Christmas gift to my mom and myself/fiancee. It's so useful, but I wish Ruhlman went into more depth!
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by Cyranix 15y ago
My fiancee knits a ton and loves Ravelry, so naturally I had to read through the dev blog a while back. Has anyone seen anything fun done with the API?
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by Cyranix 15y ago
Hm, seems that kchilek forgot to post our listing. In addition to the info below, you can reach me at andrew.harrison@myedu.com to ask about our development work and company culture. === MyEdu.com - Austin, TX - Fulltime - PHP / JavaScript
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Another fine group of people to play with: http://www.gamerswithjobs.com
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by Cyranix 15y ago
"Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer." -- Edsger Dijkstra As a programmer coming from a linguistics background, this sentiment has always

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