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by Sukotto 11y ago
Python, Java, and SQL Python: gluing things together, prototyping, data munging/analysis, web development, ad-hoc non-relational data manipulation. Java: Rock solid, widely used, maniacally backwards compatible, and easy to find work.
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Spectacular patterns found in rare, big numbers used in encryption schemes(datasciencecentral.com)
1 points by Sukotto 11y ago|0 comments
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by Sukotto 11y ago
Programming Pearls: Jon Bentley The Pragmatic Programmer: Hunt and Thomas The C Programming Language: Kernighan and Ritchie
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by Sukotto 11y ago
If returning to school is something you really want to do then there is a third option: go get a job at the school you want to attend. Just make sure to negotiate your benefits to include the ability to take classes (both the time during yo
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by Sukotto 11y ago
I really needed to re-read this tonight and it hit me as hard as it usually does. So much so, that I'm posting it, despite the fact that it will almost certainly fall, without notice, off of "new" in the next few minutes. But
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Cranking, by Merlin Mann (2011)(43folders.com)
1 points by Sukotto 11y ago|1 comments
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by Sukotto 11y ago
I quite liked this other article of his on being banned from ever returning to the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. http://laphamsquarterly.org/travel/take-nothing-leave-nothin...
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Fractal Lab, a browser based WebGL fractal renderer (2015 video demo)(vimeo.com)
3 points by Sukotto 11y ago|1 comments
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by Sukotto 11y ago
Possibly because many (most?, nearly all?) engineers are extremely poor at contract negotiation and believe whatever lies HR tells them about how much money is available and how valuable their contribution is.
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by Sukotto 11y ago
Technological generalist: programmer, project manager, product developer, database guy, etc. Why am I in tech? Partly due to participating in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award program and partly because I just took whatever was interesting
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by Sukotto 12y ago
Why is the first pin 1415 and not 3141? [edit to add] and I don't mean that in a snarky way. Was just curious.
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by Sukotto 12y ago
If you haven't seen it before, check out https://projecteuler.net/ which is a series of (very) loosely connected programming challenges. The challenges start mostly bite-sized and typical programming problems (think fi
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by Sukotto 12y ago
At 40-something, I find that money and health have become increasingly important. However, they both depend heavily on the foundations I laid in my 20s and 30s. So watch out. I can't think of too much I wish I had known , but there ar
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by Sukotto 12y ago
Looks like this thread is gathering the list of good Time Travel stories. So here's one I like: "Dinosaur Beach" by Keith Laumer. A delightfully twisty and multi-layered novella. Read: http://www.baenebooks.com&#x2
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by Sukotto 12y ago
I hope it's enough. It's not like young hackers can easily disassemble/reassemble stuff in the real world like we older guys did. And yes, you can take apart a cell phone or a tv or whatever. But the risk:cost ratio isn&#x
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by Sukotto 12y ago
[edit] I've removed my comment as I'm not sure just how to express what I want to say.
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by Sukotto 12y ago
You're welcome, I hope you find it useful. And just in case it's not obvious, let me point out that what you're getting here is free advice from strangers on the internet. So please don't blindly follow anything here w
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by Sukotto 12y ago
I was in somewhat of a similar position earlier in my career. I was afraid to stand up for myself and ended up meekly accepting my employer's BS about how there wasn't money in the budget for raises, but they liked me so much and
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by Sukotto 12y ago
Consider adding a Corporate tier to your pricing plan Corporate $499 per year - priority support email address - early access to new releases The features don't really matter that much. There are companies that will hap
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by Sukotto 13y ago
One way to approach this is to say something like: "I have a selection of (simplified) problems we've faced recently. They're representative of the sorts of issues you would be taking care of if you join our team. Let me wal
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by Sukotto 13y ago
If you're looking to expand your perl repertoire into functional programming, you might want to check out Higher Order Perl by Mark Dominus You can get it in dead tree from amazon or free (beer) from the author's website http:&
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by Sukotto 13y ago
/tangent I'm considering applying to Rakuten in Tokyo in some sort of IT/Programmer/Engineer capacity (I'm a native English speaker who doesn't speak any Japanese...yet. Already in Japan and have a work visa).
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by Sukotto 13y ago
In case you weren't aware, one place to post python jobs is http://www.python.org/community/jobs/ If you don't live in a tech-heavy region, you should also consider hiring someone remote. https:/&
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by Sukotto 13y ago
Speaking as someone who has done a little hiring (i.e. authorized to hire two more people for my team at BigCorp) the answer is "All of them". I'm not being facetious, I seriously mean that. The skilled people you want are
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by Sukotto 13y ago
Fascinating read and a quick skim of the article index made me add the blog to my rss reader. Looks like quite a bit of interesting stuff in there. It amazes me just how much more there is to learn, no matter how much I think I know about
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by Sukotto 13y ago
It gave me a chance to really compare the opportunity cost of readership versus the amount of personably actionable material I find here. As a result I've decided to drastically restrict the time I spend here. (And that's me done
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Legendary Akihabara Radio Store closing its doors after six decades(japantimes.co.jp)
91 points by Sukotto 13y ago|20 comments
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by Sukotto 13y ago
Two thoughts spring immediately to mind. Firstly, take a job posting to it's logical extreme and you'd get something similar to the linkedin post[1]. "We want a ninja rockstar coder+sysadmin in the top 99.999th percentile of
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ASCII fluid dynamics -- International Obfuscated C Code Contest 2012(youtube.com)
7 points by Sukotto 13y ago|0 comments
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by Sukotto 13y ago
I feel conflicted. On the one hand, it's a cool hack. On the other hand, once someone starts abusing (and teaching others how to abuse) a system. The people in charge of the system have to take steps to protect the system (usually by l

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