Tarks

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by Tarks 16y ago
I think you're missing that some of those small steps weren't obvious at the time everyone was writing software that the government leans heavily on that only works on IE6, the people that developed it are probably long gone by now and rewr
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by Tarks 16y ago
I thought that by definition being a perfectionist means being cognizant of your mistakes. . . At the moment not owning up is making that asset a little toxic: "Apple think they're perfectionists but that's just because they don't acknowled
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by Tarks 16y ago
Imagine what the average not-too-technical person sees when they hear about this, they see a man walking into stores and the computer systems shutting down/exploding because he has a 'virus', one of those magical,evil things that makes thei
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by Tarks 17y ago
Honestly when I read that I thought the same thing, but just because he isn't 'one of us' doesn't mean his points about UI aren't valid. There's been a lot of good writing done by people who don't know how to terminate in C.
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by Tarks 17y ago
It's all in context. That's a "massive" amount of data for one human to swim in in any reasonable level of depth.
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by Tarks 17y ago
This article highlights something for me, I've recently started working in a large financial entity in London and. . . I have no idea what they actually do here, I have very basic understanding of trades and options/exotics etc, can anyone
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by Tarks 17y ago
I wondeer if this helped their downfall. http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=fashion
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by Tarks 17y ago
Am I the only one that immediately thought "This is what happens when a nation's raised watching gundam ^_^ " when I read this?
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by Tarks 17y ago
I've always felt bad about this, I'm 21, grew up with a computer etc but if I'm going to be doing a lot of reading I'll take a printed page every time. Sometimes I feel guilty for printing out online essays etc, I'd like to try an ebook rea
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by Tarks 17y ago
Though I think using the term "Silver Bullet" is a bit cheeky, I'll admit I'm curious, this seems like a pretty impressive leap forward.
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Silver Bullet -- Time Travelling Debugger [Google Tech Talk](youtube.com)
3 points by Tarks 17y ago|1 comments
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by Tarks 17y ago
" if you build a tool any idiot can use then rest assured every idiot will use one" True, but not making something because idiots would misuse it isn't a good road to go down either. "For programmers who really love to know things all th
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by Tarks 17y ago
"Although it may be enticing to spend a few years with a slick point and click IDE such as VisualStudio and pretend you are programming, as anyone who has ever done so knows at some point you run into something broken and it's tough shit b
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by Tarks 17y ago
Though I agree with you for the most part, depending on how much you care it's sometimes silly to fight a de facto, I don't say I'm "hacking on a project" to someone non-technical unless I'm prepared to spend a few moments explaining my use
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by Tarks 17y ago
http://nymag.com/news/business/55687/ - A little background on the author for anyone interested. Really good read.
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by Tarks 17y ago
I'd LOVE to go to those but I'm studying in Middlesbrough, I'm doing something similar but there aren't nearly as many opportunities here. I've added contact details to my profile, but I can't find any on yours (email isn't public), if all
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by Tarks 17y ago
Thankyou, I'd lost sight of this a little. teaching someone how to deal with a type of situation rather than a specific one is always useful in the long run. If anyone else appreciates this type of thing then Randy Pauche's "Last Lecture" i
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by Tarks 17y ago
As far as I'm aware they're almost universally 3 years (unless they include a placement year). I'm basing this on anecdotal evidence such as what I remember from applying to different universities and the fact that most of my friends are gr
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by Tarks 17y ago
As a rule it's because the years have different weights assigned to them, so as an example first year counts towards about 20% of the final degree classification, second year 35% and third year 45% EDIT: Just to help avoid confusion I'll re
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by Tarks 17y ago
Option 1 is financially viable and probably what I'll end up doing. Looking for entry points from which I could transition upwards is something I will definitely look at after graduation. Thankyou !
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by Tarks 17y ago
I completely agree, which is why I'm looking for neither. I don't think it's too crazy to be looking for a place where I can learn from other people practising the same craft.
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by Tarks 17y ago
Some universities offer what's known as a sandwich degree. in which at the end of your second year you have the option of spending a year in industry, the idea is that the student gets real world experience (and is able to put this on a CV)
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Ask HN: Just lost my year long placement because they have no work. Begging for advice
20 points by Tarks 17y ago|37 comments