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by Xurinos 16y ago
Is this covered under DMCA? (Even though information is flying at your face, you not allowed to interpret it?)
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by Xurinos 16y ago
For brevity, the main takeaways from my posts here are these: (1) Avoid overanalyzing when debugging. This is true for all programmers. (2) Divorce identity from skills to avoid personal limitation. Say "I can develop web pages", not "I a
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I have never heard of University of Maryland College Park. I had a course in OSes. And a course in databases. And a course in graphics. And a course on compiler design. So on and so forth. All part of the curriculum. They taught us to
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by Xurinos 16y ago
At least with }, ], and ) you know any given } matches a { and not a ( or a [. Whereas with all )'s, it's a lot harder (for me) to know which ( in a mountain of ('s it's going to match. I have found the opposite. It's a lot easier to clo
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I wouldn't generally hire a self described "Web Programmer" to work on the guts of VMWare if I worked there. When people describe themselves as something, it is to indicate what they are interested in doing. Hiring a self-titled "Web Pro
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I think we are well aware of the arbitrary definition, and it misses the point. A software developer hacker/engineer/programmer solves problems, using the software as a tool to that end. There are surely several domains in which they may
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by Xurinos 16y ago
First, there is no such thing as a "systems programmer". This is a useless, career-limiting, HR-invented categorization. When I made the mistake of signing on with a few recruiters on a job hunt a while back, they looked my recent job exp
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by Xurinos 16y ago
His example is a little small to see how he would implement inheritance. Also, inheritance is not a core requirement of OOP. Before you hit that downvote button, consider this: Inheritance allows your class to share attributes and behavior
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by Xurinos 16y ago
That is just shifting the blame. If you use a product for marketing, you are marketing. Yes, in general, "using a service" does not mean you are in that business. But if you ask your users to take part in this service or tool you are usi
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by Xurinos 16y ago
If you have a website, you are at least in the marketing business; rather, your website is a marketing tool, for good or bad. If your website has any features other than basic marketing (prices, times, list of products or services, locatio
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Weird. I still go to Craigslist for local listings and jobs. Is this just FUD?
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I agree vehemently. If I am a candidate, the employer's reaction to my answer is part of my employer test. I would experience a certain measure of glee if the employer -- who is testing my technical skills -- had enough technical know-how
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by Xurinos 16y ago
A programmer who does no outside reading on his profession will be ill-equipped to do research when the need arises I do outside reading, but I would be hard-pressed to make this claim. How is outside reading correlated to research abili
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I do not know the name Bentley, and I have never heard the phrase "maximum sum subsequence", but given the context in the problem statement, I think I understand what was intended. Seems kinda silly to bring up this notion of "programming
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by Xurinos 16y ago
You are basically filtering for presentation ability. ...unless you are looking to hire someone in sales or someone to represent you. :) But I agree with you. For something like software development, I think the presentation process can b
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I agree. Resumes are not as useful as a lot of employers want to believe. They represent what the candidate wants you to see of their history, and you get only one thing from that: Talking Points. Resumes put you both on the same page, b
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I mostly like this answer. It depends on the individual's time and how they balance against the needs of the rest of their life. I can judge a certain amount of motivation from outside contributions, but I understand it is not the only an
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Interesting... Just a heads up if anyone cares: We had at least one tumblr submission yesterday, too, that had trouble. Two days in a row might be a larger red flag for tumblr or tumblr users.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
There are many comments here that he won because of his programming/thinking skills versus using the Lisp language, and I think this true in comparison to the other contestants. However, one thing he mentions that is an interesting piece o
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by Xurinos 16y ago
To be fair, it looks like this page suggests a lot more than just adding points to things. I am reading it as a primer on human psychology. The real question in my mind is this: What causes X behavior in my audience? The good guy in me wa
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by Xurinos 16y ago
A mix of humor and thoughts on the site layout: I harbored a tiny hope that this website would give me a progress bar for reading through it and that I could earn achievements for becoming knowledgeable in different areas of gamification.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
NoScript is much more than just disabling JavaScript: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1808801 When NoScript is ported to Chrome, I will happily switch.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
Seems to me they could use a service similar to http://deadmansswitch.org/ for extra insurance. Diversify your insurance.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I learned it because of the general -i; the -p was the only portion of -i that I really use with "git add". The -i is what makes "git rebase" more than just a patch pusher.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
or that in LISP every DSL still looks like LISP <bait>When your language is already at the top of the beauty chart, why would you write a DSL that is not also beautiful?</bait> It is really a programmer choice. Lisp progr
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I just use git add -p That way I can code at my leisure and worry less about the bookkeeping until I am ready to publish.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
At the end of the day it is really about how much existing code can be quickly reused. I used to think this was true, and then after I became a bit experienced with web development, I realized that the bulk of code (JavaScript, in particu
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I hate to break it to you, but the most successful people in society usually got there not only from hard work but from being in the right place at the right time. According to studies on "luck", one key is to be in a LOT of places. It i
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I use "we" when I refer to my target audience and me or when I am speaking for my group. "We" is always plural. I sense a dishonesty when it is used to create groups of people that do not exist, to imply numbers when there is only one.
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by Xurinos 16y ago
I wholeheartedly agree with the author where he talks about documentation. Documentation is presentation, and you present to different audiences. You will repeat concepts. However, duplicate code is the greatest sin in software design. A

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