ambulatorybird

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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
It's also worth noting that there are some fields in which you have to "have a job" in order to be taken seriously. E.g., medicine, academic research, etc.
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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
Being likeable and making friends aren't necessarily the same thing. For example, as a teacher I try to be likeable to my students so that they have a more pleasant and interesting time in the classroom. But I don't try to be their friend
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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
Okay, well, if he's gonna' complain about naming OS X after cats, then he should also complain about Ubuntu's alliterative 'adjective + animal' naming scheme.
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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
A better graphics chip and easier user-upgradeability would be nice. Even if they had to make the unit a little taller, it would be a good tradeoff.
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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
I first started using the internet back in '96. I think I was actually most excited about being able to play Quake online. But getting e-mails was kind of exciting, too -- as an actor in an AOL commercial said, it was like "getting a pres
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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
This also happens to be the title of a novel by Wallace Earle Stegner, for which he won the Pulitzer. Now that I know what the phrase means in engineering, I'm sure to have some great insights into the book. If I ever read it.
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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
The name consists of three stressed syllables, which is hard to say fluidly. You can't turn it into a verb, like "google". This may cause problems with marketability. I am being totally serious.
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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
Well, I know what K is (as well as S and I), and I don't have a CS degree. Which just goes to show that there are people out there who can acquire systematic theoretical knowledge on their own.
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by ambulatorybird 18y ago
It seems to me that most of what programmers do is more like a craft than a science. By analogy, a carpenter doesn't need a degree to make beautiful or useful things -- but knowing some engineering can't hurt.