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16y ago
Nice, but there's no option for "cats only." As a result, I'm afraid I'll stick to http://placekitten.com/ for now.
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16y ago
Learning Prolog sounds worthwhile, but time spent learning Prolog is time not learning something else. Why not Erlang or something obscure I've never heard of like Fril? Also, I'm getting fatigued by authoritative talk about computer scienc
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It seems even strange to me that the article makes no attempt to survey other current examples of speech-recognition technology in order to support the unsaid implication of their lede. That is: "speech-recognition technology developed by t
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16y ago
Every time I use Twitter, I ask myself, "How long can this amazing and terrible zeppelin of bubblegum, balsa wood and toilet paper possibly stay aloft?" I'm not sure if aloft is even the right word, there hasn't been a time in recent memory
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16y ago
You might argue that they don't fit your definition of "good schools," but plenty of schools let you skim by with only the lightest introduction into things like set theory, probability, Turing machines, and automata. The math requirements
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16y ago
Am I missing something, or does this article basically say: within the domain of self-taught and c-educated programmers, there are groupings with various levels of theoretical and practical skill? It seems it wouldn't be a stretch to say th
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16y ago
In cases where a student can earn academic credit and not just a certificate for the internship, it could be a worthwhile investment. The student has to pay for those credits anyway to graduate, and real-world experience can provide educati
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A valuable bit of hands on experience working on a failed project considered too risky for a big-time entrepreneur to waste minimum wage on? Sign me up.
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I think you're missing what's actually happening here. In these cases, the students are paying the university for a "registration credit," in order to legalize work without pay. The provider of the internship does not receive this money, an
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16y ago
I appreciate the work you put into your post, but I can't help but point out that it's "all intent[s] and purposes" not "all intensive purposes." Apologies for the snark.