blacktastic

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by blacktastic 17y ago
Tuition costs to join the middle-class are so high that most kids today end up in a form of indentured servitude in order to pay off the loans. I don't support the notion that universities and colleges are responsible for finding anyone a
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by blacktastic 17y ago
I didn't realize I liked math until I worked with computers and programming. That's when I suddenly began to understand the concepts of math and its beauty. The language of computers expresses mathematical ideas much better than tradition
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by blacktastic 17y ago
>You can’t always choose your own hours or get to work from home. Business is all about making money, so you have to do whatever it takes to succeed. If that means you have to answer calls in the middle of the night, then so be it. Not
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by blacktastic 17y ago
My personal experience is that the best, most imaginative software developers are mostly self-taught. Passion for the topic is very important because a lot of what we do for a living is un-charted, un-mapped territory. The passion is requi
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by blacktastic 17y ago
It may be safe to say that a lot of scholarship, regardless of gender, is flawed. That women do not wish to be publicly flogged is, perhaps, a tendency of the gender. Maybe contacting the author, first, was a better way to handle the situa
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by blacktastic 17y ago
I would think that selling access to the user data would alienate a large portion of users.
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by blacktastic 17y ago
When we create new software that benefits from lots of networked users, we will be forced to make that software compatible with the people who do not have their own private servers. So users can run their own servers, but there will be thos
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by blacktastic 17y ago
I want to thank you all for the encouragement. I did not expect it. I thought people would say I'm too old and it is too late.
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by blacktastic 17y ago
I have tried this (I am in the US) and the programs I have found with accredited math programs are for teaching math. I took a look at Open University and they still don't have a full program for US-based students.
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by blacktastic 17y ago
Fun. And because my life is at least half over and I haven't tried it.
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by blacktastic 17y ago
Thank you for your story and advice. I agree about online. I tried it but I know it will be better if I have direct contact with a teacher in a classroom.
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by blacktastic 17y ago
Why a degree? Because of all topics/areas of study, I've found math to be the most difficult to self-study. I've made some progress on my own, but having a professor/teacher and marked stepping stones in a program is best for me. I'm defi
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Ask HN: I have yet to do the one thing I wish before I die
29 points by blacktastic 17y ago|31 comments