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   LockerDome raises the funding bar for St. Louis startups(stltoday.com)

   1 points by bzalasky 14y ago|0 comments
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   by bzalasky 14y ago

   I think it's the case that Facebook has just gotten that big. Also, it doesn't have terrible custom backgrounds like MySpace. To the extent that they can avoid that, I think they'll be ok. There's probably a few other things they should foc
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   by bzalasky 14y ago

   I don't think my parents were concerned for me by the time MySpace was a thing, though I do remember them talking to me and my sister about being careful in chat rooms on AOL back in the day.
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   There are at least four ways to build a product nobody wants(rockhopperdigital.com)

   5 points by bzalasky 14y ago|0 comments
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   by bzalasky 14y ago

   As obnoxious as those gift suggestions can be for some people I'd never think of sending a gift, I've found the actual experience of sending a gift on Facebook to be great. You can send something across the country the day of someone's birt
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   by bzalasky 14y ago

   Nope. Here's a difference: My parents never signed up for MySpace. It takes a lot of momentum to stop a beast as big as Facebook. MySpace was never even close.
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   The Case for Static Site Generators(rockhopperdigital.com)

   1 points by bzalasky 14y ago|0 comments
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   by bzalasky 14y ago

   I love Pivotal. While I haven't used Jira, I've gotten the feeling that other members of my team have used it in the past, and don't like it at all. On another note, Siebel time tracking is a pit of hell.
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   by bzalasky 14y ago

   Bold paragraph text... awful.
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    This is a good thing for everyone that uses Webkit browsers.
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    This annoys me more when the whole page swallows my right clicks. Or, when it's used on Flickr to obfuscate image URLs. This use case most likely gives the user what they were looking for, unless they wanted to inspect with Chrome/Firebug/e
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    Unrelated note. Love the clean, but playful aesthetic of the site.
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    It teaches you how to recognize bias.
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    Daily, the group is no more than 3 or 4 other engineers and designers (and there's plenty of time to code w/ headphones on), but the core skill I'm talking about is being able to think critically on your feet. We pair code a lot, and I feel
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    I'm a fan of MOOCs as well (haven't used that acronym before). Nobody should have to sit in a lecture hall with 300 other people trying not to fall asleep.
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    I don't know what you do, but I couldn't get through a day as a software engineer without those skills. That said, I'll give you credit for pointing out critical thinking as a rare activity for most adults. ; )
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    It's absolutely arbitrary, but it's a small enough number that everyone has a chance to contribute to the discussion. With this particular class it had nothing to do with resource constraints... maybe more to do with how many students were
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    It's not the same thing. Thinking critically and speaking in front of a group of people is different than participating in a discussion online.
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    Udacity and other online courses are great for people that already know how to learn. These sorts of programs won't help people that don't know how to learn on their own. However, I will say I can count the classes in college that couldn't
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    Learn a front-end MVC framework. JavaScript plays a huge roll in creating applications like Gmail or Grooveshark. Addy Osmani's blog is probably as good a jumping off point as any ( http://addyosmani.com/blog/ ).
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    Stupid is not winning (apart from alttab's keen observation).
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    WTF jQuery? Royal blue and radial gradients??

    2 points by bzalasky 14y ago|0 comments
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    Is Syphilis the New Skinny Jeans?(observer.com)

    2 points by bzalasky 14y ago|0 comments
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    I don't always read pop science, but when I do, I read thehindubusinessline.com. Also, the illustration paired with the article screams Melancholia.
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    The article is interesting on the whole regarding industries dragging their feet... but it didn't seem like it had much to do with Java.
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    I was going to drop a mention for Code til Dawn, but you beat me to to it, Israel. Cool to see St. Louis get some Hacker News love...
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    "Instant access to this article: $32"
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    Go after the problems you're interested in working on (like NLP). Masters degree or not, having something interesting to show beyond a degree will not only let you develop your skill set in an area that fascinates you, it will bring you mo
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    by bzalasky 14y ago

    I don't think this goes beyond gradients, patterns, shadows, etc... Still looks useful though.
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    by bzalasky 15y ago

    This is a great solution for audio and video, I've used it on several projects. The docs are top-notch as well.