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Codecademy and Gamified Education(medium.com)
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Ask HN: Short Survey About Programming vs. Engineering
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Bloc's Software Engineering Track: The CS Degree Killer(medium.com)
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Bloc – Introducing the Software Engineering Track(blog.bloc.io)
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by choxi 11y ago
However, it is possible to consider another, fundamentally different, scenario. What if the brain, as all other visceral organs of an organism, does not need any special recuperative rest connected with total interruption of functional
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by choxi 11y ago
I assume PG meant that every kid should learn how to code like every kid should learn how to write, not that every kid should become a professional programmer or writer.
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Bloc ( https://bloc.io/ ) Position: Mentor -- Full-Time, Part-Time, or Contract Location: Remote Email: roshan@bloc.io Bloc is a mentor-led online bootcamp for aspiring developers. Our structured programs combine 1-on-1 mento
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Show HN: Build Tetris in Swift(bloc.io)
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by choxi 12y ago
What's a good starting point for getting into building hardware like these startups do?
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The Future of Education is Online, Immersive, and Tailored to You(blog.bloc.io)
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by choxi 13y ago
Be careful with the translation you get of Meditations: if the first few paragraphs seem excruciatingly baroque, then you got a bad one--drop it and find a better translation. I downloaded the one that's free off of iBooks and it was
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by choxi 13y ago
The version of it I've always heard is: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to always know the difference.
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Ask HN: What is your preferred stack for prototyping new apps?
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by choxi 13y ago
I'd like to give a shoutout for our graphical implementation of Ruby Warrior if I may :) https://www.bloc.io/ruby-warrior
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by choxi 13y ago
Recruiting employees requires different skills from recruiting cofounders. They have different incentives, different roles, and it happens at different stages in your company.
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by choxi 13y ago
It's based off of this open source project from Ryan Bates: https://github.com/ryanb/ruby-warrior
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by choxi 13y ago
Very cool. We wrote a post about different techniques to getting Ruby in the browser on our blog: http://blog.bloc.io/running-ruby-in-your-browser Webruby (Mruby.js) was one of the options we considered but ultimately didn't use.
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by choxi 13y ago
Bloc ( http://www.bloc.io ) - INTERN, REMOTE * We're building a vertically integrated education platform. * We're looking for generalist developers (we're a Ruby shop) * We're a small team of 5 (all technical) * We pay market s
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by choxi 13y ago
I think I can help you out, it's a secret project of mine but I'd be happy to discuss it 1:1 -- roshan at bloc.io if you're interested
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by choxi 13y ago
One on one web development mentorship is the core advantage of Bloc: http://www.bloc.io
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by choxi 13y ago
Bloc ( http://www.bloc.io ) * We're building a vertically integrated education platform. * We're looking for generalist developers (we're a Ruby shop) * We're a small team of 5 (all technical) * We pay market salaries and offer
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Running Ruby in Your Browser(blog.bloc.io)
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Scribble: Github Style Wikis with Live Markdown Preview(tryscribble.com)
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by choxi 14y ago
I appreciate the gesture of being a devil's advocate to the work-life balance posts but the hyperbole of "9am-5am" is hurting your case, you're giving others a straw man to argue against. A 70 hour work week is not actually that unreasonabl
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by choxi 14y ago
Bloc ( http://www.bloc.io ) * We're looking for generalist developers (we're a Rails shop, but if you're willing to learn we're willing to teach) * We're a small team of 6 (three technical cofounders) * We pay market salaries and offer earl
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by choxi 14y ago
it's concerning to see TechCrunch-esque "How [X] is Changing the Way We [Y]" articles on the New York Times
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by choxi 14y ago
> "Which startups died because they got buried under the weight of their own codebase?" That's a long and very depressing list. In many of those situations, some TDD might have helped. Could you give some examples? PG doesn't include th
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by choxi 14y ago
Bloc ( http://www.bloc.io ) * We're looking for generalist developers (we're a Rails shop, but if you're willing to learn we're willing to teach) * We're a small team of 6 (three technical cofounders) * We pay market salaries and offer earl
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by choxi 14y ago
I used to work at Groupon, and for all the shit it gets there are a lot of good people working on ambitious problems there and this letter is exemplary of the kind of character that inspired people to work there. Best of luck to them as the
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what's a "macro"?

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