cruise02

28 ms·

241.
by cruise02 15y ago
When tutoring I use the Socratic method to find out where a student is stuck. If I ask them a question that they don't know the answer to, I back up a little and ask a different question that should help lead them to the answer to the firs
242.
by cruise02 15y ago
I just checked by Stack Overflow profile. I've visited on 986 consecutive days. But then, I am a moderator, so I view it as a bit of an obligation. ;)
243.
Defeating SOPA and PIPA Isn't Enough(codinghorror.com)
27 points by cruise02 15y ago|2 comments
244.
by cruise02 15y ago
You're missing my point entirely.
245.
by cruise02 15y ago
> So while the quoted sentence is still true, I think anyone using this service misses out on masses of experienced developers who simply didn't publish their code on GH, for various reasons. To be fair, those are developers that most c
246.
by cruise02 15y ago
Check out Stack Overflow Careers. It allows you to associate your github account so potential employers can see your activity. http://careers.stackoverflow.com/
247.
by cruise02 15y ago
This strikes me as a bit of a straw man story. Who judges a candidate based only on their education? Experience counts for more than education in any place I've ever worked or interviewed. (At my last interview none of my interviewers
248.
by cruise02 15y ago
I think a lot of people here are missing the point that this is only one interview question, not the entire interview. You still need to ask icebreaker questions about the candidates experience to get them comfortable before breaking out
249.
by cruise02 15y ago
The SO software is terrible at accumulating lists. Count the duplicate entries in the datastructure question. Also, which one of those answers is the correct one? That's what the SO software is designed to help us find, and it fails here
250.
by cruise02 15y ago
Good point about the transient nature of HN and reddit. They're really not suited to be a permanent home for the kinds of lists that people want to create on Stack Overflow. All three sites have the kind of community focus that can be use
251.
by cruise02 15y ago
Oh, I see what you mean now. I mistook your original comment as being in agreement with him then. I thought you were saying that it was unfair for the moderator to close that question.
252.
by cruise02 15y ago
I don't follow you. I'm not assuming it's inconvenient for them. It's very convenient. They just have to click a few buttons to reopen a question like that. I know for a fact that they really don't want them to remain open.
253.
by cruise02 15y ago
> Find a way to transfer it where the conversation can continue to flourish. That's exactly what happened. 99% of questions get answered on the LaTeX site. It's one of the best communities in the SE network. Compare that to only abou
254.
by cruise02 15y ago
That's true, there are several old questions that have some pretty awesome content and that close reason is just a bad description. It looks like one of the other moderators agreed with you too, since the status of the data structures ques
255.
by cruise02 15y ago
You can suggest one on Area 51 ( http://area51.stackexchange.com/ ) but I doubt it will get much traction. The Stack Exchange engine is much better for objective questions that have a correct answer than subjective questions that have a lo
256.
by cruise02 15y ago
That has 2 answers. The datastructures question got closed after 89 (some of them duplicates). Plus they're on two different sites. I don't get the point of your reference.
257.
by cruise02 15y ago
The SO employees have seen it. If they want questions like this open, they all have the power to override moderators.
258.
by cruise02 15y ago
Stack Overflow isn't a discussion board. It's a Q&A site. It's not intended for neverending lists that don't have a correct answer.
259.
by cruise02 15y ago
Snap! That's a good idea. :)
260.
by cruise02 15y ago
Now it's a dilemma. I can just write up my answer and wait to post it until someone else posts, maximizing the amount of reputation I'd get for the same answer. If everyone does the same, the net outcome is a longer waiting period to get
261.
by cruise02 15y ago
Most questions that don't get answered are just poorly phrased questions that either don't get enough attention or aren't really answerable. These eventually get deleted. I like the current bounty system because any user with enough reput
262.
by cruise02 15y ago
Examples? I'm a moderator and can delete non-answers. I also have a lot of rep to burn, so I can place bounties on good questions that aren't adequately answered.
263.
by cruise02 15y ago
That would incentivize waiting to post an answer. That's definitely not desirable.
264.
by cruise02 15y ago
There probably has been an increase over most tags, but I strongly doubt that it's uniform. If you're at all interested, there's a SEDE query that shows which tags have the most unanswered questions (by raw count and proportion of question
265.
by cruise02 15y ago
How is this even slightly related to the problem of hard questions not getting answered? Stack Overflow isn't designed for the kind of questions that frequently get closed as "not constructive." There are plenty of other places on the int
266.
by cruise02 15y ago
Same here. Zero false positives, but several false negative results.
267.
by cruise02 15y ago
I'm pretty sure he was talking about software development there, not blogging.
268.
by cruise02 15y ago
I think that weight is a lot more accurate than what we have now, which is many candidates listing technologies on their resume if they've ever heard of them. I have top 10% listed on my SO Careers profile for c#, java, php, javascript, an
269.
by cruise02 15y ago
Totally beside the point, but "How Facebook is losing its essence" is a statement. You've analyzed the situation and you're going to tell me what's happening. Following that statement with a question mark just tells me that you're frighte
270.
by cruise02 15y ago
In the specific case cited, yes, but the article is talking about the general case of engineers and social ineptitude. That doesn't need to change any more than we need to stop letting everyone else get away with technical ineptitude.

More ›