csmeder

51 ms·

421.
by csmeder 17y ago
"Also, I think it's worth mentioning that one basic that everyone should be taught is grammar. Not to be a jerk here, but you'd be more effective in communicating your point if it wasn't littered with grammatical errors." Your not being a j
422.
by csmeder 17y ago
I'm not sure what the solution is. I do know I would have preferred something similar to http://www.lynda.com for maybe 30% of my classes with access to tutors and study groups. At least 30% of my classes we taught very poorly and high q
423.
by csmeder 17y ago
In my experience most of the time they are not. You either win the parent lottery or don't. Many college students are missing the basics. It's embarrassing, possibly confusing but true.
424.
by csmeder 17y ago
Sorry, I wrote it in vim with no spell check. I have now fixed the spelling errors. Grammar is one of those basics that I have never learned. I will try to look it over again.
425.
by csmeder 17y ago
This makes me think of what Paul Graham said in his "Apples Mistake". This is going to dig Microsoft deeper into the Evil hole. Just when people started to forget how much they hate Microsoft and how embarrassing it is to work there... "Sho
426.
Why College is Frustrating(chris.smeder.com)
6 points by csmeder 17y ago|19 comments
427.
by csmeder 17y ago
what if you didn't put the images in ahead of time? Can you add them when you go to edit the post?
428.
by csmeder 17y ago
Wow, I like your app a lot. Its beautiful and the idea is very good. I am co-founding a startup and much of the design work will be done by me. Would you be willing to share any tips? What I would really like to know is how are those 160 ho
429.
by csmeder 17y ago
I just created a posterous account. Is it possible to add photos to a post after its been posted? I can see it gives you text editing, but no way of uploading photos? Do you get to decide where the photos fall in-line with the text?
430.
Ask HN: what hosted blogging solution would you recomend?
14 points by csmeder 17y ago|32 comments
431.
by csmeder 17y ago
My guess is that some day students will use e-readers to view books that are created under the Creative Commons license. When will that day come? Not soon enough... Two things are required for this to happen: 1)There has to be a Mark Shuttl
432.
by csmeder 17y ago
Yeah this is totally what I was thinking?!?!
433.
by csmeder 17y ago
Nice, I'm glad you found it useful. I would actually recommend her previous edition of the book. In this new version she trys to update it using color and it goes all wrong. She is stretching her ability past her strong points. She is EXTRE
434.
by csmeder 17y ago
The layout is very readable! however, I have one suggestion: Left align your photo. Follow the advice of this book by Robin Williams: "Find a strong alignment and stick to it." "Avoid using more than one text alignment on the page (that is,
435.
by csmeder 17y ago
very nice: simple but has enough features to be valuable to people.
436.
by csmeder 17y ago
Proper title: "How to lie with statistics" What is the scientific term for starting your x axis in a way that distorts the graph? I tried looking it up but couldn't find it.
437.
by csmeder 17y ago
Personally, I would like to see a commercial game developer use FORTH. from: http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Forth:programming:language.h... "Forth became very popular in the 1980s because it was well suited to the small microcomputers o
438.
by csmeder 17y ago
Btw, Moore is looking for 3 million in VC for his 40+ core Forth chips - http://www.colorforth.com/GA.htm