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by devs1010 14y ago
Another thing I thought of would that something like this may be best as an open source / distributed project to where there isn't a central point they can shutdown / target, I'm not sure how viable it is, however, to make something like th
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by devs1010 14y ago
I think its a great idea and I would love to see something like this... Whenever you challenge people in power, however, its inevitable that they are going to fight back, provided your challenge is strong enough for them to take notice and
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by devs1010 14y ago
You can't always have it both ways, having interesting, challenging problems every day and also making good money, sometimes it works out that way, other times not. I was in a somewhat similar situation where I left a very small startup at
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by devs1010 15y ago
Its hard for me to get a good feel for what your experience level is from your post, but I'm guessing you've worked mainly as a freelancer thus far. I'm someone who started off similarly to you, I don't have a degree, although I am close to
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by devs1010 15y ago
I'm not quite sure I follow.. are you suggesting that not wearing a tie would mean "removal from the process", even today? I've never worn a tie to a programming interview and generally it seems most experienced developers don't, at least i
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by devs1010 15y ago
Also, just want to point out, in Arizona, for most misdemeanors, you have no right to a jury trial, I didn't read up enough on this to know whether it would be a felony / misdemeanor, etc (or if it could be either), but its something to als
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by devs1010 15y ago
I am extremely glad to have gotten out of Arizona, I made the mistake of moving there for two years and literally put everything I had into being able to move out of there. The only way I can really describe the state is "assbackwards", I'm
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by devs1010 15y ago
I think this will happen eventually as well, however it still feels far off, I definitely get frustrated with Java's lack of functional programming, I just think its so well rooted now in so many organizations it will be a while until a new
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by devs1010 15y ago
The JVM is written in C, if thats what you mean by "is that still Java". I agree Java has its weak spots but I still feel it has its places (maybe I'm a bit biased as I do a lot of Java dev), the whole JSP, Java full web stack is pretty awf
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by devs1010 15y ago
I worked from home for a startup (as a contractor, wasn't invested in the business at all) that had no office. In this case, the owner and other programmer were in the same metro area but, after a few initial meetings, I met with them in pe
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by devs1010 15y ago
yes, whenever I just get frustrated with thinking something through I close my eyes for a bit, it helps me to refocus
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by devs1010 15y ago
yes, you are right, we are agreeing, I think I put it the way I did since I still like some light, I know some people like to work in what would be considered a "dark" environment, I suppose I prefer more on the side of "dimly lit"
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by devs1010 15y ago
Yes, this is definitely true.. the main thing I've noticed is I like to not be a in an environment where its really brightly lit, so time of day isn't important, just if its during day time, I need to be somewhere not right by a window, etc
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by devs1010 15y ago
I worked at a place that seemed to be this way, it wasn't a startup though but a fairly small company. The offices were in an older office park and kind of dingy and I think thats why. When you have certain types of insulation, etc and the
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by devs1010 15y ago
You can make this argument about most software developers too, while they may create unique applications, they are mainly using the "already known" (existing languages, API's, etc)... You can then go on to apply this argument to nearly any
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by devs1010 15y ago
My understanding is that some "hospital chains" have started doing stuff like this, primarily larger ones, however I think a lot of the smaller / independent ones are often still stuck in the dark ages as they can't afford the hassle of mov
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by devs1010 15y ago
I think it may even go beyond that, where they have even stipulated what other software could be run on the machine. I do know, for example, that they HAVE to run XP, nothing newer, or it would void their support, etc.. its really insane ho
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by devs1010 15y ago
its forbidden by their IT department, I don't know the whole picture, as I'm just going by what information my dad was able to pry out of them, but I think they basically have barebones machines with nothing but essential software and somet
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by devs1010 15y ago
The topic of regulation that others have mentioned here makes me think of the airline industry also as, from what I can tell, medical regulations are almost as strict as those, I worked with a guy who used to do programming for devices on a
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by devs1010 15y ago
Yes, and hospitals have arcane policies / IT departments, my dad is a doctor and the hospital he works at still has Internet Explorer 6 installed on all computers there and they refuse to upgrade it for fear it might break compatibility wit
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by devs1010 15y ago
Not sure why he threw compulsory military service in their which seems to be counter to the other points, all that would do is give the corrupt politicians a low wage, essentially temporarily enslaved, class of people to do their bidding.
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by devs1010 15y ago
One reason would be if you use a compiled language server side that could be a reason its faster than javascript. another reason would be that rendering pages is usually lighter weight, you already may have a lot of objects in memory on the
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by devs1010 15y ago
Something that's helped me, without having to resort to smart drugs, or anything like that, is increasing your vitamin intake from natural sources, I get the natural vitamins (made from real fruits and vegetables, not manufactured ones in
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by devs1010 15y ago
Sometimes I wonder, can't exercise, for example, going for a run outdoors, or even just working out with weights, be a form of meditation? This assumes that you are in good enough shape / have exercised long enough to where its basically ro
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by devs1010 15y ago
This is absolutely true in America and in almost no way is it necessarily tied to being a Christian, even those who are non-religious will often espouse the fact that alcohol "isn't like other drugs". Obviously this is just anecdotal eviden
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by devs1010 15y ago
yes, I agree, I once worked in a completely open office (no separate rooms, even for the manager / "CEO", it was a very small startup company and would have to listen to this sort of nonsense all day
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by devs1010 15y ago
Even then, you can keep communication via email or IM, just send a message to the person who may know, "hey, do we have any library for this, seems like we might", etc and they get back to you when they can, you don't have to have face to f
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by devs1010 15y ago
yeah, there's a literary / English class term for this sort of article, basically, you're just arguing one side, you may not even believe all the points, but everything is supposed to support the main point, its not meant to be a balanced p
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by devs1010 15y ago
yes, right, I tend to overlook punctuation when reading comments, etc but he did punctuate correctly there, my mistake
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by devs1010 15y ago
yeah I definitely agree. I used to work in a cube farm, the office I work in now is more open, has sort of half-cubicles but is laid out differently than a cube farm. With the cube farm people would still talk and you'd hear their private c

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