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by dorfuss 12y ago
I'd say - finish. A diploma is not necessary to be successful in life or to provide for your needs. But later in life you will compare yourself with others, your colleagues, your friends, and you might feel inferior, unfishied. Somethi
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by dorfuss 12y ago
Excellent one. I'd add economics, sociology and, although I am just 80% sure - medicine. There is a book out there called something like "Curing factors in psychoanalysis" which ends with a sentence: "Well, we know that
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by dorfuss 12y ago
Common cold does not come from exposure to cold weather but from bacteria/viruses. That humans are immune to 99,99% germs out there and that you should not be so much afraid of infections. And that carbohydrates in your diet don't
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by dorfuss 12y ago
My situation is somewhat different as I have never been a programmer per se, I graduaded in cultural anthropology, worked for two years at an insurance corporation and now for almost a year at a small software developer, implementing a BPM
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by dorfuss 12y ago
I thought of a math edu-game similar to CeeBot. In CeeBot you learn programming concepts and whole languages by writing instructions for virtual robots. You can see how they move around and perform different tasks. (Actually Mehran Sahami f
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by dorfuss 12y ago
Well, very true. I have graduaded in cultural anthropology which is not hot among employers over here (or most probably anywhere). Most people I know (in Europe) with such degrees join the crowd of 25+ living with their parents, supporting
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by dorfuss 13y ago
A very good question. Some time ago I've heard that big libraries and archives print digital photos back to film because it is much more durable than the modern media and the picture really exists and is visible. A different problems I
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by dorfuss 13y ago
:)
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by dorfuss 13y ago
Depends on the country you're based in. In the EU, where the market is heavily regulated and favours consumers over entrepreneurs, it could be an offence against Consumer Rights. Therefore you could be penalised if a consumers organisa
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Ask HN: How to use Twitter as a marketing tool?
1 points by dorfuss 13y ago|0 comments
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by dorfuss 13y ago
Brilliant collection of links, thank you!
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by dorfuss 13y ago
I make 1000$ a month after tax, selling enterprise software, and honestly - I don't understand what are you talking about. 300k annually seems really a lot even if you live in an extremely expensive place like Denmark (mnimum wage 2000
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by dorfuss 13y ago
How do you guys invent this stuff? It wouldn't cross my mind... ;)
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by dorfuss 13y ago
Thanks, you helped me a lot :) Does anyone know a similarly straightforward article on TCP/IP?
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by dorfuss 13y ago
I cheated :)
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by dorfuss 13y ago
I'd love to see that! :)
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by dorfuss 13y ago
Very true. But also there is another aspect to it - there is a lot of admiration for programmers and engineers and what generally hackers can do, be it Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Ted Hoff, Kevin Mytnick, Elon Musk, Kim Dotnet or Edward Snow
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by dorfuss 13y ago
Thank you for this comment. Very true. Depression should be though of as a serious, dangerous and dreadful condition that has claimed so many lives. That being said I don't dare to judge if the author of the article is depressed or not
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by dorfuss 13y ago
I would add that it's not only a piece of technology or a set of skills that goes unnoticed or unappreciated by the general public, but nowadays most services are taken for granted without really thinking how difficult it was to put it
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by dorfuss 13y ago
Memorising lists of words is counter-effective - I am opposed to flashcards, because meaning is always created by the context. The methods presented by Steve Kaufman seem interesting to me http://www.youtube.com/user/li
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Ask HN: Just got a job at BI/ERP sales & deployment. Any tips?
2 points by dorfuss 13y ago|0 comments
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by dorfuss 13y ago
a bit cluttered on a smartphone screen
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by dorfuss 13y ago
customer relations and PR specialist at an insurance company and software engineering freshman
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by dorfuss 13y ago
As a little kid I once asked my father "how does the eye work". He brought me a picture in an encyclopedia showing a disection of an eye ball with all the parts being given their medical, technical names. But my thirst of knowledg
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by dorfuss 13y ago
Maybe not an advice but an idea: postponing is never making the task easier. Sometimes waiting too long can make it obsolete/useless. Waiting for mood or willingness can mean that you never do it. Force your self to do it no matter wha
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by dorfuss 13y ago
Hey, I'm 27, some time ago graduaded in cultural anthropology and 2 months ago started studying CS :) It's never too late to get involved into someting you feel passionate about. Good luck!
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by dorfuss 13y ago
cheap? come on! Jerusalem's not cheap at all!
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by dorfuss 13y ago
I have a 4 y.o. macbook that I use for most stuff and a 10 y.o. PC with WinXP for some other stuff (also for the sake of some old PC games from the past :))
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by dorfuss 13y ago
That's very true. And this is the very reason why tablets and smartphones are so popular - most people need only a screen with the Internet access to consume content, but those who produce the content will still need a bigger device.
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by dorfuss 13y ago
similar topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6353498

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