eyoel

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   Why is 1 GB equal to 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30?(tarsnap.com)

   4 points by eyoel 14y ago|0 comments
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   by eyoel 14y ago

   I've read most of the points made here in an essay Joel Spolsky wrote a while back: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000056.html It was very insightful at the time I read it.
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   by eyoel 14y ago

   Article in single-page: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/business/the-thiel-fellows...
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   by eyoel 14y ago

   Seems like he was hell-banned for this comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4253243
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   Amazeballs to Zing: new words added to Collins online dictionary(telegraph.co.uk)

   1 points by eyoel 14y ago|0 comments
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   by eyoel 14y ago

   It's definitely a plus if you're already an avid user but I think it shouldn't be a requirement. Say, if you wanted to learn about compilers, you can efficiently extract a lot more knowledge by going through the source and docs of a real-w
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   by eyoel 14y ago

   Glad to hear that you're committing to learn programming. Do you have a specific app/project to pursue in mind? I raise this because when I first started programming, what really hammered the lessons in was actually trying to build a non-