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by fredophile 13y ago
Here's my best guess given what you wrote. The company felt that you were good enough to be an intern there. They also had other candidates that they thought would be better. They only take n interns a year. That started from the best
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by fredophile 13y ago
You can't predict which situation will teach them more. You can safely say that they'll learn different things in each situation. Starting and running a company can teach a lot of things like budgeting, hiring, firing and interact
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by fredophile 13y ago
Point Grey Research makes stereo and 360 cameras. They aren't really designed for consumer use though. The Nintendo 3DS also comes with a 3D camera. I can think of a few reasons why you don't typically see this in consumer product
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by fredophile 13y ago
I have a hard time believing that Google served so many ads that 2/3 of the screen were covered in ads. I just tried a few searches and in three fairly generic searches I only saw ads in one of them. The search with ads had three clear
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by fredophile 13y ago
You're correct that all you said was that free speech and the first amendment aren't the same thing. The statement that you replied to indicated that a response to your speech was not limiting your freedom of speech. I read your r
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by fredophile 13y ago
Do you really believe that that's what she'll do now that she works for Dropbox? Let's try a similar but different example to see how this works in practice. The SEC enforces laws on Wall St. There's a revolving door bet
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by fredophile 13y ago
It sounds like you're saying that if there are any consequences for speech then it isn't free. This probably isn't what you really mean so please feel free to clarify your argument. I'd rather debate your real position t
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by fredophile 13y ago
You seem confused about a couple of things. First, you don't understand what a PhD represents. It isn't a measurement of how intelligent you are. It shows a meaningful understanding and contribution in some specialized part of you
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by fredophile 13y ago
Even if it didn't have the text about you being an unpaid intern I wouldn't sign it. Why sign away your rights for nothing? You don't gain anything by signing it or lose anything by not signing. The only times I've signe
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by fredophile 13y ago
I've known plenty of CS majors that couldn't write good code when they graduated. There are plenty of people with years of experimce that also aren't very good. I don't know anyone that can judge your abilities just from
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by fredophile 13y ago
I wouldn't call it a mistake but when I'm interviewing I look for a good fit. There are lots of reasons why a company or position in a company might not be a good fit. If you're interviewing and people decide that they'r
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by fredophile 13y ago
Do you mind if I ask why you find it insulting? During my last job search such tests were pretty typical. We use one as part of the screening process at my current job. It's just a low pass filter and saves us from wasting time on some
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by fredophile 13y ago
The best algorithm may change depending on your constraints and the input. You could argue that quicksort is best based on its O(n lg n) average running time. It is usually taught early on in CS programs as an example of a fast sorting algo
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by fredophile 13y ago
|Because it's much easier to measure performance of CEO's, at least artificially. If Google does well, then you (supposedly) know that Larry Page is doing well." Originally I wrote a much longer reply but after re-reading it
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by fredophile 13y ago
I don't buy the hard to measure argument. CEOs at large companies make a tonne of money. This is usually justified by saying that they are more skilled than the average CEO but this kind of skill is also hard to quantify. Why does this
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by fredophile 13y ago
Based on the feedback so far I'm planning to go ahead with Python. Looking at Flask and Django they both seem like pretty popular frameworks. Are there any reasons to prefer one over the other that I might not realize until I've b
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by fredophile 13y ago
C++ is the language I usually use for day to day coding. I have experience in plenty of other languages but most of them aren't relevant for this task. No one is writing server code in Prolog. The only ones that would really apply woul
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How do I get started with web development?
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by fredophile 13y ago
Getting on Steam is a good way for an indie game to generate sales. However, you'll need to do a lot of promotion to get there. The current process for an indie to get onto Steam involves getting users to vote for your game. If enough
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by fredophile 13y ago
Change your attitude about the job you're going into. I guarantee you can learn plenty working at Bloomberg. Based on what they sell I'd guess they put a huge emphasis on reliability. They probably also maintain a lot of legacy co
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by fredophile 13y ago
To start with it would probably be best to focus on fairly standard data structures and algorithms. Here are some you should learn about: stack, queue, dequeue, linked list, doubly linked list, binary tree, heap, B tree. You should be able
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by fredophile 13y ago
That article is missing a really key point. Being contacted by a recruiter is not a job offer. It's an offer to begin the application process. People aren't getting 30 job offers a month. They're getting offered the chance to
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by fredophile 13y ago
I write C++ for a living. I don't have time for Internet mentoring but I will suggest a few resources and general ways you can improve your code. Are you a C++ novice or a programming novice? If you're a programming novice you sho
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by fredophile 13y ago
I'll second the suggestion to read Starting Strength if you're going to lift weights. Starting Strength has excellent descriptions of how to perform the lifts correctly. If you're not lifting with correct form you could hurt
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by fredophile 13y ago
From reading the article it seems like this is intended to be a form of high intensity training (HIT). The idea behind HIT is that intensity is more important for results than duration. There are plenty of studies showing the importance of
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by fredophile 13y ago
I've spent time on both sides of the interviewing table and I think there are some misconceptions in this thread. Generally an on site interview is the last in a series of steps for the candidate. They've already passed the early
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by fredophile 13y ago
Valgrind is fine for teaching students. I would probably use something faster and more sophisticated (and probably more expensive) in a professional setting but that doesn't mean there's nothing to learn from using it. Adding logg
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by fredophile 13y ago
Why do you say CS takes one of the easiest fields in mathematics? People have been studying CS since long before we had computers and there are still famous open problems. If the math is so easy perhaps you'd like to give a proof for P