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by gambogi 13y ago
The second sentence you quoted appears to be backing up the assumption, or giving you a clue as to where it came from. I don't think he was "correcting" you
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by gambogi 13y ago
RIT also has a similar service [1] there's a new ui in the works for the spring, but it's interesting to see how widespread this issue is. Also I have to say RIT has done an awesome job if coordinating with the devs, they give a C
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by gambogi 13y ago
I'm a second year CS major. That's not a safe assumption. Some of them learn to swim, and some of them drown. A guy in my CS1 class last year (there was no placing out) failed to comprehend the concept of words controlling a compu
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by gambogi 13y ago
I nearly lost it at "inforamavores"
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by gambogi 13y ago
The college board killed the AB test the year I took APCS (which was 2011 iirc)
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by gambogi 13y ago
This is incorrect in several ways. 1) Ignores obvious intention of the author 2) "several"
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by gambogi 13y ago
there is no evidence hacker news had anything at all to do with this idea. Also, just because people are excited about an idea doesn't make them naïve about it's freshness. I'm certain drone delivery has been discussed by man
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by gambogi 13y ago
I'm an avid runner, but I can't go more than four miles on a treadmill due to boredom
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by gambogi 13y ago
I understand where you're coming from, but you have to remember that student athletes are also people, and members of the community. I could walk you through the argument about physical fitness and the value of exercise, but I'll
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by gambogi 13y ago
The phrasing would probably be closer to "$10k raised for..." or "individuals raise $10k..." The fact that they did it through the internet doesn't seem hugely novel (aside from the fact they evidently can't ge
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by gambogi 13y ago
No one would say "the mail has raised $10k for ... " These are just people using tools. The internet is not a person or subset of people, it's a utility open to anyone.
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by gambogi 13y ago
I'm on my phone so I can't really put out a long response but... > There are only about 4 hops between any 2 people on Facebook. If you take the median number of Facebook friends on one account (100) and raise it to the 3rd pow
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by gambogi 13y ago
201X: The Year of the Personal 3D Printer
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by gambogi 13y ago
While this HN post is certainly guilty of the puffery you describe, the actual site is just a collection of resources this professor thinks are useful for various categories of grad students.
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by gambogi 13y ago
Well, first of all, I'm not arguing for equal pay for everyone, I'm in favor of a guarenteed minimum income. Secondly, money doesn't work as a motivator for non menial tasks.[1] And you know, a task that seems boring and unin
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by gambogi 13y ago
We know that intrinisically motivated people will aspire to do, even if there isn't a need for them too. If we provide for both the intrinsic and extrinsic, we effectively cover 100% of motivated individuals. By making it easy for thos
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by gambogi 13y ago
Yeah because dietary modification is no way to treat a disease [1] cough PKU cough [1]- http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylketonuria#Treatment
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by gambogi 13y ago
Instagram, Vine, Twitter, and the like were not written on phones. You're just deliberately misconstruing their point.
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by gambogi 13y ago
But it totally breaks when you can't hover over the image... like on mobile
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by gambogi 13y ago
I disagree on 5). You should probably be at a bare minimum familiar with different types of data structures and how they work. Knowing where to look up "theoretic bits" isn't actually useful. As a programmer, you should know
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by gambogi 13y ago
I've been working since I was 15 (I'm 20). In total, I've made around $15k. My first year of school cost roughly twice that figure. If I wasn't majoring in CS (or my Grandfather hadn't died), I would not be going to
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by gambogi 13y ago
How do you know that you've never met a person who didn't share their ideas with you?
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by gambogi 13y ago
Well, if we're getting our etymology on, 'engine' originally referred to any trick, device, or machine. An engineer was someone who created engines. It only took on the association with steam locomotives in the 1800s. I would
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by gambogi 13y ago
serendipity: a stroke of luck, typically beneficial.
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by gambogi 13y ago
I can bet you there will be now