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by gauthr 10y ago
"I was born into what you might describe as the lower-upper-middle class." -- The Road to Wigan Pier, Ch. 8. I'm fairly certain George Orwell lived in the UK as well. cf. http://www.george-orwell.org/The_Road_
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by gauthr 11y ago
Get a copy of Racing the Beam to get some insight into how programmers were able to wring out every bit[1] of potential from the Atari 2600: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/racing-beam [1] Yes, I see what I did there.
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by gauthr 11y ago
The article was probably based on this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_S...
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by gauthr 11y ago
They're using the Indian numbering system -- see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system
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by gauthr 16y ago
I've received discounts on beta books in other PragProg sales.
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by gauthr 16y ago
If you want to get leadership experience, you will need to take on a role that requires it. To get that role, you will have to ask for it. The minimum requirement for leadership is the ability to get things that you want.
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by gauthr 16y ago
The best advice for dealing with the possibility of being "ambushed", or otherwise being made to answer awkward questions, comes from the British television series "Yes, Prime Minister". (Prime Minister Hacker speaking to Bernard Woolley, h
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by gauthr 16y ago
It's worth the wait. This is a timeless book; its contents will not become obsolete.
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by gauthr 16y ago
I second this, and it's a surprisingly inexpensive book, to boot.
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by gauthr 16y ago
Do you have a university near you? If you can get into their library (or even their bookstore), you can take a look at the recommended books yourself and see if they suit you. You can also get the book lists from university courses that i
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by gauthr 16y ago
I have a similar, but slightly different issue. I also have an undergraduate degree, and I did take courses in operating systems, compilers, and algorithm design. The trouble is that I don't remember anything. I remember taking the cours
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by gauthr 16y ago
You're talking about hackers, right?
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by gauthr 16y ago
There are no engineers on that list, either--not even petroleum engineers.
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by gauthr 16y ago
I think you've made an important observation about true education versus the prestige of education, and the valuing of the prestige and little else is certainly not confined to the United States. It is the dominant attitude towards educati
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by gauthr 16y ago
It's time to move to Japan, if you don't live there already. It's the closest you'll get to studying 27 hours a day, and the only sure path to fluency, given the level you're at.