godarderik

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by godarderik 14y ago
Current high schooler in the US here. I feel that today the trend is definitely more towards looking things up as opposed to memorizing them. For example, in my chemistry class, we always got a periodic table (with weights) and were given t
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What makes us happy?(theatlantic.com)
1 points by godarderik 14y ago|0 comments
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by godarderik 15y ago
You've got a small typo: "We are user-oriented, everything is about u, the user." Should be "you" Also, "We believe in a good experience experience..." You repeated "experience"
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by godarderik 15y ago
> There is no way to link to an individual page, so while the manuscript is "online" it is not addressable as part of the linked web. Scholars who write about the manuscript will be unable to link to a specific item or to share linked-d
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by godarderik 15y ago
> A value was placed on wellness much like a value will eventually be placed on education. Then how are obesity rates at all times highs?
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by godarderik 15y ago
Yes, I agree, there is an important distinction between those two things. However, schools still aren't providing each student an opportunity to reach what their potential allows. From my personal experience as a student, I learn new things
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by godarderik 15y ago
At least in Ohio, where I live, one must be under 19 years old to be eligible for high school sports.
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by godarderik 15y ago
I think it happens more frequently at lower grade levels, especially Kindergarten through 3rd. Usually, by the time they reach higher grade levels, they will have been placed at a class with which they can keep pace.
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by godarderik 15y ago
> Smart people generally learn easier and an hour of teaching them creates a bigger difference than an hour of teaching someone less smart. While in principle I agree with this, I think there are many other factors that figure into a st
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by godarderik 15y ago
This is absolutely true. As a current sophomore in high school, I can say that this is how it has been for my entire educational career. It was more of a problem in elementary and middle school, where I bored to tears by how slow the classe
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by godarderik 15y ago
"It’s well known that it’s more expensive to find bugs early on in program development." I think that's a little backwards, shouldn't it say less expensive?
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by godarderik 15y ago
I wouldn't say that it's seen as a replacement, but I definitely think it's become and integral part of the social life. For example, a lot of the time if someone is hanging out with another person, they will make a status announcing it. Th
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by godarderik 15y ago
As a high schooler, it has become a mandatory part of the social experience. I can count on one hand the people in my grade without a Facebook, and many real life conversations will start with "so did you see X on Facebook last night?" Alth
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The Decline of Violence throughout History(online.wsj.com)
4 points by godarderik 15y ago|0 comments
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by godarderik 15y ago
"All children—clever or less so—were to be taught in the same classrooms, with lots of special teacher help available to make sure no child really would be left behind." I imagine this would be very frustrating for a child who is considered
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Don’t Follow The Crowd(techcrunch.com)
4 points by godarderik 15y ago|0 comments
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HP Issues TouchPad Liquidation Order (techcrunch.com)
5 points by godarderik 15y ago|0 comments
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by godarderik 15y ago
As a 15 year old programmer myself, I would much rather have some constructive criticism than another "oh, you're so smart for your age" comment. I think this type of feedback would be infinitely more valuable for him.
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by godarderik 15y ago
I think he means that he feels like any person that is "reasonably intelligent" person should be able to do it, and because he can't, he feels incompetent. He's not talking about the accomplishments in particular.
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Missing E: How a Troubled Tumblr Add-On Was Reborn(mashable.com)
1 points by godarderik 15y ago|0 comments
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Skimming Jonathan’s Card For Fun And Philanthrophy(techcrunch.com)
3 points by godarderik 15y ago|0 comments
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Routine DNA Collection by Police Spurs Backlash(online.wsj.com)
2 points by godarderik 15y ago|0 comments
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by godarderik 15y ago
Clickable: http://www.receiptparty.com
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by godarderik 15y ago
I don't think that my email is only a Tier 3. I have half of my online communications in Gmail and would be very upset if it were compromised.
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Millions of Web pages are hacker landmines(usatoday.com)
3 points by godarderik 15y ago|0 comments
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by godarderik 15y ago
I think this is the case on Facebook. You can reply to emails about, for example, someone posting on your wall, and it will show up as a comment.
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by godarderik 15y ago
Haven't done it myself, but I know you can use haXe to make webOS apps/games. https://developer.palm.com/distribution/viewtopic.php?f=70&#...
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by godarderik 15y ago
How much of that time was spent actually programming? Would say doing other (related) things such as reading HN have had a large impact on your programming ability?
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by godarderik 15y ago
I'll preface this by saying I'm a 15 year old programmer. Unless you desperately need the money, I wouldn't recommend doing menial freelance jobs like that. Instead, you should focus on learning to program. Sure, doing freelance work would
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Ask HN: How many hours have you spent programming?
4 points by godarderik 15y ago|10 comments

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