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by hmsimha 14y ago
I can definitely relate to what you said, and I think sharing my journey through academia may at the very least give you some ideas in how to approach yours. TL;DR at bottom Lots of the usual helpful advice has been given to you already (
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This is, as far as I'm concerned, the TL;DR: Rep. Gohmert: Well, I'm not sure that I would care if it destroyed a hacker's computer completely. As long as it was confined to that hacker. Are you saying we need to afford the hacker protectio
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Victims of 'hacking' should be allowed to hack back says Texas rep(techdirt.com)
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There are several users who've posted horror stories of how they accidentally deleted their domain when trying to disable autorenew as a result of godaddy's misleading UI, who were then told that the domain name had already been auctioned o
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by hmsimha 14y ago
Take some online classes on programming! There are plenty of free classes you can take online now through Coursera, edX, or Udacity. The classes are offered for the benefit of the students more than anything else, but they do offer certific
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Additionally, certain scholarships require a minimum GPA be met. A B vs. a B- can be a huge difference to someone faced with losing their tuition check.
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obligatory cracked article on the terrible quality of video game school commercials: http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-stupidest-video-game-schoo...
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by hmsimha 14y ago
When I was young, I was browsing one of my dad's medical dictionaries and I came across the term 'Polydactyly' -- essentially being born with an extra finger, typically removed shortly after birth. In most cases it's not usable but there ar
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by hmsimha 14y ago
I emailed (info@graphicproducts.com) about 2 weeks ago regarding the possibility of an internship and never received a response. Is there a better company email address to write to?
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That's an excellent point.
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This is probably the most elaborate setup for a joke ever.
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I don't see how it fails to support my argument that by reducing a plant to one or a handful of alkaloids that represent a fraction of the body of the plants chemical makeup, we risk losing out on some of what the plant has to offer. I don'
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Also, along those same lines, is your only consideration for the murder (not trying to use an incendiary word, just not sure how to phrase this more delicately) of an animal the distress it would cause others (animals/people)? So for exampl
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by hmsimha 14y ago
The idea that plants can always be reduced to merely one of their components is an oversimplification. Ask anyone who smokes marijuana why different 'strains' of the plant have different effects, or why Marinol (the pharmaceutical name for
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by hmsimha 14y ago
I didn't take the Game Theory course but that strikes me as quite easy by coursera standards. Perhaps you're downplaying the difficulty of the videos and multiple choice questions? An hour of video on coursera can take me 3 hours to complet
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Upvoted because I'm in nearly exactly the same position as you (not that that helps your situation -- I do have my heart set on Portland however). I graduated in December with a bachelors in computer science after a somewhat checkered 9-yea
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This is one of the most brilliant articles I've read. As someone who worked with deaf people in the past, I am blown away by the proficiency of the author's ability to communicate through writing, lip reading, and speech to the point where
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by hmsimha 14y ago
Exactly. I found this article sorely lacking of punch, however. It's like saying what does the meter have to do with the mass of the H2O molecule? Well 1 Kg is defined as the weight of 1 cubic meter of water at 1 atm.
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That was the second thought that occurred to me as well (the first was to be absolutely horrified). The reporter said the rent for one of those cages is 12 (AUD I believe) per month. Likewise, that only left each cage dweller with 13 AUD pe
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I didn't see where the website owner specifies that they will illegally DDoS a website. It could actually be a brilliant strategy, take a payment for DDoSaaS then after the payment has been received, ask for proof from the client that the w
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What Happened When Humans Met Neanderthals?(npr.org)
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The first claim in the article about the mortality rate (<= 50%) is sensationalist and deceptive. The mention towards the end, that the mortality rate approaches half in patients with CRE bloodstream infections is more in line with th
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by hmsimha 14y ago
Just now saw this response. My thought at the moment is that if this would be feasible in the future, it would still be anywhere from 5 to 10 times the cost of (what is currently) a traditional e-reader. But perhaps in 10 years, the equival
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-How many HN readers does it take to change the light bulb?- 6 to discuss the efficiency of the new light bulb, 10 to propose alternative designs to the light bulb components, 15 to point out various health and environmental concerns of old
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can the switching power supply and other electronics not be combined into a part the screws into the light bulb socket, into which the 'bulb' part attaches? That way in 10 years when your light burns out you wouldn't replace the base part a
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Well every currency is volatile isn't it? I guess (if namecheap is a us-based company) they're bitcoin price would fluctuate just as the bitcoin does in relation to the usd.
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I was pointing out that as cool as this is, you wouldn't realistically want to watch a movie you hadn't seen before with this kind of augmentation. Part of accepting a fictional story is suspending disbelief.. movies are designed to make th
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It's interesting to hear this perspective on German culture now. Actually, Americans are brought up learning about their wrongdoings during the years of slavery and discrimination. We learn about other injustices we're accountable for as we
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My first thought when watching the segment where a clip from Batman is shown is, if this can be applied to movies, it may ruin some of the magic when the video picks up the microscopic motions of supposedly 'dead' characters (as the actors
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After reading this very informative article, it occurred to me that developers of new tools that will be built upon heavily would do well to try to think of names that can be vocalized in one or two syllables. Reading the name PHP or the mo

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