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by igolden 8y ago
"Should this have been a native app?" - "Absolutely" lol. love it. Brings back all the nostalgia.
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by igolden 8y ago
Right. "No one would help me protect my bunker out of respect, trust. Let's put electric collars on all the guards and horde the food source."
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by igolden 8y ago
Def going to start referring to the apocalypse as "The Event" from now on.
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by igolden 8y ago
Ah yes - this is in part what inspired me. I love the SSB team and what they’re doing. I’ll check out that link and maybe stop being a lurker and join in, lol. Thanks for comment
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by igolden 8y ago
hey - thanks for the reply! Looks like a great example. Digging into to his blog after work
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Ask HN: Any programmers living “off the grid”?
6 points by igolden 8y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: What is your rolling deployment/release schedule?
1 points by igolden 8y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Best books on meeting new people
1 points by igolden 8y ago|0 comments
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by igolden 8y ago
A lot of people have offered great advice, so I'll keep my comment short. You are not your company, your company is not you. Believe it or not, most (as in 99%) of businesses fail eventually. By trying your hardest you've gained a
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by igolden 8y ago
This is where the real power is. Trustworthiness is a problem that needs to be solved in MSM. cc: Elon EDIT - meant to the thread, not the thread reply
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by igolden 8y ago
LifeFaker cracked me up - thanks for sharing. "Being able to pretend I rode an elephant in Thailand really helped my confidence"
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by igolden 8y ago
This is a great answer to a question we all face in our programming careers - what do I learn next? With an understanding of all of the items you mentioned, the OP will be a much more well rounded, valuable programmer. At that point finding
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by igolden 8y ago
I'm not quite won over, but the links to Dijkstra's work were a goldmine for me! Totally agree
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by igolden 9y ago
Learn a creative skill like cooking, drawing, painting, or sculpting. For me - I always tend to see my art as a metaphor to programming. Each step in the process is a small function, and each finished piece (meal, painting, etc) is like a w
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by igolden 9y ago
Awesome recommendation
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by igolden 9y ago
Wow, good to know. Thanks for input and I posted there too. Much different job world in tech/web startups.
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by igolden 9y ago
I can see that, thanks for reply. It’s such a “dream job” that I could see how employers have the leverage. I just want to code where I get fun, visual feedback. In general, games seem to have way less code than a large production web app,
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Ask HN: How to get a job as Gameplay Programmer?
2 points by igolden 9y ago|4 comments
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by igolden 9y ago
Right now I am happy as a freelance software engineer. I wasn't looking for a new job (I wanted the KNOW), but I _was_ looking for validation among business-types. I also have a few certs from AWS, and attaining those created the valid
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by igolden 9y ago
I don't disagree that CEH is inflated, and this coming from me, the guy who paid $1000 for the chance to test. What the CEH does give people is a curriculum that they can adhere to. Not everyone can wrap their head around a complex s
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by igolden 9y ago
I’ve been a professional software developer for the last 4-5 years, but never took security serious until iot took off. Get some raspberry pis, install kali Linux on a VM or spare computer, and go to work! It’s just so easy and cheap to set
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Just Wanted to Thank You All(unix.meta.stackexchange.com)
2 points by igolden 9y ago|0 comments
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by igolden 10y ago
A great resource for burning through your idea and getting your business setup/organized -> startuprocket.com. Free, too.
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by igolden 10y ago
Hacky Holidays!