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I don't have a problem with MBA course flaunting their rankings, but why sacrifice learning? You can very well flaunt your ranking, and teach statistics and economics.
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I won't recommend it. You sure can just go to a shallow swimming pool, flail around and learn swimming, but re-discovering first principles is distracting and might de-moralize you. I don't remember which one I used when I learnt(it was abo
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Speed is not the only thing. The main question is do I want to talk to vim instead of type?
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#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("Hello, World!\n"); return 0; } Why would I want to dictate that? "Hash include less than sign(do I mean "less than sign" or "<") stdio.h greater
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I think it's quite common. I have seen friends type. And everyone who is commenting on this thread and touch types goes to home row only to take a break. There is no home row between two consecutive letters unless they involve letters on th
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And now from 2 data points, I conclude touch typist generally have the fingers in the vicinity of the home row but don't necessarily touch the keys:) If my pinky is at "shift", I don't feel the need to bring it back to 'a' unless I have to
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> I especially do this with my index fingers who will often jump from, say, Y to U directly without hitting J in between. Oh. I don't know how common it is, but I just tried typing "yuuuuvawere" and noticed my fingers don't come back to
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> My technique is probably somewhere between touch typing and "The Robot". How do you learn "The Robot"?
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> The result is a compact, muscle-memorizable repertoire of just over 50 unique motions in total. Typing for me isn't much about speed(that's an added advantage). The muscle memory and ability to type without looking at the keyboard alo
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> I have a business degree and an MBA and I agree with this statement. If I could go back, I would major is something more technical. I don't know much about MBA programs, but don't you study Economics, Accounting, Finance...? Or Econom
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> That's not a "cloud," that's just a server. Much like Web 2.0, cloud doesn't have a technical definition. > There's an important difference, and people need to stop using them interchangeably. People need to stop using "cloud" alt
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> Sorry, the Sinatra based site is deployed with "ruby app.rb". Probably not enough.. Since you are running it as "ruby app.rb", I take it you aren't interested in doing an app server/web server/cache deployment. But if you aren't using
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There is a link to demo in there http://bootswatch.com/cosmo/ I like the look, and will definitely be using it in internal projects and prototypes. I found it a bit hard to read super light gray on somewhat light gray or plain white backg
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Basic writing advice: http://apostate.com/how-to-say-nothing-in-500-words Macro structure: http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/snowflake.php Though it inclines towards fiction, I find it useful with non-fiction as well.
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"Hashing password is mandatory because user data can be compromised" is not the same as "Hashing passwords(preferably salted) come into picture only when user data is already compromised"
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Previous discussions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781013 http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574 The simplified algorithm is Score = (P-1) / (T+2)^G where, P = points of an item (and -1 is to negate submitters vote) T = time since subm
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> Seeing what practiced Outlook users can do is really eye-opening; Are those things related to Outlook's close integration with Exchange server or they are simple client features?
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Linear approach works better for a beginner where a definitive path of progress is laid down. Your site will be useful to people who can pick and choose which beginners can't, owing to their lack of familiarity with the jargon and the ecosy
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> On a mobile phone network in the UK, you can use any phone you want. That's the same in India. Standalone iPhones aren't affordable to a vast majority. If they come in tied with an operator where you walk in a store and get an iPhone
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You do realise I said the same thing?
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> C is far simpler and smaller than Go. Mentioning Go is simpler than Scala is to point out the difference to OP, and to emphasize that trying out Go doesn't take much effort. > Languages are optimized for different things, dependin
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> If you read the article, what the school is trying to accomplish is to locate students that are on campus but not in class for first period to force them to show up in first period. The article reads: But with the RFID tracking, stud
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> I see a popular website not hashing passwords. Some sites do it deliberately. If your customer base is mainly non-technical, directly emailing them the password increases the chance they will log in back than sending them a password r
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> You also cannot write about learning resource, without mentioning "Programming in Scala" by Odersky, a wonderful book also meant for human beings. Its only problem is that it's a tome of information and you may not have the patience f
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Go is far simpler and smaller. You can learn go in an evening. It comes with a nice standard library, but the ecosystem isn't as lively as what you get on JVM. But if you have native library for a task, using it from Go is straight forward
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> A biometric system is cheaper than RFID readers? Not by a long shot. Aren't thumbprint scanners commodity hardware now-a-days? Say a school has 700 students. It's 700 RFIDs vs may be 20 thumbprint scanners. > The simple reason the
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Not everyone is an asshole, or on a power trip. But there has been enough instances of cop brutality. The more people you add, the more the number of bad apples increase. Having more people might dilute the percentage of bad apples, but it
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> CCTV does not 'cut down crime' in fact it does the opposite: it increases crime by a small but measurable effect. Do you know why CCTV increases crime? I am not doubting your argument. I am militantly opposed to 1984esque surveillance
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> I don't begrudge anyone the right to practice their religion, but I do wish it had been based on her right to privacy. As much as I dislike it, most of the times when you are on someone else's playground, you have to play by their ru
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I think Google is going for something which a vast majority can relate to. Making it detail oriented might give the perception that whatever this is, it only affects the techies. That said, it should have still have details for those who fa

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