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by jakejake 14y ago
I always enjoy finding a good rant or otherwise "unprofessional" comment when I'm going through code. It's like a little inside joke that somebody left for you. A little profanity doesn't bother me as long as its funny! I've had people te
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by jakejake 14y ago
I don't mind the async callback structure either, but I have to admit having only one error handler would clean up some code for me.
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by jakejake 14y ago
I'm personally not into camping at all, but I think the point is to take some time to do something you love. I personally love to ski, but even a day alone playing video games can do the trick, it's more about getting away from work as co
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by jakejake 14y ago
I think it's fantastic that you're here, freelancing and making money. Under the age of 14, though, I think US companies could potentially get into legal trouble hiring you. Under the age of 18 there are laws regarding maximum hours and w
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by jakejake 14y ago
It strikes me as the OP is a new-fangled node.js programmer who unwittingly stepped into shell-script land and felt the judgmental wrath of those who dwell there. This post has a lot of conversation which I take to mean it touched a nerve w
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by jakejake 14y ago
I worked in fast food growing up and it seems hard to imagine a machine would be a huge cost saver because the actual burger production was rarely a problem. Most of the work is in the pre-prep, cleaning, stocking in preparation for the lun
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by jakejake 14y ago
My dentist gives me a guilt trip about flossing on every visit. I've always thought that was a bit odd because it would be in his best business interest for me to neglect my teeth.
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by jakejake 14y ago
I find this quote from the article ironic: "Nayar said he can't go into specifics about what will change, but transparency is a major focus."
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by jakejake 14y ago
As a CRUD developer myself (who actually has written frameworks in multiple languages I might add) I find your tone somewhat elitist. I am personally bored to tears delving into algorithms, but I'm perfectly capable of writing them. Though
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by jakejake 14y ago
I would think this type of sharing would not be as much of a concern for copyright holders since a private group is not really mass distribution. As soon as the sharing group got big enough to notice, then there could be agents in the group
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by jakejake 14y ago
As soon as a file goes public and anybody can get it, then it seems to me irrelevant that its encrypted on mega servers. They'll have to respond to takedown requests because the contents are known. And if mega is de-duping content then tha
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by jakejake 14y ago
This sounded awesome right up to the point that they said that this was a hotly pursued space due to advertising potential to a captive audience. If I am in my own car and my music is interrupted with an ad every time I drive by a McDonald
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by jakejake 14y ago
As sad as it may be I don't think the average US citizen is concerned about a 5-hour delay for non-citizens at the border. The ordinary Joe is likely to be OK with 200 people being delayed if that results in a few people being deported and
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by jakejake 14y ago
Government employees in certain agencies, as I understand it, are practically impossible to fire. There's so much red-tape and bureaucracy that you practically have to burn the building down to be terminated, and even if that happened, the
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by jakejake 14y ago
Given the change-averse nature that I notice a in many of my facebook friends - I think a design change this radical would cause people to absolutely freak out. I actually like this design though, it reminds me a lot of Microsoft's new aest
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by jakejake 14y ago
I think it would be awesome but it will never happen. You claim a value for your patent. It is treated as property and subject to tax if transferred from one entity to the next. The catch is that you can only sue for a certain percent of
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by jakejake 14y ago
It's not a scam but they do call and pressure you to buy their costly advanced listing. I once got into a surprising argument with a phone rep as he practically refused to take no for an answer. I had only registered to bid on govt contra
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by jakejake 14y ago
I admit I'm not a fan of those office setups either. But I don't really know what they would do. Most of the time that setup is due to space constraints. Kinda my point - some people would not do well in that situation. They should find
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by jakejake 14y ago
It's interesting to me how different the opinions are of people who are interested in research and advancing technology vs. business people and consumers who, ultimately, are the ones using that technology. I love seeing new progress but I
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by jakejake 14y ago
I think the average employer favors reliability because it's not acceptable for an employee to ever freak out co-workers or clients or just disappear - even if 99% of the time they are fine. There are people who have odd personalities, but
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by jakejake 14y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but could this have any application as a kind of sandbox? For example adding a plugin capability to an app that allows user-submitted code to be run safely?
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by jakejake 14y ago
I do agree with you that interviewers haven't always read your resume - especially when they are a developer who just got called away from their desk to "meet you" to see if they would like to spend their days sitting next to you I think pe
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by jakejake 14y ago
The problem is that nobody is truly going to tell you their "greatest" weakness so it is, to some degree, always going to be a bullshit answer. It's pointless as far as discovering a real weakness in my opinion, but as somebody else said, I
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by jakejake 14y ago
You originally said "take any request no matter how absurd" which I would have understood to mean that you never refuse any request. I do know of one guy who can get anything done by way of an impressive network of personal connections. Bu
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by jakejake 14y ago
I used to work at a marketing firm and we did occasional phone survey which I would have to listen in periodically to ensure the questions were understandable and getting good answers. I was always amazed that anybody would spend 20 minutes
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by jakejake 14y ago
Equity is an incentive for loyalty and commitment to the company. If you aren't even sticking around for year then chances are you are barely finished training. You split just about the time you are actually becoming useful and productive
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by jakejake 14y ago
I'd consider it a positive thing if a client asks if they can change specifications mid-project. I could explain to them how the price will also need to be flexible and possibly talk them into doing the project using an agile methodology.
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by jakejake 14y ago
I've worked with and trained quite a few people over the past 15 years and, though I don't really say it to anybody, I do think great programmers are born not made. Though you can be made into a pretty good programmer that can be a great p
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by jakejake 14y ago
I think if you talk to a lot of developers they would like to be at a "level 4" as you call it but the pressures and deadlines on them don't allow for that as often as they'd like. Of course it's in the best long-term interest, but managem
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by jakejake 14y ago
Dave's mentality about having hashing that is unpublished is also known as "security through obscurity". Relying on the fact that nobody can see your source code. That's generally known to be a poor strategy. Ironically, if he would just s

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