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by jlas 13y ago
Your comment was thoroughly written and informative, thanks. Not sure why you've been down-voted. Is discussing meta aspects of submissions frowned upon? I would think blog writers would like to see tips on how to write well. I'd
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by jlas 13y ago
Steve's right, this type of endeavor is the very essence of hacking. As RMS once wrote, "Hacking included a wide range of activities, from writing software, to practical jokes, to exploring the roofs and tunnels of the MIT campus.
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My Fondest Programming Memory(blog.juanl.org)
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by jlas 13y ago
Did you create your account to make this silly comment?
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by jlas 13y ago
Here's a video http://youtu.be/84Sx0E13gAo
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by jlas 13y ago
This is a salient point. Think about how writing software for one platform (much less highly optimizing it for that platform) doesn't guarantee cross compatibility. Soylent might work for a group of 20 something white males in Californ
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by jlas 13y ago
As a fellow hacker who has spent a significant amount of time trying to understand how diet, exercise, and nutrition work - especially within my own body - I can confirm the Soylent campaign's "know it all" attitude is off-pu
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by jlas 13y ago
The Dr. salutation threw me off, I don't think he's technically a doctor. However he has been awarded a bunch of honorary doctorates.
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The Unix-Haters Handbook(web.mit.edu)
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by jlas 13y ago
I am guessing he was referring to the GNU OS, hurd. In retrospect this is quite funny considering hurd has yet to see a (production) release to this day. http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html
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by jlas 13y ago
One title I found interesting recently was Rasmus Lerdorf's (creator of PHP.) He is a 'Distinguished Engineer' at Etsy ( http://lerdorf.com/resume/ )
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by jlas 13y ago
Why not? If someone hires you to be an engineer and you succeed, then go for it. In the end I think what matters most in what you call yourself is the confidence you have in your skills.
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by jlas 13y ago
You can 'more or less' indicate a vote by voting. Yes, your response was too short; I would prefer you go into more detail. Otherwise, just vote and leave it at that.
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by jlas 13y ago
Sorry, the novelty of your gimmick is quickly lost here, this is not reddit.
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by jlas 13y ago
I hope you're joking. XML is a superior format for semantically marking up content from a very detail-oriented dataset like this.
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by jlas 13y ago
Cool. Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5925467
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by jlas 13y ago
The article isn't clear on whether the pilot had never landed a 777 before, or just never a 777 at SFO.
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Weekend Programmers(blog.juanl.org)
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Building a Board Game with Node(juanl.org)
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What Not to Do in Python(blog.juanl.org)
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by jlas 13y ago
1 billion dumb f ks can't be wrong
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by jlas 13y ago
I signed up for virtualpostmail.com recently since I was moving abroad. It is similar to outbox except all of your mail goes directly to their facility. As in, you forward you mail to a new address provided by them. Then there's scanning/ f
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by jlas 13y ago
This article is incredibly terse and uninformative. Why are older engineers having such a hard time? Are they keeping up with new technologies to remain competitive? What kind of engineering are we even talking about?
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by jlas 13y ago
This is a very clever use of gamification, turning the kickstarter 'donation' into a seemingly harmless tweet or a like on FB. It would be an interesting if they followed through with this model and started prioritizing game development bas
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by jlas 14y ago
Your comment and this article remind me of Maslow's hierarchy of needs ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslows_hierarchy_of_needs ). Maslow conceptualized human beings' needs into a hierarchical system. Where things like food and sex are low
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by jlas 14y ago
$180 of Chipotle gift cards is worth significantly less than $180. So the gift card ROI is debatable.
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by jlas 14y ago
They don't ask you about fajitas because those come standard on the "Fajita Burrito".
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by jlas 14y ago
I think the 'stupid typo' argument is not really valid if you're using syntax checking (e.g. jshint/jslint) in your stack.
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by jlas 14y ago
Yes, but when great web developers on HN are a dime a dozen, I don't want to waste time on content that isn't polished.
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Show HN: Qwirkle board game clone in node.js and jQuery(github.com)
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