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by johnswamps 17y ago
This seems to be fairly common for non-cs students taking cs classes. Though just anecdotal evidence, the student vice president of Stanford was recently found to have violated the honor code by plagiarizing a CS homework in Stanford's intr
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by johnswamps 17y ago
The article's argument seems to be semantical in nature. I don't think many people would argue that learning about history is useless. The author and I hold the exact same beliefs -- knowing that the Pilgrims landed in American in 1690 is
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by johnswamps 17y ago
It's cute, but it's only popular because the guy actually has some real credentials. If you tried this with a medicore resume it wouldn't work.
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Ask HN: what do you think are the interesting alternative web frameworks?
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by johnswamps 17y ago
I agree, but I still think the commercials are too much. It's a lot of fun to argue with friends about whether the player was down before he fumbled, whether they should go for it on 4th down, whether the ref made the right call, etc., whic
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by johnswamps 17y ago
This is pretty shocking as a Stanford grad student. Apparently several students sued the university 15 years ago (Corry v. Stanford University) and won. You can read response of the university president at: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/pre
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by johnswamps 17y ago
Before 9/11, you didn't even need to have a weapon. Often saying that you had a bomb on you would be enough (just like how some robbers only use a note they pass to the teller). People don't do it anymore because they know passengers will f
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by johnswamps 17y ago
Getting my Phd in CS
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by johnswamps 17y ago
There are some schools that specialize in offering admissions to students who haven't completed high school, such as my alma mater, simon's rock college. It's not quite what the author is advocating, but if there are any high schoolers her
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by johnswamps 17y ago
Another possibility is to not graduate at all, and go to a school that accepts students who have not graduated from high school. I did this, and went to Simon's Rock College. It's not a super prestigious school, but there are a lot of stude
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by johnswamps 17y ago
I don't like being skinny. I've been skinny my entire life. Last year, I was 6'0 and 135 pounds. I started working out and eating more. I'm up to 160 and look a lot better. I don't look like I'm starving, I fit in my shirts a lot better, et
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by johnswamps 17y ago
Ok, I can understand submitting Michael Jackson's death to HN, but Billy Mays? Come on.
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by johnswamps 17y ago
Read the starting strength book (has 147/154 5 star reviews on Amazon, the other 7 are 4 star): http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Strength-Practical-Coaching-B... Barbells are only 45 pounds. I can't imagine that anyone would start off deadl
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by johnswamps 17y ago
Please don't do this. If you're going to work out (and you should!), you want to use a real routine. Here's a quick check: if your routine doesn't involve doing all of weighted squating, deadlifting, and benching every week, it's a bad rout
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by johnswamps 17y ago
> On the same note, I'm also interested in hearing thoughts about hacking education by reducing the number of years we spend in school I did this. I attended college at Simon's Rock, a school that accepts students after their second or
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by johnswamps 18y ago
I've always viewed this as a plus for tabs. Personally, I think two spaces is too small. If I'm looking at someone's code and it's hardcoded to two space indentation, I'm screwed. But if it's using tabs, I can set it to whatever I want. Som
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by johnswamps 18y ago
In the sciences 20kish per nine months. Presumably a few thousand lower in the humanities, but I'm not sure. It's actually not that bad. The area is expensive and I can't afford a car, but it's enough to live comfortably.
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by johnswamps 18y ago
Disclaimer: I am a grad student at Stanford (which definitely makes me low-income :) Undergrads whose families make under 60k go to Stanford for free and under 100k don't pay tuition. Yes there are some students who can afford a lot more th
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by johnswamps 18y ago
Can you add an rss feed?
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by johnswamps 18y ago
Wow, you don't see Rockers too often. I'm an alum.
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by johnswamps 18y ago
Clarification: the range is _exclusive_. Neither number can be 1.
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by johnswamps 18y ago
I don't think that's what he's saying. I interpreted it as "If your startup turns out to be a success, then it was a brilliant move. If it doesn't, it was a crazy move"