joshlegs

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by joshlegs 13y ago
isnt all the code open source now? seems i read that it was not long ago
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by joshlegs 13y ago
woo! fellow kidney stone sufferer here. I had a 9mm stone i had to have busted up ~18 months ago (and a few 5mm ones i didnt). Ended up owing a few grand on it even with insurance. still paying it down (owe only like $400 on it now, thank G
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by joshlegs 13y ago
i think this guy has: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6052626 :D
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by joshlegs 13y ago
Yeah it's back up for me now too. CNN had an article on it, funnily enough. They are headquartered in Atlanta though so they probably all got hit with the outage. Seems the southeast and comcast users were hit hardest
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by joshlegs 13y ago
I saw a G+ blog on it briefly as i got a search result to work. Here's the link. good luck reading it. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...
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by joshlegs 13y ago
ISP: Comcast Location: Staunton, VA
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by joshlegs 13y ago
I think there's a lot to be said for tongue-in-cheek humor. Maybe it's not for everybody though.
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by joshlegs 13y ago
I think you miss the point. I don't think anything was attributed to gender. The two are unconnected, but they both stood out to the author. And if we're being frank, there is an underrepresenation of the female gender in progra
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The future of Ruby, Rubynation 2013(blog.lightcastletech.com)
1 points by joshlegs 13y ago|4 comments
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by joshlegs 14y ago
I'm not so sure the "boys club" is really the "boys club." It's more like the "in crowd." And many people suffer from not being part of it, men included. Anything that threatens the in crowd's exclusiveness is shunned. That said, there more
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by joshlegs 14y ago
I was a part of a company that had this sort of practice. It was the worst company I ever have worked for. You end up with everyone trying to get everyone else thrown under the bus so they look like the good guy because they haven't fucked
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by joshlegs 14y ago
i wonder how often things like "the pick up" happen in other industries as well. I would imagine women just see it in practice more often in the tech industry simply because of ratios. When you're the only woman there you're more likely to
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How I (mostly) taught myself to program -- and then got a job as a developer(blog.lightcastletech.com)
1 points by joshlegs 14y ago|0 comments
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by joshlegs 14y ago
I have to agree with you. In so many careers your performance is subjective. The cool thing about programming, to me, is that when there's something wrong, it's objectively wrong, meaning it can be fixed. Sure you might be able to 'fix' t
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10 tips for making better Inkscape diagrams(blog.lightcastletech.com)
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by joshlegs 14y ago
So, you're saying we are the 1%? Actually i was thinking about this issue the other day with regard to that 99% movement not too long back. We really do have more than we could ever need in the US, and should honestly try to be responsible
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by joshlegs 14y ago
It does sound reminiscent doesn't it. I tweeted the story because music/movie/software execs need to learn a new business model. Entrenching oneself in the old mind set is a good way to move into extinction.
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by joshlegs 14y ago
One employee at my work (I will not name it) was initially passed over for a job because he called the company by the wrong name in his cover letter. He emailed and asked what he could do better for his next job interview. That email got hi
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by joshlegs 14y ago
I don't know that 'impersonating' would really be a good description here. The rest of the 'ticket' makes things pretty clear that it is not an official communique of the city's.
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Hoverbikes -- one step closer to production reality, thanks to startup(smartplanet.com)
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by joshlegs 14y ago
Just because you have a degree doesn't mean you're good at something ...
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by joshlegs 14y ago
So I take it you'd never hire someone who is just graduated either, based on your argument? Of course there is a learning curve to anything, even brain surgery. If he has basic ability, why not hire him? It seems the company knows what it i
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by joshlegs 14y ago
I wholeheartedly agree with you. I have been learning code about a year and now I have a part time job doing it. The key thing is to demonstrate aptitude. Period. You obviously have done this. Also, eagerness to learn is a huge huge selli
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Python -- it's classy (a blog about learning my first programming language)(blog.lightcastletech.com)
5 points by joshlegs 14y ago|0 comments
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by joshlegs 14y ago
And yet most CS graduates can't even (allegedly) solve fizzbuzz ...
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by joshlegs 14y ago
Coming soon from Google, Mars Maps!
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38 ACLU offices looking at how government is using license-plate readers(ideas.time.com)
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Cheaper solar panels to come soon? Berkeley Labs breakthrough suggests so(arstechnica.com)
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by joshlegs 14y ago
Why is it all just barren desert? :D Too bad it's not enough for a complete 360 panoramic :(
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by joshlegs 14y ago
>so it isn't just CL, though admittedly it works well there. Just out of curiosity, have you tested this or is this just supposition? It was the first thought that came to mind when I read about bidkat (posting it on CL, that is). I w

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