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by joslin01 10y ago
It was the first language taught at my university and I wholeheartedly agree. Java was actually more confusing because I couldn't comprehend what the classes/objects things were at first. I just knew functions.
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by joslin01 10y ago
What did you think when I told a story how to lose at credit cards? That I was financially responsible? Did you think I thought I was financially responsible. Honestly your comment states the obvious and is just rude, so no you did not &quo
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by joslin01 10y ago
Do you feel good about yourself now? FWIW: This story is not a present tale but one that happened to me. I'm shrewd enough to see my way out of foolishness -- a quality you spare me in your claim that I'll be in bankruptancy court
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by joslin01 10y ago
Outright as in "completely" or "immediately" financially foolish is like going to the club with your friends and announcing drinks are on you. My negligence (as in, I didn't stay on top of it as good as I should hav
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by joslin01 10y ago
Yep - this. They're both financially foolish, but I did not rack up credit card debt because of lavish purchases. It was just as ^ says.
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by joslin01 10y ago
Ok, you'll pass but how will you get through the advanced courses? I don't really understand the point you're making. If I combined these two statements together, I get "it's the exception to the rule because most g
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by joslin01 10y ago
Gather round and I'll tell you a tale of how to lose at the credit card game. When I turned 18, I got my first credit card. I asked my father "good idea?" and he said yea, good to build up credit. Ok then. A week later, my ne
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by joslin01 10y ago
Thanks, you're right.
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by joslin01 10y ago
I'm with you. Got nothing against the word and think that it can be used appropriately, but 99% of the time, it's lazy gutter language intended to provoke and strengthen an argument on "toughness" grounds. e.g., "Yo
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by joslin01 10y ago
None. Like I said below, I'm not taking a stance. I practice "agile" at my company, but Valve's existence does refute the claim that it's comically naive. Now, if I had to offer my 2 cents why it works at Valve and
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by joslin01 10y ago
Forgive me, but I'm not making a stance. I'm just pointing out this is generally Valve's game-plan.
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by joslin01 10y ago
> but throwing management methodology out the window and hoping that "good people" just somehow summon good software into being is comically naive. Maybe so, but to play devil's advocate, it's Valve's entire busi
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by joslin01 10y ago
Yes, but if you don't align well-enough with a genuine human desire/need, your brand will slowly but surely rot away. See Buzzfeed.
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by joslin01 10y ago
> that the qualities they achieved through their program can be achieved without > some evidence in support of this possibility > worse at algorithms and understanding how computers work Can an amatuer guitarist play as well as a c
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by joslin01 10y ago
> I think in many ways this is the exception not the rule. Many students certainly go through their CS degree without thinking this way, and some of these students go on to get phenomenal jobs because they spent a lot of time programming
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by joslin01 10y ago
A proper response indeed. The wolf often comes in shepherd's clothing.
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by joslin01 10y ago
Oh my mistake -- were you referring to a manual for teachers? You know what I speak of? Tolerance and gentleness are not absent in my message. However, it's bound to be misunderstood if it comes across as if I am tacitly attacking reli
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by joslin01 10y ago
This is just a general truth, but is more sensitively felt while tripping on mushrooms. Yes, depression has roots in your thoughts. It is your own value system that has de-valued yourself, and you accordingly feel the results. Remember I sa
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by joslin01 10y ago
Excuse me? You think I'm proselytizing? My words echo Truth, which I have voluntarily shared to help all who read it. It has nothing to do with religion nor did I even bring one up. You are merely be defensive against the greater Trut
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by joslin01 10y ago
I'll definitely hit you up on that -- I got friends in LA. Yep meditation is yet another form of strengthening the resolution within yourself that you have power over your mind. Psychedelics show you this insofar as your effects are fe
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by joslin01 10y ago
We all been there with weed, but the root of this behavior lies within yourself. Weed just makes you more sensitive, which can be amazing provided you know how to (1) confront your demons honestly & (2) find an activity you enjoy. Witho
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by joslin01 10y ago
It's true. I tell all my friends / family if you're going to do mushrooms for the first time, do them with me. I've seen the worst of trips and only my experience in knowing "I'm just high" kept me stable.
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by joslin01 10y ago
Are intelligent people the only people worth looking out for? Trending implies humanity cares about it, which to the lowly average-joe means humanity cares about it, so s/he should too. This is the part that feels disingenuous on Faceb
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by joslin01 10y ago
> Isn't this what the internet is for? What's new? Take a step back and remember the internet was an invention too. How can we make a better internet or radicalize communication in another form? What is a browser anyway? Are
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by joslin01 10y ago
I just got done cleaning the dishes when I was like oh wait, maybe he wasn't referring to me? Sure enough. Sorry about that I understand now.
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by joslin01 10y ago
What are you talking about? I said it probably makes financial sense too. I know the HN community abhors things like budgets getting in the way of universal healthcare & longer unemployment benefits, but there's a limit to what can
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by joslin01 10y ago
I'm sure there's financial sense behind it too. Americans aren't just cowboys firing off their "freedom" guns at every major decision we come to.
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by joslin01 10y ago
His Dodge Caravan is shelter, which is pretty fancy shelter if you were from a poor village in Africa so I think he'll be alright. If he's not brainwashed by pain = gain, then I think what he's doing is really cool.
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by joslin01 10y ago
Man A walks into a bar and says hi to a stranger, and then tells a joke and then winds up telling a story and somehow by the end he got to know 5 people there and they all really liked him. Man B just went and sat at the bar. Do you mean to
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by joslin01 10y ago
> Human beings are also tribal And who's usually the most powerful in a tribe? The most charismatic. Many voters will change positions, so if you're looking to apply tribal theory upon voter preference, that just takes into acc

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