liquidben

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by liquidben 17y ago
I can't provide episode number, but I can concur anecdotally that this was discussed on the Stack Overflow podcast. It was probably at or around the debut of the jobs subdomain.
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by liquidben 17y ago
I think one of the worst gaps in a college education is the preparation for finding a job. I graduated with no clue for what to do next, having rested in the thoughtless assumption that it would all just follow. No one had ever told me that
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by liquidben 17y ago
Your first point is good, but the second point is problematic. Just because someone is an expert and helped build software, doesn't necessarily translate to that same person being able to teach it. Teaching is a skill in and of itself. Luck
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by liquidben 17y ago
So to restate: We need to praise intelligence as an applied behavior, not an intrinsic trait. This mode of reinforcement really should be reapplied to anything "natural" vs practiced: athletics, grace, popularity, ninjitsu...
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by liquidben 17y ago
I like using smart bookmarks like this for specialty searches, e.g. only searching Wikipedia http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Aen.wikipedia.org But if I'm searching the entire internet, I just hit CTRL+K to jump to the search box.
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by liquidben 17y ago
How weird is it that I just read this webcomic from 2003 yesterday. And it did the same joke http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/177.html
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by liquidben 17y ago
I'm a little disturbed by the presence of "accident" and "aggression" in my results. I haven't the faintest clue as to what I've done to deserve that.
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by liquidben 17y ago
I am greatly intrigued by this and would love to see an analysis, but 5 hours since posting of the article seems too soon for anything that Google provides to me. I wonder if the Toys'R'Us sales deal expenditure was written up two quarters
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by liquidben 17y ago
Schneier on Security: Intelligent and adroit Schneier on Videogame Terminology: Somewhat lacking (but we'll let him slide)
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by liquidben 17y ago
Hey, don't underestimate the importance of the cask/barrel!
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by liquidben 17y ago
I'm not sure about sourcing, but it was recently used on the Stack Overflow podcast in Jeff and Joel's discussion of the profitability of creating plug-ins for another piece of software. Other considerations aside, one of the greatest threa
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by liquidben 17y ago
First, the article never explicitly states that the author didn't try exercise. Second, getting up and exercising is a complementary behavior to changing your eating habits. Neither negates the other and both together are best. With luck, t
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by liquidben 17y ago
I strongly agree with this. It's never too late to start hitting the gym either. I, like many others, gained the 'freshman 15'. Then I started hitting the gym and lost the weight and got myself into the good habits that helped me for the re
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by liquidben 17y ago
Good for you that this strategy worked for you, but as others have commented, this relies on your ability to efficiently recognize classes you don't need to attend. The penalty for attending class when you didn't need to is a few hours a we
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by liquidben 17y ago
Valve versus mall shopping is an interesting comparison in that it has shows some strong underlying differences. Anecdotally, most mall shops are clothing, an area where a lot of items contain the same basic function of nudity prevention an
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by liquidben 17y ago
Am I wrong in expecting that there should be something more than carbon dioxide and water? I would be the first to admit I know nothing of the molecular composition of the things involved, but shouldn't there be nitrogen leftover somewhere?
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by liquidben 17y ago
It strikes me that this reduces password cracking to a game of Mastermind. Amusement aside, it also allows a cracking attempt to be done without running up against server authentication. Even if the same series of color patterns can occur f
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by liquidben 17y ago
I'd say that the instances where the article discusses the negatives of drug prohibition policy far outweigh the instances where the article discusses the negatives effects of drug use. In fact, the anti-drug discussion seems to go no furth
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by liquidben 17y ago
I think the artist was implying accuracy that he probably couldn't vouch for. So it's supposed to be geographically correct, but the advanced reader can take it as shorthand for wiggly coast.
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by liquidben 17y ago
I had a similar experience that alienated me to contributing. (Geeky confession) I posted a comic book cover to an article about a derivative character of a comic book character. The usage of a comic book cover for demonstrative purposes wa