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by maddalab 16y ago
The grumpy-ness aside which is difficult to judge in an unbiased manner and every one for himself, the question is still relevant, and something that I can relate to tho not being in the affected age segment. I look around at my last 2 work
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by maddalab 17y ago
Merrian Webster definition of "News" 1 a : a report of recent events http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news In the information age "a week old is not recent". This is contextual. (Some living in Indonesia would find a week old rep
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by maddalab 17y ago
Tho, I only watched 15 minutes 47-62, I did not find the interview very interesting. If anything it reflects the biases and cultures of the countries they were each raised in. The comment about having a steady job and income stream is exact
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by maddalab 17y ago
I think the title should be changed to "Are you capable of being a kiss ass to get ahead?" Or some variation of the same - douche bag/manipulative etc. It is rather naive to think that you get ahead by just making friends with those on top.
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by maddalab 17y ago
I was joking, but we are speaking about taste, not interest. Since you usually make friends in the social circles you inhabit, it would be likely that your friends share similar if not the same interests. On the flip side, not every one who
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by maddalab 17y ago
Speaking about taste.... they are your friends :)
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by maddalab 17y ago
No it isn't. The book has been available since much prior to the notice about royalties being put up. I have a single correspondence with the author about compensating him for his effort (I used the online edition) to learn lisp and he refu
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by maddalab 17y ago
I have found that uber-productivity is domain specific. I might be uber-productive in a particular domain (Java programming), however put me in an environment that does Groovy programming and I will stink as much as the next newbie. However
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by maddalab 17y ago
Quoting from the post, gratuitously, with minor modifications. Like the AI-Box,the show is improvised drama (so is most of reality tv), the show operates on an emotional level as well as a logical level. It has characters, not just plot. Th
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by maddalab 17y ago
Have we not all seen a version of this at some point on reality tv, namely Big Brother?
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by maddalab 17y ago
It is true that cheerleaders when treated wrong will disappear and critics will weather the storm with you, it is with the caveat, in most context. In the context of corporate culture and internal critics, I have seen numerous occasions whe
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by maddalab 17y ago
Altruism aside, it is a very smart move. I grew up in India and am sparse in my living standards and am at times amazed at the kind of affluence that exists in America even amongst those who consider themselves less privileged. As long as t
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by maddalab 17y ago
Yes, age is an issue but only at some organizations and you are probably better off staying away. A couple of observations on interviews focussed on api's - I do not have a problem with being asked a question on specific api if I have liste
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by maddalab 17y ago
I wonder if you are asking the correct question. Your frustration from the process seems to stem from not having received an offer yet. Would you not rather ask the question, what can applicants do to obtain an offer from prospective employ
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by maddalab 17y ago
As someone who grew up in India, studied and worked and the US and who spent 6 months attempting to help my previous employer set up an off site development centre at a third party vendor, before returning to the US, here is my perspective.
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by maddalab 17y ago
yes, but that syntax is unnecessary as the proposal allows for final variables (primitives and reference types) to be available in the function literal syntax final int a = 0; is all you need in the example you provide.
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by maddalab 17y ago
In the absence of the ability to capture non-final variables, the proposal does not add closures to Java, only 'function-literal syntax' for specific use cases, or for the java community 'anonymous-function' is lieu of more verbose 'anonymo
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by maddalab 17y ago
>>> a lot of anonymous classes are using just that by boxing those vars in final arrays final variables (primitive and references) will be accessible in the function literal, the proposal only states that 'capture of non-final v
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by maddalab 17y ago
<i>Dynamically typed languages are fine for smaller programs and simple web applications, but if you’re building something big, something that will be several millions of lines of code, you really need all the tools you can only get