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by mdm_ 14y ago
I started this course today (through Coursera) and so far it's great. Looks like they're using the Khan Academy software for the practice exercises and the videos are excellent. The instructor is high-energy and sort of eccentric and it's a
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by mdm_ 14y ago
Pfft, totally moot anyways. By 2016 the average Canadian internet package will be so expensive/low cap, subscribing to Netflix will be completely impractical.
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by mdm_ 14y ago
I remember a similar thing happening when Apple introduced the iMac with no 3.5" floppy drive. People thought that was crazy. Also, to a lesser extent, when they introduced the Air with no CD-ROM. When was the last time you used your CD-R
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by mdm_ 14y ago
Not sure if you're serious or just trolling (you seem to be posting snippy responses to everyone's comments here), but there's a big difference between something like O'Reilly's Missing Manual or Head First series and w3schools. As demonstr
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by mdm_ 14y ago
I'm not sure I understand how anyone can plagiarize themselves either. Isn't that just called "recycling your own material"? For example, several parts of David Foster Wallace's speech/book This Is Water are pretty much verbatim from Inf
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by mdm_ 14y ago
I'm always turned off by job postings that use words like "rockstar", "ninja", "superstar", etc. I'm mostly a Python and Javascript dev (with some occasional PHP, Java, and Ruby) and I'd rate my ability as "average". I'm currently employed
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by mdm_ 14y ago
I'm starting part-time study for a joint honors degree in philosophy/math at the university where I work as a full-time web dev this September, ten days before my 30th birthday. I'm glad to hear that other people have been there, done that,
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by mdm_ 14y ago
I experience this too. The period when I arrive at work before I've eaten anything is usually my most focused. I feel calm and I would describe my mind as "quiet". Once I eat, it's like everything gets noisy and I have a really difficult ti
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by mdm_ 14y ago
> "Learn how YOU can help Hyundai make August National Fuel-Efficiency month!" Learn what YOU can do help OUR company! Dale Carnegie must be rolling in his grave.
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by mdm_ 14y ago
Hi. Long-time lurker here; I just created an HN account to reply to you. Your post expresses some of the things I've been feeling about social media that I haven't been able to express very well myself (I had to look up "Maslow pyramid"). T