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by modzilla 12y ago
If the long term positives outweigh the long term negatives you should switch – even if you have held your current position less than one year.[1] The difficult part is determining long term positives/negatives and how important they a
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YouTube Creators Interview Obama (Live)(youtube.com)
1 points by modzilla 12y ago|0 comments
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What is the most beautiful currency bill?(quora.com)
2 points by modzilla 12y ago|0 comments
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by modzilla 12y ago
I don't know the answer to your question but it should be a required exercise for every web developer to use their website with a screen reader and a blindfold. It would change the way they/we build websites. I would submit an iss
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by modzilla 12y ago
When people say "There is a shortage of great programmers." what they are really saying is, "There is a shortage of programmers who are also great problem solvers." or, "There is a shortage of great problem solvers
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by modzilla 12y ago
Apparently, the last bullet point in this post was either not read by you or not clear enough. I am interested in first hand comparisons in the difficulty various degrees. I am absolutely certain that certain things I have done are easier o
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by modzilla 12y ago
My degree level areas of knowledge: • BS Computer Science (including 6 masters level courses) • BA Graphic Design Minor – The Minor was officially added the year after I graduated, I met all of the equivalent requirements but do not have an
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Ask HN: Which of your degrees was most difficult/required the most intelligence?
2 points by modzilla 12y ago|3 comments
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by modzilla 12y ago
It is clear various tools can be effective or ineffective for companies and individuals – this is a very subjective topic. However, since many tech companies, who have subjectively decided they want to have all of their employees in the
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by modzilla 12y ago
I guess my question did not emphasize the "non-standard" enough. I have purchased many domain names that fall in the $10~$20/year price range without any problem. I am most curious about complex domain name purchases and the
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Ask HN: What is your domain name purchasing experience?
6 points by modzilla 12y ago|5 comments
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by modzilla 12y ago
To clarify the confusion... The definition of autonomous I am using here is: "having the freedom to act independently" [1] And in this context context I mean the car acting independently of the driver. [1] http://www.ox
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by modzilla 12y ago
I am looking forward to the day Lyft announces, "Autonomous Lyft."
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by modzilla 12y ago
Apple's Time Machine keeps daily (or more frequent within a given day) snap shots of all of your folders.[1] Also, in any native OSX app each "save" works like a git commit, you can browse all "versions." [2] Combin
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by modzilla 12y ago
I am building a web app right now and am looking forward to when I can start using Stripe to capture payments. Stripe's design (in terms of both usability and visual appeal) is excellent for a tech company. The API documentation is ama
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by modzilla 12y ago
Thanks
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by modzilla 12y ago
Algorithms are not the only thing that make a tech company, but without scheduling, multiparty-route-optimization, or other clever algorithms central to their business, Uber and Lyft are just transportation companies that capitalized on the
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by modzilla 12y ago
Interesting. It seems like both threats were real – just not clearly realized in the market until recent years. Android is now a huge operating system written largely in java, and IE as a web browser has more or less been whittled away by c
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by modzilla 12y ago
I also use Mitro. It is free, has strong crypto, allows sharable secrets, works cross-platform. I wish there was an API. I would use it for storing integration test accounts.
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by modzilla 12y ago
Not JavaScript – Prototypal inheritance is interesting and powerful. However, overall JavaScript does not afford good programming practices and does not cleanly expose important re-usable programming concepts. Between the good parts of Java