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by partisan 11y ago
NRI: Non-resident Indian GCC: (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council (Countries) Had to look them up just like many people have to look up lakh after seeing it on Stack Overflow.
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by partisan 11y ago
Fortunately, your entry into YC is completely disconnected from the weather in your area.
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by partisan 11y ago
One thing that gets lost in the comparison between charter schools and public schools is that charter schools get to cherry pick their students. The students not accepted into charter schools are sent to public schools. Public schools then
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by partisan 11y ago
Definitely. Music for Programming: http://musicforprogramming.net/ . Number 24 (RITES) is a particular favorite. I also recommend 1 and 3. The soundtrack for Black Ops 2 gets a lot of play as does Halo 3 and also, the soundt
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by partisan 11y ago
It's an insidious problem. Those two million people are not doing any particular thing on any particular day, but en masse, they are taxing the social safety net in ways it is not meant for. Services become limited as resources dry up,
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by partisan 11y ago
The writing definitely struck me as well. I wonder whether this was just par for the times or if this a particular writer's take on fine writing for car reviews. It's almost inaccessible, but it is definitely interesting.
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by partisan 11y ago
Do you have a therapist or someone to talk to who will give you the ability to just voice your thoughts without judgement? If not, I highly recommend that you seek one out. If you have one and are unsatisfied, you should find a new one. In
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by partisan 11y ago
Having graduated in 2003, I can say I was not prepared for what was happening in the real world. We were taught C++, but not MFC and not GCC, either of which would have provided a grounding for a real world job. I am a .NET programmer as we
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by partisan 11y ago
>> Unfortunately, so far I've found it nowhere close to my expectations (in terms of pay or work). Why was pay a disappointment to you? Did you not negotiate your pay upfront? I stayed at a job for 6 weeks and another for 9 month
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by partisan 11y ago
Agreed. There is not very much at all about the inspectors. It was a good read all the same.
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by partisan 11y ago
Thank you for sharing that. She sounds like she was an incredible inspiration to the people around her.
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by partisan 11y ago
One of the main reasons you go to college is to learn how to learn. Much of what you actually learned goes out the window. What stays with you, if you've exercised it, is your ability to approach new topics and problems and find soluti
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by partisan 11y ago
Looking forward to hearing her speak on a few related topics at this weekend's Code Camp NYC.
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by partisan 11y ago
Thanks for the starting point. The 5 minute read is most important for someone who has a limited attention span. :)
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by partisan 11y ago
Are you happier than you were when you started? Are you more productive? As someone who was recently diagnosed with ADD in my mid-30s, I am weary of medicating and would really like to find a natural approach to achieving focus and through
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by partisan 11y ago
Agreed. Squeryl provides a really easy and intuitive API for querying and updating data. Slick seems to be less easy to use.
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by partisan 11y ago
Case in point.
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by partisan 11y ago
I carry my 15" MBP Retina on a 1.5 hour commute. It's light enough that I really don't think too much about it. I carry a change of clothes and a few other items as well so it is not the majority of the bulk and weight. The a
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by partisan 11y ago
I read through the first three books of the Wheel of Time, but couldn't make it further. I may try again at some point. Did you also love Eye of the World?
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by partisan 11y ago
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.
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by partisan 11y ago
The Egg, a short story: http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html Too short for a TLDR, but it changed the way I look at other people, for the better.
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by partisan 11y ago
I respect C# and haven't found anything to match it yet. I did actually say out loud, "I love C#!" the other day. Lambdas, linq, generics, reflection and runtime type loading all are top notch with very few sacrifices. When i
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by partisan 11y ago
Agreed. The simpler solutions are cheaper and easier to maintain. There are just too many points of failure on a system such as this.
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by partisan 11y ago
If you can work remotely and can stomach the process of relocating then you can really choose anywhere. On my list are grand cayman, Lisbon, Tokyo, Seattle. Being from NYC, I don't know if I can recommend a small town.
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by partisan 11y ago
How's the crime?
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by partisan 11y ago
"doesn’t describe the Amazon I know " - I've heard that type of excuse used time and time again by higher ups who are actually just shedding responsibility for the culture they've cultivated. It adds insult to injury.
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by partisan 11y ago
I spent a good part of my 20's learning about video game development because I always wanted to write a game. Sadly, the only working thing I produced in all of that time was a UI system and a Tetris clone. I am in my 30's now and
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by partisan 11y ago
I avoid the use of tuples outside of the scope of a function for the reasons you described. I prefer to define a type, even if that type is private to the containing class. Within a function, I prefer to use anonymous classes because of the
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by partisan 11y ago
I'd like to have everyone in the world give me their money and I will promptly return that money times 0.99999... They are the same number, after all.
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by partisan 11y ago
What should I be doing to find a candidate who can code and understands basic concepts without asking them to demonstrate that ability to me? I've been burned by people who talk a good game.

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