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by pcestrada 15y ago
I found this fascinating. I love seeing people develop and demonstrate their craft in a authentic, passionate way. There is a physical component to his work where you use all your senses, such as when he feels the edge of the sharpened knif
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by pcestrada 15y ago
I was hoping 'do a loop' did something as well.
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Tech hiring is tough on veteran workers(boston.com)
4 points by pcestrada 15y ago|8 comments
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The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress(nytimes.com)
442 points by pcestrada 15y ago|144 comments
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by pcestrada 15y ago
I liked this quote: > A bad design with a complete test suite is still a bad design.
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by pcestrada 15y ago
Yup, using Google adsense. Took a couple of months to tune it. That's really it. I tried 'seeding' the product by mentioning it photo forums and the like but it wasn't worth the time.
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by pcestrada 15y ago
$300-$500/month for a Windows desktop application. I wrote it to help out my mother-in-law since she found Photoshop too complicated to do what she wanted: placing text on pictures. Turned out to be a great learning experience on how to sel
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by pcestrada 15y ago
The Russian Ka-50 Black Shark attack helicopter has an ejection seat for the pilot. According to Wikipedia, the rotor blades and canopy are blown away by explosive charges before the ejection seat is triggered.
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by pcestrada 16y ago
Nice hardware. But only a higher resolution Retina display will get me to trade in my current iPad.
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by pcestrada 16y ago
From wikipedia: In computer graphics it [bubblesort] is popular for its capability to detect a very small error (like swap of just two elements) in almost sorted array and fix it in with just linear complexity (2n)
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by pcestrada 16y ago
-Make $1000/month in passive income from software sales -Release another iPhone app -Healthier eating/exercise habits
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by pcestrada 16y ago
Mele Kalikimaka!
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Why getter and setter methods are evil(javaworld.com)
1 points by pcestrada 16y ago|1 comments
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by pcestrada 16y ago
I interviewed at a small company my friend worked at (he was highly placed so his reference all but guaranteed the job). Sailed through the interview process (standardized C/C++ programming test - ugh) until I met with the CEO. He asked me
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by pcestrada 16y ago
This book, "Hello World: Computer Programming for kids and adults" http://www.manning.com/sande/ might be a good place to start once your child is older. It's written by a father and son and documents his son's foray into programming usin
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Observe Orient Decide Act(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by pcestrada 16y ago|0 comments
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Finding time to play(gskinner.com)
1 points by pcestrada 16y ago|0 comments
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by pcestrada 16y ago
Some of my best ideas come to me when I am in the shower. The last thing I would do is to reduce that precious thinking time to gain 5 extra minutes in the morning.
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by pcestrada 16y ago
I'd love the AI book. My undergrad didn't cover any AI topics and so I've been looking forward to spending some time with this book to get a deep understanding of the subject matter. Skynet is my inspiration :) I'm in Boston and happy to co
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Map of Online Communities(xkcd.com)
9 points by pcestrada 16y ago|0 comments
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by pcestrada 16y ago
Quite true. Notch has the potential to build his own 'Valve' or 'Bungie'.
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by pcestrada 16y ago
Library?
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Neal Stephenson's hiring a game programmer(mongoliad.com)
1 points by pcestrada 16y ago|0 comments
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by pcestrada 16y ago
And the next step is to finish what you start, no matter what. Andre LaMothe, founder of xgamestation, a video game development kit company, and author numerous programming books including "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus", describes
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by pcestrada 16y ago
Can anyone discern what tools he was using? I know the IDE was Eclipse. And Paint.net for the artowrk. He had something really cool for the sound effects, but I couldn't tell what it was. It's a fun little game with some neat ideas: http:/
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Iran unveils first UAV bomber(boston.com)
1 points by pcestrada 16y ago|0 comments
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by pcestrada 16y ago
If the problem is one of performance, then each generation of mobile phone should close the gap on reaching an acceptable level of performance for the Flash player. Moore's law may be Adobe's friend in this case.
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by pcestrada 16y ago
Maybe Intel hopes to extend their 'Intel Inside' campaign to include anti-virus protection?
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by pcestrada 16y ago
If you have any exotic places you'd like to visit, do it now! Much harder logistically to manage later when you have kids.
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by pcestrada 16y ago
I keep a pad of graph paper next to my desk with a nice pen. I find it useful to sketch out ideas, data structures, etc. on graph paper since the grid lines help keep things lined up.

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