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by ptn 18y ago
Not having looked for a scholarship to get me to a real university. Now I'm stuck here. I'm in my 4th year (1 more to go), if I transferred I'd be in 2.5 or something.
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by ptn 18y ago
PG recommends sending drafts to friends for revision. Does anybody know of a website/forum/mailing list where one can do this?
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The Relationship Between Software Aesthetics and Quality(chc-3.com)
4 points by ptn 18y ago|0 comments
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Why it's better to be lazy(artima.com)
12 points by ptn 18y ago|3 comments
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by ptn 19y ago
The Internet is a tool that shrinks the world: it lets you communicate with whoever you want no matter where they are, read any document wherever it is and whatever the format (book, txt, html), manage every aspect of your personal life (ev
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by ptn 19y ago
This Sunday is the contest at my university, I'm participating with two other friends. I aim at solving at least three problems, though winning with any number is welcome too :-)
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by ptn 19y ago
Zen maxims and the like are usually one-sentence.
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by ptn 19y ago
Consistency, not novelty, is the key to success - John Berardi Shove the sun aside - Dave Weiner
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by ptn 19y ago
That's way too long and that makes it harder to remember.
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by ptn 19y ago
Gmail, Google Reader, Hacker News
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Exploratory Programming
12 points by ptn 19y ago|4 comments
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It's All Text! addon for Firefox(docwhat.gerf.org)
1 points by ptn 19y ago|0 comments
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by ptn 19y ago
P.S That is before the last chapters in which the books gets really interesting. But it'd be nice to have those projects in between chapters as you learn instead of at the end of everything.
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by ptn 19y ago
I'll back you up there. It's what I'm using and it is wonderful except for one thing: it doesn't have that much real and difficult examples throughout, only some sprinkled here and there and the rest of the scripts are nonsense.
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by ptn 19y ago
I always find it useful to go back to the roots, i.e read again that book that made you like programming, play that album that got you into music, watch the movie that made you fall in love with your significant other, read the parts of you
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by ptn 19y ago
you wouldn't show your mom your latest trick
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by ptn 19y ago
I am very much interested in this topic...given that I'm foreign. Does anybody know if this would benefit a peruvian?
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by ptn 19y ago
Right up to this part: " On the other hand, I have been working for more than 12 years on a series of books called 'The Art of Computer Programming.' " I actually thought I was reading something from pg. Your writing style is very much a
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by ptn 19y ago
Why must someone meet with the person who posted that same weekend?
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by ptn 19y ago
Try Euclid. Though difficult (which is not that much of a problem given that you are not a complete beginner), it's all there.
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by ptn 19y ago
Maybe in-between coding sessions... Give yourself a little massage every now and then to relax the accumulated tension.
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by ptn 19y ago
Or, like me, use the edge of your hand to press it :) (you know the little bone at the joint of the pinky with the rest of the palm? That's what I use to press the left Ctrl)
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by ptn 19y ago
All the Intro to CS classes start the same: the teacher writes COMPUTER SCIENCE in the board and then says 'this is not a science and it is not about computers' and crosses them out.
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Origami Space Shuttle(pinktentacle.com)
1 points by ptn 19y ago|0 comments
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by ptn 19y ago
my cousin married
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by ptn 19y ago
oh...my...god...he's a better dancer than I am :P
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by ptn 19y ago
I can't remember a silly comment right now, but I do remember that, because I couldn't think of anything better, I named one of my variables "charlie" . It wasn't a serious program though and that wasn't an important variable either. Still,
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by ptn 19y ago
happy whatever it is you celebrate!
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by ptn 19y ago
about a wide variety of topics...
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by ptn 19y ago
He's read his share of books...

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