rebekah-aimee

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Deconstructing K&R C Is Dead (2015)(c.learncodethehardway.org)
131 points by rebekah-aimee 10y ago|182 comments
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Introspection Illusion(youarenotsosmart.com)
2 points by rebekah-aimee 10y ago|0 comments
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by rebekah-aimee 10y ago
I have a big soft spot for HB. I saw this bundle and immediately thought of two people I know who are very likely to want it, so I sent them an email and attached one of the books from my bundle according to what I thought they'd like
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by rebekah-aimee 10y ago
There are cities that are trying actively to become startup hubs to compete with SV, which are currently cheap but probably won't stay so. Kansas City will stay cheap long enough for a startup to take off. Also, if we're talking a
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by rebekah-aimee 10y ago
But then all your programmers have private offices, which has been thoroughly established as dramatically important to productivity, as well as a bargaining chip in recruiting the best people. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/a
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How I Learned Linux(letsgolarval.wordpress.com)
3 points by rebekah-aimee 11y ago|0 comments
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Building Spam-Free Contact Forms Without Captchas(nfriedly.com)
1 points by rebekah-aimee 11y ago|1 comments
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
I was referring to YC, but I'm glad to see there are others following this model. I'll have to keep an eye on Make School; thanks for the link!
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
One could argue that the text or simple image ads are not a moral sinkhole like the article suggests. A lot of the text ads, I've found, are just the people who would normally rely on word of keyboard, except they're trying to get
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
This has to be really cost-effective for MIT; I mean, they aren't really putting much in the way of resources towards these online students. But I think it's an attempt to solve a problem that's already in the process of evol
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
This post is beautiful. I have to show this to my mom. Was that last example Obfuscated-C or something? I can't even tell. It's just that lovely. Of course I want to live in a world where that wins contests. There's just some
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
The phrase "considered harmful" is considered harmful, remember? http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/considered-harmful.html
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
Mine does. They called it "Intro to Computers" but it was really just a giant ad for MS Office. The only part of it that most people wouldn't already know was the Access databases... which they had in the curriculum for some
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
One has to be very careful about conclusions based on the assumption of someone else's ignorance. There are a lot of people who spend lots of money doing something in a stupid way (look at big software companies), but even they have
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
What if colleges started offering this as an alternative to the basic MS Word class most schools make everyone take? Then people who didn't know how to use a computer would be too intimidated by it, but students who already knew the ba
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
Grammatical error alert! Creator’s can seek funding ^^ should not be a possessive, should be "Creators"
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
If I were you, I'd show off the gem that is your pricing system on the front page. There are a lot of PR firms; show right away what makes yours different. Couch it in friendly language, like: "We'd love to help you X! For $4
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
Look up this organization called "World Relief." They might take you on and help you with visa troubles. This is definitely in their department and they're super nice people; I volunteered with one of their families for a whi
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
If you're better at coming up with different names, as PG apparently is (he mentions in the article), then yeah, this would be a net win to just change your name. For most of us who are pretty awful at naming, it may not be a great ide
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
That's cute! I didn't know that, thanks.
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
I'm glad they went with ThingsWeStart. That was a much better name... I've already forgotten their other ones. Their previous favorite didn't sound as credible, either. Plus, ThingsWeStart is probably not the Ukrainian word f
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
Have you checked HN's jobs section? You'd probably get more attention responding to a thread there or maybe posting your own if that's in the rules. If you pitch in with non-technical founders, be prepared to have them questi
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
I think it's getting better. Tablet-like devices are still a relatively new platform, and improvements like what you're asking for are inevitable as more hackers gain expertise in the platform and all its nooks and crannies. Brows
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by rebekah-aimee 11y ago
I think I was 13 when I met a Bulgarian guy over a psychology forum who stayed a regular email pen pal for several years; I helped him find his MBTI type. I wonder if there are actually a lot more weird Internet friendships like that than p
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Using Linux to Fix a Windows PC(howtogeek.com)
2 points by rebekah-aimee 11y ago|0 comments