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by richieb 14y ago
Definitely Web Scale! http://nosql.mypopescu.com/post/1016320617/mongodb-is-web-sc...
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by richieb 14y ago
Here is something that I always wanted to do, but haven't had the nerve. At the end of the interview, when you are asked "Do you have any questions?", I'd like to say: "Yes. There are 5 sailors marooned on a desert island, and they collect
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by richieb 14y ago
Really?! Is this why estimates for software cost and development time sooooo on the money?
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by richieb 14y ago
Java is a new language? It's been around for 15 years or so. OO is even older - goes back to Simula 67 and Smalltalk in late 70s....
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by richieb 14y ago
Isn't this the same as having everyone of your friends and family calling you to fix their Windows box?
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by richieb 14y ago
Funny part is that Bloomberg employs many software developers over 40+
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by richieb 14y ago
Hmm... My first job as developer was in 1978. My college major was math, but a CS minor. Still coding everyday.
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by richieb 14y ago
Good judgment comes from experience. And experience comes from bad judgement.
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by richieb 14y ago
I like the idea of meetups. It would be nice to have a feature that allows a group of musicians to arrange a get together, jam session, to play music.
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by richieb 14y ago
You need to watch this: http://thewebivore.com/go-the-fuck-home-my-ignite-talk
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by richieb 14y ago
Now the kids are 24 and 20 :)... But they slept more at night than the cats....
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by richieb 15y ago
Hmmm.,... two kids, eight cats..... Kids are easier.
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by richieb 15y ago
What coffee is not bad!?!?!? Want to learn to get up early? Move to the suburbs and get 1 hour+ commute. I wake up most days just before my alarm goes off..... and I used be a night person.
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by richieb 15y ago
Isn't a computer a "hacking tool"?
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by richieb 15y ago
Why not? That kind of job is boring and repetitive. You would not do it, would you?
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by richieb 15y ago
I think you should watch this: http://thewebivore.com/go-the-fuck-home-my-ignite-talk
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by richieb 15y ago
Wrote my first program in FORTRAN for a physics class in college. 1975.
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by richieb 15y ago
What is "growth"? "Association?"
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by richieb 15y ago
Yes. Starting salary for programmer with a B.S degree is about $60-70K. Depending on region of the country. Go to senior college an get your degree.
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by richieb 15y ago
Usually this question requires that operation be done in place. The trick is to reverse the string in place, then to reverse each word.
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by richieb 15y ago
He can set the price as he likes. But this does not mean that he will find a buyer.
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by richieb 15y ago
Musicians have not always sold copies of anything. Recordings that can be sold are a relatively new technology (20th century). Musicians and artists worked on commissions or got paid for their performances. In fact today very few musicians
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by richieb 15y ago
Have you guys considered that the test could have been written by someone who does not understand math at all? My wife is a teacher and occasionally I look at the crap questions that come on standardized tests and I am appalled. I saw a 8th
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by richieb 15y ago
Try "Star Diaries" and other stories with Ijon Tichy. I always liked those a lot - I read them first in Polish when I was 12.
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by richieb 15y ago
As an antidote to defensive programming read up on Programming By Contract. Here for example: https://github.com/andresteingress/gcontracts/wiki/an-introd...
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by richieb 15y ago
> Computing is in a bad shape partly because of momentum, and the momentum exists because of the nature of capitalism. This is true of any engineering discipline throughout history (read Henry Petrowski for many examples). One example w
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by richieb 15y ago
This must be the runners up list. The best list is mostly Stanislaw Lem with a sprinkling of Philip K. Dick. :)
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by richieb 15y ago
Funny, I worked for two startups in the 90s. Both were started in Paris by Frenchmen.
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by richieb 15y ago
Don't listen to him. He does not use Emacs. :-)
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by richieb 16y ago
Which part of the meaning of the work "estimate" are we missing: "an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something." ??

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