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by sigsergv 9y ago
I think Fincher should make a movie about Uber.
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by sigsergv 9y ago
Yes, US-based security companies don't work with FSB.
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by sigsergv 9y ago
I think programming as concept will morph in the future. It was really different profession back 50 years ago, and it will be different in 50 years.
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by sigsergv 9y ago
A friend of mine got absolutely amazing task from one company: write and publish on github extension to LLVM. It was some really simple language, nothing practical, but this whole task tests so much skills so my friend was really enjoyed do
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by sigsergv 9y ago
Learning what? In most cases you will be strictly forbidden to use basic algorithms in your job. No one allows you to write quick sort or hash-table or crypto from scratch.
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by sigsergv 9y ago
Civilization spent years coming up with what we know as programming libraries. No one asks historical foundations of arithmetics during basic math exam. You don't need to know how to multiply roman number.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
2 years max.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Modern interviews are metrics and every smart system (human/AI) will exploit them. Metrics are always exploited. Job Interview is just another profession that requires a lot of training and preparation.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Are you sure it was exact question about largest element in a one-dimensional array and not some highly obfuscated question about bees, trains and traveller bags?
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by sigsergv 10y ago
There is also extremely useful option user.useConfigOnly, it was added recently though. Before 2.8 (iirc) you had to use weird hack "git config --global user.email '(none)'"
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Old client will be turned off in a month or so.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
It could also prove that text recognition has more priority than color recognition.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Once you get the essence of git (objects, graph, commits as snapshots etc) everything becomes really easy. You don't need to memorize all command just need to understand some basic concepts. And some points about the article. Git is a
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by sigsergv 10y ago
The main problem with FindFace: literally anyone can use it, not just government but everyone, including criminals.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
What is a “functional WoT”? The main trouble here: it's a really hard conceptually, if you delegate that hardness to 3rd party you will completely lose WoT essence.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Beware, a new trend in social media: Confirmation Bias As A Service.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
This is a 2014 article, what's changed since that? I think those bodyshops still operate and nothing changed.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Surprisingly good reading and very well written.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
I think that's because a lot of people are already trained to use whiteboard during interview.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Depends what one calls BS. Quick look at GTP-generated news gives impression that all covered topics are quite legal, but presentation looks FUDish. Like: “Google employees have enjoyed revolving door during Obama administration” [1] [1]:
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Both PS and bash are horses actually.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
converted to plain text chapter "(11) General Interference with Organizations and Production" https://gist.github.com/sigsergv/4ef7760bce859c67e298
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by sigsergv 10y ago
Most articles about technical debt should actually be about technical default . Tech debt is a good technical management instrument, it's just need to be paid and everyone involved must understand that. Delaying payments is as bad as
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by sigsergv 10y ago
The human cost of unpaid tech debt.
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by sigsergv 10y ago
There are many faces of corruption.
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by sigsergv 11y ago
Markdown is fine for books, but not for technical docs. Techdocs have lots of cross references and other similar elements, their implementation in all markdown “standards” is really bad. ReStructured text is much, much better.
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by sigsergv 11y ago
I'm using Skype_6.19.0.452.dmg, newer versions are awful.
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by sigsergv 11y ago
Google App Engine is extremely unstable, I have a few 5-year old bugs that are still not fixed. And these bugs are really critical like not functioning backup/restore. And I'm not a fat enterprise customer so there are no chances
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by sigsergv 11y ago
Almost all git tutorials are absolutely useless. Seriously, they all exploit the same learning scenario that has almost nothing in common with the “real life” needs. I've been “teaching” git for a year and now I can tell that people wh
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by sigsergv 11y ago
Most of points there make sense for power users only. If you need just basic internet station (no gaming, professional video/audio editing etc) then linux works almost perfectly.

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