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by sker 13y ago
Reminds me of the Obama speech regarding Syria: I don't need Congress' or anyone's permission to strike Syria right now. But since I'm such a nice guy, I'll just go ahead and let Congress have a vote before I do it
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by sker 13y ago
Quite similar to the GitHub map from a few days ago[1], i.e. no Latin America, (almost)no Asia, no Africa. [1] http://aasen.in/github_globe/
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by sker 13y ago
> I also know that folks in most of Latin America, India, Thailand, etc. eat at 8-9pm or so I can only speak for Mexico, but the reason for this is that dinner is not the most important/bigger meal of the day, lunch is. Mexico: me
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by sker 13y ago
I see AngularJS as a general purpose framework, conceptually, similar to .NET, JVM, Node.js, although limited in scope to front-end web development. What I mean is that there's still room for someone to build another framework on top o
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by sker 13y ago
One thing to note is that he was hired by one of the co-founders. He would have never made it through HR or a middle manager. Over the 7 years I've been working as a software developer, I've had many similar experiences. Not once
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by sker 13y ago
I've been waiting so long for this. As someone who avoids syringes like the plague, I always wondered, how come we have robots in Mars, yet we can't come up with something better than injecting a large piece of metal into our bodi
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by sker 13y ago
That kills my hopes for a Nokia Android phone. Also, Elop seems like the least interesting character to succeed Ballmer. What does he bring to the table? What has he done? Guy looks like a careerist. http://en.wikipedia.org/
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by sker 13y ago
It's already happening. As a freelancer, I often find people who want their "corporate" site built in WordPress for less money than what they would pay to a car mechanic for a similar amount of time worked. Sames goes for Mag
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by sker 13y ago
Thanks, I didn't know they were using node-webkit.
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by sker 13y ago
Yes, that's why it isn't a good replacement for something like WPF, Qt, wxWidgets, etc. node-webkit and NiDIUM fix that problem.
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by sker 13y ago
Does the File API give you full access to the file system? Last time I checked it didn't.
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by sker 13y ago
File I/O alone is a good enough reason for this kind of projects to exist. I've always wanted to be able to use the power of the browser for standalone, cross-platform desktop applications. I was shocked when I discovered I couldn
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by sker 13y ago
Spoken English has been the major barrier for me. All these articles from this and last week resonate with me, but this one hits the nail on so many heads. It's especially discouraging when so many job ads require hyper-ultra-mega-puts
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by sker 13y ago
Both approaches aren't mutually exclusive. I give priority to what you and the article are saying, but once you realize that, there's no reason why it can't be complemented by a high paying job. 40 hours of work a week, if yo
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by sker 13y ago
I don't think that's a problem. I think that's by design. Internet forums are similar to bars where people gather to hang out and talk about common interests. There are other outlets where the people that have something to
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by sker 13y ago
I used to dislike the "this is why I love Hacker News" comment. It's not so prevalent anymore, but it was very common 3 or 4 years ago. And while we're on the subject, I dislike the use of the word sure on nerd sites.
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by sker 13y ago
I personally call it Pwnage Culture. Karma-based sites love it when a user debunks an article or another user's comment. You get extra points if you start your reply with a cold remark such as "No." "Wrong." "F
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by sker 13y ago
As of this moment, it's at position 27, 3 hours old, 86 points. The article at position 4 is 4 hours old and has 78 points. Definitely looks like flagging. The only reason I can think of is job seekers trying to hide the thread from ot
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by sker 13y ago
Note that they are only retiring two types of certifications. There's still a plethora of MCTS certifications. I got one when I was fresh out of college and I have never made use of it. I don't even know what companies look out fo
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by sker 13y ago
PR theater. After how these companies reacted to the initial leaks, I can't think of another possible scenario other than the CEOs sitting in a room with government officials discussing the best strategy for damage control, and the gov
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by sker 13y ago
I was thinking of more than two points. The two you mentioned, plus looking for overqualified candidates, plus: 1) Requiring more experience than necessary or even plausible on certain technologies. 5 years of experience in X. When X is 2
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by sker 13y ago
I'm not in the US, but from what I've seen here and in other boards, the whole STEM Crisis is actually a HR Crisis. No wonder you can't hire anyone if you want rocket scientists to build your world-changing photo sharing app.
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by sker 13y ago
Because of Good Will Hunting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrOZllbNarw "You guys handle 80 percent of the intelligence workload. You're seven times the size of the CIA."
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by sker 13y ago
Problem is, if MS hires Elop, the new Nokia CEO may embrace Android, as well as some of the other alternatives (Firefox, Ubuntu, etc.). Microsoft needs Elop running Nokia as part of a bigger strategy.
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by sker 13y ago
The main difference is that most of those meal replacements lack many nutrients, that makes them useful as a replacement for a meal or two every now and then. Soylent is attempting to provide every single nutrient required by our bodies, th
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by sker 13y ago
I love food too. If I weren't a programmer I would be a chef. But just like sex, I want to have it when I feel like it, not in a rigorous schedule determined by society. In fact, not eating food as often makes you appreciate it more wh
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by sker 13y ago
Agreed. I'm upvoting because everyone is calling out the author on his bias and BS. Funny how if a stranger on the street infringes on your rights, you're allowed to get agitated and aggressive, but if the government does it, you&
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by sker 13y ago
I can't talk from a consumer perspective, but from a developer perspective, they need to open source everything .NET-related if they want to remain relevant. With Ballmer gone, if people like Hanselman and ScottGu gain more influence w
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by sker 13y ago
You've mentioned Windows 7 twice in this thread. By what measure do you consider it a failure? If anything, Windows 7 is the best thing released under Ballmer.
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by sker 13y ago
But everyone loves to rationalize how he's behind bars by his own wrong doing. And then people wonder why other CEOs don't stand up to the NSA. What's the point? If the general population doesn't care, why go to jail for

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