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by spydez 18y ago
One way to get some C-learnin' in Java school is to get a Computer Engineering degree instead of CS or Software Engineering. Microcontrollers and embedded stuff still has a lot of assembly and C. That's what I did, anyways. Now I'm an embed
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How many computers should a programmer have?(mindstudies.psy.soton.ac.uk)
5 points by spydez 18y ago|12 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
That's already an option. Look for "speed variability" in the advanced settings.
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Chef David Chang on failure, Thoreau, and vegetarians(37signals.com)
26 points by spydez 18y ago|31 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
My favorite comment that I've personally written: // Here there be magic. See datasheet for details; they explain it // almost as well as I just did. (followed by ~10 lines of math chock full of magic numbers.)
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by spydez 18y ago
TwitHire - because everyone wants to hire "an insignificant or bothersome person". Yeah, I get it. You're using Twitter and you wanted a short name so you dropped the 'ter', but still...
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"L" is not a code smell(weblog.raganwald.com)
14 points by spydez 18y ago|0 comments
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The Implementation of Functional Programming Languages (free ebook)(research.microsoft.com)
17 points by spydez 18y ago|2 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
Looks very promising, and it's about what I do currently (using my own domain and a catch-all email address).
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DVCS and its most vexing merge(yosefk.com)
2 points by spydez 18y ago|0 comments
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Beta testing and beyond. (feedback without email forms)(codemonkey.ravelry.com)
1 points by spydez 18y ago|0 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
What's wrong with 3? IMO, indent is personal preference, and as long as you're 100% consistent, and stay away from the devil-spawn tab character, you're ok.
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by spydez 18y ago
But how do you find that job?
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Concurrency ≠ Threads(martincmartin.com)
9 points by spydez 18y ago|13 comments
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Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days(ccs.neu.edu)
13 points by spydez 18y ago|3 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
Alright, now I have to reshuffle my upcoming hobby projects so I can do one where I can learn lisp in the process, cuz I want me some better sneakers...
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by spydez 18y ago
Yes. After a year(ish) of lurking with no account, and 130 days of having an account here, I have finally settled down to a state where I type out at least 1/10 the comments I think of, post at least 1/5 those I type out, and leave the majo
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by spydez 18y ago
One of my biggest problems is with #18. I don't know any social places that are 'comfortable' to me (heck, I get nervous when I go to new IRC chat rooms...), so I don't really have a place to practice any of the other things they talk about
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Goof-off Day(z0ltan.wordpress.com)
1 points by spydez 18y ago|0 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
I suspect pg may need to track down a bug in his anti-dupe code... The URLs have spaces in 'em.
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Programmer Competency Matrix(indiangeek.net)
77 points by spydez 18y ago|33 comments
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Building a Software Company(nukemanbill.blogspot.com)
1 points by spydez 18y ago|0 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
The problem being you've no idea why they did not click on you - only that they did. Thus, you can know something's wrong, but not why. And how are you going to improve if you don't know what's wrong?
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Regular Expressions: Now You Have Two Problems(codinghorror.com)
4 points by spydez 18y ago|0 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
Exactly. For some reason, Google has SSL certs for www.google.com, and tries to use that cert for google.com connections too.
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by spydez 18y ago
I disagree. I cut back from 4-6 sodas a day to zero for a little caffeine-free experiment I ran on myself. I was drinking no sodas for about 2 weeks. I felt no different (after I quit having caffeine headaches, that is). Thus, in my opinion
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by spydez 18y ago
Skip writing the book - someone already did. It's called "The Hacker's Diet", and the guy who's responsible for AutoCAD wrote it. http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/
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Parsers and Combinators(krysole.net)
1 points by spydez 18y ago|0 comments
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by spydez 18y ago
Tis days like these I kick myself for never getting any of my hobby projects into a psuedo-finish, presentable state...
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Government Whore(nukemanbill.blogspot.com)
3 points by spydez 18y ago|0 comments

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