superails

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by superails 13y ago
Awesome. Love the flag.
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by superails 13y ago
5MP downsample, resolution falls well short of what a 38MP camera should (theoretically) be capable of, runs windows phone 8 (fewer apps), phone has awkward shape not shown in commercials, low screen resolution, and as the following review
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by superails 13y ago
> and frustratingly, it doesn't seem to actually link to the research that it mentions either, nor even provide enough a citation to find it Citations don't sell. Sex, violence, and realistic-sounding, baseless, faulty journali
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by superails 13y ago
I think it is the Nokia Lumia 1020/EOS, which I've heard is more of a sham than marketing would lead you to believe. I have to admit when I've seen the commercials, I wanted one also.
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by superails 13y ago
They don't hand out money everyday to the same people. And it is not stupid theater. It is our government NOT at work. We may temporarily recover some of our debt. In fact, if they keep this going for an extended period of time, it mig
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by superails 13y ago
Surface/2 = fail, Windows phone/mobile = fail, Ballmer left, XBox One = NSA big brother/bad timing fail, now known to have been working with NSA first to help access user data of privately bought/installed systems since
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by superails 13y ago
> "We believe every person deserves the chance to live a healthy, productive life." > What if something like this was the purpose and vision for Microsoft? They need to combine what they are good at while still focusing on w
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by superails 13y ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6473264
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by superails 13y ago
Thanks for sharing, but if I don't know a language, how is having a tool translate it going to help me learn the language? Are you suggesting this only for those with a moderate knowledge of the language already? And what about those o
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by superails 13y ago
Start practicing to interview and getting your resume/CV in order. Start contacting recruiters; they will take a long time to get you into the system. Be wary of recruiters that ask for doc versions of your resume because it means they
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8 Things To Know About A Government Shutdown(npr.org)
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by superails 13y ago
> Imagine coming to work to spend hours googling, wiring together unbelievably shitty, amazingly poor documented frameworks and battling Javscript and CSS. I don't have to imagine it. Happens every fucking day.
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by superails 13y ago
Yes, per the post we're discussing: "Including EEGs in basic military first aid kits would also help with both medical diagnostics and clinical care for deployed soldiers" However, unlike what the parent comment said, brain w
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by superails 13y ago
> in every case where we let someone go, that person has gone on to work on things that they are more passionate about and where they have excelled and been happier at. Ok, I believed it until then. B.S. No way he knows that. Plenty of u
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by superails 13y ago
It's highly doubtful the example mentioned (checked brain waves after an injury) is something EMT's are dying to have available in a portable format. Checking brain waves regularly as part of triage of head injury by an EMT is unl
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by superails 13y ago
> Redshift smelled enough like PostgreSQL I'm curious. How does something smell like Postgres? Does it use some of the same PG-specific datatypes?
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by superails 13y ago
Most are built to serve a need that the developer has. But, yes, there is also pain and struggle.
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by superails 13y ago
How about a framework for tactical RPG's? Grids, etc. Gaming is always a big thing, and I'm not aware of a framework like that for iOS. Or how about a security framework like a metasploit-lite for iOS?
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by superails 13y ago
Locally there have been only two businesses hiring senior Rails devs that I saw, where the intention of the position involved coding full-time. One of those positions was a team lead, the other a dev manager. There are LOADS of Java senior
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by superails 13y ago
Second that. The greatest thing about that movie is that it doesn't glorify being an indie game developer at all. Watching that movie is one of the main reasons I've held back from just giving up my FTE position and going off on m
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by superails 13y ago
> guaranteed minimum income A guaranteed minimum income is basically welfare. Welfare enslaves the poor. Instead of using income that is not work-dependent or welfare checks as a means to try eliminate poor health and quality of life, al
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by superails 13y ago
Senior dev here who wasn't even a CS grad. I got experience by finding a job with someone that didn't require experience- they were ok with a certification. After that, I used experience and connections to find jobs. Usually the
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Unix IS DEAD WANNA FIGHT? - John C. Dvorak (1986)(groups.google.com)
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by superails 13y ago
Not for senior devs in my experience. I initially got a number of recruiters. I think they scrape the ruby/rails-users mailing lists and send out spam. I'm also on every Rails job association I can find, and in the RoR LinkedIn li