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by tedyoung 10y ago
Not sure if it's of interest, but: React for beginners & ES6 are each half off (from Wes Bos): https://reactforbeginners.com Learn to Create Real Web Applications in Go (25-40% off): http://www.usegolang.com&
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by tedyoung 10y ago
The law isn't new, but the final rule is new. As per the Wikipedia article you reference: > In January 2015, the NHTSA rescheduled the date for a final ruling to the end of 2015. Since the regulation comes into force three years aft
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by tedyoung 10y ago
I think employers are in the driver's seat because of information asymmetry: they know what the market is and employees (probably) don't. The playing field can be leveled by looking around for information and, if necessary, job sh
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by tedyoung 10y ago
Awful headline: "nice" != "psychological safety". Nice can be interpreted in so many ways, such as "avoiding conflict", which is not a good way to provide psychological safety. But otherwise, while this isn&#x2
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by tedyoung 10y ago
In addition to the other good recommendations: be responsive. When you get requests to make changes or questions about what you've done, don't just disappear. PRs have a short shelf-life, and if you're not going to respond in
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by tedyoung 10y ago
Why? It's not misleading advertising, so what would be the basis for it being illegal?
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For laser printers (and ink jets as well), the cartridge you get with the new printer often has a much lower print capacity than a new (separately purchased) cartridge. For example, the printer will come with a cartridge that can print 500
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by tedyoung 10y ago
I had a similar desire to learn another language (after 20 years of Java and JavaScript), and Python was definitely on the list. What helped me decide was to look at the projects and tools that I used or wanted to use (and potentially contr
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by tedyoung 10y ago
Read lots of Java code that's considered good? Hard to provide a better answer without some more context to this question.
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by tedyoung 10y ago
I haven't tried it on documents that'd be as long as a Thesis, but I've happily used https://www.overleaf.com/ for docs up to 20 pages. Lots of universities use it, so you might even get a discount for the &q
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by tedyoung 10y ago
Kong ( https://getkong.org/ ) is a solid implementation, though it might be overkill depending on your needs.
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Lots of companies assume exactly this.
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Because many recruiters are basically salespeople, and sales is most effective when done in person or on the phone.
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That might work. What I do with https://github.com/tedyoung/awesome-java8 is require a few sentences for each submission that's describing what makes it useful and/or different from what's already availa
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Contact info and/or link?
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by tedyoung 10y ago
OMG, +100 on this. Even on their "pre-releases", I've never had any stability/reliability problems. It's super-efficient and the community that's grown up around it is just awesome.
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by tedyoung 10y ago
Some good advice already, but also, you can just post what you're looking for? In-person or remote? More on the technical side, or career, or something else?
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by tedyoung 10y ago
LOL, love this header on the pricing page: "Enterprice"[sic].
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by tedyoung 10y ago
The Red Book [1] (recently updated) is a good overview and has lots of useful references. Some might be too high-level, but this paper (really a short book!) is a good start at what makes up a database: "Architecture of a Database Syst
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by tedyoung 10y ago
Issue filed: https://github.com/teachthenet/TeachCraft-Challenges/issues/...
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by tedyoung 11y ago
> "An Airbnb spokesperson writes that the company has a zero-tolerance approach to hosts and guests who violate local law." Irony?
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by tedyoung 11y ago
Right off the bat, this page says that "Kanban is Agile Methodology". It is not, it has a different origin -- from the Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System.
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by tedyoung 11y ago
Weather Underground (wunderground) has an API. It's free for limited usage: http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs
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by tedyoung 11y ago
There's Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/ that's 5-15 minutes long for each podcast. Are there any specific topics you're looking for? Software development or open-source in general, or something speci
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by tedyoung 11y ago
Surprised nobody mentioned The Morning Paper yet: http://blog.acolyer.org/
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Thanks for clarifying the use case, I didn't understand that from looking at the web site.
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by tedyoung 11y ago
It depends on how low-level/from-scratch your scripts are going to be. Ruby would be useful as its used by other config management tools, if that's something you need, but for command-line-tool scripts, Golang would be very useful
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by tedyoung 11y ago
Definitely agree with this. It can be hard to get started and/or stay with doing the learning when you're doing it on your own. Some people just do better when learning in the context of a group/class or with a pair/ment
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by tedyoung 11y ago
Looks useful, but I find the 2 1/2D (almost-3D) graphs make my head hurt. I find 2D graphs work really well and can look aesthetically pleasing without making them harder to interpret.
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by tedyoung 11y ago
Evan Miller's essays are great reads, but I'd like to see Evan (or others) take into account rater reliability and independence. Back in 2000 I worked on a search tool that used such measures to provide (seemingly) more accurate r

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