theVirginian

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by theVirginian 12y ago
The pinging effect is due to it being improperly lubricated, not a defect of the keyboard itself. Just in case you were wondering.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
The Turing Test is a thought experiment, not an actual test. No machine will ever pass because that is fundamentally a misunderstanding of the Turing Test.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
I agree that they are a package deal. It would have been better to separate Python and include it with something like Ruby then link offsite for both of those languages. To say that it's completely unrelated to the web I think is an ov
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Which one? Python? It's commonly used for writing backends. Not everyone lives eats and sleeps JavaScript all day. You could also use it to write a web crawler, or a desktop application that emails you reminders. Who said that the web
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by theVirginian 12y ago
It seems more likely to me that they will use this technology to create smaller devices with batteries that last the same length.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
I get so sick of listening to people be so negative in the comments on this site. Can't you think of anything better to say than that it "sucks"
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by theVirginian 12y ago
If you have not read Don Norman's The Design of Everyday Things I highly recommend it.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
They wrote some article about Eric Schmit being a sexist asshole the other day (maybe yesterday) and low and behold the senior editor was talking trash to people in the comments section. It was a flimsy terrible article that I honestly felt
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by theVirginian 12y ago
This sort of negativity is not just unhealthy, it can make it really difficult for beginners to figure out where to start and realize that it actually is okay to start pretty much anywhere. When I was learning how to code, every single day
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by theVirginian 12y ago
agreed. JS is not a language I personally want encroaching into Python.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
I would say just include a code inside the box that you can type in to validate your review as an actual purchaser. Then Amazon could heavily weight these reviews, at least for products known to be prone to scam reviews.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Interesting to read that. I have always thought of CS as a discipline that involves creating and testing competing explanatory models of the world similarly to the way that a lawyer might construct an argument to represent a series of event
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by theVirginian 12y ago
I wouldn't be so quick to write those majors off, they involve massive amounts of reading and writing; both skills that I heard many engineering students say they felt they were lacking in. Furthermore both of those majors score highly
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by theVirginian 12y ago
I interned in a law firm my entire senior year and now hold a BA with majors in Government and Philosophy. These experiences would leave me well primed to go to law school which was my original intention after graduation. After spending tim
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Actually, engineering students statistically score highest on the LSAT out of any undergraduate degree
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Late to the party, I've been using this for months.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
To be fair, I have done that before when just messing around on my own late at night. After working for as long as I had been I felt like reading my own code was like wading through sludge and my eyes just didn't catch the error. I was
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by theVirginian 12y ago
If you want to become a financial analyst it is fairly important to get. The CFA is nothing new, one of my parents got theirs years ago and a few of my friends are in the program now.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Exactly, I think I might continue to love that person but I don't think I would be equipped to deal with an event such as the author described and then continue to be "sexually" attracted to them. (not sure that term quite ca
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by theVirginian 12y ago
This is an interesting story and if I were a psychiatrist I would be fascinated to study how consciousness can be separated from the ego. In addition, props to the writer; call me selfish all you want but I could absolutely never love someo
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by theVirginian 12y ago
This is wrong. It is also a terrible misunderstanding of philosophy. It is completely possible to approach a problem from a "useful" perspective and a philosophical perspective simultaneously and many people do this. I had profess
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by theVirginian 12y ago
I did read that part. She claims her contributions were equivalent and I believe that they could have been, but where is the proof of that? If some independent party were to back up that claim with facts I would feel more comfortable suppor
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Perhaps, but there certainly are some incidents which are ambiguous. I fear that by taking that mindset we will create an environment where people have more incentive to not speak to or interact with women because they might get in trouble
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Possibly. As an outsider to the industry it is hard for me to understand exactly what people mean by sexism in the STEM fields. There is no cut and dry "Women cannot apply to this position." Instead it seems to be things like comm
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Most of these incidents just sound like guys who were genuinely trying to be nice or funny, but because anything can be seen through the lens of sexism, this woman took the opportunity to consider herself oppressed.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
As someone with a major in philosophy, I can attest that it is in fact something we talked about often.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
They have some other issues as well, the wireless is very difficult to connect to and the "program" that we had to download usually does not work. Android devices were not even supported at all until sometime in late 2013. The pri
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by theVirginian 12y ago
Trust me I did, I wish it were that easy.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
I heard a rumor a while back that Firefox was developing a browser targeted at web developers. Not sure if thats unnecessary or what but if it materializes I'll probably give it a try.
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by theVirginian 12y ago
The worst part about chrome for me is that I can't access my Gmail accounts through Chrome. That's right, I have to use Firefox to access Google's own product because Chrome won't play nice with my school Google Apps acc

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