theWold

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by theWold 11y ago
If you are looking for something to use this good theory on take a gander at Drools http://www.drools.org/ (Apache v2 license)
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by theWold 11y ago
If you are doing coding or other non-design work, I would highly recommend learning how to do everything on your computer without touching your mouse. It's a whole new world when your fingers never leave the keyboard and you can still
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by theWold 11y ago
Learning to Cook - Alton Brown started me down the path of learning cooking from a science/chemistry point of view. After a year of on and off research I've been able to make meals from just things I find on sale over the weekend.
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by theWold 11y ago
Nice, Polite, but Direct. I'll always recommend this type of way when facing conflict. Speak your problems logically and show that you've given some thought to them when you talk with your boss.
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by theWold 11y ago
Of course. My biggest inspiration (other than taking a perfect shot at a whitetail deer and him just dropping dead) was a good PDF about shotGroups over on the CRAN[1]. It is a little dry and statistically heavy (meaning you need to have
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by theWold 11y ago
I came here to say that, but in a slightly different way: True: > no discussion of how one might interpret this model, what its assumptions are, and how to assess validity or fit? Quoting OP from the comments in his blog: > Hey Victor
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by theWold 11y ago
I put things out there on it and I have had success leading to interviews at companies. I had a Google Recruiter reach out to me via LinkedIn two years ago while I was still in college, and ended up going deep into their interview process.
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by theWold 11y ago
There are many different styles and paths to learning 'Computer Science'. But if what you are after is insight into how a computer works I found that I had my 'ah-ha' moment while learning C, Assembly (intel), and writin
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by theWold 11y ago
I run Ubuntu on my 'not doing much other than youtube and paying my bills' computer. (I also choose to reinstall the whole OS every major release (+ 1 month for those 'day 0' issues to be fixed)). I have debian on my NAS
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by theWold 11y ago
We have thought about that. We have a sledge hammer and a maul, and it seems to be the most 'tame' idea while also being fun for everyone. Plus we wouldn't need to travel anywhere special. Some of our coworkers would even try
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by theWold 11y ago
> First off: don’t panic! Good post and read.
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by theWold 11y ago
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oomphcoffee/the-oomph-b...
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by theWold 11y ago
> You have access to planes that have returned from military missions and the distribution of the bullet “wounds” on the planes. Which areas should you recommend to have extra armor? I feel like this is more obvious in software. Errors a
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by theWold 11y ago
> COBOL programming language is no longer taught in schools I took a COBOL course just two years ago in a Texas Public University. It was considered the 'I didn't get any offers anywhere else' or 'I am too lazy to app
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by theWold 11y ago
> This way, you’d get all the smart kids in the same place, just like in any other competitive 4-year program. I found this statement rather interesting. I had an internship at Garmin where they provided housing to all the interns via do
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by theWold 11y ago
Yes it can, If you are thinking about getting into it, go around to different shops if you have some local and see if they have a stained glass class or something where they provide the tools, glass, and (most likely) copper foil / (l
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by theWold 11y ago
Stained Glass Making (if you find a good shop) can be a close knit group of people and help you get good. I found it very easy to pick up it just requires a steady hand, and a good eye to figure out what piece to cut form where in the glass
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by theWold 11y ago
> I wonder if the people who initially started the open source project had to go through some sort of approval process by management and whether that was facilitated by a tool? VERY much so. So, imagine yourself as some old bank executiv
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by theWold 11y ago
I too was reached out like for for their Software Engineer and Software Engineer in Test roles. Honestly it was an experience both good and bad. Plus, I enjoy flying so I got a free trip out of it. Also for me, every interview I had after m
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by theWold 11y ago
The general take of college, yes, is a joke. But for me I was able to find some diamonds in the rough at the University I went to. Sure there were pointless classes I had to take, professors whom I would learn what they liked/disliked
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by theWold 11y ago
I don't quite understand what you mean by outbound? I assume you mean people who contributed to the code from outside of the company and how we officially add their code in. https://github.com/capitalone/Hygieia S
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Ask HN: I like back end development, and I want to get better
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by theWold 11y ago
I would second a therapist/counselor/etc. Did that during college (thanks to the couseling services my Uni provided), and it helped me just not feel too crazy. I spent a long while, and still do, thinking about what am I heading
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by theWold 11y ago
1) Does the company work in the Tech that I know (at the time I was Java, C, SQL, JS, and R mainly) 2a) Did the company recently have any bad press? (Smaller companies were harder to judge on this, but larger ones are easy. i.e. JP Morgan C
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by theWold 11y ago
So, I graduated last December (2014) from a small accredited University in Texas with a BS in CS. I applied to 137 companies before I accepted at Capital One. I had many friends of friends who were HR and recruiting at other companies and d
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by theWold 11y ago
I wear my hiking boots. I can stand in those things all day. (Vasque is the brand, but I can't seem to find the exact pair on REI). They are plane leather, and look decent in a pair of slacks (though I only wear slacks when my jeans ar
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by theWold 11y ago
It's odd that they don't talk about GLONASS as well in the article ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS ). Essentially the Russian adventure into competing with the US based GPS. Either way Having more array
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by theWold 11y ago
"Would you suggest that someone completely new to programming start with a functional programming language like Erlang, Haskell, or Scheme instead of traditional, more imperative languages like Java, Python, and C?" (OPs last para
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by theWold 11y ago
My mother introduced me to Java when I was younger due to me making programs on my calculator to do my math homework for me. (Quadratic Formula: Input A, B, and C and outputs the answers, Infinite many solutions, or No solution). I continue
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by theWold 11y ago
I would agree, but there also needs to be a balance. You can't solely rely upon comments when needing to change the code, whereas you can rely on comments to grasp what is happening in said code. But the same can go for self documentin

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