thomasfedb

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by thomasfedb 13y ago
I find it odd that in a world where people can configure two-factor authentication for their email, we're not doing it universally for money. My Australian debit card requires a PIN for anything over AUD 100 at a store, and if I'm
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
My Father lobbed a copy of "QBASIC by Example" at me when I was 7, which is quite a heavy book for a 7-year-old.
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
If you expressing what you want the computer to do, and it understands you, you are - by definition - using a language.
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
I would have played in Python, Ruby, or C++. I almost played in CoffeeScript by compiling it myself. I don't know Haskell, but I would have considered learning it if it was offered. ;)
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
I never really thought that reading psychology books by PhDs would change your outlook on your own life. Turns out, they seem to have PhDs for a reason. This one made a big impact: The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
Having found the same algorithm in a (different) review paper I almost implemented this for fun. Sadly, JavaScript.
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Humans like to categorise stuff - and they just love it when stuff fits into two boxes. Or so they thought. Sadly this can be incredibly hurtful and dangerous. I spend a reasonable amount of time caring for kids with mental disabilities. Th
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
If he's not paying the tax then his parents either are or did. Same here in Australia, it's just a part of the basic standard we are prepared to be taxed for.
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Ruby is only dying in the sense that C is dead. It's not that exciting, but instead is widely used, including by companies. Additionally, I doubt gem releases correlate with language 'vitality'. Fewer releases may simply indi
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
Of course you can write crappy code in any languages, and conversely you can write nice code in most languages (perhaps not in INTERCAL or Whitespace). Personally I prefer Ruby over PHP for precisely the same reason I don't begin my da
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
Good point regarding getting things done. I would add to that list that the things should work.
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I suppose I approach this from a background of Computer Science, rather than a background of Software Engineering. As such I'm interested in computation rather than "Mr Jones needs to manage his cats, etc". If you described t
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by thomasfedb 13y ago
I really wonder if this sort of rote learning has anything to do with being a decent programmer, and if sensible companies that I want to work for are really asking these sorts of questions. Personally, I could probably tell you the uses fo
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