thoughtsimple

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by thoughtsimple 15y ago
Start with C. When you understand why it is portable across different hardware you can move on to C++. It isn't important to become highly proficient in C++ but it will give you a basic understanding of Object Oriented programming. From the
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I have to wonder about the Linux requirement though? What do you do on Linux that can't be done with OS X underlying BSD? If you are a linux developer then I can see it but if you are doing almost any other development or design, there is l
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Wow, I bet people who elected Rep. Lee Terry are proud.
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Any developer who spends time on webOS now is deluded. It is possible that webOS will continue but are you going to bet your livelihood on that? If the largest PC hardware builder in the world can't build a successful webOS device, who can?
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Betteridge's Law of Headlines. No
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While you are almost certainly correct you are missing the point about Google's blog post. The lawyer who wrote is demonstrably lying about the situation. "They’re doing this by banding together to acquire Novell’s old patents (the “CPTN” g
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Just business as usual. Two giant corporations using the courts (or in this case the ITC) to set the price of a cross-license patent agreement. These sorts of cases aren't usually very interesting. They almost always get settled with no di
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They are working on a way to detect fraudulent online accounts with a special focus on identity theft of famous people.
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I would say that you shouldn't believe everything you read. The part that the people making those claims leave out is that they want someone who they can pay $30/hour. There are many truly senior developers who can pass the FizzBuzz test wh
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My personal experience is that it becomes tougher to find a full time programming position after about 40. Like hga, I look younger than my age but that is starting to fail as I get older. I haven't resorted to scrubbing my resume yet but I