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   by tjr 9y ago

   I started out majoring in music. I switched to studying CS and math because career prospects looked better. It was also easier.
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   by tjr 9y ago

   Looks like maybe: http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual/xmlcmds.html
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   Why hackathons should insist on free software(gnu.org)

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   by tjr 9y ago

   In high school (2+ decades ago), we had to take some skills assessment exam that purported to suggest a good career for us. I don't remember what mine said, but a friend revealed that his recommended job was "clerk". (He&#x27
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   by tjr 9y ago

   Any good alternative for Google Docs?
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   by tjr 9y ago

   Might get something helpful from: http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/
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   by tjr 9y ago

   I remember laughing hysterically at this while on pain medication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqni4yJy230 Your mileage may vary, and, I didn't find it all that funny once off the medication...
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   by tjr 9y ago

   blog as a space to showcase open source experiments. In this case, do you see it as a duplication http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/writeup A big salary can evaporate quickly. Between March 2001 and April 2004 roughl
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   by tjr 9y ago

   As (yet another) paying customer, I greatly appreciate what you do and how you do it. Charge me more, if you need to!
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    by tjr 9y ago

    Well thank you. I was in a college computer lab reading CNN's web page.
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    by tjr 9y ago

    I've actually never read any of his novels, but thoroughly enjoyed his column in Byte. What might be a good starting place with his books?
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    by tjr 9y ago

    A lot of GNU packages are on Savannah, but it's not required: https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Hosting.html
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    by tjr 9y ago

    In-flight entertainment would be categorized as DO-178B Level E software and DO-254 Level E hardware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DO-178B#Software_level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DO-254 By d
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    by tjr 9y ago

    Old, but I still find it amusing: http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/po...
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    by tjr 9y ago

    For a niche field that programmers rarely ever hear much about, there's quite a breadth of variety. Lots of people are hired into aerospace straight out of college, with degrees in non-aerospace things like computer science and electri
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    by tjr 9y ago

    People usually work because they need money to live, and employers usually pay money because they want stuff done that is not interesting or enjoyable enough for anyone to do as a volunteer. When I was first looking for a job out of colle
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    by tjr 9y ago

    I'm not sure if you are asking how to transition into working in aerospace? Or how to apply aerospace engineering methods to web/mobile? (Or maybe something else?) Aerospace development is not categorically harder or more skillful
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    by tjr 9y ago

    Do you think that banking software could be developed more like aerospace software? Do you think that it should be?
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    by tjr 9y ago

    Something else interesting is that the notion of engineered aerospace software does not necessarily have anything to do with the software itself. A lone hacker in their garage very well could author the exact same software. The difference i
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    by tjr 9y ago

    Aerospace software engineer here. :-) I feel perfectly content to deem my work as "engineering". I can understand why someone quickly whipping up a small web application (which is not to imply that all web applications are quick
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    by tjr 9y ago

    Growing a Language
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    by tjr 9y ago

    A curious first example. I too have found that my teeth get and stay cleaner using an electric toothbrush. While many technological wonders infiltrating our lives today are at best conveniences -- and often just distractions -- why not embr
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    by tjr 9y ago

    My initial statement refers to my own personal experience with border collies compared to my own personal experience with non-border collies. I really can't speak to anyone else's experience with their dogs, and I hope that everyo
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    by tjr 9y ago

    I feel that my life would be missing something important without a border collie. Other dogs I have had kind of existed alongside me; my border collie seems to integrate herself into everything I do. Highly recommend Donald McCaig's bo
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    by tjr 9y ago

    Speaking as a music creator, I like using Soundcloud (for example) to share a new mix with colleagues / clients, who can easily comment at specific times on the recording. Or to share A/B comparisons between different settings. An
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    by tjr 9y ago

    I don't strictly follow this diet, but I have incorporated elements of it into my eating: https://www.drfuhrman.com/learn/the-nutritarian-diet/how-it-...
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    by tjr 9y ago

    For some additional practical tips, see also Patrick Winston's "How to Speak" talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbmPuhuFv0&list=PL9F536001A...
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    by tjr 9y ago

    I would suggest putting in at least as much as your employer matches. Preferably more than that, given that it seems you getting a later start on the 401k savings than many people. This book may be helpful: https://www.amazon.com
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    by tjr 9y ago

    I sometimes relax my mind and drift off to sleep by doing basic square root calculations in my head.
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    by tjr 9y ago

    See also: https://stallman.org/facebook-presence.html