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by vinayms 8y ago
May be I will try it when writing full fledged server side node code, but as of now a browser suffices for what I want.
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by vinayms 8y ago
Because there is usually a need to input data or parameters and I prefer a GUI textbox more than file based or command based approach. I also prefer visual inspection and debugging. Browsers make all this simpler.
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I am primarily a C++ dev and had to use JS for web development. Having no previous scripting experience, I was gobsmacked at the ease and freedom it offered, especially wrt string processing. You need to have been a monolingual C++ dev to a
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by vinayms 8y ago
I studied Mechanical Engineering but gradually ended up as a full fledged software engineer from one who wrote ME related programs. So I have sort of always been in the midst of mid level maths and physics, but, as it happens, I lost it all
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I have no recommendations but I want to make a point. I am not sure if by 'communication' you mean speech or writing, but IMO writing is superior to speaking when you have to communicate ideas that result from analyses and critica
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by vinayms 8y ago
The most prudent way forward is to be the idea guy, even business developer, and partner up with an engineer to start a business. Programming is more than typing code. Its about design and architecture, and these things take a lot of experi
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by vinayms 8y ago
I have a tangential question, and hope someone can help find an answer to it. I searched a bit but didn't find anything. It seems this man was still in early twenties when he was freed after the civil war. Further, he was a new arrival
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by vinayms 8y ago
Lately, I am reading about such product features a lot. I wonder if there is some kind of intelligence about class action suits in the making against tech sites like YouTube, Facebook etc for being addictive and dangerous to health, because
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by vinayms 8y ago
I only skimmed the article, but whenever I read such material I feel these techniques are suited for jobs banking on charisma instead of knowledge and skill based ones. I am a software engineer. I haven't held too many jobs, and have a
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by vinayms 8y ago
I always had this inkling, so since early on, despite the hype and 'attractive' prices, I have bought nothing but books. In fact, I can't see myself buying anything but books online, from any vendor and not just Amazon. Even
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The situation is nothing new. I am from Bangalore and often hear a well known anecdote about Mysore, a large historically rich city about 100 km from Bangalore. I hear it from people of my parents' generation, so it must be the 60s. It
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I don't drink, smoke or do narcotics, so I have no first hand account to agree or disagree with the veracity of this study. However, what I have experienced is sleep deprivation (not insomnia but self induced sleep deprivation because
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by vinayms 9y ago
Creepy stalker vs subservient personal assistant is just a point of view. The example you cite is not creepy. It just shows that the ads are not congruent with the content of website that is showing it. Not sure who is at fault here, the we
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by vinayms 9y ago
Lets start with something simpler first. How about websites asking for user permission before using cookies instead of being genteel and saying "please note that we use cookies thank you", or at least have a 'delete cookie&#x
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by vinayms 9y ago
> How do you sustain your passion for the work you do? This may be a cliche, but, passion comes automatically and sustains indefinitely if you are doing what you really like to do as opposed what you have to do because its your job. That
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by vinayms 9y ago
I often think that people conflate bad product with bad luck. Specifically wrt tech startups/companies, there are way too many copycats that churn out half baked and substandard products that are yet another version of an already estab
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by vinayms 9y ago
I am pleasantly surprised to see Kannada and Karnataka mentioned. I am a Kannadiga from Bengaluru. As for street slang of the city, don't ignore the copious amounts of Urdu loan words! As you might already know, the case with Kannada i
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by vinayms 9y ago
> Nearly 50 languages are indigenous to that one region alone. Not dialects. Languages. I am a native Indian, born, raised and living there (I mean in India). I find it hard to process this claim. I am pretty sure there are about 10 lang