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The last time I dug into it, it seemed like the Michel Thomas or Assimil courses, or the FSI (US government, public domain) courses, were the ones to use. But then I stopped having a commute.
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your best portfolio is a github account full of code, and mailing lists full of civil discussion --icculus on Twitter just today: https://twitter.com/icculus/status/340954525907181569 I heavily weigh the latter against the former.
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I used <yourcompanynamehere>@hirevito.com for the longest time, with hirevito.com being a job/resume-specific domain (my personal domains are vi.to and vitor.io). Spammy recruiters would often send it to that literal address, "yourc
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In my experience, when people at UT say they wish they had gone to A&M, it's for cultural reasons, not for academic quality reasons.
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UT Austin is heavy into the theory, but if you're not a self-starter learning practical programming skills on the side, through internships and side projects (there are places in town that won't hire you straight out of UT without side proj
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iPhone-shaped paper notepads were C&D'd by Apple years ago. Is this produced under license from Apple? If not, isn't it awfully risky for anyone to contribute to the campaign when Apple could C&D you at any time? http://ask.metafil
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Related previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5151140 Analog security cameras are standard definition or worse after DVR compression, but you can get a DVR + cameras in a box for a few hundred dollars. It might be wor
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I recently helped some friends design the bylaws and rules of order for their new startup. None of the founders are working on it full-time, and the goal was to ensure longevity and fairness despite this. All founders are to receive an eq
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My design industry colleague Nick Disabato uses http://www.hafeleinwhite.com
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The term is a "time bank". A web search for that will turn up plenty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_banking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_currency
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The number of levels doesn't matter, because players don't generally play (or decide to not play) games because one has more or fewer levels than another. Levels are shorthand for accomplishment. Level 51 is the highest in WoW because tha
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You can't find those answers because there aren't any. There aren't any answers because it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how many levels you have, nor how many points things are assigned. There aren't any formulas for how they add up,
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What does your contract with them state happens when they don't live up to the terms of the agreement? That's what this is. The agreement was that they would provide a documented API and a well-constructed iOS app, and you would build an A
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by vitovito 14y ago
I came to design from engineering via usability. Usability gives you metrics you can qualify your UIs with, just like you have for your code. Time on task is like execution speed for people. Information efficiency is like lint checking f
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Then you need to sell yourself directly to someone with hiring power, and skip the HR/phone screen/interview dance. It's possible: I've walked into some positions purely by my reputation. No resume, no interviews, just a conversation and
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by vitovito 14y ago
I wouldn't try to escape the world of LMSes at all, I'd go straight there if you want stability, precisely because that's where you're "the guy." Being a mid-career generalist is like not having chosen what degree you're going to graduate
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When your spot instance gets killed mid-download, does the Warrior system handle that and re-assign it to someone else immediately? Or was your spot instance assigned some URLs to download with the assumption that your Warrior would be reli
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UT Austin's CS program is all about the science part of computer science, all theory, no real-world-business-practice. I once worked somewhere where they would toss the resume of anyone who had just graduated from UT and didn't have side w
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> In this example I picked 20px to make things easy on the eyes. Second sentence after "PARAGRAPHS AND BODY TEXT". Those lines are 20px apart so that, in his opinion, text sitting within those lines would be comfortable to read. If you'
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At some level, these problems are all solvable within yourself. First, acknowledge that it's not your job's responsibility to provide you with any of these things. Your job doesn't have to provide you with meaning, or with attractive and i
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The reason you get a deduction may not be the reason you think it is. It might be political; insurance companies can't be seen as not encouraging homeowners to protect themselves. It might be financial; they knock a measly percentage off
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Home security services are, generally speaking, a racket. A monitored alarm service (where, if an alarm goes off, the service notifies the police) will knock a percentage off your homeowner's insurance policy, but that's almost all it's goo
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Not really. Dropcam and the Logitech units seem to be the best-in-class. If you're not in a hurry, wait for the camera module for the Raspberry Pi, and then for projects like ZoneMinder to adopt it. It's expected to stream 1080p30, 720p60,
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Having designed one and worked with another, it's all about constraints. I'd start by asking some questions. What kinds of games? Text games? 2D games? Animated games? 3D games? Existing games? New games? Twitch games? Slow games?
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Sorry, define, "strap to your hand?" Like: http://www.ikey.com/industries/military/ak-39.html Or like: http://www.keyglove.net/ Or something else? Either way, variations have been around for over ten years, and the same problem remains:
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> The answer already exists. Chorded, handheld keyboards. This answer has existed for over a decade; the fact that it hasn't come to pass means it's not the right answer . I had a Frogpad with my wearable, for example. Carrying aro
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Maybe it's not that you're failing the technical part of the interview, but the cultural and interpersonal parts. In your cited scenario, it's up to you to ask, "do you mean it generally, at the computer science, theoretical level, or speci
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Are you self-taught? I'm pretty sure that's a pretty basic CS term. To not know it means you're going to have problems communicating. This goes back to my original comment. You probably know what polymorphism is. You've probably used co
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Depends on why you're failing. If you're misreading the people in the room, try this Rands article: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/09/25/the_button.... But I wonder if it's not something else. The way you describe what you "
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This may not be the value it seems to be. These are pretty antique as far as applications go, and might be okay to learn the basics with before getting a "real version," but you're going to have trouble working with industry folk using the

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