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by wturner 14y ago
What I've come to understand is it's a stack (it uses mongoDB and something called "mini Mongo" and the front end uses a templating system called handlebars) that takes advantage of Javascript async nature allowing for the creation of appli
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by wturner 14y ago
When I signed out of the application it didn't forward me to a logged-out verification page or give me a model that tells me I've signed out. It kind of just hung there without letting me edit anymore. When I sign out I like a very robust v
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by wturner 14y ago
Thanks, I saved the link and made note of the advice.
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The book you mentioned looks great and ( I've heard of it ) but I'm kind of on a tread mill at the moment. I do my best to nudge basic CS concepts in the direction of my Javascript learning ( exploring basic sorting algorithms using Javascr
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done
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All of the companies I've applied to have been via formal corporate processes that either never get back to me or if I actually get my foot in the door something happens where I blow it in a manner that is very superficial. For example, I a
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by wturner 14y ago
I know it's about being focused and proactive. This post is an addendum to my existing focus and proactivity. But seriously, it's a chicken and egg to even know what I have to offer anyone. So little posts like this are my attempt to break
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The problem with that route is I'm bit older and past the "intern level" age and the other roles expect you to already know everything. I'm looking for an entry level role where I can actually work with others to even begin to understand a
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Ask HN: I'm Looking for work
12 points by wturner 14y ago|13 comments
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I met someone recently who was a photographer/editor/camera op and recently made a thousand dollars for some editing work on a commercial. The person that gave him the gig was a former partner of a now famous producer. The editor found out
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Ask HN: I work at a for-profit college.What is going on here?
2 points by wturner 14y ago|3 comments
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I am looking for a mentor to help me learn what I need to know to compensate for a lack of a computer science degree-based understanding of programming. I still learn from Stack Overflow and books, but I am not rapidly growing from them the
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Ask HN: Looking for programming mentor in east bay area California
4 points by wturner 14y ago|4 comments
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by wturner 14y ago
If I write a project that uses the web audio api and then package it up as a desktop Mac (or other OS) app with tidesdk, will it work?
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Interactive Audio:Learn programming by building music/audio apps(interactiveaudio.wikiaudio.org)
1 points by wturner 14y ago|0 comments
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by wturner 14y ago
I don't think your question really has to do with programming. I think it has to do with the feedback loop of being pigeon holed, age and job history. There is a Robert Greene book that just came out called "Mastery" which I haven't read, b
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by wturner 14y ago
I agree that everyone should strive for the intent and ideals you're talking about (IE not making people dependent etc) But I still hold to my view in terms of the definitions.I think indoctrination is like social order, to a certain degree
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by wturner 14y ago
I still hold that education (insofar as it includes reading and writing) no matter how you cut it is a form of indoctrination. I understand the common sentiment behind the ideal difference and Zed's words, but I also think that no matter wh
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by wturner 14y ago
All education is a form of indoctrination. When you teach a kid to read you are indoctrinating them, but you do so with the assumption that if you don't teach them to read they will be worse off. So you indoctrinate them. As we all go throu
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by wturner 14y ago
As a middle aged man who has spent the last year teaching himself javascript and the prior year teaching himself basic programming concepts using C++ I can contest there is no substitute for developing a deep kinesthetic learning and having
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by wturner 14y ago
I once had an education entrepreneur who had built 3 schools tell me in private that ITT techs business model is overtly designed to target quote: "The welfare market". ITT is ignored because it's a known parasite. If you look at ripoff rep
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by wturner 14y ago
I would love to see a modularize Javascript app recorded in this manner that uses the DOM. Maybe a mini 4x4 minecraft game. As someone trying to teach himself , watching the order in which the developer writes would be really enlightening.
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I know, but it's not nearly as bad as tobacco and smoking imho.
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Why not just chew nicotine gum and abate the possibility of cancer.
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After reading everything you wrote I immediately thought..damn that must be a really horrible website navigation nightmare. So I went to the website, searched for an artist and dragged it. Then I played it. Then ..(cringe)..I did it....agai
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by wturner 14y ago
This was a good blog post. I started wikiaudio believing the hype around "do something" and make a business out of it later. This assumption has turned out to be a complete crock of shit in my case. If you want to build a business online I
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by wturner 14y ago
I actually like the coldness of StackOverflow. It facilitates a culture that conditions the participants to look things up before we go typing. From a first-person perspective I kind of appreciate it.
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I'm in exactly in the same boat as you but I'm focused on javascript and HTML-5 technologies. I started off doing 5 months of C++ and realized that my ability to make anything tangible (and more importantly enjoyable) with it probably would
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by wturner 14y ago
With conventional javascript the timing is complete nonsense. With the audio API you're right, timing is different and doesn't deal with the same millisecond convention as regular Javascript. Below is a really good talk I found and the gent
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You could make the same argument for video games. It doesn't have to be the console equivalent of a video game. It just has to be convincing enough that people use it and want to keep pushing it. As long as it's not the Farmville of audio I

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