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by xarien 15y ago
Man, the last time I had set foot on Michigan's north campus was about 8 years ago. Hope the attendees enjoy themselves, Ann Arbor is one of the best college towns in the country.
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by xarien 15y ago
I don't disagree that it's used outside of defense. It's just used very very commonly in defense. Just harmless speculation ;).
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by xarien 15y ago
Much like Jersey Shore, Klout has a particular target demographic which find the service appealing (They're probably not reading HN). That particular demographic also happens to be very sought after by advertisers. Good for them I say.
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by xarien 15y ago
I'm guessing DoD if he used the word mission.
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by xarien 15y ago
Honestly, for networking purposes, look no further than participating and volunteering in a national non-profit group. It'll give you access to both depth and breadth.
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by xarien 15y ago
Fantastic post. I'd also recommend any "programmers" to invest a couple years in a systems integration engineering role as well. It's generally a great place for picking up some skills many programmers / engineers lack: * Communicating wi
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by xarien 15y ago
I see a lot of posts disagreeing with the OP in one form or another and I think I know why. It takes a bit of OCD and a dash of perfectionism to emphasize with the OP. Unfortunately, I know exactly how the OP feels.
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by xarien 15y ago
It's a shame OP had to learn the hard way given that he stated he was not going to buy into resume hype and ended up doing so anyways albeit in a less formal fashion. While stories like this would any employer cringe, the very opposite scen
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by xarien 15y ago
I picked up my nocturnal programming habit during my undergrad long ago and now that I'm a father, it's even more necessary to really take advantage of those night hours... It also gives me the chance to speak out loud to myself when brain
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by xarien 15y ago
To me, everything in that article can be addressed with a little experience. My one indicator that someone is going to be a bad programmer actually has little to do with technical skill sets, but rather personality. As my sanity check, I m
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by xarien 15y ago
The great thing about opinions is that..... Anyhow, games are merely products. They have a target audience and are generally designed to appeal to that segment. For many, being immersed in a virtual [believable] world, holds high value wh
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by xarien 15y ago
Let me preface this by stating that much I'm about to post, I've learned from my 18 month old boy. Aside from the sentimentality of a parent watching his kid develop physical and mental abilities, it's a very interesting phenomenon watching
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by xarien 15y ago
Just a note, if you have the sync turned on and own an android phone, it'll automatically grab the apps. This can be viewed as a pro or a con depending on the apps. There's also an issue with the usb mounting when copying over large chunks
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by xarien 15y ago
It honestly wouldn't be so bad if the message wasn't neck deep in hypocrisy. Stop thinking about yourself (1%) and start thinking about us (99%). Yes, much less selfishness there... I was actually frequenting the taste of DC with my wife
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by xarien 15y ago
VCs look at people not ideas for a reason. I think joining a startup as an employee should be the same exact process. Do you believe in the executive team to put your needs at the same level as theirs? If not, then you may want to recons
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by xarien 15y ago
I agree to a point. For one, I would not group Finnish and Chinese together. Now, I can't speak much for Finnish, but I am positive a statistical approach to Chinese provides very poor results. However, with that said, I do agree that do
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by xarien 15y ago
Actually come to think of it, I bet IBM's G2 system would work amazingly well with translation.
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Google still has a very long way doing an adequate translation between a language such as Chinese and English. I'd be surprised if Google was taking such a pedestrian approach in solving that particular problem. As it stands, languages suc