Hmm, I'm still using my Note. I don't have any facts, but I'm pretty sure it still has a nontrivial user base. The hardware is certainly powerful enough to keep up with anything I demand of it. I think the issue with…
This is correct. Headlines are often written in the passive voice, e.g. 'Iraq Bombed' rather than 'So and so bombed Iraq'.
I can't believe how many hours of my life have been spent jumping around Ironforge aimlessly.
Work remotely. Block off time in which to be productive on your calendar. Turn your phone off. Log out of any instant messengers. If you can't work remotely, find a conference room.
read the search query
I think the point was to be pretentious to the point of irony, which the namedropping achieved.
All of them married to the same man?
You know, I had a Sony mp3 player a while back. One day the music library software updated itself and installed DRM retroactively on the device and I could never change the music that was on it; I threw it out after I…
I don't even bother with that struggle you described anymore. Get assigned ticket for new feature. Write test outlining how it would work with the assumption that the existing code does what it says it does. If you find…
Really great read, thanks for sharing.
Maybe if you're a liberal arts major. I had three offers within two weeks of beginning my job search in January. This is NOT a bad time to be a CS graduate.
Society's definition of value - there is no such thing. If something is valuable to you, then you can pay for it. There's no secret magic underlying economics. When the supply of people willing to teach is lower than…
In all seriousness, w/rt your state of mind. Going by this rant and the one in the other thread. You keep talking about herd mentality - "our" society, "this huge pack of people" etc. Who are these people? I don't…
But I gotta ask -- don't <creative people, innovators, scientists, artists, pioneers> already get enough grief for being <different>? Yes. Yes they do. But thanks for adding to it anyway!
I'm not sure I fully understood everything you were saying here. But I would mention that unit tests give you a nice picture of what will break when you DO change your interfaces. The list of broken tests is your new…
I think that's pretty much the only way to guarantee that you ARE stoppable. Similarly the best way to ensure that you are always in danger of getting shot is to carry a gun around.
drummer, gothenburg-style metal
Those FBI agents are gonna have a field day.
on slashdot this is called karma whoring: The Four Stages of Burnout Years ago, a magicaI moment whirled me in a mystical web. I was consumed by the path of "academic flashdancing." I succumbed to the "burnout tango."…
Someone might argue that part of schoolwork is proving that you can do boring routine work. In this respect you only have the long-term incentive of graduating and there is no immediate reward.
I disagree with your statement. Momentum and hype are good for attracting those who choose a language based on its momentum and hype. If you are choosing a language to perform a task based on any objective criteria,…
What's with all the sexytime on HN today? Couldn't it wait until after 5? =]
Neat. a billion light years / average height human * (1/9) furlong / age universe = 1.01 c (speed of light) Very neat.
it's only a matter of time until i can write cron jobs on my rice cooker. then i will truly know happiness.
Competition law does not make merely having a monopoly illegal, but rather abusing the power a monopoly may confer, for instance through exclusionary practices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly#Law
Hmm, I'm still using my Note. I don't have any facts, but I'm pretty sure it still has a nontrivial user base. The hardware is certainly powerful enough to keep up with anything I demand of it. I think the issue with…
This is correct. Headlines are often written in the passive voice, e.g. 'Iraq Bombed' rather than 'So and so bombed Iraq'.
I can't believe how many hours of my life have been spent jumping around Ironforge aimlessly.
Work remotely. Block off time in which to be productive on your calendar. Turn your phone off. Log out of any instant messengers. If you can't work remotely, find a conference room.
read the search query
I think the point was to be pretentious to the point of irony, which the namedropping achieved.
All of them married to the same man?
You know, I had a Sony mp3 player a while back. One day the music library software updated itself and installed DRM retroactively on the device and I could never change the music that was on it; I threw it out after I…
I don't even bother with that struggle you described anymore. Get assigned ticket for new feature. Write test outlining how it would work with the assumption that the existing code does what it says it does. If you find…
Really great read, thanks for sharing.
Maybe if you're a liberal arts major. I had three offers within two weeks of beginning my job search in January. This is NOT a bad time to be a CS graduate.
Society's definition of value - there is no such thing. If something is valuable to you, then you can pay for it. There's no secret magic underlying economics. When the supply of people willing to teach is lower than…
In all seriousness, w/rt your state of mind. Going by this rant and the one in the other thread. You keep talking about herd mentality - "our" society, "this huge pack of people" etc. Who are these people? I don't…
But I gotta ask -- don't <creative people, innovators, scientists, artists, pioneers> already get enough grief for being <different>? Yes. Yes they do. But thanks for adding to it anyway!
I'm not sure I fully understood everything you were saying here. But I would mention that unit tests give you a nice picture of what will break when you DO change your interfaces. The list of broken tests is your new…
I think that's pretty much the only way to guarantee that you ARE stoppable. Similarly the best way to ensure that you are always in danger of getting shot is to carry a gun around.
drummer, gothenburg-style metal
Those FBI agents are gonna have a field day.
on slashdot this is called karma whoring: The Four Stages of Burnout Years ago, a magicaI moment whirled me in a mystical web. I was consumed by the path of "academic flashdancing." I succumbed to the "burnout tango."…
Someone might argue that part of schoolwork is proving that you can do boring routine work. In this respect you only have the long-term incentive of graduating and there is no immediate reward.
I disagree with your statement. Momentum and hype are good for attracting those who choose a language based on its momentum and hype. If you are choosing a language to perform a task based on any objective criteria,…
What's with all the sexytime on HN today? Couldn't it wait until after 5? =]
Neat. a billion light years / average height human * (1/9) furlong / age universe = 1.01 c (speed of light) Very neat.
it's only a matter of time until i can write cron jobs on my rice cooker. then i will truly know happiness.
Competition law does not make merely having a monopoly illegal, but rather abusing the power a monopoly may confer, for instance through exclusionary practices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly#Law