Stop trying so hard. Writing algorithms is a lot like writing poetry, you just have to let it come to you. Whenever I come across a problem that the answer doesn't immediately jump out at me, I stop what I'm doing and…
Technically you can see Neil in the reflection of Buzz's visor in that photo.
If someone tell me "April 3, 2007", I immediately know that was about 4 or 5 years ago by quickly subtracting in my head 2007 from 2012. If someone told me "What were you doing 5 Years, 3 months ago", I'd have to pause,…
Not anymore... the porn industry has been in a huge decline in recent years
Programming is really two jobs in one. Writing new code, and maintaining existing code are two completely different tasks. Its surprising to m that the two jobs aren't differentiated more. It's ort of like the…
At my last job there was a database table in out project that represented the markets our site was operating in. One row for Spain, one row for Brail, one for USA. At the time we only were in three markets so there were…
I don't know, twitter, reddit, foursquare... those are all big names
I was thinking about this sort of thing a few weeks ago. I think it's more about 'control' rather than 'safety'. Heres my take: fiscally conservative politician = tight control on spending fiscally liberal politician =…
PCK isn't a "latest buzz-wordy technique". Its an established educational technique thats been around for a long time. > This type of headline sensationalism designed to take down someone doing a good thing is just…
As you become a better programmer, these refinements and rearrangements occur in your head. So when you begin writing code, you already know how you want the code to look. When I write paragraphs (say, for a blog post),…
What the hell is this person talking about? Too much jargon...
Stop trying so hard. Writing algorithms is a lot like writing poetry, you just have to let it come to you. Whenever I come across a problem that the answer doesn't immediately jump out at me, I stop what I'm doing and…
Technically you can see Neil in the reflection of Buzz's visor in that photo.
If someone tell me "April 3, 2007", I immediately know that was about 4 or 5 years ago by quickly subtracting in my head 2007 from 2012. If someone told me "What were you doing 5 Years, 3 months ago", I'd have to pause,…
Not anymore... the porn industry has been in a huge decline in recent years
Programming is really two jobs in one. Writing new code, and maintaining existing code are two completely different tasks. Its surprising to m that the two jobs aren't differentiated more. It's ort of like the…
At my last job there was a database table in out project that represented the markets our site was operating in. One row for Spain, one row for Brail, one for USA. At the time we only were in three markets so there were…
I don't know, twitter, reddit, foursquare... those are all big names
I was thinking about this sort of thing a few weeks ago. I think it's more about 'control' rather than 'safety'. Heres my take: fiscally conservative politician = tight control on spending fiscally liberal politician =…
PCK isn't a "latest buzz-wordy technique". Its an established educational technique thats been around for a long time. > This type of headline sensationalism designed to take down someone doing a good thing is just…
As you become a better programmer, these refinements and rearrangements occur in your head. So when you begin writing code, you already know how you want the code to look. When I write paragraphs (say, for a blog post),…
What the hell is this person talking about? Too much jargon...