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Hi, I'm a dummy. I'm trying to learn more about these. Is there a library I could start with? I'm very interested in how these can be used for a collaborative filter strategy I have in mind. AFAIK, I have to take some…

Hi, friends. I'm funemployed at the moment and it feels like I can't work at home at all. I either get super distracted or tired or just run-down and dejected. Do others in similar situation ever experiment with…

It seems like my biggest problem is that I can't read large amounts of code. I don't get to participate in interesting work. I forget everything, even stuff I write down. Now days I work in sustaining engineering and…

It seems like since 2009 I've done nothing bug fix bugs, really. not my bugs, either. Now I officially work in sustaining engineering but I'm not really good at it. I kind of hate it. I've been trying to build stuff on…

There's a few listed in the man page. neat. The supported escapes (assuming the default ‘~’) are: ~. Disconnect. ~^Z Background ssh. ~# List forwarded connections. ~& Background ssh at logout when waiting for forwarded…

I'm trying to bootstrap a consultancy/freelancer business. For now, I have a possible situation where I can work full time and then also work part-time probably on a contractor basis (not sure) for another company. What…

Everyone's always saying get to know a group of users and solve their problems with software...but what if I need help with doing that? yes, I know it's kind of odd thing to ask but when I tried going to a few emetups…

I've been a programmer for a while (embedded, backend daemon, etc), though not much web stuff. GAE/DJ seems more natural and intuitive for me but I have to keep saying what was that now? from my notes. What am I doing…

I like programming but I have a unique perspective on business problems in general (family of business owners). What should a programmer know about bizdev?

So I had an interview last week and I think it went well. No coding questions, but lots of questions about the technology (I read about it ahead of time) and the interviewer decided to offer me 2 weeks of paid work and…

Have you run into this? How did you find a way to create something people would want?

I'm ready to quit and move to another job but I started to think about a prototype for an idea I have. I've worked on it off and on, and maybe I should try to carry it as far as I reasonably can. It'd be nice to have a…

I mean really learn it. Master it, I mean.

I've only tried this a few times and I seem to get silence in return. This is only after the phone interview; after I get a "Thanks but no thanks" email I've asked in polite terms why I got passed over. I've heard back…

I've been wanting to start a new, personal project but I can't make up my mind on what to do. I don't get to build new stuff at work. I work with kernel maintenance at work, and like systems work. I've been learning…

Or, at least, how do you get the energy to be good at this? I'm familiar with the 10,000 hours hypothesis but I barely have the energy to get out of bed in the morning. I've been programming "professionally" for a few…

I have had an augmented reality idea for android I've been working on. Now that Google Glass is orderable but only by attendees, I was wondering if there was a way around my lack of attendance. I get the impression the…

So I've spent most of my years as an embedded and linux kernel engineer but I think I'd like to make a move to web-apps. About me: My favorite books is either O'Reilly's Programming Embedded Systems in C/C++ or "An…

It has to be fast, reliable. Let's not worry about backups, etc. :) It's just a hypothetical thought experiment. How much would it cost? I don't know much about databases, but for certain applications, maybe it'd be OK…

Of course, I would need to get better at circuits and things. :)<p>I've seen the iRobot Create, the Willow Garage create, and a couple of other similar platforms but I want to focus on the software right now. I…