I am in a similar situation as you, but in a lot of ways you're asking more sophisticated questions than me. FWIW, I've been building a little toy lisp-scheme like scripting language as a learning tool:…
It's (the original comment) a pretty myopic comment because the same point can be made about the institutions that perpetuate $FOO.
I think a lot of developers naively rely on "software design" principles. They often can't state their reasons for adopting these principles and assume these principles are self-evident. This can be a problem when these…
but the time and effort cost of the people producing the videos. Hackers seem to conveniently always forget about these people. FWIW, I tend to find the opposite. Maybe the people I know are just more vocal about things…
I think with ISPs there's an obvious upfront material cost for building infrastructure. In that sense I'm very much the consumer. Obviously, there's substantial infra cost too with social media platforms like YouTube.…
Think we agree that blocking ad blockers is in YouTube's immediate, short-term interest. However, I'm not sure it's in their long-term interest because it goes against the principle of reciprocation. Regarding…
Aesthetics are rooted in civilization, time, and class. It's very difficult to say if these works by Johns will survive 500 years from now given that famous bronze statues were melted down to make bullets. However, if…
export CDPATH=.:~/projects export PS1="$(uname -n)$ " alias ltr='ls -ltr' More of a procedure, always list file and edit the command before deleting it: $ ll file.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 zera staff 0 Jan 7 20:28 file.txt…
Sorry, my bad. Deleted the post.
I've worked in a "tech" department with mostly older folks as the youngest person. It was frustrating. I can't tell you how many times I heard "nobody knows how to do that." There were plenty of older COBOL programs, in…
I've been wondering if the perspective won't shift as the current generation of developers ages. When will HN be the old farts site; will perspective's shift then? More of a hypothetical question. Second, and this is a…
Thanks, you're awesome! This was exactly what I needed. I'm switching jobs and receiving a monthly figure to buy insurance. It's very easy to use, looks clean and PDQ. Great work.
I don't know if it even qualifies as "schmuck bait." The Prof's actions are ethically objectionable (and personally disgusting to me) since he actively solicited unethical behavior from gullible students. Frankly, it's…
Copy a string in one line: while (*dst++ = *src++);
Yes. I've heard of multiple studies concluding employers hire those candidates that are the most "like" them. I read a book called "Money Ball" last year. One of the lessons I took away is that a successful baseball…
Probably none of the above. I've heard the interviewer makes up their mind to hire you in the first few seconds of meeting you. Psychology is a strange, strange thing ... but reality is better than fiction.
Personally, I would be more inclined to hire a person picking the "throw it in a hash and look it up" solution over any more complex solution. My reasoning is that bad programmers tend to get lost in nuance, or don't…
I didn't see the original comment, so I can't say that I agree with it. However, I do believe that overly comfortable companies create an internal inertia preventing innovation and change. This inertia is the insidious…
Yeah, but you could say the same thing about the Nazi party and the civil rights movement in the United States. That statement is vacuous since I seriously doubt anyone reading this thought Reddit might be made of…
I'm not sure what you mean by informed abstainers, but if you mean informed abstainers of Reddit then I can speak for myself. I see Reddit as a self-aggrandizing media outlet. Members generally accept liberal values as…
That's really funny on multiple levels. First, the virus should have been less interesting. Second, the true goal of the virus might not be the actual attack but rather, like the scenes from the Bourne movies spying on…
As a person who used AOL back in the day, how did AOL get themselves in this branding mess in the first place? I know they lost my business 11 to 12 years ago to DSL provided by SBC (now part of AT&T) but I also…
Consider the difference between math and engineering (at the undergrad level). Math majors learn to solve solved problems, since the solutions are instructive; that is, they could accept a solution as truth but proving…
It doesn't work that way (inspire by Voltaire): $ make life easier Your life has been made easier: 70,500,000,000 dollars has been deposited into your bank account. "There's plenty of challenge for anyone who wants to…
Thank you. That was great. Insightful and funny.
I am in a similar situation as you, but in a lot of ways you're asking more sophisticated questions than me. FWIW, I've been building a little toy lisp-scheme like scripting language as a learning tool:…
It's (the original comment) a pretty myopic comment because the same point can be made about the institutions that perpetuate $FOO.
I think a lot of developers naively rely on "software design" principles. They often can't state their reasons for adopting these principles and assume these principles are self-evident. This can be a problem when these…
but the time and effort cost of the people producing the videos. Hackers seem to conveniently always forget about these people. FWIW, I tend to find the opposite. Maybe the people I know are just more vocal about things…
I think with ISPs there's an obvious upfront material cost for building infrastructure. In that sense I'm very much the consumer. Obviously, there's substantial infra cost too with social media platforms like YouTube.…
Think we agree that blocking ad blockers is in YouTube's immediate, short-term interest. However, I'm not sure it's in their long-term interest because it goes against the principle of reciprocation. Regarding…
Aesthetics are rooted in civilization, time, and class. It's very difficult to say if these works by Johns will survive 500 years from now given that famous bronze statues were melted down to make bullets. However, if…
export CDPATH=.:~/projects export PS1="$(uname -n)$ " alias ltr='ls -ltr' More of a procedure, always list file and edit the command before deleting it: $ ll file.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 zera staff 0 Jan 7 20:28 file.txt…
Sorry, my bad. Deleted the post.
I've worked in a "tech" department with mostly older folks as the youngest person. It was frustrating. I can't tell you how many times I heard "nobody knows how to do that." There were plenty of older COBOL programs, in…
I've been wondering if the perspective won't shift as the current generation of developers ages. When will HN be the old farts site; will perspective's shift then? More of a hypothetical question. Second, and this is a…
Thanks, you're awesome! This was exactly what I needed. I'm switching jobs and receiving a monthly figure to buy insurance. It's very easy to use, looks clean and PDQ. Great work.
I don't know if it even qualifies as "schmuck bait." The Prof's actions are ethically objectionable (and personally disgusting to me) since he actively solicited unethical behavior from gullible students. Frankly, it's…
Copy a string in one line: while (*dst++ = *src++);
Yes. I've heard of multiple studies concluding employers hire those candidates that are the most "like" them. I read a book called "Money Ball" last year. One of the lessons I took away is that a successful baseball…
Probably none of the above. I've heard the interviewer makes up their mind to hire you in the first few seconds of meeting you. Psychology is a strange, strange thing ... but reality is better than fiction.
Personally, I would be more inclined to hire a person picking the "throw it in a hash and look it up" solution over any more complex solution. My reasoning is that bad programmers tend to get lost in nuance, or don't…
I didn't see the original comment, so I can't say that I agree with it. However, I do believe that overly comfortable companies create an internal inertia preventing innovation and change. This inertia is the insidious…
Yeah, but you could say the same thing about the Nazi party and the civil rights movement in the United States. That statement is vacuous since I seriously doubt anyone reading this thought Reddit might be made of…
I'm not sure what you mean by informed abstainers, but if you mean informed abstainers of Reddit then I can speak for myself. I see Reddit as a self-aggrandizing media outlet. Members generally accept liberal values as…
That's really funny on multiple levels. First, the virus should have been less interesting. Second, the true goal of the virus might not be the actual attack but rather, like the scenes from the Bourne movies spying on…
As a person who used AOL back in the day, how did AOL get themselves in this branding mess in the first place? I know they lost my business 11 to 12 years ago to DSL provided by SBC (now part of AT&T) but I also…
Consider the difference between math and engineering (at the undergrad level). Math majors learn to solve solved problems, since the solutions are instructive; that is, they could accept a solution as truth but proving…
It doesn't work that way (inspire by Voltaire): $ make life easier Your life has been made easier: 70,500,000,000 dollars has been deposited into your bank account. "There's plenty of challenge for anyone who wants to…
Thank you. That was great. Insightful and funny.