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JerusaEnt
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About JerusaEnt
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Ask HN: how do I learn to think like a programmer.
I am currently a freshmen in a technological school majoring in Computer Science. I have a friend here at the college who has been programming for 4 years prior to starting college…
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Ask HN: Code with what I know, or expand my horizons
for the past 4 years, I have been coding in PHP, JQuery and MySql. Recently, I got really bored of those being that I generally just made CRUD apps; nothing that really tickled my …
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Comment #4034179
One piece of advice is to say who you are. For all I know I'm giving my email, and the right to email me daily, to some hobo on the street. How do I know who you are? How can I tru…
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Comment #4034139
The difference is that I'm sure that Manhattan is well documented. Where Stonehenge is not.
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Comment #4033647
Check this website out. It has a lot of information: http://www.lucidipedia.com/
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Ask HN: Does lucid dreaming help for people in (y)our line of work?
I've been hearing a lot about lucid dreaming and how people use it practice, experience, and grow. I was wondering if people like the stereotypical HNer actually are aided by lucid…
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Comment #3933253
It's not going to be a one day thing. It's going to be a 3 month, twice a week, 2 hours each. A real course
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Ask HN: How would you teach Java to at risk youth?
I recently had the privilege of being picked to teach Java to at risk youth, but I feel like I am in need of some advice as per where to start. I'm not having an issue with dealing…
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Has anyone heard of the Reddit API
I just stumbled upon this but unfortunately I'm unable to find good documentation...
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Comment #3602657
Well there are scores of books on these issues, and some great Rabbis hold exactly what you are saying. But some say that since there is no action on the Sabbath, and the act is be…
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Comment #3602648
That is true. If any ones life is in danger, your supposed to "forget" the Sabbath right away and do what's necessary. But, for example, if your wife is very very pregnant and can …
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Comment #3602555
Another "hack" us Jews use very often is a timer. We have a timer hooked up to an outlet, and plug things into the timer, so you can set certain times to allow the electricity thro…
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Comment #3602550
I am Jewish. So I can tell you that you are 100% right. I don't think this is really going to catch on for that very reason. Sabbath is a day set aside for family, religion, and no…
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A roundabout way of turning on a light. See the explanation b4 reading
In Judaism, you are not allowed to use electricity on Saturday. So this company made a light switch that according to them (and granted, many others) IS allowed to be used on Satur…
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Comment #3553832
what problem is this solving? Why can't someone just use the regular youtube URL?
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Ask HN: Many people want to start blogging. But about what?
I've seen/read/heard from countless people/articles that blogging is a great thing to do. It helps get your name out, it helps you formulate ideas, etc. I've tried countless times,…
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Comment #3543121
"I also disagree that relying on advertising revenue is such a bad risk for Facebook: so does Television and their business model has been succesful for a loong time. " It's not a …
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Comment #3543002
I wonder if they would be interested in buying out Greplin (greplin.com) If they are moving in that direction.
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Comment #3540557
The reason that Israeli schools and American schools differ, stem from the fact that originally, Israel needed fast results. in 1948, Israel started getting boat loads of Jewish im…
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Ask HN: Are all "evil" companies big, or is that just a coincidence?
I have never heard of a small company being called "evil". Is simply seems that the bigger the company, the more evil it gets. Do you need to become evil to keep up with growth?
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Comment #3514854
In my humble opinion, I think this was a genius move. There comes a point where "the internet" can simply generate things faster (and sometimes even better) then a static team of p…