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http://developer.android.com/

I think it's been around for a couple of decades: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC

Wait, you lived in/on Sealand? I'd love to know how you ended up living there.

Sounds like James Cameron to me.

No: (in america => does not know cricket) (knows cricket => not in america)

People with high average karma aren't the kind of people who will reply to this :) That's not how you get high average karma.

One of Python/Ruby. Just flip a coin and get started. http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html or http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/ "what each language is speci…

Many of the jobs I will be applying for are in Europe, and as an EU citizen the insurance isn't an issue. But I am also applying to several in the US, so this is all quite helpful.…

Well, it's very reassuring to hear this from two of the Hacker News Illuminati.

Don't read too much into my name! I don't think anyone will consider me unreliable, but for someone going through a stack of applications it's something that sticks out for the wro…

Thanks. I'll think about that.

Cancer, basically.

Maybe I've just had bad luck, but in my experience recruiters have proved to be a layer of unwelcome misinformation.

But that's different. If you applied for a job and in the process someone asks "By the way, what was your GPA?" and you tell them "Oh, 3.8" then it's fine. If you reply with poor g…

Hello. Throwaway profile here. What's the best way to present a period of illness in job applications? During my Batchelors degree I was horribly unwell. I was in and out of hospit…