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I went to a Purdue extension campus, worked out great and was extremely affordable.

Going back to college, in particular for Computer Science, is always an option. There is such a lack of skilled professionals in the field that no one will turn away a competent ca…

All of the listed factors also apply to marriage. While I am single, it seems like marriage is HARD all by itself. It takes time, effort, communication, and patience. Adding a star…

From the article (referring to the controller): "Please understand that it was not designed to be a portable video game machine," Nintendo President Saturo Iwata explained. Looks l…

I agree, I would definitely be interested in a torrent of the data.

I wonder if this is more a symptom of having few women in the field of computer science / software engineering [1] than a lack of women who want to be founders [2]. It isn't too su…

I understand what your saying, but I am not sure I agree (at least from the US perspective) that South America has been written off as a rounding error in the last few decades. I t…

Very good point. I think the point on corruption and the rule of law is really significant. It goes beyond just e-commerce and into a whole economy. A government of men and not of …

I think the bigger issue is GDP and GDP per capita for both Nigeria and Africa as a whole: Nigeria GDP (PPP): $170bil Nigeria GDP per capita: $1754 I can understand why e-commerce …

I was thinking about this at the negotiation stage, before hiring occurs. I can't imagine that an employer would try this after the hiring stage. As for salary information, there a…

Good advice. I wonder about this bit though >As for them finding out, I don't know where you are at in the world, but in the US their is no way for them to find out unless you prov…

Sounds like a great option for students. I think for a lot of companies, however, Matlab has a leg up on Octave. In particular: -The specific packages offered by Matlab (like the m…

It makes for a much better joke if you start at one ;-) It is actually a pretty old joke, there are a few variations on it (one for Computer Scientists, one for Mathematicians, etc…

The Physicist proof all odd numbers are prime: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is experimental error, 11 is prime, 13 is prime...

This is why good internships are so important while your an undergraduate in CS (or many other majors for that matter). Depending on the university you go to, CS != Software Engine…

This is pure speculation, but I wonder if production cost is the driving factor. Rather, I think it is a question of what a potential buyer is willing to pay. If a person with a Ki…

This essay does assume, of course, that you can find enough developers in your locality that can write software competently in Python. A few years ago I developed software (engine …

We implicitly "vote" in real life through our verbal and nonverbal reactions to the comments of others.

I use contacts (same brand, Acuvue Oasys) + glasses. I wear contacts much more than glasses, and have some trouble when I put on my glasses. In particular the loss of peripheral vi…

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has links to each state's Department of Health [1]. They will follow up on reports of food poisoning and take necessary action. [1] h…

>I have a 17-year-old daughter who went to a private school...It was judged one of the 100 best schools in America. It was phenomenal. The tuition was $5,500 a year, which is a lot…

On the flip side, I have had some positive experiences doing some casual (non-malicious) hacking on some tech-blogs \ websites I frequent. Nothing too fancy, just simple SQL inject…

It is worth emphasizing that what the author is talking about is more akin to screen scraping than web crawling. Both tasks have their challenges, but screen scraping has several t…

I am in a similar situation. I started working full time after completing undergrad a year ago, and am working on side projects more to learn than for entrepreneurship. They have b…