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I don't think the impact that stackexchange has had on the programming community is even well understood or appreciated yet. Still for many of us it is already hard to imagine a wo…

Its a nice project and great effort no doubt. But I am not convinced bundling an IM client into a browser is necessary or even a good idea.

That is exactly the way almost every non-tech/nerd I know uses Facebook. Setting up a website is too much work. And I can understand that for them having to remember several logins…

It lists Bangladesh as formerly being a part of India. That is not just an error in a date - it is just factually wrong.

Bangladesh got recognition from the UK and several European countries in 1971 AFAIK. By December of 1971, even the armed conflict was over. Actually, being off by one year isn't su…

Bangladesh became independent in 1971 not 1972. And it was not formerly part of India, but was part of Pakistan. Makes me wonder what else is wrong in that chart.

Its a nice Dynamic programming problem. The beauty of DP is that simply memorizing one application of it does not guarantee you a solution to an entirely different problem that mig…

I recently interviewed at Google and got an offer. I live in Bangladesh and I am pretty sure no one involved in the interview process ever heard the name of my university or cared …

I was recently asked "Why did you learn , especially when there was no scope for its use in your career at the time?". I found out it was an almost impossible to understand concept…

Can't help feeling a little sad. The same feeling when the Concorde was retired. Its not sad that these awesome machines are being phased out. Machines/designs become old and obsol…

Agreed. Saying because you can do you are in the top X percent just means that the rest of the (100-X)% are incompetent. Being "above average" isn't really saying much when the ave…

I interviewed with them recently (got through phone interviews and am waiting for a visa for my onsite interview), and I never got any trick/puzzle questions that need no programmi…

I come off with the feeling it is actually composed by an Iranian (possibly a team but could be an individual) who is clearly motivated to make "politically correct" (from the POV …

By the same logic, were the Nazi trials at Nuremberg a violation of German sovereignty?

There is something heroic about taking a bullet for your friend and not shying away from your duty for your country (even if it is run by evil maniacs). Couldn't help feeling sad.

Yes, he could not say the names of all US presidents at age 6. I doubt Einstein ever tried memorizing the names of all US presidents when he was child. He wasn't in the US then. :)…

Python Paradox was written quite some time ago. Back then there were far fewer jobs for Python. python has become a lot more mainstream since then, hence your story of learning Pyt…

Most of the other comments already voice my reaction to this post. I will only add that a "heads will roll" attitude towards motivating devs on the part of management would prompt …

This post does raise some real issues about ubuntu (namely support for multiple screens). But its a shame it quickly regresses into the same old "I'm not used to it and so it is ba…