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nluqo

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About nluqo

I used to think I was a decent programmer. Then I started reading Hacker News.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #9527333

    Though it's a clear transition, I'm sure there are plenty of EEs left. I wouldn't expect too many to use this site though. Myself, I wanted to be a programmer my whole life but con…

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    Comment #4068343

    Thats the implication, obviously.

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    Comment #3745519

    "a path to connecting all of the pieces" I would guess this. A memory could essentially be just a combination of pointers to different people/places/concepts. And if you wipe out t…

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    Comment #3714463

    Sometimes they want to leave their options open. That's fine with us. An outstanding offer from Fog Creek ensures that the first time they have to wake up at 8 a.m. and put on a su…

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    Comment #3675823

    I'm wondering this also, especially how the learning curves differ. The obvious difference is UDK won't deploy to android.

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    Comment #3604319

    Damn, the entire company (desktop, xbox, the logo) is being consumed by Metro.

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    Comment #3555503

    Interesting point. Wouldn't it also be true that the top X% are actually the least likely to take classes at udacity? At least, the way I'm imagining it the top X% are those spendi…

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    Comment #3527099

    I wonder if this would be useful for mitigating effects of the filter bubble: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble Right off the bat though I have a problem conceptually. If …

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    Comment #3523796

    The last time he took options was 2003. His total compensation for the last 8 years has been $1/year.

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    Comment #3523736

    Very true. Unless we are talking about Steve Jobs.

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    Comment #3523585

    CEO to the Board: please give me 1 dollar in compensation.

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    Comment #3511761

    A reply-all debacle occurred where I was a consultant a couple years back (at a quasi-government corporation with 5000 employees). In this case, "Should we really expect..." is lik…

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    Comment #3509601

    This seems strangely familiar: http://www.businessinsider.com/if-youre-an-average-worker-in...

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    Comment #3501593

    Maybe this is a common marketing technique, but I had (and still have) no idea what the site does. "reinventing teamwork" sounds interesting, yet it still doesn't tell me much. Don…

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    Comment #3500692

    Not in a few years, but in one month: CS 373: Programming a Robotic Car http://youtu.be/aI8SQCEUYrg

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    Comment #3489426

    When did ars technica become The Onion?

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    Comment #3484310

    Most of the calls to boycott companies seem pretty poorly organized (even this article is just a list on some guy's website, albeit one with moderate internet popularity). What abo…