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pcestrada

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    Just joined a new team as a senior dev last fall and went through this. I simply worked my ass off the first couple of months and asked a lot of questions and banged out some very …

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    This was a wonderful book, it really helped lift the veil on how more complicated things were written in code for me. Also, I remember I was at the mall with my uncle and he offere…

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    Comment #26975749

    Fingers crossed that you tackle a Quake Black Book at some point.

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    This is an excellent book, and real breaks down the math into bite-sized chunks that can be easily consumed.

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    Comment #25775529

    Folks might also enjoy the Nantucket PC game on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/621220/Nantucket/

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    he was too inept to start war

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    Comment #24601976

    I can attest to many mortgage payments successfully made thanks to Java.

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    Comment #24179753

    Can you imagine having to learn all this just to make a connection to a database, process some data, and then persist it somewhere?

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    "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes" -Dijkstra

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    Comment #22588870

    Economic hardship does not kill those under 35. You need to focus on the social good.

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    Younger people die from the flu too. This is several times more dangerous.

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    Comment #21899385

    This appears to be a destabilizing first strike weapon.

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    Comment #21736654

    Fantastic example of fog of war. Nice write-up!

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    My father was diagnosed with lung cancer 4 years ago. He is on his third round of chemo. I recommend reading "The Emperor of all Maladies" for an insightful book on cancer. Even th…

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