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pchickey

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About pchickey

I'm an ECE senior at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. I mostly do work with embedded systems.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #2150735

    There are a few Haskell web frameworks out there which take advantage of advanced Haskell features. The Snap framework is based on Iteratees, a fairly recent abstraction developed …

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    Comment #1336815

    You should try having approximate location based on IP address already filled in. Something like, "We can get you started in New York, New York. Or give us your zip code:"

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    Comment #1165379

    Sure - the editor in chief, or whoever on staff wrote that description, doesn't really know ASP from LAMP. But they do know the current programmers use ASP.net and MT, and will nee…

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    Comment #992792

    If you enjoy this, Transcendent Speculation on the Apparent Deliberateness in the Fate of the Individual is another great essay by "the passionate and lucid Schopenhauer" : http://…

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    Comment #969872

    The app looks good, and you've made a lot of great design decisions. However, it took me a little too long to figure out what the idea was. Three suggestions: 'shop. save. share' d…

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    Comment #968128

    It just might be more difficult to design and bring a successful product to market than to write articles about something that sounds like a good product.

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    Comment #966041

    Part of "get stuff done" is that you manage yourself and communicate with your manager well enough to ensure you accomplish something of use to the team. Interviewers should unders…

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    Comment #871610

    The submitted headline editorializes, the Times article is neutral.

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    Comment #851118

    Following White's rules will do a good deal for those whose writing is not yet enjoyable to read.

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    Comment #803198

    Really, it's all about confidence in the delivery. When people ask "what do you do?" they're looking for a stereotype to fit you into. Take the opportunity to show them how they mi…

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    Comment #782292

    Is the description 'Rails-like' used accurately here? Based on this article, it sounds like Quickly generates boilerplate code and a makefile. Rails is playing on a much higher lev…

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    Comment #779416

    This story looks like another attempt by Arrington to cast himself as an important person in tech.