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penprogg

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    Comment #9826908

    Wow, it's like you didn't even take the time to process what he said and decided to get outraged anyway.

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    Comment #9736550

    holy shit it's three hours long

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    Comment #9695821

    Hey man, all that CRUD needed to make all those shovelware google apps requires a ton of algorithmic knowledge. /s

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    Comment #9695732

    Isn't it possible with a little bit of work to get Unity content working on UE4?

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    Comment #9677121

    One problem I have with the page is the contrast of the lettering. I think you the light grey characters could be a little bit darker.

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    Comment #9674645

    So I decided to search the definition of engineering on the internet because I've heard this whole "software engineering is not engineering" thing before: > Engineering (from Latin…

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    Comment #9656910

    What is the difference between this and Cassandra? A more powerful querying language? Cassandra already has Consistency Levels with Replication Strategies. I feel like the only way…

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    Comment #9634825

    And then all of the universities submitting courses to coursera would stop...

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    Comment #9634816

    When people are saying the certificate is worthless they mean that when applying for a job, employers do not care if you have completed a mooc or not. A Mooc's value doesn't come f…

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    Comment #9608372

    You can copy the link into google and access it through there

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    Comment #9592798

    Oh those poor government agencies with their millions of dollars in funding. Who will defend them from those teenage hackers that are causing them "trillions" in damages tm.

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    Comment #9512434

    I don't know about the newer smart boards but the old ones sucked hard. This windows surface device seems like it will be using an actual digitizer and it wont be using a projector…

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    Comment #9496276

    Extremely laggy

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    Comment #9482614

    I would never go to a company therapist. Go out and pay for one yourself. There is a clear conflict of interest for the therapist and while they may seem to be nice it's not worth …

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    Comment #9470116

    While I hate that riots exist, it honestly makes me feel good that there is a group of people in the US that get angry enough with the system to get up and do something. Every time…

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    Comment #9456833

    The argument was money -> bubble It's not very good

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    Comment #9448802

    The problem with this is that society does not accept failure. Fail a few times in college and your GPA is irreparably damaged, you have to spend extra time (and money, oh god the …

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    Comment #9389468

    I agree, I'm a CS student taking a Digital Design course and programming VHDL is possibly the worst experience I've ever had. (I am very aware that VHDL is not a programming langua…

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    Comment #9335686

    It's not odd that they are more expensive, monitors typically have higher refresh rates and faster response times. Both of which imply more powerful hardware for the monitor's driv…

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    Comment #9323238

    You might find this to be really cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWeJsaCiGQ0 it's a reall full auto gauss cannon. The obvious flaw is that there is no spin added to the projec…

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    I agree with the author's sentiment 100%. As others have stated, the reason that video is worse than text for learning is because A. The rate at which you can read is faster than y…

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    Comment #9260468

    I had no idea how much money was being thrown into the tech sector before the 2000 bubble. $100 billion seems unreal.