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plamenv
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Comment #2864077
I'm pretty sure that most the programmers, who we consider to be at the top of the professional ladder, won't be able to check off even 30% of those "achievements".
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Comment #2857400
> Which they did in order to show the obvious problem in a safe and entertaining way And the "obvious" problem is...? The car electronics was showing they had charge for 30 miles. …
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Comment #2855031
The only thing a site like this can "streamline" is the weeding out of the truly incompetent people, pretending to be programmers. But I'd argue that it's not a very hard task anyw…
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Comment #2702224
That's $12-$24 per year, not month. And they can do it simply because of sheer volume. Everyone has to deal with passwords so their market is humongous. If you sell to teachers tha…
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Comment #2700950
Actually, you're right. For some reason, I was thinking that I have to pick a limit for the database field but, of course, the password is hashed so it doesn't matter how long it i…
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Comment #2700854
It's obviously not copy-paste and why would it be so hard to believe that both Goldman and Salomon had the same practices of removing authors names from papers?
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Comment #2699229
Can anyone explain why would you want a password longer than 16 characters? Even if it's unsalted, all lowercase letters and md5 hashed, it's impossible to bruteforce crack it. And…
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Comment #2671543
Yes, the mayhem at the beginning is expected but I'm curious if the trial/error process could actually bring some sound stable system at the end. I'm inclined to think that this wo…
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Comment #2541161
I'd suggest concentrating on the quality of work you will (hopefully) be offering, not the min project price. If I'm a potential employer I'm not thinking "Oh, God, I'm so desperat…
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Comment #2350826
From https://github.com/aichallenge/aichallenge/wiki/Teams : "He will go around shaking his tin cup with potential sponsors, with right of first refusal going to our generous spons…
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Comment #2055154
I wish it was as easy as that. Real deadlines work because there is some external factor taking place. For example, you get fired by your boss if you don't put that important repor…
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Comment #1829181
Well, that makes the anti-helmet case even stronger. If the most dangerous riders from the pool were in the 30% that stopped biking and if the helmets were actually helpful, wouldn…
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Comment #1829054
I'm one of the cool-looking europeans :) I've started to bike recently and decided not to wear a helmet after reading few articles that suggested there is practically no evidence a…