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Procrastination is a motivation problem that is not solvable by software.

Stop trying so hard. Writing algorithms is a lot like writing poetry, you just have to let it come to you. Whenever I come across a problem that the answer doesn't immediately jump…

Technically you can see Neil in the reflection of Buzz's visor in that photo.

If someone tell me "April 3, 2007", I immediately know that was about 4 or 5 years ago by quickly subtracting in my head 2007 from 2012. If someone told me "What were you doing 5 Y…

Not anymore... the porn industry has been in a huge decline in recent years

Programming is really two jobs in one. Writing new code, and maintaining existing code are two completely different tasks. Its surprising to m that the two jobs aren't differentiat…

At my last job there was a database table in out project that represented the markets our site was operating in. One row for Spain, one row for Brail, one for USA. At the time we o…

I don't know, twitter, reddit, foursquare... those are all big names

I was thinking about this sort of thing a few weeks ago. I think it's more about 'control' rather than 'safety'. Heres my take: fiscally conservative politician = tight control on …

PCK isn't a "latest buzz-wordy technique". Its an established educational technique thats been around for a long time. > This type of headline sensationalism designed to take down …

As you become a better programmer, these refinements and rearrangements occur in your head. So when you begin writing code, you already know how you want the code to look. When I w…

What the hell is this person talking about? Too much jargon...

If you're just reading, reading, reading, reading, then you're not going to get much out of the reading. If you take a few minutes after each article to correlate the information t…