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superails

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    Comment #6474283

    Awesome. Love the flag.

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    Comment #6474275

    5MP downsample, resolution falls well short of what a 38MP camera should (theoretically) be capable of, runs windows phone 8 (fewer apps), phone has awkward shape not shown in comm…

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    Comment #6474216

    > and frustratingly, it doesn't seem to actually link to the research that it mentions either, nor even provide enough a citation to find it Citations don't sell. Sex, violence, an…

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    Comment #6474171

    I think it is the Nokia Lumia 1020/EOS, which I've heard is more of a sham than marketing would lead you to believe. I have to admit when I've seen the commercials, I wanted one al…

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    Comment #6474137

    They don't hand out money everyday to the same people. And it is not stupid theater. It is our government NOT at work. We may temporarily recover some of our debt. In fact, if they…

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    Comment #6474098

    Surface/2 = fail, Windows phone/mobile = fail, Ballmer left, XBox One = NSA big brother/bad timing fail, now known to have been working with NSA first to help access user data of p…

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    Comment #6474010

    > "We believe every person deserves the chance to live a healthy, productive life." > What if something like this was the purpose and vision for Microsoft? They need to combine wha…

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    Comment #6473973

    Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6473264

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    Comment #6473962

    Thanks for sharing, but if I don't know a language, how is having a tool translate it going to help me learn the language? Are you suggesting this only for those with a moderate kn…

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    Comment #6473875

    Start practicing to interview and getting your resume/CV in order. Start contacting recruiters; they will take a long time to get you into the system. Be wary of recruiters that as…

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    Comment #6468903

    > Imagine coming to work to spend hours googling, wiring together unbelievably shitty, amazingly poor documented frameworks and battling Javscript and CSS. I don't have to imagine …

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    Comment #6468843

    Yes, per the post we're discussing: "Including EEGs in basic military first aid kits would also help with both medical diagnostics and clinical care for deployed soldiers" However,…

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    Comment #6467588

    > in every case where we let someone go, that person has gone on to work on things that they are more passionate about and where they have excelled and been happier at. Ok, I belie…

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    Comment #6467566

    It's highly doubtful the example mentioned (checked brain waves after an injury) is something EMT's are dying to have available in a portable format. Checking brain waves regularly…

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    Comment #6467240

    > Redshift smelled enough like PostgreSQL I'm curious. How does something smell like Postgres? Does it use some of the same PG-specific datatypes?

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    Comment #6467233

    Most are built to serve a need that the developer has. But, yes, there is also pain and struggle.

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    Comment #6467191

    How about a framework for tactical RPG's? Grids, etc. Gaming is always a big thing, and I'm not aware of a framework like that for iOS. Or how about a security framework like a met…

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    Comment #6467129

    Locally there have been only two businesses hiring senior Rails devs that I saw, where the intention of the position involved coding full-time. One of those positions was a team le…

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    Comment #6464892

    Second that. The greatest thing about that movie is that it doesn't glorify being an indie game developer at all. Watching that movie is one of the main reasons I've held back from…

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    Comment #6464166

    > guaranteed minimum income A guaranteed minimum income is basically welfare. Welfare enslaves the poor. Instead of using income that is not work-dependent or welfare checks as a m…

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    Comment #6464123

    Senior dev here who wasn't even a CS grad. I got experience by finding a job with someone that didn't require experience- they were ok with a certification. After that, I used expe…

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    Comment #6460958

    Not for senior devs in my experience. I initially got a number of recruiters. I think they scrape the ruby/rails-users mailing lists and send out spam. I'm also on every Rails job …