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vegas

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About vegas

I'm only half bad.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #39845118

    Enforcing said appropriate social norms is a big part of the reason there is management in the first place. However it means that 1) Management has to be technically competent enou…

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    Comment #17842488

    This article presents absolutely nothing as regards an actual argument about how to write computer programs. That's enough to say about it.

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    Comment #5275683

    all of the above are great for well supported kids to learn about firsthand. resillience and perseverance are great traits to acquire young, especially when coupled with a healthy …

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    Comment #4999773

    Fast as in did so two years ago?

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    Comment #4995321

    This essay is pretty accurate in a lot of regards. However, many of the things that he gets on about are things that are massively wrong with the American economy at the moment(not…

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    Comment #4978134

    What could possibly go wrong?

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    Comment #4970531

    This application needs to be something that runs on an open source ti-86 equivalent piece of hardware with no network connections and a battery life of forever instead of an iphone…

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    Comment #4969957

    You quit.

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    Comment #4969951

    In other breaking news of interest to the digitally connected elite, e follows d and precedes f. It is also generally not used as a grade in American educational institutions.

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    Comment #4937718

    Hipsters begin losing interest in instagram at a reliable rate.

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    Comment #4910794

    it was obvious it was bullshit at least :D

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    Comment #4883373

    He left out "You are Donald Knuth"

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    Comment #4871477

    PHP Pitfalls: PHP :D

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    Comment #4853558

    This is standard hyperbole.

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    Comment #4796659

    Truly the only blog title which could top this would be "Return of the ScrumMaster" I will not be holding my breath for "Attack of the beanlet containers"

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    Comment #4586816

    Shortage of tech workers willing to run on carrotless treadmills reaches epic proportions. Carrotless treadmills thrown away.

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    Comment #4448941

    Alan Kay means anyone can be persuasive, but wrong.

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    Comment #4363322

    Bringing the elegance, style, and linguistic specificity of C++ to Python. Next article will cover how to introduce friends classes and three different kinds of inheritance, to fur…

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    Comment #4343674

    "The main reason for the rapid growth is a large increase in the demand for computer software." http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/s... http://www.bls.gov/o…

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    Comment #4343616

    You can and should charge at least $225/hour if you are a competent software person. There are far less competent software people then there are mediocre lawyers, and mediocre lawy…

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    Comment #4343611

    peccorino romano man, peccorino romano. You could charge $2k/hr

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    Comment #4311376

    Chad Orzel isn't glamourizing his lack of systematic knowledge, merely acknowledging it in a forthright and fairly humble manner. I'd argue that he's trying to avoid coming off as …

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    Comment #4297609

    More importantly, where's the whale?