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Ten Years at Google

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Re: Ten Years at Google

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Post by tacostakohashi »

rinchik1 wrote: post #2

OMG clicked on https://neil.fraser.name/news/2016/11/21/ (G-train link) and i just can't get past those nails..

Heh. As a programmer that types a lot, obviously, I find it really annoying when my nails get any length on them at all - especially the index and middle fingers, it feels horrible whenever your nails hit the keys before your actual fingertips.

I tend to keep a second pair of nail scissors at the office, as I can't even bear it until the end of the day (this often happens on a Monday).

Accordingly, I always find it kind of amazing / bizarre to see long nails on any other coworkers / software developer types.

Re: Ten Years at Google

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Post by rinchik1 »

tacostakohashi wrote: post #3
rinchik1 wrote: post #2

OMG clicked on https://neil.fraser.name/news/2016/11/21/ (G-train link) and i just can't get past those nails..

Heh. As a programmer that types a lot, obviously, I find it really annoying when my nails get any length on them at all - especially the index and middle fingers, it feels horrible whenever your nails hit the keys before your actual fingertips. I tend to keep a second pair of nail scissors at the office, as I can't even bear it until the end of the day (this often happens on a Monday). Accordingly, I always find it k…

Same here! It weirds me out when my nails hit keyboard or trackpad before my fingertips do. http://1.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/64/33/39bee4f33728e1f5...

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Post by sctb »

rinchik1 wrote: post #2

OMG clicked on https://neil.fraser.name/news/2016/11/21/ (G-train link) and i just can't get past those nails..

This account has been posting mostly unsubstantive comments. Please stop and (re-)read the guidelines:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Ten Years at Google

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Post by teddyh »

vmarsy wrote: post #6

The robot moving aspect of blockly reminds me of one of the awesome Dr. brain game (1994)[1], is there other kid-friendly games like this those 2 were inspired from? [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xqDGPYMcWGk

Many suggestions on HN here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6345975

Re: Ten Years at Google

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Post by hacker_9 »

bootload wrote: post #5

"My biggest contribution so far at Google has been Blockly." Nice - https://developers.google.com/blockly/ no real fan of google, but the tools and code churned out by individuals there is pretty interesting. This I will play with.

Blockly is awesome and often overlooked. It realises the idea of a real time scripting language, and should really be the thing devs reach for over flowcharts when they decide to implement a visual programming environment.
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