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null | downvotes_puffins | null | The example code has some problems
1. Given the problem domain, I would expect `SharePrice` to be some built around a fixed-precision decimal or integer. I wouldn't expect the `shareprice.h` header to have many dependencies at all, maybe just a `#include <iosfwd>` to declare ostream operations. So there isn't a ... | null | 0 | 1491679722 | 1491680144 | 0 | dg090zx | t3_643tzv | null | null | t3_643tzv | null | 1493907921 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Squishybanana04 | null | It's a learning experience, but I think it's a bit easier to learn that some other frameworks. Also it does parallel processing in a more unique way than others. | null | 0 | 1491679785 | False | 0 | dg092fz | t3_6486xh | null | null | t1_dg07nbu | null | 1493907941 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | damn_it_so_much | null | Thanks, I'll bookmark this. | null | 0 | 1491679796 | False | 0 | dg092q6 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg066gi | null | 1493907945 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | keylimesoda | null | Nobody has really answered the question here.
If you want passionate developers, make their work the same as their side project. Give them freedom to engage in things that interest them, to follow their imagination. Give them ownership over what they're doing, so they're working on their own project and not something... | null | 0 | 1491679812 | False | 0 | dg0933u | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493907950 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | casey_stadick | null | I am a computer science major at UW and I started coding in java script at a course taught at the 9th grade level. I'm in the end of my second semester and nothing is new yet, and class is incredibly boring. If coding was a discipline in elementary, just think about the quality of programmers would emerge. | null | 0 | 1491679862 | False | 0 | dg094cp | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493907967 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | casey_stadick | null | Colleges would not need to cover the beginner stuff | null | 0 | 1491679912 | False | 0 | dg095k3 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg094cp | null | 1493907982 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Squishybanana04 | null | It's similar to express but it's much more lightweight. Anyways, I made it because I wanted to learn how these things work.
I've only seriously been programming for about a year or two but ever since I was around nine years old I've been curious about this stuff. | null | 0 | 1491679914 | False | 0 | dg095m7 | t3_6486xh | null | null | t1_dg08icd | null | 1493907983 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tmsidkmf | null | I think that some activities require skills that end up being more transferable than others. I believe coding is an activity that ends up giving skills that transfer well to many other activities, as the author in the article I linked to argues. | null | 0 | 1491679946 | False | 0 | dg096ep | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg088yk | null | 1493907993 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | georgeo | null | Yup, we're on the same *page* ;) | null | 0 | 1491679960 | False | 0 | dg096po | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dg025uf | null | 1493907998 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dworgi | null | Alright, where's the JavaScript compiler?
Large PHP systems, I mean, yes, they exist, but in hindsight does anyone think that Facebook really should have essentially rewritten PHP to make Facebook? Why not just write it in a language that's actually fit for purpose.
But since you feel so justified mocking my credent... | null | 0 | 1491679976 | False | 0 | dg09739 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg086c7 | null | 1493908003 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | toronto-arrow | null | I'll second that. Go is not a cool language, but it's obviously very useful. I like Smalltalk; it's one of the coolest languages I've ever encountered. | null | 0 | 1491680057 | False | 0 | dg0993a | t3_643kpm | null | null | t1_dg088w3 | null | 1493908030 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tmsidkmf | null | Perhaps. I think it depends on how it's taught.
Why did you mention algebra specifically? Algebra does introduce the concept of a variable, which has similarities to the programming concept of a variable, but I don't think algebra is a prerequisite for learning programming. It would definitely help but I'm not sure... | null | 0 | 1491680088 | False | 0 | dg099ui | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08r9j | null | 1493908040 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pxtang | null | `tmux -CC` is the command. Sadly doesn't work with mosh :/ | null | 0 | 1491680161 | False | 0 | dg09bq4 | t3_646ekw | null | null | t1_dg02xvg | null | 1493908065 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | welpfuckit | null | You put them in the games industry. That's how. | null | 0 | 1491680235 | False | 0 | dg09dk4 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493908090 | 82 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | HKei | null | I mean, that's kind of what the linked article is saying; Their claim is basically that the average programmer gets maybe 2-4 hours of work done per day, and the rest is either busywork, socializing or goofing off, the 8 hour work day is already a historical artifact and trying to push that artificial number higher doe... | null | 0 | 1491680241 | False | 0 | dg09dp3 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg049tv | null | 1493908092 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Drainedsoul | null | >understanding introductory computer science would be useful
Why? | null | 0 | 1491680305 | False | 0 | dg09fb3 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg07idi | null | 1493908114 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Rentool | null | Na. Just a normal Australia who has worked with Americans that think they are the shit but are some of the laziest, incompetent people I have ever met. | null | 0 | 1491680352 | False | 0 | dg09ghy | t3_637m7q | null | null | t1_dfsvuom | null | 1493908129 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | HKei | null | Can't actually do that, because then you'd eventually get E++, then you'd go to F, then you'd make a .NET version, call it F# and then you'll feel terribly upon finding out that that already exists and is a very different language. | null | 0 | 1491680439 | False | 0 | dg09ilf | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfzbl1l | null | 1493908157 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | triangularspace | null | *MISRA-C:2012, Rule 18.4* is *Advisory*, not *Required*. | null | 0 | 1491680657 | False | 0 | dg09nyg | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg08ewv | null | 1493908228 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | linoimi | null | I wasn't talking about embedded software. I just didn't support his position on C syntax and his example.
Edit: Just saw your comment was about embedded development. Must have glanced over. Thanks for telling me about MISRA coding standards, my university course failed to mention anything about it. | null | 0 | 1491680696 | 1491681132 | 0 | dg09owj | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg08ewv | null | 1493908242 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | gpyh | null | Education is not something reactive. You don't educate children for the present, you educate them for the future. And you have no idea what will be the input if choice in the future. Who would have guessed 15 years ago that most computing would be done through a tactile piece of glass?
Don't get distracted in all thos... | null | 0 | 1491680793 | False | 0 | dg09rad | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg03ql1 | null | 1493908274 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | themadxcow | null | That assumes that everyone who can code can also come up with projects worth coding. That's not reality. Flooding the market with programmers will have the same effect as flooding the market with any other profession, lower wages for everyone. | null | 0 | 1491680800 | False | 0 | dg09rh0 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08yuu | null | 1493908276 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | themadxcow | null | No, they were electives though. | null | 0 | 1491680870 | False | 0 | dg09t6x | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg07pix | null | 1493908300 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | shevegen | null | Another reason why JavaScript should die. | null | 1 | 1491680922 | False | 0 | dg09uer | t3_64844z | null | null | t3_64844z | null | 1493908316 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | deus_lemmus | null | Stop pushing them head first into languages which are stupidly complex and start them out with something easy. | null | 0 | 1491680986 | False | 0 | dg09w01 | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493908337 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | Thank the good lord and Jesus in high heaven that Linus Toravalds acts like a asshole sometimes. The hero we need. | null | 0 | 1491681043 | False | 0 | dg09xe9 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493908356 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jakimfett | null | The best part is when they aggressively `chmod` something, so while nothing immediately appears to be changed, it can still break the deployment or compile scripts days later.
(we actually call this "cowboy coding", and one of the senior devs jokingly brought in a painfully bright, red-white-and-blue cowboy hat and ... | null | 0 | 1491681125 | 1491681332 | 0 | dg09zc0 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzl05q | null | 1493908382 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ruindd | null | > No programmers really work 60-80 hours a week...
I must not be a _real_ programmer then. I've done 60+ in a week and made TONS of progress. But I don't feel guilty later on when I don't put in 30+ during a week.
> especially in a 5 day span. That is a 12-16 hour day, 5 days a week.
Or 10 hours a day, 7 days ... | null | 0 | 1491681137 | False | 0 | dg09zm8 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493908387 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _foundling_ | null | I don't agree with the claim that a functional approach 'makes asynchronous code trivial'. Even mapping over Promise.all, e.g., is doable because of the promise design, not FP. Asynchronous functions dont return useful values, as the results are only available after the async call has returned. Hence callbacks, promi... | null | 0 | 1491681204 | False | 0 | dg0a17z | t3_648jmw | null | null | t3_648jmw | null | 1493908408 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Diogenes59 | null | In Sweden, kids will start learning coding in first grade starting next semester. It's going to become a part of the regular teaching here. So I guess that's one way to do it.
But it'll probably end with thousands of computer in the schools ending up prank scripts. | null | 0 | 1491681342 | False | 0 | dg0a4mk | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493908454 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kare_kano | null | Thumbs up for actually reading the article. For those who won't, here's the TLDR; programming is creative work and the output does not conform to an exact formula for time and effort. Forcing people to work more hours in a day will actually net you less quality.
The author never actually answered the question though, ... | null | 0 | 1491681471 | False | 0 | dg0a7qm | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg03vj2 | null | 1493908497 | 144 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Fedelaus | null | I don't disagree but ending with
>Anyone who thinks this isn’t true is either being dishonest with themselves or isn’t paying attention.
was a little dismissive of alternative thinking, which the author is kinda trying to promote. | null | 0 | 1491681496 | False | 0 | dg0a8bl | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg03vj2 | null | 1493908507 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | robvdl | null | A manager doesn't necessarily need to know how to code, but a leader (e.g. technical lead) should.
That saying, I get how it can be frustrating sometimes when devs get pushed by managers who "don't understand" | null | 0 | 1491681506 | False | 0 | dg0a8ke | t3_647drk | null | null | t3_647drk | null | 1493908512 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | deathfacejackal | null | You tie them up and hold a gun to their head! | null | 0 | 1491681516 | False | 0 | dg0a8tn | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493908518 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dugen | null |
> There is no software pie that everybody eats from.
Yes there is. Software development requires an opportunity to capitalize on, and those opportunities are not unlimited. There is also a vicious culture of cannibalism in the software world, where if there is significant money to be made, someone will probabl... | null | 0 | 1491681574 | False | 0 | dg0aa8k | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08yuu | null | 1493908538 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | codekiller | null | I guess many people know a couple who are like you, however I believe that is not the norm. I once worked on a project for 2 months where some came in for 7 days 13 hours/day. At least I did experience health problems yet I was still in my mid 20s and relatively fit. | null | 0 | 1491681583 | False | 0 | dg0aagl | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg09zm8 | null | 1493908540 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | SweatyNuN | null | My hours are 8.45am to 5.30pm but i officially stop working at 2.30 or 3pm and spend the rest of the day on reddit. | null | 0 | 1491681625 | False | 0 | dg0abgo | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg06aq2 | null | 1493908553 | 67 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ubuntan | null | Ya im sorry. Ive been rude. I am just a junior programmer myself, but most implementations of dynamic languages, so called 'interpreters' first compile to bytecode, then run that on a VM.
The point though, is that dynamic languages (and static languages) have both strengths and weaknesses. There is a reason why javasc... | null | 0 | 1491681765 | False | 0 | dg0aeuy | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg09739 | null | 1493908599 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | redwall_hp | null | I'm not going to even dignify that baseless bit of conclusion-jumping with a response. | null | 0 | 1491681797 | False | 0 | dg0afmf | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06wc6 | null | 1493908610 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | dineshbalaji92 | null | var name = "Global Name";
var obj = {
name : 'Object Name',
printName : function() {
setTimeout(() => {
console.log(this.name);
}, 2000);
}
};
obj.printName(); //prints "Object Name"
var printNameReference = obj.printName;
p... | null | 0 | 1491681838 | 1491684217 | 0 | dg0agmu | t3_64844z | null | null | t1_dg07rz0 | null | 1493908629 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Nlsnightmare | null | I, for one, second that. Also, what better sport than beer pong? | null | 0 | 1491681951 | False | 0 | dg0ajdg | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg065iw | null | 1493908665 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dworgi | null | They obviously did make a bad decision, because as I said *they've rewritten PHP*.
Small apps make up some vanishingly small percentage of the programming workload, with the vast majority being dedicated to maintenance. Dynamic languages are worse for maintenance, which means that even if you can toss together 10 pro... | null | 0 | 1491681993 | False | 0 | dg0akdw | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0aeuy | null | 1493908679 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | rueldotme | null | If we are doing this to accelerate our technological evolution, then we're doing it wrong. Good coders are awesome at what they do because they're passionate about it. This is true on every profession.
If we force children and more people on programming, we'll end up with more sloppy written softwares and services. Le... | null | 1 | 1491682032 | False | 0 | dg0alcp | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493908692 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | eyal0 | null | I use python and Java at work. Neither existed when I was in school. So whatever language you're teaching them, maybe it won't exist when they enter the workforce.
Math, however, has been around for millenia. I'm still using it. I also have to write documents that make sense with grammar and spelling, both of which ha... | null | 0 | 1491682036 | False | 0 | dg0alfi | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08dok | null | 1493908693 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | eric22vhs | null | Agreed. Reddit's always had an thing for this, and it's gone way overboard. Yes, knowing a little html will probably help you, or at least boost your resume, in almost any office job in the near future; but not everybody needs to know how to program..
On top of that, this may be sacrilege here, but the overwhelming po... | null | 0 | 1491682059 | False | 0 | dg0am1j | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493908701 | 33 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sultry_somnambulist | null | Big software businesses have shorter life expectancies than entities of comparable size in traditional business. The bar to throw over established businesses with an innovative idea is much lower than in any natural resource dependent industry, because the value is largely in the developers, not the hardware.
That th... | null | 0 | 1491682059 | False | 0 | dg0am1o | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0aa8k | null | 1493908701 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | wrosecrans | null | If I have to explain my job to a non technical person whose eyes might otherwise glaze over, I usually use the word "wizardry" rather than something like coding, since I use special powerful words to command inanimate objects to do my bidding. I honestly kind of hate the word "coding" in any context for some reason. ... | null | 0 | 1491682081 | False | 0 | dg0amkc | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg04gk5 | null | 1493908707 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | chrisgseaton | null | > Computer Science prior to university has no rigour at all
I'm not sure I'd agree. In the UK the maths courses have a discrete module where you lean algorithms with quite a lot of rigour. Depends on what you mean by rigour, but you do proofs and things with them. | null | 0 | 1491682256 | False | 0 | dg0aqvy | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06enf | null | 1493908781 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | wrosecrans | null | Thinking about the world as a place that follows rules is useful. It establish that all the magic is comprehensible if you work at it enough, and it provies training in logic thought processes.
It also helps avoid wasting a ton of their time doing manual copy and paste bullshit work for the computer rather than makin... | null | 0 | 1491682264 | False | 0 | dg0ar2q | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493908784 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | TomCallahanJr | null | > Whoever is still wondering about whether to "do agile" is severely out of touch.
I'm with you, I don't really see how agile fits in this post by the author. The author does, however, have a post on [why developers hate agile?](http://brianknapp.me/developers-dislike-agile/) in which he said...
> Agile is abou... | null | 0 | 1491682295 | False | 0 | dg0arta | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0a7qm | null | 1493908793 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RBWTP | null | only If you go to South Korea. | null | 0 | 1491682325 | False | 0 | dg0asil | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493908804 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | -sash- | null | Some kind of idiom? | null | 0 | 1491682331 | False | 0 | dg0asnu | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg04vsx | null | 1493908806 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | comeththenerd | null | Was shown a very early version of this in Redmond Sept'15. I left MS Sept'16 but really interested to see where the team has got to with this! | null | 0 | 1491682338 | False | 0 | dg0asu0 | t3_646w75 | null | null | t3_646w75 | null | 1493908808 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nil_von_9wo | null | In my experience, agile is frequently little more than a buzzword.
Clients want the advantages of agile, but the "predictability" of waterfall and minimal investment of their own time once the project is started.
So you get scrum teams without "Product Owners", doing tasks without sufficient specifications, working t... | null | 0 | 1491682361 | False | 0 | dg0atdh | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0a7qm | null | 1493908816 | 88 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ColdCaulkCraig | null | Jet Brains makes an IDE specifically for learning the basic syntax of python. I'm literally finishing up the exercises myself because I need a refresher. It's taken me about 2 days to get through them. I recommend it.
btw its called pycharm edu | null | 0 | 1491682417 | False | 0 | dg0aupx | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08dok | null | 1493908833 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | neniocom | null | To increase the size of the labor pool and bring down wages, duh | null | 0 | 1491682453 | False | 0 | dg0avk3 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493908845 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | eric22vhs | null | Yeah, there's no reason to push programming on them before they've even learned basic algebra. Most high schools offer programming classes as electives. Beyond that, I don't think you need to shove their face in it and act like you'll be disappointed in them if they're not into it. | null | 0 | 1491682455 | False | 0 | dg0avlo | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06xy1 | null | 1493908846 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | davorklju | null | > it's OK to either just not reply, or admit that someone else has a point rather than oppose them tooth and nail.
And I'll prove it by writing a short novel. lol
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null | gyroda | null | There's been some CS education in the UK for a while, but it's totally optional. In the maths A level (itself optional) you get the choice of three "applied" maths units (Statistics, Mechanics and Decision). The last is basically algorithms. Apparently it gets harder in the second part of decision maths, but my course ... | null | 0 | 1491682481 | False | 0 | dg0aw8r | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg06enf | null | 1493908855 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jimalloneword | null | Isn't that what happened to Homer Simpson? | null | 0 | 1491682498 | False | 0 | dg0awn0 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg049ug | null | 1493908860 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | 640x480 | null | These days you can use `Function.bind()`, which does exactly this. e.g. `myObj.myFunc.bind(myObj)`. | null | 0 | 1491682542 | False | 0 | dg0axnz | t3_64844z | null | null | t1_dg04dpn | null | 1493908874 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | eric22vhs | null | > If more kids were introduced (at a young age), they might find they like it
..How young are we talking about here? Schools already have classes in programming, and I don't think it's something you ought to be pushing before they've completed basic algebra, which when I was in school, was around eighth grade... Pr... | null | 0 | 1491682549 | False | 0 | dg0axuw | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg077za | null | 1493908876 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | It's more of a throw a net and catch people sort of philosophy. Given that computing is basically a necessity of modern life more people should be literate per capita tomorrow than today. | null | 0 | 1491682583 | False | 0 | dg0ayou | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493908888 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sabas123 | null | Could you link me to a few resources? I couldn't find anything. | null | 0 | 1491682636 | False | 0 | dg0azz3 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg07ixj | null | 1493908904 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sabas123 | null | How do you stay productive while having to mentally focus for so long? | null | 0 | 1491682693 | False | 0 | dg0b1af | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg09zm8 | null | 1493908922 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Grommmit | null | He could say the same to you. | null | 1 | 1491682726 | False | 0 | dg0b247 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0afmf | null | 1493908933 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kare_kano | null | Which IMHO is the way to go: build JavaScript supersets that give you what you want, instead of attempting to make JavaScript into something it's not.
I'm not saying JavaScript shouldn't evolve anymore; but it can't incorporate everything under the sun. | null | 0 | 1491682727 | False | 0 | dg0b24y | t3_646fjo | null | null | t1_dfzyogr | null | 1493908933 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dugen | null | > because the value is largely in the developers, not the hardware
The value is in neither of these things. The value rests *entirely* in the software and the government enforced monopoly that gives it value (copyright). That value rests in the hands of those who own that software. The developers only have value... | null | 0 | 1491682733 | 1491683065 | 0 | dg0b2an | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0am1o | null | 1493908935 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MikeHfuhruhurr | null | Fortunately for the children, colleges around the country have already taken the initiative to address this problem. | null | 0 | 1491682768 | False | 0 | dg0b34y | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg065iw | null | 1493908947 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pukotoshana_murkals | null | Algebra is about abstractions and manipulating them.
Programming is the same. | null | 0 | 1491682874 | False | 0 | dg0b5qp | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg099ui | null | 1493908985 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Alfrredu | null | Maybe python won't be around, but a conditional block structure will surely be. Learning a language fluidly takes a month if dedicated. We are not teaching python, we are using python to teach programming | null | 0 | 1491682882 | False | 0 | dg0b5xu | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0alfi | null | 1493908987 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | gyroda | null | You're being downvoted but it was only due to the A level computing course that I knew I liked programming. Kids should be exposed to computer theory stuff (even just the basics of how computers work) just like they're exposed to goodness knows how many other subjects. That way they have a starting point and a chance t... | null | 0 | 1491682911 | False | 0 | dg0b6oa | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg069ts | null | 1493908997 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | sultry_somnambulist | null | we're quite rapidly moving towards a more permissible open source system in which cooperation and collective innovation is of more value than hoarding. Even the bigger companies are embracing it, if only out of self-interest. In that fairly democratic eco-system new talent is a huge asset, not a problem.
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null | inu-no-policemen | null | > var printNameReference = obj.printName;
If you tear off a method in JavaScript, you've to use bind to glue `this` to it:
var printNameReference = obj.printName.bind(obj); | null | 0 | 1491682959 | False | 0 | dg0b7vv | t3_64844z | null | null | t1_dg0agmu | null | 1493909014 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sintos-compa | null | every stem type job should know some level of coding, and probably will in the future. It should be taught early and be part of core education
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null | sabas123 | null | What is your stance on math being thought in school, and why do you think it differs from programming? | null | 1 | 1491683072 | False | 0 | dg0banp | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493909051 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | dineshbalaji92 | null | My point exactly. I've mentioned that in the post.. :) | null | 0 | 1491683114 | False | 0 | dg0bbme | t3_64844z | null | null | t1_dg0b7vv | null | 1493909064 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kare_kano | null | Of course clients are clueless. If they knew how to make software what would they need you for? They bitch just the way everybody is secretly convinced that the auto shop is ripping them off.
> agile is frequently little more than a buzzword.
"Agile" is a buzzword, but how you deal with the things I described abov... | null | 0 | 1491683130 | False | 0 | dg0bbz6 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0atdh | null | 1493909069 | 47 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MikeHfuhruhurr | null | JavaScript's a little wacky because of things like callbacks and async. Even if you did basic things (or literally, BASIC things) in high school then you'd still need some intro stuff for that.
But I definitely agree that you should be able to skip a lot of the intro sections of normal Python or Java intro courses. Th... | null | 0 | 1491683152 | 1491685529 | 0 | dg0bcih | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg095k3 | null | 1493909076 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ColdCaulkCraig | null | I feel like everyone in this thread thinks OP is trying to slam programming down kids throats but that's not what I get from it. In general, the most successful people in life are people that found their passion at a young age. Obviously we shouldn't force kids onto anything and I'm thankful my parents didn't do that. ... | null | 0 | 1491683181 | False | 0 | dg0bd9a | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493909085 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Daversoft | null | I lead a team of developers and I think this article is right on the money. I have an unwritten rule that my developers will not work more than 40 hours per week. Performance is judged by the end result, not the grind to get there. Longer hours lead to more mistakes and unhappy developers. If you need to get more w... | null | 0 | 1491683213 | False | 0 | dg0be15 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493909096 | 58 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | OrionBlastar | null | I learned BASIC on a Commodore 64 at home. What got me hooked on it was trying to learn how to develop video games. When I got into high school, I transferred to a different high school that had taught programming. I learned UCSD Pascal on an Apple // with moving a turtle/pen so many pixels and turning degrees, etc.
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null | Dugen | null | > we're quite rapidly moving towards a more permissible open source system
Enthusiasm for open source peaked in 2000. If anything, it's proven unsustainable and except for the kernel, and a few widely used projects that developers themselves use, most development has abandoned the model. Almost none of the modern... | null | 0 | 1491683323 | False | 0 | dg0bgmh | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0b7bc | null | 1493909132 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | kare_kano | null | The money quote in that article is probably this: :)
> People desire a structure that allows them to abdicate responsibility.
Great article, thanks. Amuzing, and so insightful. | null | 0 | 1491683369 | False | 0 | dg0bhs4 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0arta | null | 1493909147 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | jnordwick | null | Why do keep assuming I don't know Python? I've even written a couple modules. And those aren't the same. I'm taking about a language which takes a radical approach and makes them interchangeable syntactically even if they have different semantics when defining them. | null | 0 | 1491683411 | False | 0 | dg0bit4 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg05vux | null | 1493909160 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | RadioIsMyFriend | null | First of all, stop putting the cart before the horse. Second, get rid of common core and standardized testing. Third, get rid of homework. Homework only causes the student confusion when they need to ask their parents for help and it chews up after school time. Time that could be spent tooling around on computers.
We... | null | 1 | 1491683460 | False | 0 | dg0bk0c | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493909177 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | rueldotme | null | Nice work!
But you might want to [remove](https://help.github.com/articles/removing-files-from-a-repository-s-history/) the `node_modules` directory from your repository. | null | 0 | 1491683587 | False | 0 | dg0bn5y | t3_648zp1 | null | null | t3_648zp1 | null | 1493909219 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | davorzdralo | null | Anyone can say anything, that doesn't mean what they said isn't stupid. | null | 0 | 1491683595 | False | 0 | dg0bndd | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0b247 | null | 1493909221 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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