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null | crybannanna | null | Can we add civics in the list too?
I don't mind the idea of teaching kids how the tools they use work. A basic level, mind you, but something to allow them to understand the way computers function
Frankly, learning to code is a lesson in logic. Those two areas seem to compliment each other nicely. Learning basic co... | null | 0 | 1491695252 | False | 0 | dg0jd1v | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0g9y2 | null | 1493912941 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | doom_Oo7 | null | > What was the thread-safe initialization method before C++ 11?
The same but with explicit mutexes.
It's called Meyer's singleton. http://stackoverflow.com/a/17713799/1495627 | null | 0 | 1491695278 | False | 0 | dg0jdpj | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0ghkn | null | 1493912951 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Blac_Ninja | null | So what's the point? If it's not for educational purposes or practical purposes. | null | 0 | 1491695278 | False | 0 | dg0jdpm | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0j8ws | null | 1493912951 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | boogiebabiesbattle | null | The majority of American schools do not offer any classes in programming though... | null | 0 | 1491695281 | False | 0 | dg0jdsc | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0axuw | null | 1493912951 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | muuchthrows | null | I don't agree with comparing a computer program to a novel. Written text is full of ambiguity. You can get 10 people to read a paragraph and get 10 different ideas of what the paragraph said. A computer program is completely different, because as /u/bargle0 mentioned the Curry-Howard Correspondence shows us a program i... | null | 0 | 1491695343 | False | 0 | dg0jfc7 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfylg58 | null | 1493912972 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | stgeorge78 | null | Those women got to where they are without being forced too at a young age, which is exactly my point. Women with an aptitude for it will simply figure it out. No need to force a bunch of young girls to do something they don't like or want.
These women are still 1 out of 100 (more like 1 out of 100,000 but I'm being g... | null | 0 | 1491695421 | False | 0 | dg0jh8v | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0j4zg | null | 1493912998 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | waffleburner | null | by focusing less on the "programming language" and more on the doing.
seems pretty obvious to me | null | 0 | 1491695572 | False | 0 | dg0jkwg | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493913052 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DYMAXIONman | null | I think giving options is important. Allow students to substitute language, music, or art for programming | null | 0 | 1491695630 | False | 0 | dg0jmbk | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0in4e | null | 1493913071 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | bonkbonk2000 | null | As a past time it's as good as any other hobby. As a career it's being outsourced. It may be ok today, but won't be by the time kids today grow up and enter the workforce.
If the kids have an affinity to programming then sure, go after your passion. If not I'd say it may be better to get the kids into finance, law, or... | null | 0 | 1491695762 | False | 0 | dg0jplm | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493913114 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | TheEaterOfNames | null | Well there is the attribute @nogc that will make use of the GC a compile time error within the scope the attribute.
Much of the stdlib is @nogc (by virtue of its templatedness, as attributes for templates are inferred by the compiler) and the current work to make exceptions not use the GC will increase that coverage.
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null | sisyphus | null | How is Java an exception? Sun was a massive player that heavily promoted Java from the jump. | null | 0 | 1491695876 | False | 0 | dg0jsdv | t3_6498n8 | null | null | t1_dg0i6d2 | null | 1493913151 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lowdown | null | Totally mismanage your project, hire desperate people with excessive obligations, tease them with bonuses, be a sociopath with complete disregard for humanity, provide occasional pizza... | null | 0 | 1491695923 | False | 0 | dg0jtib | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493913167 | 58 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | rjcarr | null | Agreed. I think high schools should be required to offer programming class(es) as electives, but kids aren't required to take them. That is, they need to be available, but not a requirement for graduation.
Forcing kids to learn what don't want isn't going to work. That said, I wish my high school had a programming opt... | null | 0 | 1491696025 | False | 0 | dg0jvyw | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493913199 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | thewulfmann | null | Ok but can I use bootstrap with it? | null | 0 | 1491696029 | False | 0 | dg0jw2h | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0grmk | null | 1493913200 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | shady_mcgee | null | I've got something close, 9am-3:45pm with 30m-1hr lunch. I'm salary, M-F.
The catch is its a set of golden handcuffs. I don't think I could find a job like this again, so even though it's not that exciting I stick with it. | null | 0 | 1491696065 | False | 0 | dg0jwwy | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg073r6 | null | 1493913212 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | yegor_k | null | Like some other comments, I think reading, communication, mathematics...etc are essential for children to learn coding properly. I believe instead of forcing every child to learn to code we should find ways to make coding more accessible in the education system. | null | 0 | 1491696133 | False | 0 | dg0jyjr | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493913233 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | phottitor | null | I work 120-160 hours a week but then I am a 0.5 programmer. | null | 0 | 1491696352 | False | 0 | dg0k3tr | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493913303 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | flightm0de | null | I avoid coffee altogether - just a cup of green tea in the morning. I try to stay healthy. But after starting at 9, and taking a half hour for lunch, at around 4:30-5pm I hit a wall. Being productive after that seems to require twice the amount of time for recovery.
* finish at 4pm: I feel fine, let's have dinner with... | null | 0 | 1491696370 | False | 0 | dg0k48k | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0hm67 | null | 1493913309 | 53 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Fluffy_ribbit | null | It knew what ruby was, but not what usa was. :/ | null | 0 | 1491696420 | False | 0 | dg0k5eb | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzw36m | null | 1493913325 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | noknockers | null | *scoffs* bootstrap is like soooo es7. We're using bootstrap-on ^tm. It's like a strap-on dildo for bootstrap. | null | 0 | 1491696427 | False | 0 | dg0k5jn | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0jw2h | null | 1493913327 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | muuchthrows | null | Two reasons mainly from the top of my head:
* Manual memory management is error prone, it's relatively easy to introduce hard to find memory leaks, buffer overruns etc.
* The request/response nature of a web app means that any application-level processing will be dwarfed by time spent waiting on network or database io... | null | 0 | 1491696465 | 1491696756 | 0 | dg0k6fb | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0hoz8 | null | 1493913338 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | NoMoreNicksLeft | null | > I get shit from people I know when they find out my typical work day is 10am - 4pm with an hour lunch break...yet I am exhausted at the end of the day.
Stress is the most exhausting thing a person can do. Sleep/rest doesn't fix it, wake up in the morning feeling like shit, no matter how early you go to bed. | null | 0 | 1491696546 | False | 0 | dg0k8ao | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg06aq2 | null | 1493913363 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | codebje | null | > So why is there so much talk about how evil state is?
State isn't evil. Shared mutable state is risky.
It's risky because the larger the codebase, the harder it becomes to understand where that state is being mutated. This isn't an FP/OOP divide, though - Rust manages shared mutable state through affine types,... | null | 0 | 1491696570 | False | 0 | dg0k8uy | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzmcl4 | null | 1493913371 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SetPhasersToIgnore | null | It's not because it's crass, it's because you're not funny | null | 0 | 1491696606 | False | 0 | dg0k9om | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0gej3 | null | 1493913382 | 26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | blackmist | null | 40 hours a week here. Since moving to our shiny new open plan office, I'm lucky to get an hour a day of actual coding in.
I do a shitload of browsing, my pool game has come on in leaps and bounds, and I seem to be most productive when assisting the helpdesk, because their limit appears to be diagnosing broken keyboard... | null | 0 | 1491696657 | False | 0 | dg0kav6 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493913398 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Isvara | null | > programs you had to type in by hand to play that cool looking game
... that you wanted to play because of the completely misleading artwork on the cover.
> at first you have no idea what you are typing in but eventually it kind of starts to make sense and then you are "modding" games and then you're making yo... | null | 0 | 1491696679 | False | 0 | dg0kbc8 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0ja08 | null | 1493913405 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SirClueless | null | They also claim to have a proof of security [in their paper](http://eprint.iacr.org/2017/281), that they cannot learn each user's contribution. That's also a good sign that what I said is not possible. | null | 0 | 1491696767 | False | 0 | dg0kdf3 | t3_63yka1 | null | null | t1_dfzwhy2 | null | 1493913432 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | codebje | null | I don't think it's all that unpopular to wish that your core OS was smaller.
I like to make a distinction between "what my core OS runs" and "what libraries I have available for developing" though, so big or small, I don't want to have my library versions and availability determined by my OS vendor. Hence, OS package... | null | 0 | 1491696780 | False | 0 | dg0kdpx | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzut71 | null | 1493913436 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | b1ackcat | null | Nope. The article is spot on with creative work coming in spurts. A co-worker of mine is a 3d digital artist, and he's flat out said he only has three or four "good" hours in him per day.
What bugs me is how engrained the 40 hour thing is engrained in society. It's even subconscious. I've looked over at his desk, full... | null | 0 | 1491696791 | 1491698289 | 0 | dg0kdzy | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0gia3 | null | 1493913440 | 200 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | phottitor | null | As a life-long desktop developer I feel that web programming is a horrible convoluted assbackwards mess and wouldn't want to touch it with a 100ft cursor. | null | 0 | 1491696874 | False | 0 | dg0kg0e | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493913467 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | Here's how you make a programmer work that much.
Hire one that's obviously under qualified on paper. Make sure to pay slightly above the rate he's actually qualified for. You're looking for the stickly nerd with back issues at 22 who doesn't have the social skills or age for college but spent 14 through 20 up every n... | null | 0 | 1491696957 | False | 0 | dg0khxu | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493913492 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Sworn | null | > If I only got "6 hours of actual work" done in a week, I'd be embarrassed.
6 hours per day is what he almost certainly meant.
I don't believe for a second that you get 8 hours of productive work done working 8-5 with one hour for lunch. Even if you're a zombie who never talks to anyone and drinks your coffee whi... | null | 0 | 1491696963 | False | 0 | dg0ki2y | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0i2ib | null | 1493913494 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sbditto85 | null | It also depends on what you define as work. I go home and casually research things because I find it fun, but I also play with my kids etc. so I "work" 50-60 hours a week but I'm only at work for 40 | null | 0 | 1491697108 | False | 0 | dg0klko | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493913540 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | liftyourheaduphigh5 | null | Does baby need a hug and a blankey? | null | 0 | 1491697130 | False | 0 | dg0km2r | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0cafk | null | 1493913547 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | UsingYourWifi | null | >
Variable timesteps in games / simulations are a non-starter. It takes 10 minutes to write a class that implements "Fix your timestep"
What do you think of [Gaffer's suggested way to implement this](http://gafferongames.com/game-physics/fix-your-timestep/) where you hold two physics states in memory and interpola... | null | 0 | 1491697170 | False | 0 | dg0kn25 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyir96 | null | 1493913561 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | gordonv | null | Nurses @ Rutgers had to take Visual Basic programming. Everyone, including the professors were like WTF for? | null | 0 | 1491697245 | False | 0 | dg0kouj | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0jcjj | null | 1493913584 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Sworn | null | Working isn't just about time spent, it's about the time you're productive. I could spend 16 hours at work every day, but that wouldn't mean I'd put in 80+ hours of actual work every week. I don't know about you, but I definitely notice diminishing returns on time spent programming. | null | 0 | 1491697287 | False | 0 | dg0kpx4 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0h3ze | null | 1493913600 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | gordonv | null | Same with music and 2nd languages. | null | 0 | 1491697339 | False | 0 | dg0kr78 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0814x | null | 1493913617 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | Tipaa | null | As an expansion of this, Decision 1 (D1) covers sorting algorithms (quicksort, shellsort, bubble sort, insertion sort) and graph traversal (Prim's, Kruskal's, Djikstra's algorithm(s)). There was also a brief covering of bin-packing, greedy vs non-greedy algorithms, linear programming (the solving inequalities kind) and... | null | 0 | 1491697547 | False | 0 | dg0kw73 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0aw8r | null | 1493913685 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | gyroda | null | D2 unfortunately wasn't an option where I went, which was a shame. | null | 0 | 1491697597 | False | 0 | dg0kxe1 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0kw73 | null | 1493913701 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xjvz | null | > any development after that is going to have a lot of typos in it.
What, no spell check in your editor? :) | null | 1 | 1491697639 | False | 0 | dg0kye2 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0hm67 | null | 1493913715 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xjvz | null | Was that related to the deprecation of insecure TLS key sizes? I dealt with a similar issue at my previous company, and it was a very similar story. | null | 0 | 1491697766 | False | 0 | dg0l1df | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0j0kc | null | 1493913756 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | crusoe | null | Yep. My skills are up to date due to hobby projects. And these skills then suggest, advocate and mentor with new techniques at work.
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null | GanMatt4 | null | Only downside would be that you have to define the arguments that you want passed.
My CreateFunction method does the same but handles arguments without needing to define them. Which is pretty much the same as the bind line of code except nicer looking. | null | 0 | 1491697895 | False | 0 | dg0l4ih | t3_64844z | null | null | t1_dg0g4d2 | null | 1493913798 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _Aladdin_ | null | What makes an algorithm greedy | null | 0 | 1491698000 | False | 0 | dg0l6zx | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0kw73 | null | 1493913832 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Grommmit | null | So we're agreed | null | 0 | 1491698059 | False | 0 | dg0l8ii | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0emud | null | 1493913852 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Ozwaldo | null | > I don't believe for a second that you get 8 hours of productive work done
Good for you. | null | 0 | 1491698191 | False | 0 | dg0lbm1 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ki2y | null | 1493913893 | -17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DontThrowMeYaWeh | null | I wonder the same thing, why even encourage children to program? Why not encourage children to be good leaders and managers? Those positions make way more money than typical programmers/software engineers. | null | 0 | 1491698347 | False | 0 | dg0lfac | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493913942 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | justanotherreddituse | null | I don't want to publically disclose the problems, but it's way worse deprecation of insecure TLS key sizes. Right arena, wrong decade. | null | 0 | 1491698370 | False | 0 | dg0lfw3 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0l1df | null | 1493913950 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MattBlumTheNuProject | null | We're preparing for a software launch so I am working / coding 8-12 hours a day. I know for a fact that after about 6 hours I'm worse, but 6 more hours at 60% productivity is still work getting done.
I would not want to keep this up forever, though. | null | 0 | 1491698400 | False | 0 | dg0lgmh | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493913960 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | julkku | null | To be honest it has [hundreds of replies](https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-programmers-work-60-80-hours-per-week), and he's not near the top. And they all kinda erad like that. | null | 0 | 1491698437 | False | 0 | dg0lhj3 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0i14o | null | 1493913972 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | J05H | null | > The 80 hour workweek is a sweatshop. It only exists to make unhappy owners feel like they are getting their money’s worth, while simultaneously rotting the business from the inside.
Worked in a startup like that. 65 hour weeks were normal with no possibility of hiring more or transitioning to a sane schedule. Wak... | null | 0 | 1491698520 | False | 0 | dg0ljh0 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493913998 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Qbert_Spuckler | null | pay per hour. | null | 0 | 1491698537 | False | 0 | dg0ljvz | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493914003 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mehwoot | null | > It's easy to see, in the abstract, that 3-4 hours is the max amount of productive time for this type of work
Yes but in almost every programming job there are a bunch of things you need to get done that are outside of the "good" hours that you enjoy doing. I don't spend more than 4 hours a day actually coding, b... | null | 0 | 1491698546 | False | 0 | dg0lk2y | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0kdzy | null | 1493914006 | 126 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Tipaa | null | Taking the immediate-best option, even if overall it gives a worse result. For example, if you have to get from your home to work via three short roads or by two slightly longer roads (or a combination), a greedy algorithm would choose the shortest road at every junction/node/choice it can, even if the final route is o... | null | 0 | 1491698548 | False | 0 | dg0lk4x | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0l6zx | null | 1493914006 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _Aladdin_ | null | So greedy is always worse than nongreedy if you have the choice between them? | null | 0 | 1491698684 | False | 0 | dg0lnda | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0lk4x | null | 1493914049 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xjvz | null | Oh the joys of legacy systems. I feel for you. | null | 0 | 1491698776 | False | 0 | dg0lplb | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0lfw3 | null | 1493914079 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saijanai | null | Shrug, again, only what I read what, 25-30 years ago, so I really don't feel like trying to track down some obscure Apple II magazine that I no longer own to refute some off-hand remark that is totally meaningless 30 years later.
The article noted that Woz didn't see it as a big deal at the time of the alleged inciden... | null | 0 | 1491698880 | False | 0 | dg0lrz8 | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dg0donr | null | 1493914112 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | NoMoreNicksLeft | null | Every boss at my workplace is not just in disagreement with the ideas being expressed in this thread... they're unaware that anyone has made such claims, and would no doubt express incredulity if confronted with them. | null | 0 | 1491698944 | False | 0 | dg0ltg6 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493914131 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nthcxd | null | Absolutely. With foundation, you can always reach yourself new technology.
I started in college in 2002. Java and .NET were forces be reckoned with. Latest thing I taught myself is docker and Ansible.
There is no way they could've taught me that specifically at any point in my time in higher education.
But that's... | null | 0 | 1491698987 | False | 0 | dg0luh5 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg04gk5 | null | 1493914145 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sixstringartist | null | > Please don't touch me.
XD | null | 0 | 1491699049 | False | 0 | dg0lvv7 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0k48k | null | 1493914163 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nthcxd | null | It really should be about tech literacy if we are targetting everyone. Just as literacy has immense impact in everyone's lives, soon (already) there is significant tangible benefits to those who are proficient with technology and those who are not. Worse yet, some functions mandate some level of tech literacy. | null | 0 | 1491699214 | False | 0 | dg0lzuj | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493914216 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nikki93 | null | Well like at some point not everyone could type and it was mostly just done by people that would type messages to send over telegram wires. Now a lot of people can type. And it empowers them to do things like spreadsheets.
The question is whether by having more people know certain ways of extended cognition (thinking ... | null | 0 | 1491699309 | False | 0 | dg0m21y | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0dvnl | null | 1493914247 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | rrkpp | null | I'm glad I'm not the only one questioning this mad dash to shove kids into computer science. I'd rather it be a field populated by people who are naturally attracted to it rather than have it be saturated by people who are in it for the money or because they don't know what else to do (spare me the "it's too late" repl... | null | 0 | 1491699389 | False | 0 | dg0m3w7 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493914271 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Nyefan | null | I'm required to put in 40 hours per week at my desk no exceptions. I probably code about 15 of those hours and am otherwise productive for 5-10 more. The rest are reddit, books, side projects, etc.
I've never missed a deadline unless the requirements change at the last minute, and I frequently have to go looking for... | null | 0 | 1491699464 | False | 0 | dg0m5o0 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0hkdw | null | 1493914295 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nthcxd | null | You automate a lot and you'll start to achieve more in less time. Aside from that, it's also about managing expectations both internal and external. | null | 0 | 1491699568 | False | 0 | dg0m863 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493914329 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | JackOhBlades | null | Agreed. Not only is that statement simply not provable, it serves only to alienate those who don't fully agree with the author. | null | 0 | 1491699655 | False | 0 | dg0ma7j | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0a8bl | null | 1493914355 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | No-More-Stars | null | (not the parent). I liked the paper overall.
VB6 is a supported language for the exam. Which is mildly disturbing.
> AQA will support the following programming languages.
>
> • Pascal
> • VB.6
> • Python
> • VB.Net
> • Java
> • C#
[source](http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/s... | null | 0 | 1491699771 | False | 0 | dg0mcyt | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0kf7d | null | 1493914392 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | akkartik | null | You're welcome to not agree. It *is* an unpopular opinion, after all. I certainly am aware that I'm rowing against the mainstream here, and the risk of being wrong is great.
And of course the comparison with literacy isn't airtight. It wasn't intended to be. It's a rhetorical device to try to convince people that my p... | null | 0 | 1491699830 | False | 0 | dg0meay | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0jfc7 | null | 1493914410 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | JackOhBlades | null | It's not even a motto, it's just pure marketing. | null | 1 | 1491699838 | False | 0 | dg0mei3 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0gwmx | null | 1493914413 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | aarkerio | null | There is nothing unhealthy about coffee, by the contrary it protects you against many kinds of cancer and parkinson's. | null | 0 | 1491699857 | False | 0 | dg0meyd | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0k48k | null | 1493914419 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | toronto-arrow | null | ANY corporate backing would be valuable. [Even from HPE!](https://hackernoon.com/smalltalk-to-get-a-second-crack-at-the-whip-ecaeb8a94533) | null | 0 | 1491700043 | False | 0 | dg0mj2q | t3_643kpm | null | null | t1_dg03tfo | null | 1493914474 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Beaverman | null | Swift, C#, JS, and Rust haven't won anything at this point, and talking about winning is quite silly. They are dominant on their platform because they have momentum, which makes it very hard to break into their domain in any real sense.
When you say that the "language doesn't matter at all" you are being a bit flippan... | null | 1 | 1491700056 | False | 0 | dg0mjdk | t3_6498n8 | null | null | t1_dg0i6d2 | null | 1493914478 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Beaverman | null | The languages of today affects the processors of tomorrow. | null | 0 | 1491700121 | False | 0 | dg0mku8 | t3_6498n8 | null | null | t1_dg0j8xy | null | 1493914497 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Zeno84 | null | I totally agree with the 4-6 hours of productivity a day. That's solid.
What frustrates me is the coworkers who feel the need to work from beginning to end of the day. Like minute one all the way to minute 480. | null | 0 | 1491700126 | False | 0 | dg0mkyq | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0czfe | null | 1493914499 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dworgi | null | And yet Apache is C. Firefox/Chrome/IE are C++.
Here's my thinking:
- Web apps are written in modern languages, because the web was new and the programmers that joined were more familiar with modern languages.
- In time, many web apps will be written in systems-level languages, because performance is cost. | null | 0 | 1491700317 | False | 0 | dg0mpcf | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0k6fb | null | 1493914558 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | CyclonusRIP | null | That maps one case. You still have the None case. You still have the error case. It's pretty disingenuous to say you solved the whole problem. You need at least two more closures to produce something that is safe code. Scala promised us safe code right? | null | 0 | 1491700402 | False | 0 | dg0mrbj | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0cpbo | null | 1493914584 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | rjcarr | null | I try to cut my hours to 80% in the summer months so I only work four days per week. This feels like such a better balance. I'd say that although I'm working 20% less I'm easily 10% more productive while I'm working. And the weekend feels like a real break. Too bad I can't afford to do it all year. | null | 0 | 1491700462 | False | 0 | dg0mspi | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg08g5n | null | 1493914602 | 41 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nagarz | null | This is basically me but instead of 15 hours I do about 25-30, and usually wether I like the project Im assigned is what makes me be productive that extra hour a day.
Also the mix of having to be at the office +8 hours a day, plus the open office and me being more of a vampire person do not really help and also I live... | null | 0 | 1491700479 | False | 0 | dg0mt3c | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0m5o0 | null | 1493914607 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mustardMan07 | null | I appreciated your reference, and upvotes you. Have a relaxing weekend. | null | 0 | 1491700486 | False | 0 | dg0mt8z | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0fdqj | null | 1493914609 | 39 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bowersbros | null | Unless you're like me and can't stand actual coffee coffee, and require a substantial amount of vanilla syrup to make it palatable | null | 1 | 1491700534 | False | 0 | dg0mudi | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0meyd | null | 1493914625 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | stiurb | null | does the distinction matter? | null | 0 | 1491700760 | False | 0 | dg0mzop | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfzpxqj | null | 1493914696 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | devraj7 | null | It's a sad and incorrect meme.
Maven (and Maven-based builds in general) are very good at downloading only what's not already on your local file system. It basically only happens once.
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null | eric22vhs | null | That's lower than what I'd expect, but... Check the phrasing they used..
They asked principles if their schools offered classes that did the following...
Computer programming or coding to create things such as websites, apps or video games, robotics or artificial intelligence using programming/coding, using programmi... | null | 0 | 1491700917 | 1491701698 | 0 | dg0n3fq | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0iuxq | null | 1493914745 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | aarkerio | null | Vanilla syrup is very unhealthy. | null | 0 | 1491700969 | False | 0 | dg0n4om | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0mudi | null | 1493914762 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Leo_Verto | null | It's an answer to a legitimate Quora question with the exact same title. [Link](https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-programmers-work-60-80-hours-per-week) | null | 0 | 1491701019 | False | 0 | dg0n5wb | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0d2y5 | null | 1493914778 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LeCrushinator | null | You wait until demand for programmers is low enough that they can't easily look elsewhere for work. So right now, you don't. | null | 0 | 1491701060 | False | 0 | dg0n6xj | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493914793 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Psyladine | null | There isn't and this whole topic is pointless. It's one misguided person trying to apply their views to all of childhood. If only we could all code, something something better!
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null | sixstringartist | null | Fuck everything about that passion bullshit. Im so tired of seeing that shit touted. | null | 0 | 1491701221 | False | 0 | dg0nany | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ier1 | null | 1493914842 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | fagnerbrack | null | I'll just leave it here: [The Law Of Diminishing Returns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminishing_returns) | null | 0 | 1491701231 | False | 0 | dg0nawm | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493914845 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Jaxkr | null | Do we really need to? Honestly I feel like we have enough software engineers for the time being. World needs more art and passion (not that you can't express those in a programming career). | null | 0 | 1491701232 | False | 0 | dg0nax5 | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493914845 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LeCrushinator | null | When my kid is old enough I'll introduce her to it, if she's not interested then I'll leave it at that. | null | 0 | 1491701251 | False | 0 | dg0nbco | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg02nbq | null | 1493914852 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | megablast | null | > No programmers really work 60-80 hours a week, especially in a 5 day span. That is a 12-16 hour day, 5 days a week.
Bullshit. I did it. I worked full time job, then came home and bootstrapped my own business. Did it for about 2 years, then quite the job because it was going so well.
But unless you are going to p... | null | 0 | 1491701260 | False | 0 | dg0nbl5 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493914855 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Xevantus | null | Not always. Think of Greedy algorithms as ones that never see a bigger picture. They make the optimal immediate choice at every decision point without regard to past or future. Because of this, they can be orders of magnitude faster, and require much less memory.
It's also worth pointing out that there are many p... | null | 0 | 1491701268 | False | 0 | dg0nbr3 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0lnda | null | 1493914857 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | eric22vhs | null | /shrug, I guess growing up in the north east gives me a skewed picture of school programs. Most people I've discussed this sort of stuff with had c++ or java classes, plus however many tech electives that might've taught a little html. | null | 0 | 1491701271 | False | 0 | dg0nbtn | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0jdsc | null | 1493914857 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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