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aforty··on I know I belong in computer science, but sometimes I wonder.
In college I never once doubted myself. My father was one of the first people to graduate with a computer science degree. I grew up around computers and I knew from a very young age that that was the path I was going to follow. It wasn't until very recently, a few years after graduation, that I started doubting myself. Is this really the profession for me? I coasted through all my computer science courses but I had some important interviews go wrong and I felt inadequate. I wondered if this is what I wanted after all because I couldn't answer interview questions from Amazon and others. It's not a woman issue, it's just an issue and there is a solution... someone tell me what it is.
aforty··on HD 555 to HD 595 mod (or: how Sennheiser cripples cheaper headphones)
I just performed the mod. Was really easy and I hear an audible difference (even to my untrained, non-audiophile ears).

For the record, the practice does not offend me. This has been done for ages. R&D costs for creating the HD595's were no doubt great and to recoup some money they created a cheaper, crippled version. With headphones you aren't paying for the parts but for the engineering.

aforty··on IBM's "Watson" finally ready for prime-time Jeopardy
That article is sort of bullshit. They already taped the Watson Jeopardy episodes last month, they just haven't aired them.

Watson won.

aforty··on Video: 24 year-old Steve Jobs prepping for his first TV appearance (1978)
"god... waves back hair"

Epic.

aforty··on .NET Reflector no longer a free tool - An open letter to the .NET community
Reflector is a fantastic tool. I have no problem with them charging a very fair price for it.
aforty··on Why I Left Google
She graduated with a liberal arts background and was an engineer at Google? I graduated with a degree in computer science and I can't even get them to call me and setup an interview. I'm a smart guy with some good work experience under my belt already and my resume looks great.
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