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aneisfon “Vacations are for the weak”

Less than half of one--this is my first dev gig. I'm basically 'unproven' so I understand why it was slim pickings for me.

I'm hoping building some experience here will give me a better chance in the future, although I'm a bit worried that working with such an old tech stack might not work in my favor.

aneisfon “Vacations are for the weak”

Ah, I wish. I'm not in a financial position to relocate to even a better US city right now. In time, perhaps.

aneisfon “Vacations are for the weak”

Sure, although I don't wanna derail the discussion too much with my silly situation. I work at a Delphi 5 (!) shop in the Midwest. I spent about a year trying to get interviews in my strong field (C#/.NET, no degree though). I wound up here because it's the first and only place I could even get in the door. Not the most elegant position but I couldn't go on much longer working clothing retail.

aneisfon “Vacations are for the weak”

Dang, I work in software and get a week every year--not including Year 1.

aneisfon Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

I think the point is that we expect our phone numbers to identify us in the real world but don't expect them to point to our handles online. If I use the same username on Snapchat that I do for something embarrassing like, say, my tumblr, someone who knows me IRL can look me up and find my more private online presence. This is just as real an issue as the reverse scenario in which Internet stalkers find out my phone number or something.

Now generally it's advisable to use a unique handle (or your real name) for a service so closely tied to a piece of real life identification like your phone number, but I don't think a lot of people do it.

aneisfon New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

I think they look fine. Best with a monochrome wallpaper (http://puu.sh/5V2ao/c2cc3d7273.png).

aneisfon Bill Gates takes part in Reddit's Secret Santa

That could be true, but I think we should try to keep our opinions grounded in reality.

aneisfon Introducing Instagram Direct

iOS doesn't save images people send you automatically. It will save pictures you send to others on your Camera Roll though.

aneisfon Uruguay legalises production and sale of cannabis

>Oh come on. No one robs a granny to buy another single malt.

No, they rob granny to buy another bottle of $15 vodka.

aneisfon Google Acquires Seven Robot Companies, Wants Big Role in Robotics

Maybe if we were considering a situation in which Einstein was growing/producing his own food.

aneisfon Asknative for iPhone lets you ask locals your travel questions

Two spammy comments from brand new accounts and a co-founder dropping by to let us know it's the 'best travel companion'?

aneisfon Teenagers say goodbye to Facebook and hello to messenger apps

Teenagers are a 200-billion dollar market and are generally very social and trendy.

aneisfon The Wikipedia Adventure

I recall Jimmy Wales fielding a question about the barriers to entry in Wikipedia editing and it didn't seem like he took issues of the currently entrenched editor culture seriously at all. The Wikipedia Adventure seems to reinforce that. There's an aim here to get would-be editors up to speed with the pervading philosophies, but that tells me that the status quo isn't going to change anytime soon.

aneisfon Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Leader and Rock Pioneer, Dead at 71

I think you're too readily writing off the role of the producer in the case of 'Yeezus.' Classics like Steely Dan's 'Aja', Quincy Jones' 'The Dude', and, in hip-hop, Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' were crafted in much the same way, a collaboration between producers with a grand vision and a cast of musicians who could see it to realization.

aneisfon Reverse Microwave Chills Beer In 45 Seconds

I think most people on HN are familiar with both microwaves and microwave ovens. It's not really hard to see which one the author was going for.

aneisfon I know none of my passwords

You might want to try keeping your encrypted vault/list/whatever in some sort of cloud storage.

aneisfon Video games and sleep loss

I started playing UO when I was 7, in 1998 or 1999. I just stopped in the past few years. No telling how much sleep I lost to that game!

aneisfon Introducing the 4chan API

I figured as much. Just wishful thinking on my part--it'd be nice to be able to build a client wholly atop the API.

aneisfon Introducing the 4chan API

That's great news. No hope for a posting API I presume?

aneisfon Thoughts on being a programmer

I'm not sure if it's Pythonic as I've never written Python. It's a habit I carried over from the .NET world, actually.

aneisfon Thoughts on being a programmer

That just means that 'name' is a poor name for the parameter. Have 'first_name, last_name' or 'full_name' or 'names,' for example.

In addition, I think it's a good practice to get into to try and validate parameters at the top of any method. If the values don't fit your use for them, raise an exception.

aneisfon 4chan: Beyond one billion

Aren't most of those boards invaded pretty regularly?

Huh? No.

aneisfon Can you build a startup on .Net?

Take a look at juggle.com. All .NET.

aneisfon Galaxy Nexus Power Analysis: Why chargers can't keep up with navigation

The iPhone doesn't have these problems when using fuller-featured 3rd party apps either.