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>Sure I know what a NFA is, but ask me convert it to a DFA and I'm lost.

Do you really think your average HNer knows how to do that? Or even know what that means and how you define it? I really don't think so :)

In my opinion you know plenty about computer science, certainly much more than your average programmer, but I understand how you feel. I think of myself as not knowledgeable enough and below average all the time.

You haven't mentioned your goal. Do you want to eventually work in any of the areas you mentioned? Or rather you want to learn this for your own intellectual curiosity?

I memorize my email passwords (just 2-3) and put the rest in KeePass with backups online. Worst case scenario I have to request a forgotten password via email.

Thanks

I get a 403 on Good and Cheap pdf.

CA stands for Certificate Authority in this case.

>I have to admit, it does look pretty spammy.

I agree, more on this below (end of the page).

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...

>I would be willing to select a registrar on the basis of their policies, not their prices.

Yes, absolutely this. I've searched through forums and read various reviews of various registrars and some say gandi is good, some name.com, some others, but at the end of the day nobody said "I've had this problem where my domain was stolen and this company was willing to help".

I'm also willing to pay more for good support when serious problems arise.

>But Windows 8? I suppose there are people who would want this, but I don't really see the appeal.

For the same reason you see the appeal of an Android and iOS device, other people might see it for Android and WP8.

Remember that this is only in the US. iOS (and Apple in general) is far less popular in Europe and pretty much everywhere else.

It depends on your situation. Personally, I wouldn't give a bird in the hand for two in the bush.

Do you have a family, loans?

Do you have at least 6 months worth of living expenses?

Can you quickly find a job if things don't go as expected with your freelancing jobs?

You should consider these things first.

How does DuckDuckGo make money to support itself?

>Let's not forget Symbian and Blackberry either. WhatsApp also runs on those.

Yes but let's not also forget that WhatsApp is 5 years old and 5 years ago it made sense writing for those platforms.

Why? With (or even without) Google pushing cheap Android phones it makes no sense at all to write for blackberry or symbian. Decent blackberry phones are more expensive than decent Android phones. Windows 8 phones are also quite affordable.

I subscribed to this course. I also recommend Moralities of everyday life by Paul Bloom which I'm currently taking and it's great. A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior[1] starts soon and from reviews it looks like a great course.

[1] https://www.coursera.org/course/behavioralecon

The only symptom he mentioned before his grand mal seizure was tingling in his fingers which he ignored.

>I've found it difficult to find work with Java, Ruby and Python outside of London, however the rest of the country is flush with C# and .NET jobs.

Wait, are you talking about JEE?

It depends on what you'd like I suppose. If you want highly a configurable WM then xmonad is great (I can't speak for the rest). If you want something very simple with limited configuration but which allows you to quickly use it then scrotwm.

You can find a lot of configs for xmonad/awesome/otherwm on github which you can then copy and adapt to your liking.

Yeah, this is obviously a problem but let's not ignore the other elephant in the room. Here's a search for facebook* on google play. The only reason this post about Microsoft made it to the front page of HN is because of a negative thing about the Windows Phone store. And please don't tell me HN moderators don't remove posts about Microsoft, I just asked something about WP8 a few days ago and within 10 minutes it was removed. Others have complained about it as well. I wish HN would stop being so damn biased.

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=facebook&c=apps

You forgot an important part:

and then also released cheaper models that sacrificed very little

>The promise was that, as search engines get better, there would be no need for bookmarking and downloading, since all the content in the world is only one sloppy search query away.

That's exactly why you need something like discussions: refinement. There's no specific 'right result' for every possible user and query. Google might give precedence to blog posts or articles from big sites for some queries but what I really want is to search forum posts. They might as well just remove the search options for images with that premise, since they supposedly know what you really want and you don't need to filter.

You can use this url* although it seems to me it's inferior to what they offered previously. Maybe it's just my imagination.

* https://www.google.com/webhp?tbm=dsc

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>Join us

This has to be one of the worst ways to ask for my email address.

I'm from Italy and I'm in my third year of CS as well. I think you're exaggerating your situation. Sure, Italy's a bad country to be a programmer and there's no other country like the US for us but I think you've read too much HN and how life is at companies like Google and Amazon and then compared it with yours.

Nobody is going to hire you in the US with no experience just because you say you're passionate about algorithms. If you're lucky to get an interview and get hired it's another thing but your best shot is to build things and acquire experience. As an EU citizen you can go to any country in Europe you like. After you gain some professional experience, get to know people and make connections then it would be much easier to move.

As far as education is concerned, I don't share the same sentiments as you. With the new legislation (which you are a part of) the materials are much more 'hands-on' to get students ready for the job market. Again, don't think all US universities are on the same level as Stanford and MIT.

I, too, am scared shitless about my future but try not to despair :-)

What software have you built thus far?

>I have to say that Jennifer Widom's database class is the most streamlined, most well thought, and most smooth of all the MOOCs I have seen.

I absolutely agree and I recommend this course every time someone mentions SQL. The lectures combined with the videos are the best learning tool for people interested in SQL.

I also recommend Introduction to Networks from Stanford which is also freely accessible with registration[1] and also very high quality similar to the DB course level.

[1]http://f12.class2go.stanford.edu/networking/Fall2012

Nop, and I don't want any. I'm planning on getting a vasectomy but in my country (I'm from Europe) you have to be at least 35, married, and with two kids. Nonsense. So I'll have to travel abroad to get it done.

You are forgetting that Mark Zuckerberg is already a millionaire.

Oh come on, beats, seriously? If you don't have any idea of the quality/price ratio then why post them? They are horribly overpriced.

I'd recommend the sony vaio pro.

I think it depends on the framework/language you are learning. Books sometimes have several advantages over tutorials online. Off the top of my head:

  - You have everything organized in one place.

  - You are sure they are accurate (they often have an errata posted online).

  - You don't bother searching for content online.

When I wanted to learn about Servlets/JSP/JSTL/Filters/DAO it was much easier for me to buy a book (Pro JSP 2) than to search for online tutorials, even though there are plenty. This book explained everything I needed to know about the subject.

As for programming languages, I don't really buy books because I find they're fairly easy to pick up once you know 2-3 (with the exception of books such as Effective Java). Don't forget there are also video tutorials which are an important resource.

I'm reading Under the Dome right now. After this I'm thinking of starting The Gunslinger.