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rsmaniak

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roger@rogersmarin.com
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rsmaniak··on Ask HN: Would you pay $3,500 for an Interview Bootcamp?
Yes definitely
rsmaniak··on Ask HN: What is the most difficult tech/dev challenge you ever solved?
Interesting...would you be able to give an example of the state machines you built and how you used them?
rsmaniak··on Ask HN: How do you create diagrams in documentation?
Gliffy(www.gliffy.com) works great for me.
rsmaniak··on Project Euler
I have the same problem, this one for instance http://projecteuler.net/problem=267 I have absolutely no clue how to approach.
rsmaniak··on Show HN: Very basic Unix-like operating system built when I was younger
This just makes me feel inadequate...you wrote this in highschool? How old where you back then if I may ask and what made you take the challenge?

Also, how does one even start to write their own OS, I mean after you say "I'm going to write an OS form scratch", what's the first step, what's the first line of code and how do you figure out which components you need to implement and how? This is what really boggles me as a 30 year old crud guy, how do you design these sort of systems from scratch (OS's, emulators, compilers, etc)? It just makes me feel...completely useless compared to guys like you, you are so far ahead of the curve its not even funny, I could never reach your level.

Congratulations.

rsmaniak··on Ask HN: Validate my idea - find a mentor to improve your employment chances
I've been thinking about a service like this. I think it would be very valuable for "experienced" devs (think 1 year repeated n times) or devs with a few years out of school who want to join a startup or a big co and are rusty in algo's, startup engineering, cs concepts and coding interviews. Stage 2 could even work as a sort of mini dev bootcamp, where candidates could work on not only interview techniques but also on developing a portfolio, sample projects, etc. Candidates could pay for mentorship once they select a mentor to work with.
rsmaniak··on Ask HN: what is a monad?
That was brilliant, there's also a cartoon: http://chrisdone.com/posts/monads-are-burritos
rsmaniak··on Ask HN: Any interest in a Brisbane, Australia HN meetup?
Absolutely, count me in!. Email in profile.
rsmaniak··on Ask HN: what was the best life/programming choice you ever made?
got any tips/resources for an aspiring emulator programmer? I find emulation fascinating, I've always wanted to write an emulator for my favorite console (neo geo) but I'm mostly a CRUD programmer without a lot of comp architecture knowledge.
rsmaniak··on Stripe's 22-Year-Old Irish-Born Founder Is Just Getting Started
Amazing guy, inspiring and at the same time, depressing...
rsmaniak··on Ask HN: Any hackers in Brisbane looking for a place to live?
I was just looking for a place a couple of months ago, I'm living in West End now but my lease ends early next year if you are looking by then don't hesitate to give me a shout.
rsmaniak··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2011)
SEEKING WORK -- Anywhere in Australia (or remote) Java/Javascript/SQL, I have a pending permanent residence visa application and looking to relocate to Australia ASAP roger@rogersmarin.com
rsmaniak··on Suggest HN: Hacker news circle on Google+
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rsmaniak··on Ask HN: Where should I begin learning low-level computing, asm?
Give The elements of computing systems (AKA Nand to Tetris) a shot: http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7654043762021156507#
rsmaniak··on Land of Lisp is finally out...and has a music video.
Great, thanks!
rsmaniak··on Land of Lisp is finally out...and has a music video.
Hey I just bought a copy of the e-book but I can't download it yet there's only a dummy file.
rsmaniak··on Ask HN: What music do you listen to when coding?
Easy money by KC
rsmaniak··on Working on a single page search engine, DDG inspired (no data collection)
This is awesome, I love it! may I ask what is the technology behind it?